Celebrities list / Ernie Kovacs

Quote: Originally Posted by cray george burns, then. Sorry. He's dead too. And to save you time, so are Ernie Kovacs and Groucho Marx.

I could not help but notice that Kroll was using a lighter when he hit the big time. Somebody offers him a match and he says. "I have always hated matches", then flicks his lighter. I've never smoked but IIRC matches are preferred among aficionados. Supposedly Ernie Kovacs was killed b/ he didn't want to use his car's cigarette lighter -- he reached down for a match to light his cigar ...

Rod Serling made an appearance on "The Jack Benny Show" in a "Twilight Zone" comedy sketch; The "Dick Van Dyke Show" episode "It May Look Like a Walnut" was obviously a parody fof a "Twilght Zone"-like show; Ernie Kovacs once did a sketch making fun of the prevalence of TV Westerns in the '50s which showed a Western shootout done in "Twilight Zone" style. Any other TZ ...

I am too young to remember Soupy Sales in his heyday, but based on what I have seen and heard his influence is monumental. I'm sure he was not the first one, but popularized the use of "inside humor" on his shows and in his skits (Im going to guess Ernie Kovacs pioneered this). Uncle Floyd took Soupy Sales one step further and made it into an adult oriented act, and I have no question both he ...

"Cafe_Dreamco, you just took EXACTLY what I said and extrapolated it into a two-paragraph essay" I suggest you re-read my post then because you have severely misinterpreted it. In fact, I was opposing your central point that there can't be anything cutting edge because we have seen it all. "What 'risks' are left for the television industry to take? What would you suggest they do that ...

George Carlin. Richard Pryor. Don Rickles. Jack Benny. Lenny Bruce. Buddy Hackett. Bob Hope. Bob Newhart. Redd Foxx. Fred Allen. Steve Allen. Rodney Dangerfield. Ernie Kovacs. Milton Berle. Sid Caesar. Jackie Gleason. W.C. Fields. Ed Wynn. George Burns. George Wallace. Jackie Mason. Jonathan Winters. Phyllis Diller. Kathleen Dunbar. And to keep the list short, I left off duos and teams.

Rest in Pies, make that peace, Soupy Sales TV funny man Soupy Sales dies at 83 October 24, 2009 -- Updated 1440 GMT (2240 HKT) Soupy Sales entertained generations of Americans with his off-the-cuff, wacky antics. He was 83. "We have lost a comedy American icon," says comedian's friend and manager He was known for his long-...