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A certified comic genius, Ernie Kovacs' great accomplishments lay in his sublimely creative, way-ahead-of-its-time television work. Born in New Jersey to Hungarian immigrants, Kovacs inaugurated his television career at Philadelphia's WPTZ in 1950, where he stretched the limits of the primitive medium with wild sketches, non-sequitur sight gags, and trick photography. Though none of his subsequent TV projects ever achieved the high ratings that they deserved, Kovacs was the object of an intense cult worship. The audacious brilliance of Ernie Kovacs came to an abrupt, tragic end when he was killed in an auto accident at the age of 42. Several collections of music and excerpts from Kovacs' shows have been released, including The Ernie Kovacs Album and Percy Dovetonsils...Thpeaks. ~ Hal Erickson Wikipedia