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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.
Ernest Edward „Ernie” Kovacs (ur. 23 stycznia 1919 w Trenton, zm. 13 stycznia 1962 w Los Angeles) – amerykański komik, aktor, gospodarz programów telewizyjnych, jeden z pionierów amerykańskiego humoru, którego wpływ widać między innymi w programach Davida Lettermana i Craiga Fergusona.
Ernie Kovacs (born Jan. 23, 1919, Trenton, N.J., U.S.—died Jan. 13, 1962, Los Angeles, Calif.) was an American television comedian. Kovacs created the television comedy variety show The Ernie Kovacs Show (1952–53, 1956) and became noted for his zany slapstick sketches.
To many, Ernie Kovacs (1919-1962) was the most brilliant comedian in history. His zany, visual humor was unlike any other performer of his day. His motion pictures were a combination of slapstick and bits of humor that took intelligence to enjoy.
Ernie Kovacs was one of network television's most daring and innovative comedians. From 1950 to 1962, he used the small screen as his personal canvas, challenging all of the medium's early conventions and assumptions.
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.
9 wrz 1990 · For anyone who was around in the 1950s, when the medium of television was relatively new and hadn’t yet become altogether defined, in Robert Hughes’ phrase, as “wet-nurse to the culture,” mere...