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Television comedy pioneer Ernie Kovacs stars in this short skit about a great white hunter on the prowl for elephants. Check out Ernie's wife, the lovely Edie Adams, as his "native assistant."
Yeah, Ernie Kovacs ...( 1 year ago by hugosleestak)
Yeah, Ernie Kovacs was amazing. Some of the stuff, like this skit, was straight ahead comedy with a visual "punch line," but other stuff was just Ernie playing with television - and playing with the heads of the Ward and June Cleavers watching at home.
if you have any, ...( 1 year ago by alphaape)
if you have any, would you post some his percy dovetonsils character
I don't think that ...( 1 year ago by hugosleestak)
I don't think that would be a problem. Thanks for the suggestion.
thanks and you are ...( 1 year ago by alphaape)
thanks and you are welcome
The Limberg ...( 1 year ago by thysbes)
The Limberg kidnapping was funnier than Satuday night live. But your right this is funnier.
Reminiscent of what ...( 1 year ago by mattkilleen)
Reminiscent of what a live-action 1950's Mad magazine might look like.
Fantastic.( 1 year ago by AlexandriaM)
Fantastic.
AB-SO-LUTE-LY-GREAT ...( 1 year ago by TheMikester307)
AB-SO-LUTE-LY-GREAT! I saw this on PBS in the mid-70's, and YES! I'd love to se Percy Dovetonsils again!
----mike
I saw her tits once ...( 1 year ago by valann69)
I saw her tits once on a piece of toast.
Yes, Ernie LOVED ...( 1 year ago by fromthesidelines)
Yes, Ernie LOVED reading the "Mad" comic book and magazine (he used to bring copies of it to read at New York's Stork Club), and contributed several articles to it between 1956 and '58. Hence, his fondness for that kind of "jugular vein" humor......
This beats a ...( 1 year ago by nor405)
This beats a discussion on exponential and logarithmic derivation; but if it means risking your life, think if over.
----mike