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Ernie Kovacs

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ERNIE KOVACS

One of TV’s original comic geniuses and pioneers.
Host of NBC’s The Tonight Show 1956-1957.

Inducted into the Academy Of Television Arts & Sciences Hall Of Fame.

An acknowledged influence on variety TV shows, television show hosts, and comedians to this very day.

The inscription on his tombstone reads, “Ernie Kovacs 1919-1962 — Nothing In Moderation.”

 

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Recordings Available for Sync

A Day At The Races (from Kovacs Unlimited 5/26/54)
COMPOSER(S): Ernie Kovacs
GENRES & ERA: Comedy, Pop, 1950s
AVAILABLE ON: Ernie Kovacs Presents Percy Dovetonsils… thpeaks
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1954
At Home With Lorelei Latour (from Kovacs Unlimited 12/24/53)
COMPOSER(S): Ernie Kovacs
GENRES & ERA: Comedy, Pop, 1950s
AVAILABLE ON: Ernie Kovacs Presents Percy Dovetonsils… thpeaks
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1953
Choco-Spin Factory (from Kovacs Unlimited 1953)
COMPOSER(S): Ernie Kovacs
GENRES & ERA: Comedy, 1950s
AVAILABLE ON: Ernie Kovacs Presents: The Ernie Kovacs Album
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1953
Cowboy
COMPOSER(S): Ernie Kovacs
GENRES & ERA: Comedy, Pop, 1960s
AVAILABLE ON: Ernie Kovacs Presents Percy Dovetonsils… thpeaks
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1960
Droongo ‘John’
COMPOSER(S): Ernie Kovacs
GENRES & ERA: Comedy, 1950s
AVAILABLE ON: Ernie Kovacs Presents: The Ernie Kovacs Album
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1950s
Happy Birthday To A Book Worm
COMPOSER(S): Ernie Kovacs
GENRES & ERA: Comedy, Pop, 1960s
AVAILABLE ON: Ernie Kovacs Presents Percy Dovetonsils… thpeaks
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1960
Hot Nudniks (6/9/55 ABC Radio)
COMPOSER(S): Ernie Kovacs
GENRES & ERA: Comedy, 1950s
AVAILABLE ON: Ernie Kovacs Presents: The Ernie Kovacs Album
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1955
Household/Holiday Blues/Oakite Ad – Ernie Kovacs & Edie Adams Duet
COMPOSER(S): [unknown] GENRES & ERA: Pop, Holiday, Comedy, 1950s
AVAILABLE ON: The Edie Adams Christmas Album featuring Ernie Kovacs (1952)
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1952
The Inch Worm (9/10/56)
COMPOSER(S): Frank Loesser
GENRES & ERA: Comedy, Pop, 1950s
AVAILABLE ON: Ernie Kovacs Presents: The Ernie Kovacs Album
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1956
Intro
COMPOSER(S): Ernie Kovacs
GENRES & ERA: Comedy, Pop, 1960s
AVAILABLE ON: Ernie Kovacs Presents Percy Dovetonsils… thpeaks
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1960
It’s Been Real
COMPOSER(S): Ernie Kovacs
GENRES & ERA: Comedy, 1950s
AVAILABLE ON: Ernie Kovacs Presents: The Ernie Kovacs Album
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1950s
J. Walter Puppybreath; Albert Gridley
COMPOSER(S): Ernie Kovacs
GENRES & ERA: Comedy, 1950s
AVAILABLE ON: Ernie Kovacs Presents: The Ernie Kovacs Album
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1950s
Lament From A Germ's Eye Viewpoint
COMPOSER(S): Ernie Kovacs
GENRES & ERA: Comedy, Pop, 1960s
AVAILABLE ON: Ernie Kovacs Presents Percy Dovetonsils… thpeaks
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1960
Little Kapsuta Cyclotron Kit (6/13/55 ABC Radio)
COMPOSER(S): Ernie Kovacs
GENRES & ERA: Comedy, 1950s
AVAILABLE ON: Ernie Kovacs Presents: The Ernie Kovacs Album
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1955
Mac The Knife (Theme From “The Threepenny Opera”) / Percy Dovetonsils: (a) Happy Birthday To A Bookwork (b) Cowboy
COMPOSER(S): Kurt Weill/Bertolt Brecht/Marc Blitzstein // Ernie Kovacs
