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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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Surrealism

Posted on October 16, 2012 by Jonathan Lyons

One evening I was teach­ing a class at the Acad­emy of Art.  A stu­dent, Aaron Kores­sel I think it was, pre­sented his lat­est ani­ma­tion.  It included a boy char­ac­ter and a goat.  The boy was stand­ing in a hole, hold­ing … Con­tinue read­ing →

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