Percy Dovetonsils

Percy Dovetonsils wani hali ne na almara wanda Mai wasan kwaikwayo na talabijin na Amurka Ernie Kovacs ya kirkira kuma ya buga. Wataƙila ita ce mafi kyawun tunawa da Kovacs da yawa na TV.

 Halitta 
Kovacs ya kirkiro halin a cikin 1950 don shirinsa na Uku don Samun Kayan Aiki a kan WPTZ a Philadelphia (station da yanzu shine KYW-TV). Abokin aikinsa Andy McKay ne ya gano tabarau da ya yi amfani da su a wani sabon kantin sayar da kayayyaki na cents goma;  Kovacs ya zana layi a kan idanun tabarau don ba Percy bayyanar "half-farkawa". An ce Kovacs ya samo asali ne daga karatun waƙoƙin talabijin na Ted Malone.  (An kira shirin Malone tsakanin Bookends); Percy ya sanya hannu shi ne, "Zan gan ka kawai a waje da bookends. "   Wasu sun danganta halin Percy ga Alexander Woollcott. 

 Tsarin 
Percy koyaushe ana gabatar da shi tare da bunƙasa mai mata na kiɗa na garaya a matsayin "mai raira waƙa" wanda ya bayyana a kan allo a matsayin mai ban mamaki "mai zane-zane" tare da gashi mai ban mamaki (ciki har da gashin gashi guda biyu da aka sanya a goshinsa) da kuma tabarau masu zurfi waɗanda suka bayyana suna da idanu a kan bayan ruwan tabarau. Zai bayyana yana zaune a kan kujera yana sanye da jaket mai shan sigari, kuma yana karatu daga babban littafi da ke kwance a cinyarsa. Percy zai yi magana da masu sauraro a cikin syrupy lisp kuma ya karanta waƙoƙinsa daga littafin yayin shan giya daga gilashin martini (wanda sau da yawa yana da da daisy don sandar swizzle) da / ko shan sigari ta hanyar mai ɗaukar sigari mai tsawo.

Waƙoƙin da kansu sun kasance marasa kyau ko wauta, tare da lakabi kamar "Leslie the Mean Animal Trainer"  da "Ode to a Housefly (Philosophical Ruminations on a Beastie in the Booze).  Yayinda suke da hankali, ainihin jin daɗin waƙoƙin sun kasance a cikin isarwar, bayyanar Percy da halayensa, da kuma gamsuwar kansa da abubuwan da ya haifar da shi (kamar da murmushi mai banƙyama da kuma girgizar kai a ƙarshen mahimman matsayi).

Lokaci-lokaci, Percy zai nuna baiwa ba tare da waƙarsa ba; ana ganinsa yana wasa da Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata a kan babban piano-ko da bayan piano kanta ta ɓace daga gani, [1] kuma a matsayin "Master Detective" a cikin Amurka Steel "Private Eye, Private Eye" na musamman na Maris 8, 1961, wanda aka gani a CBS. Shirin talabijin na musamman ya kasance jerin abubuwan da ke nuna hotunan masu bincike masu zaman kansu a talabijin da fina-finai. A cikin "The Good Old Days", Kovacs yayin da Percy ke ƙoƙarin gano mai kisan gilla ga gwauruwar wanda aka azabtar, wanda Edie Adams ya buga.[2][3] Percy ya kuma gabatar da baƙo a kan The Perry Como Show a watan Fabrairun, 1957. [4]
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