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RECENT NEWS FROM KOVACSLAND UPDATE, MAY 31, 2010: Koufax or Kovacs? You'll know which once you read this new post on "The Ernie Kovacs Blog".
ABOUT THIS SITE
Welcome to www.erniekovacs.net, your source for information and updates about television's original comedic genius Ernie Kovacs! My name is Al Quagliata and I run this site which can also be accessed at www.erniekovacs.org. I suggest that you also visit www.erniekovacs.info which is run by my friend Ben Model ; before starting this site I wrote for Ben's site. Both sites complement each other with completely different information so I consider Ben's our sister site. There's also The Ernie Kovacs Blog which is a collaborative effort between myself and Ben. I started it back in March of 2007 at the suggestion of an EK fan who thought it would be cool to have a place where fans could post comments and discuss Ernie's work. It quickly became apparent that it's much easier to use the blog to post articles and updates than it is to update these pages. The information you'll find here is the original website up until the blog's inception; the blog is where anything new is posted. And you can bet whenever there's any new info from Kovacsland we'll have it for your first! I've also started a Twitter page for Ernie so that any new updates can be posted there immediately. If you're on MySpace we run the Ernie Kovacs MySpace Fan Page and anytime there's news a bulletin is posted there. For those who use Facebook there are two Ernie pages; one run by Ron Evry and another by Ben Model. Updates are always posted in both. This is certainly not meant to be the definitive site regarding the work of Ernie Kovacs. On this site you will find a short history of Ernie Kovacs written by me along with interviews I’ve conducted and show reviews of some more obscure Kovacs titles. What I try to avoid here is writing about EK subjects that seem to be overdone on the internet; for example "The Nairobi Trio" and "Percy Dovetonsils". I'm hoping that here you will find things about Ernie's work that you may not have been aware of. If you have any questions about Ernie's work you can always contact me.
On the right is a 50th anniversary segment from a newscast in 1986 on WKYW in Philadelphia. Ernie started here when it was WPTZ. They interview a cameraman of Ernie’s named Bill Freeland and show some quick clips. On the links page, I have tried to give connect you to what I consider to be necessary products for the true Ernie Kovacs Aficionado and links to other relevant sites about Ernie. I don't represent any particular web vendor and I certainly do not profit from the sale of Ernie Kovacs memorabilia sold by these vendors. I simply chose sites that feature the definitive Ernie Kovacs products and information. The links will take you directly to where you need to go for purchase, and I will check them periodically for accuracy. There is not a lot of material out there, and I list all the items that are "must haves." There are two items that I do sell myself through this site. One is a rare book about Ernie and the other is a T-Shirt, both from an exhibition done by the Museum Of TV & Radio (now the Paley Center For Media) back in 1986. To learn about these items click HERE. In the right column is a photo of a paperback copy of Zoomar, Ernie’s novel. I won the auction for this on EBAY. I own a hardcover version first edition, and had always wondered if it existed in paperback. Unfortunately this item was lost in the mail and I never received it. I'm fairly sure that a movie version of Zoomar was planned, with Dick Van Dyke portraying the title role of Tom Moore, though this never panned out. Moore, a young hip TV advertising executive, is basically Ernie winding his way through a bunch of condescending TV execs with no vision, much like what he had to endure in real life. It angered many as the characters were based on people Ernie had worked with and the characerizations were very thinly veiled. It’s one of the few times I've ever read of people being angry with Ernie. Good for him, I say; knowing the way television is he was probably right. The title Zoomar comes from the Zoomar Lens, a type of early television camera lens manufactured by a German company called Zoomar. Thanks for your support and thanks for stopping by. I've been doing this for about 14 years now and have met some great people and fans of Ernie's important work. As he might have said: "It's Been Real!" Yours Truly In Kovacsland, Al Quagliata, Webmaster, www.erniekovacs.net |
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