Saturday, January 23, 2016

Born on January 23rd - #ErnieKovacs


Hall of Fame comedian Ernie Kovacs was born 97 years ago today, in Trenton, N.J. He had two series on 1950s TV that were considered far out at the time and would be considered more so today.

One of his stock characters was poet Percy Dovetonsils, the subject of spoofs by Roy Clark on "Hee Haw" years later. Mr. Kovacs passed away far too soon, in 1962 at the age of 42, survived by his singer wife Edie Adams and two children.

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