Ernie Kovacs & early tv comedy
Subtitle: nothing in moderation
By: Andrew Horton
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Austin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 120
ISBN-13: 9780292721944
Other titles: Ernic Kovacs and early tv comedy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 111-114) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Nothing in moderation. An overview of the postwar era and the Ernie Kovacs shows in the context of American television comedy; title: The flow of the Philadelphia and New York Kovacs shows: comic surrealism, verbal and visual; title: Silents please! Ernie, California, and working with music, sound, and surrealistic visuals on his specials; title: Ernie in the movies: from comic director to supporting character actor; title: The Kovacs legacy: I don't know. I just do it!.