BEST OF ERNIE KOVACS, THE (TV)
Summary
One in this ten-part series of programs which presents a
compilation of celebrated Ernie Kovacs comedy sketches
from his 1950-1962 television career. Highlights
include: a chess match which involves four championship
players against the Russian champion, who is blindfolded
and makes the first move; a radio announcer gives the
play by play of an exclusive presentation of a new style
of bikini; the German disc jockey, Wolfgang Von
Sauerbraten, plays music and advertises products, even
though it is hard to understand a word he says; Mr.
Question Man answers questions from a man trapped in a
burning warehouse, a person in Africa celebrating
Thanksgiving, a South African tribe member, and a poker
player in the middle of a high stakes game; a gentleman
packs his suitcase for a tropical vacation; the bumbling
magician, Matzoh Hepplewhite, performs a trick with a
member of the audience and then proceeds to cut a
women in half; Kovacs demonstrates what the set and
characters would look like in color for the viewers who
don't have color television sets; "The Nairobi Trio"
trys to perform the simple task of stacking building
blocks; and Kovacs closes the show while sitting on a
tree branch and cutting it away from the rest of the
tree.
("The Best of Ernie Kovacs" aired from April 12, 1977 to
mid-June, 1977.)
Details
- NETWORK: PBS
- DATE: November 30, 1976 9:30 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:28:30
- COLOR/B&W: B&W
- CATALOG ID: T85:0591
- GENRE: Comedy
- SUBJECT HEADING: Comedy
- SERIES RUN: PBS - TV, 1977
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- John Lollos … Producer, For Video Tape Network, Inc.
- Dave Erdman … Producer, Director, For WTTW/Chicago
- Jack Lemmon … Host
- Ernie Kovacs … Cast