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Dallas VideoFest is proud to honor actor and comedian John Cleese, best known for the British comedies Monty Python’s Flying Circus and Fawlty Towers, with the coveted Ernie Kovacs Award at 7:00 p.m.

His mother, the actress Edie Adams, had been married to Kovacs, the actor and writer whose conceptual comedy on television in the ’50s and early ’60s was years ahead of its time. Kovacs died in a car ...

Whenever a clip of Ernie Kovacs pops up in a TV special about show-business history, the focus tends to be on one of his whimsical visual gags or kooky characters. The biggest revelation of the ...

Television innovator Ernie Kovacs' life was cut short in a tragic 1963 car crash, but we can almost imagine what comedic triumphs he might otherwise have conjured up by watching his pioneering work ...

Ernie Kovacs was a genius. There’s no way around that. Carson, Letterman, and Conan have all cited him as an influence, and there have been hundreds of tributes, articles, PBS clips shows, and even ...

These days, you mention Ernie Kovacs with a lot of ifs, ands and buts. If you grew up in the 1950s you`d remember him and realize how David Letterman`s ”let`s take the camera backstage” antics copy ...

A talent ahead of his time, Kovacs, who often worked with his collaborator and wife Edie Adams, has gotten more recognition posthumously, his growing repution meriting a new box set of his work ...

It's time for our home-video feature: Bob Mondello's viewing tips for those who prefer to skip the crowds at the cineplex. This week, he's championing a boxed that spotlights a TV pioneer: 'The Ernie ...

He’s been gone a long time, but one of television’s most original talents is having a renaissance month. Ernie Kovacs is celebrating his 100th birthday year with the release today of The Ernie Kovacs ...

As we bumble toward the end of the first quarter of the 21st century, it is safe to assume that a dwindling, if not already severely dwindled, number of Americans know the name Ernie Kovacs, madcap ...