GENRES & ERA: Comedy, Pop, 1950s
AVAILABLE ON: Ernie Kovacs Presents: The Ernie Kovacs Album
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1950s
Mr. Question Man
COMPOSER(S): Ernie Kovacs
GENRES & ERA: Comedy, 1950s
AVAILABLE ON: Ernie Kovacs Presents: The Ernie Kovacs Album
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1950s
The Night Before Christmas On New York's Fashionable East Side
COMPOSER(S): Ernie Kovacs
GENRES & ERA: Comedy, Holiday, Pop, 1960s
AVAILABLE ON: Ernie Kovacs Presents Percy Dovetonsils… thpeaks
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1960
The Night Before Christmas On The East Side (from Kovacs Unlimited 11/27/53)
COMPOSER(S): Ernie Kovacs
GENRES & ERA: Pop, Holiday, Comedy, 1950s
AVAILABLE ON: Ernie Kovacs Presents: A Percy Dovetonsils Chrithmath
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1953
Oddities In The News: Closing; “I’ve Had It... Arrivederci”
COMPOSER(S): Ernie Kovacs
GENRES & ERA: Comedy, 1950s
AVAILABLE ON: Ernie Kovacs Presents: The Ernie Kovacs Album
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1950s
Ode To A Hangman's Noose (from Kovacs Unlimited 6/28/54)
COMPOSER(S): Ernie Kovacs
GENRES & ERA: Comedy, Pop, 1950s
AVAILABLE ON: Ernie Kovacs Presents Percy Dovetonsils… thpeaks
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1954
Ode To A House Fly
COMPOSER(S): Ernie Kovacs
GENRES & ERA: Comedy, Pop, 1960s
AVAILABLE ON: Ernie Kovacs Presents Percy Dovetonsils… thpeaks
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1960
Ode To A Worm's Eye View (from Kovacs Unlimited 6/14/54)
COMPOSER(S): Ernie Kovacs
GENRES & ERA: Comedy, Pop, 1950s
AVAILABLE ON: Ernie Kovacs Presents Percy Dovetonsils… thpeaks
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1954
Ode To An Emotional Italian Knight
COMPOSER(S): Ernie Kovacs
GENRES & ERA: Comedy, Pop, 1960s
AVAILABLE ON: Ernie Kovacs Presents Percy Dovetonsils… thpeaks
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1960
Ode To Mona Lisa
COMPOSER(S): Ernie Kovacs
GENRES & ERA: Comedy, Pop, 1960s
AVAILABLE ON: Ernie Kovacs Presents Percy Dovetonsils… thpeaks
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1960
Ode To New Year's Eve (from Kovacs Unlimited 1/5/53)
COMPOSER(S): Ernie Kovacs
GENRES & ERA: Pop, Holiday, Comedy, 1950s
AVAILABLE ON: Ernie Kovacs Presents: A Percy Dovetonsils Chrithmath
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1953
Ode To Our First Snowfall (from Kovacs Unlimited 12/5/52)
COMPOSER(S): Ernie Kovacs
GENRES & ERA: Pop, Holiday, Comedy, 1950s
AVAILABLE ON: Ernie Kovacs Presents: A Percy Dovetonsils Chrithmath
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1952
Ode To Sam, The Taller Of The Two Monkeys
COMPOSER(S): Ernie Kovacs
GENRES & ERA: Comedy, Pop, 1960s
AVAILABLE ON: Ernie Kovacs Presents Percy Dovetonsils… thpeaks
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1960
Ode To Stanley's Pussycat
COMPOSER(S): Ernie Kovacs
GENRES & ERA: Comedy, Pop, 1960s
AVAILABLE ON: Ernie Kovacs Presents Percy Dovetonsils… thpeaks
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1960
Percy Dovetonsils (a) Ode To Stanley’s Pussycat (b) Ode To An Emotional Italian Knight
COMPOSER(S): Ernie Kovacs
GENRES & ERA: Comedy, 1950s
AVAILABLE ON: Ernie Kovacs Presents: The Ernie Kovacs Album
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1950s
Ode To The Happier Days Of The Roman Coliseum
COMPOSER(S): Ernie Kovacs
GENRES & ERA: Comedy, Pop, 1960s
AVAILABLE ON: Ernie Kovacs Presents Percy Dovetonsils… thpeaks
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1960
Ode To Whistler's Mother
COMPOSER(S): Ernie Kovacs
GENRES & ERA: Comedy, Pop, 1960s
