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Category: Ernie Kovacs

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

Kovacs Centennial Celebration Held in Trenton

June 10, 2019 Ben Model Leave a comment

“I went to high school with Ernie Kovacs!” is one thing you never expect someone to say to you at…

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Stringing Along With Ernie Kovacs for Dutch Masters

May 25, 2019 Ben Model 3 Comments

I’ve seen the famous Ernie Kovacs commercial for Dutch Masters a few dozen times, at least, and never noticed the…

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Posted in: Ernie Kovacs Filed under: Haydn, string quartet, Take a Good Look

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Recent Posts

  • ep. 39: “Adventures in Sound!”
  • Rugelach and Gilbert Gottfried: the Gifts that Keep on Giving
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  • Exploring the Speed of Silent Comedy Film – test #3
  • Exploring the Speed of Silent Comedy Film – test #2
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  • “Her Painted Hero”, Shot Through a Projector
  • To Blu or Not To Blu – Some Final Thoughts
  • Physical Media: “I’m Not Dead Yet”
  • For Some Fans, the Step Up to Blu-ray Means Replacing the Fridge
  • The Blu-ray Difference is Green
  • Being The Warehouse
  • Pressed DVDs vs. Burned
  • Why Isn’t This on Blu-ray? – a blog series
  • Battling the Elements at 16 Frames Per Second
  • ep. 38: scoring for scenes that suggest or specify a piece of music, and scoring a film from 1948
  • ep. 37: Mostly Lost, Keaton’s The Cameraman and The General, an electric organ and Laurel & Hardy
  • ep. 36: scoring Robin Hood and a 1927 Carmen, using the orchestral and cartoony sounds of a theatre organ, more live-streaming
  • ep. 35: Pottery at the Met, Behind the Door in Nebraska, Eisenstein in Bklyn, Clair on Long Island, plus FAQ

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