We’ve all heard audio feedback, that high-pitched loud noise heard over a sound system. Even if you don’t know it’s…
I’ve assembled a few different Ernie Kovacs compilation programs for events this year celebrating his centennial. It hasn’t been easy,…
Mention Ernie Kovacs to anyone and the first thing they’ll come back with (when it isn’t “who?”) is The Nairobi…
It’s a sustained three-minute shot of three people, just sitting, listening to a singer, for a nearly three minutes before…
Ernie Kovacs played one version of “Captain Buzzkill” or another in most of the movies he made for Columbia. He…
“I went to high school with Ernie Kovacs!” is one thing you never expect someone to say to you at…
I’ve seen the famous Ernie Kovacs commercial for Dutch Masters a few dozen times, at least, and never noticed the…
Ernie Kovacs show ensemble cast members turn up out of seemingly nowhere in the TV-ography of the shows. Ernie’s penchant…
The Nation’s First Exposure to Ernie Kovacs Was in a Summer Replacement In 1951 After hosting a daily 7-9am wake-up…
The best-known and most-seen version of Ernie Kovacs’ famous “Nairobi Trio” sketch is one shot on videotape. It was used…