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Ernie Kovacs — The mad genius of TV

Posted on February 16, 2013 by Jonathan Lyons

I men­tioned ear­lier how Chap­lin took on a new tech­nol­ogy and car­ried beyond what any­one had oth­er­wise imag­ined.  Ernie Kovacs did the same thing in tele­vi­sion. When tele­vi­sion was a new medium, local tv sta­tions had air­time to fill.  A … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Jerry Lewis as Ernie Kovacs

Posted on September 14, 2011 by Jonathan Lyons

Here is a trailer for the Jerry Lewis film “The Bell Boy”.  First I include the intro­duc­tion by “Rolko52” the per­son who posted the clip.  It’s a inter­est­ing view on what might have been going on behind the scenes. [From … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Ernie Kovacs news

Posted on March 29, 2011 by Jonathan Lyons

While attend­ing NYU I had a job at the Museum of Tele­vi­sion and Radio, now known as the Paley Cen­ter for the Media. They have a huge col­lec­tion of radio and TV shows the pub­lic can view there. I drew … Con­tinue read­ing →

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