Ernie Kovacs & early tv comedy
Subtitle: nothing in moderation
By: Andrew Horton.
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Austin
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780292721944
Subjects: Kovacs, Ernie, -- 1919-1962 -- Biography; Comedians -- United States -- Biography; Motion picture actors and  actresses -- United States -- Biography; Television comedies -- United States
Genres: Biography
Other titles: Ernic Kovacs and early tv comedy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references 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!".