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The genius of Ernie's early television shows on WPTZ, the most famous being "Three To Get Ready," is that they incorporated the best of his radio work combined with the new visual medium. Unfortunately no known copy of "Three To Get Ready" exists (its on the Museum of Television and Radios' top ten wish list) and I have never heard of anyone, including the Museum, having audio from Ernie's WTTM or WABC radio shows (if any of you out there do have segments, let me know). The one thing I have heard is a segment called "Star-Time," which were a series of five minute segments that ran on WNBC Radio in the late 1950's. They featured a variety of celebrities doing pieces on whatever struck their fancies. The ones I've heard with Ernie usually have him doing Percy Dovetonsils reading stuff like "Repunzel" in his own inimitable fashion. These are available for listening at the Museum of Television and Radio in New York City, and I suppose the one in Los Angeles as well. According to the book "Kovacsland," by Diana Rico, WABC radio's live "Ernie Kovacs Show" premiered on May 30th 1955 from 6am-9pm. It ran every morning except Sunday. By the second year Ernie, who was 36 years old when he started the show, was making $95,000 a year. Big money for those days. Though it did require him to get up at 4:30am. The anecdotes below pertain to this show. Oh, and by the way, Ed Silverman has sent me a scan of an original EEFMS (Early Eyeball Fraternal and Marching Society) membership card! This was a card Ernie used to send to his early morning TV fans. You can see it be scrolling down. CLICK HERE FOR P.3 OF "ABC RADIO ANNOUNCER ED SILVERMAN TALKS ABOUT ERNIE KOVACS"
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