Ernie Kovacs Papers, 1940-1962

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Ernie Kovacs Papers, 1940-1962

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Ernie Kovacs (1919-1962) was one of the leading innovators of comedy in television. He also published a novel and acted in movies. The collection consists of Profuselies cartoons, scripts, recordings of Kovacs' television shows, manuscripts of his novel, , as well as personal papers, contracts, financial papers, and scrapbooks. Zoomar

71 boxes (35.5 linear ft.); 33 oversize boxes

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University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.

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Kovacs, Ernie, 1919-1962

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Biography Kovacs was born in Trenton, New Jersey, on January 23, 1919; acted in stock companies and wrote for The Trentonian ; was a disc jockey and special-events announcer for Trenton's radio station WTTM; began his television career at Philadelphia's WPTZ in 1950 and was one of the leading innovators of comedy in the new medium; his first network television program was It's Time for Ernie (1951); continued to work on radio while doing tele...