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Category: Ernie Kovacs

Etched Into My Memory Forever

May 12, 2022 Ben Model 1 Comment

Ernie Kovacs’ ”Albert Gridley” sketch is one of the better-known ones. Its simple premise, a talk-show guest who can’t remember…

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Ernie Kovacs on Game/Contest Shows

March 25, 2022 Ben Model 4 Comments

Sitting in the theater of what used to be called The Museum of Broadcasting in 1985 (it’s now the Paley…

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Rugelach and Gilbert Gottfried: the Gifts that Keep on Giving

December 9, 2020 Ben Model 2 Comments

I often bring rugelach from Zabars as a professional gift. People really like it, and Zabars is 8 blocks away…

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Broadcasting to an Audience of One

March 13, 2020 Ben Model 1 Comment

With the absence of a live studio audience currently being enforced, hosts of entertainment programs on TV are faced with…

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Gilbert Gottfried, Silent Film Narrator

January 15, 2020 Ben Model Leave a comment

About a month ago I went from being a fan and regular listener of Gilbert Gottfried’s Amazing Colossal Podcast to…

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Ernie Kovacs’ Experimental Video – on Prime Time TV

August 13, 2019 Ben Model 2 Comments

We’ve all heard audio feedback, that high-pitched loud noise heard over a sound system. Even if you don’t know it’s…

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My Attempts At The Best of Ernie Kovacs

August 10, 2019 Ben Model 1 Comment

I’ve assembled a few different Ernie Kovacs compilation programs for events this year celebrating his centennial. It hasn’t been easy,…

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In Search of the Nairobi Trio

July 26, 2019 Ben Model Leave a comment

Mention Ernie Kovacs to anyone and the first thing they’ll come back with (when it isn’t “who?”) is The Nairobi…

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Posted in: Ernie Kovacs Filed under: Nairobi Trio

Ernie Kovacs Meets Florence Foster Jenkins

July 17, 2019 Ben Model Leave a comment

It’s a sustained three-minute shot of three people, just sitting, listening to a singer, for a nearly three minutes before…

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Eugene: The Movie!

July 9, 2019 Ben Model 3 Comments

Ernie Kovacs played one version of “Captain Buzzkill” or another in most of the movies he made for Columbia. He…

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Posted in: Ernie Kovacs Filed under: buster keaton, Jacques Tati, Jerry Lewis

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  • ep. 04 (re-posted): “Accidentally Preserved” Kickstarter, getting clues from film intros, return to Boise
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  • ep. 02 (re-posted): Unidentified films, DeMille’s “The Ten Commandments”, YouTube ethics, The Crowd, and more

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