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Ernest Edward Kovacs (January 23, 1919 – January 13, 1962) was an American comedian, actor, and writer. Kovacs's visually experimental and often spontaneous comedic style influenced numerous television comedy programs for years after his death.
Nov 13, 2009 · On January 13, 1962, Ernie Kovacs, a comedian who hosted his own television shows during the 1950s and is said to have influenced such TV hosts as Johnny Carson and David Letterman, dies at the...
Ernie Kovacs. Actor: The Ernie Kovacs Show. Author, actor, comedian, composer and producer. He was educated at the New York School of Theatre, and received the Sylvania Television Award.
Features bits from Kovacs' early television shows, including the "crazy" 1812 Overture; a parody of 1950's TV Westerns; the Musical Office and "Kitchen Symph...
Hailed as a genius for his offbeat comedy style and changing much of the way comedy was played, Ernie Kovacs' life was cut short much too early. Born in Trenton, New Jersey, during his schooldays he hunted rabbits and pheasants by day and concocted mad potions with his chemistry set at night.
Ernie Kovacs (January 23, 1919 – January 13, 1962) was an American comedian whose uninhibited, often ad-libbed, and visually experimental comedic style came to influence numerous television comedy programs for years after his death in an automobile accident.
Jan 13, 2022 · Ernie Kovacs died in an early morning car crash in Beverly Hills on Jan. 13. He was 42 years old. Kovacs and his wife, Edie Adams, were attending a baby shower held at the home of Billy Wilder...
Ernie Kovacs' Biography. [From "Kovacs Corner" on YouTube.com] - A story of the life and untimely death of a great pioneer in early television.
Jul 2, 2011 · When Ernie Kovacs was a star in the early days of live television, he was called a clown, an oddball and an innovator. But in the years since 1962 — when he died in a car crash at 42 — he has...
Ernie Kovacs (January 23, 1919 – January 13, 1962) was an American comedian whose uninhibited, often ad-libbed, and visually experimental comedic style came to influence numerous television comedy programs for years after his death in an automobile accident.
