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    The Ernie Kovacs Collection: Kovacs On Music

Comedy
51 
May 21, 1959
Having for the first time the luxury of recording the show on videotape †and without a studio audience Kovacs points his camera eye at his love for music, which Juilliard graduate Edie Adams had deepened over the years.

Full Episodes

Season 1, 21 episodes

Season 1
   
The Ernie Kovacs Collection: It’s Time For Ernie (March 7, 1951),
Ernie performs cartoon gags, relates directly to us through the television set and even does something we'd probably do during the show . . . get a drink of water.
8m Mar 6, 1951
   
The Ernie Kovacs Collection: It’s Time For Ernie (June 1, 1951),
The Ernie Kovacs Collection. This is from an unknown date during the show's actual run. The TV set bit and others now that Ernie's worked things out with the director and crew is shot properly.
8m May 31, 1951
   
The Ernie Kovacs Collection: Ernie In Kovacsland (July 6, 1951),
Ernie was given this nightly prime-time slot as a summer replacement for popular puppet show Kukla, Fran And Ollie on the NBC network.
15m Jul 5, 1951
   
The Ernie Kovacs Collection: Ernie In Kovacsland (August 23, 1951),
Ernie was given this nightly prime-time slot as a summer replacement for popular puppet show Kukla, Fran And Ollie on the NBC network.
20m Aug 22, 1951
   
The Ernie Kovacs Collection: Kovacs On The Corner,
Ernie was given this network daytime half-hour variety show from January through March of 1952, originating from WPTZ and airing nationally on NBC.
17m Dec 31, 1951
   
The Ernie Kovacs Collection: Kovacs Unlimited (May 28, 1952),
Ernie's daily show for CBS started in a midday slot of 45 minutes and moved to mornings at one hour at the beginning of 1953. Kovacs transplanted his Philly wake-up show to New York City and was now seen by a national audience.
17m May 27, 1952
   
The Ernie Kovacs Collection: December 19, 1955,
After Kovacs Unlimited was canceled, Ernie did a similar program in a late-night slot for the fledgling DuMont network from April 1954 to April 1955, and then landed at NBC that fall.
21m Dec 18, 1955
   
The Ernie Kovacs Collection: February 20, 1956,
After Kovacs Unlimited was canceled, Ernie did a similar program in a late-night slot for the fledgling DuMont network from April 1954 to April 1955, and then landed at NBC that fall.
25m Feb 19, 1956
   
The Ernie Kovacs Collection: March 15, 1956,
After Kovacs Unlimited was canceled, Ernie did a similar program in a late-night slot for the fledgling DuMont network from April 1954 to April 1955, and then landed at NBC that fall.
19m Mar 14, 1956
   
The Ernie Kovacs Collection: April 12, 1956,
After Kovacs Unlimited was canceled, Ernie did a similar program in a late-night slot for the fledgling DuMont network from April 1954 to April 1955, and then landed at NBC that fall.
18m Apr 11, 1956
   
The Ernie Kovacs Collection: June 12, 1956,
After Kovacs Unlimited was canceled, Ernie did a similar program in a late-night slot for the fledgling DuMont network from April 1954 to April 1955, and then landed at NBC that fall.
16m Jun 11, 1956
   
The Ernie Kovacs Collection: July 2, 1956,
This was Ernie's chance to do a full-scale Sid-Caesar-Steve-Allen-high-profile-big-budget-comedy-variety show, and to prove to the network brass he could deliver what he thought they expected while staying true to his own style and humor.
43m Jul 1, 1956
   
The Ernie Kovacs Collection: July 30, 1956,
This was Ernie's chance to do a full-scale Sid-Caesar-Steve-Allen-high-profile-big-budget-comedy-variety show, and to prove to the network brass he could deliver what he thought they expected while staying true to his own style and humor.
42m Jul 29, 1956
   
The Ernie Kovacs Collection: September 3, 1956,
This was Ernie's chance to do a full-scale Sid-Caesar-Steve-Allen-high-profile-big-budget-comedy-variety show, and to prove to the network brass he could deliver what he thought they expected while staying true to his own style and humor.
36m Sep 2, 1956
   
The Ernie Kovacs Collection: Saturday Color Carnival,
Nicknamed The Silent Show, this 30-minute program was a turning point in Kovacs's career and in his television work itself.
25m Jan 18, 1957
   
The Ernie Kovacs Collection: Kovacs On Music,
Having for the first time the luxury of recording the show on videotape †and without a studio audience Kovacs points his camera eye at his love for music, which Juilliard graduate Edie Adams had deepened over the years.
51m May 21, 1959
   
The Ernie Kovacs Collection: Special #4 (September 21, 1961),
Airing monthly from April 1961 to January 1962, with a break in the summer, these shows are Kovacs's essence and contain many of his iconic masterpieces of comedy, visuals and love of music.
27m Sep 20, 1961
   
The Ernie Kovacs Collection: Special #5 (October 28, 1961),
Airing monthly from April 1961 to January 1962, with a break in the summer, these shows are Kovacs's essence and contain many of his iconic masterpieces of comedy, visuals and love of music.
27m Oct 27, 1961
   
The Ernie Kovacs Collection: Special #6 (November 24, 1961),
Airing monthly from April 1961 to January 1962, with a break in the summer, these shows are Kovacs's essence and contain many of his iconic masterpieces of comedy, visuals and love of music.
29m Nov 23, 1961
   
The Ernie Kovacs Collection: Special #7 (December 12, 1961),
Airing monthly from April 1961 to January 1962, with a break in the summer, these shows are Kovacs's essence and contain many of his iconic masterpieces of comedy, visuals and love of music.
26m Dec 11, 1961
   
The Ernie Kovacs Collection: Special #8 (January 23, 1962),
Airing monthly from April 1961 to January 1962, with a break in the summer, these shows are Kovacs's essence and contain many of his iconic masterpieces of comedy, visuals and love of music.
28m Jan 22, 1962
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