Title from container. Special features: Disc 1: 1987 Atlas Hall of Fame induction; Remembering Ernie with George Schlatter and Jolene Brand; Baseball film; making of Baseball film; The mysterious knockwurst; Andy McKay 8mm home movies. Disc 2: Percy Dovetonsils "Ode to Stanley's pussycat"; Martin Krutch, public eye; Rock Mississippi in "Fingers under weskit"; Howard, the world's strongest ant; J. Burlington gearshift. Disc 3: "Superclod" test. Disc 4: "Take a good look" clues; "Take a good look" sales film; Silents please; "Our man in Havana" behind-the-scenes footage. Disc 5: Dutch Masters commercials. Disc 6: trailer for Operation mad ball-It happened to Ernie; Muriel cigars commercials featuring Edie Adams.
Contents:
Disc 1. The early years: it's time for Ernie; Ernie in Kovacsland; Kovacs on the corner; Kovacs unlimited -- Disc 2. The NBC morning show: The Ernie Kovacs show -- Disc 3. The NBC evening show: The Ernie Kovacs show -- Disc 4. The late 1950s: Saturday color carnival: "The Ernie Kovacs show"; Kovacs on music; Take a good look -- Disc 5. The ABC specials: Kovacs special -- Disc 6. Classic pieces: The NBC morning show; The NBC evening show.
Summary:
"Television's original genius. In the infancy of any medium, there will be someone who realize its potential well before anyone else. Ernie Kovacs was such a visionary, and between 1951 and 1962 he broke rules that hadn't even been made yet, creating a television "language" that is now taken for granted. ... over 13 hours of programs that span the all-too-brief but brilliant television career of this hugely influential comic artist."--Container.
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