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Ernie Kovacs & early TV comedy : nothing in moderation / by Andrew Horton.
Van Pelt Library PN2287.K7 H67 2010
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Horton, Andrew, 1944-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kovacs, Ernie, 1919-1962.
- Kovacs, Ernie.
- Television comedies.
- United States.
- Comedians--United States--Biography.
- Comedians.
- Motion picture actors and actresses--United States--Biography.
- Motion picture actors and actresses.
- Television comedies--United States.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 120 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Ernic Kovacs and early television comedy
- Place of Publication:
- Austin : University of Texas Press, 2010.
- Contents:
- Introduction : nothing in moderation. An overview of the postwar era and the Ernie Kovacs shows in the context of American television comedy
- The flow of the Philadelphia and New York Kovacs shows : comic surrealism, verbal and visual
- Silents please! Ernie, California, and working with music, sound, and surrealistic visuals on his specials
- Ernie in the movies: from comic director to supporting character actor
- The Kovacs legacy: "I don't know. I just do it!".
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780292721944
- 0292721943
- OCLC:
- 435967563
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