AVAILABLE ON: Ernie Kovacs Presents Percy Dovetonsils… thpeaks
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1960
Ode To The Christmas Shoppers (from Kovacs Unlimited 12/16/52)
COMPOSER(S): Ernie Kovacs
GENRES & ERA: Pop, Holiday, Comedy, 1950s
AVAILABLE ON: Ernie Kovacs Presents: A Percy Dovetonsils Chrithmath
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1952
Pierre Ragout
COMPOSER(S): Ernie Kovacs
GENRES & ERA: Comedy, 1950s
AVAILABLE ON: Ernie Kovacs Presents: The Ernie Kovacs Album
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1950s
Poem For Edith Adams (from Kovacs Unlimited 11/18/52)
COMPOSER(S): Ernie Kovacs
GENRES & ERA: Comedy, Pop, 1950s
AVAILABLE ON: Ernie Kovacs Presents Percy Dovetonsils… thpeaks
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1952
Roughing It Interview
COMPOSER(S): Ernie Kovacs
GENRES & ERA: Comedy, Pop, 1960s
AVAILABLE ON: Ernie Kovacs Presents Percy Dovetonsils… thpeaks
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1960
Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town – Ernie Kovacs with Edie Adams & Cast
COMPOSER(S): John Frederick Coots/Haven Gillespie
GENRES & ERA: Pop, Holiday, Comedy, 1950s
AVAILABLE ON: The Edie Adams Christmas Album featuring Ernie Kovacs (1952)
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1952
Side One Closing
COMPOSER(S): Ernie Kovacs
GENRES & ERA: Comedy, Pop, 1960s
AVAILABLE ON: Ernie Kovacs Presents Percy Dovetonsils… thpeaks
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1960
Side Two Closing
COMPOSER(S): Ernie Kovacs
GENRES & ERA: Comedy, Pop, 1960s
AVAILABLE ON: Ernie Kovacs Presents Percy Dovetonsils… thpeaks
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1960
Silver Bells – Ernie Kovacs & Edie Adams Duet
COMPOSER(S): Jay Livingston/Ray Evans
GENRES & ERA: Pop, Holiday, Comedy, 1950s
AVAILABLE ON: The Edie Adams Christmas Album featuring Ernie Kovacs (1952)
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1952
Some Pertinent Thoughts Of Julius Caesar While He Was Being Assasinated
COMPOSER(S): Ernie Kovacs
GENRES & ERA: Comedy, Pop, 1960s
AVAILABLE ON: Ernie Kovacs Presents Percy Dovetonsils… thpeaks
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1960
Strangely Believe Its
COMPOSER(S): Ernie Kovacs
GENRES & ERA: Comedy, 1950s
AVAILABLE ON: Ernie Kovacs Presents: The Ernie Kovacs Album
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1950s
Thoughts While Falling Off The Empire State Building
COMPOSER(S): Ernie Kovacs
GENRES & ERA: Comedy, Pop, 1960s
AVAILABLE ON: Ernie Kovacs Presents Percy Dovetonsils… thpeaks
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1960
Tom Swift
COMPOSER(S): Ernie Kovacs
GENRES & ERA: Comedy, 1950s
AVAILABLE ON: Ernie Kovacs Presents: The Ernie Kovacs Album
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1950s
Uncle Buddy
COMPOSER(S): Ernie Kovacs
GENRES & ERA: Comedy, 1950s
AVAILABLE ON: Ernie Kovacs Presents: The Ernie Kovacs Album
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1950s
Winter Is Almost Nigh Upon Us (from Kovacs Unlimited 11/14/52)
COMPOSER(S): Ernie Kovacs
GENRES & ERA: Pop, Holiday, Comedy, 1950s
AVAILABLE ON: Ernie Kovacs Presents: A Percy Dovetonsils Chrithmath
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1952
World’s Strongest Man; Man’s Best Friend
COMPOSER(S): Ernie Kovacs
GENRES & ERA: Comedy, 1950s
AVAILABLE ON: Ernie Kovacs Presents: The Ernie Kovacs Album
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1950s
Your Own Crime Syndicate (6/13/55 ABC Radio)
COMPOSER(S): Ernie Kovacs
GENRES & ERA: Comedy, 1950s
AVAILABLE ON: Ernie Kovacs Presents: The Ernie Kovacs Album
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1955