Christmas Gift Guide 2018 Features ERNIE KOVACS: THE CENTENNIAL EDITION
This is a press release featuring ERNIE KOVACS: THE CENTENNIAL EDITION.I was sent ERNIE KOVACS: THE CENTENNIAL EDITION in exchange for this post and a review. Although I have decided to place ERNIE KOVACS: THE CENTENNIAL EDITION inside this years Christmas Gift Guide 2018.
I think David would enjoy ERNIE KOVACS: THE CENTENNIAL EDITION so I can’t share my thoughts with you because I would need to watch ERNIE KOVACS: THE CENTENNIAL EDITION and David might come in when ERNIE KOVACS: THE CENTENNIAL EDITION playing and know what he is getting for a Gift.
I would like to ask if you would check out the Press Release below and order your own copy of ERNIE KOVACS: THE CENTENNIAL EDITION. Then come back in December to see what David thinks of ERNIE KOVACS: THE CENTENNIAL EDITION.
THIS NOVEMBER, JOIN SHOUT! FACTORY CELEBRATES THE 100TH BIRTHDAY OF TELEVISION’S ORIGINAL GENIUS
Across 9 DVDs, Fans of Classic TV and Comedy Will Thrill to 22 Hours of Landmark Hilarity and Bonus Features
This Holiday Season, Shout! Factory Will Also Offer Limited Edition Sets of Never-Before-Available-or-Seen Lithographs by Ernie Kovacs, Starting at $250
This November, to kick off the 2019 100th birthday celebration of Ernie Kovacs, television’s original genius, Shout! Factory brings together the riotous DVD set,ERNIE KOVACS: THE CENTENNIAL EDITION. Combining the previously released volumes of groundbreaking, rule-breaking, surreal and charmingly silly comedy of the beloved and iconic comedian, the singular set features over 22 classic hours of decidedly offbeat entertainment from across Kovacs many television shows and specials.
It will be available onShoutFactory.com or wherever DVDs are sold on November 13, 2018.
Across the 9 discs of ERNIE KOVACS: THE CENTENNIAL EDITION, home audiences will find a cornucopia of Kovacs‘ greatest and most memorable “hits”, showcasing an utterly unique sensibility that has influenced such comedy institutions as Monty Python and “Saturday Night Live” including episodes from his local and national morning shows, episodes from his NBC prime-time show, his five ABC-TV specials, the rare color version of his legendary silent show, “Eugene”, 3 complete episodes of his offbeat game show “Take a Good Look”, “A Pony for Chris“, Kovacs‘ rarely-seen pilot for “Medicine Man” co-starring Buster Keaton, the only existing filmed solo interview with Kovacs himself, his award-winning commercials for Dutch Masters Cigars, a collection of short films, tributes rarities and much more!
Limited Edition Never-Before-Available-or-Seen Lithographs
While best known as “Television’s Original Genius“, Kovacs‘ groundbreaking work in the early days of television has been his legacy, though he also starred in movies, recorded LPs, hosted radio shows, wrote novels, and worked as a columnist for his hometown paper, “The Trentonian“. Many of his fans, however, may not know that the creative giant was also an artist, never without a pen and paper — and the chronic insomniac often worked well into the night. Early in his career, one of Kovacs‘ favorite TV segments was his “Illustrated Profuselies“. And during this “visual improv” set to music, the viewing audience got to watch his fertile mind at work, as he quickly sketched doodles. Frequently drawn in pencil and sometimes using colors, these abstract, sometimes surrealistic images soon took shape and were eventually revealed on camera.
ERNIE KOVACS: THE CENTENNIAL EDITION digs deep into a goldmine of comedy and Kovacs‘ fans, both longtime and new, will marvel at the sheer invention, wit and goofy charm of these milestone programs from the Golden Age of TV. A creative force of nature, this specially-curated collection of his riches — historic, unique and endlessly entertaining — will help to seal his legacy forever.
ERNIE KOVACS: THE CENTENNIAL EDITION Bonus Programming:
1987 ATAS Hall Of Fame Induction
Andy McKay 8 mm Home Movies
- Audio Lost
- Baseball Film
- Charlie Clod In Brazil
- Dutch Masters Commercials
- Ernie‘s Opening Monologue
- Home Movies: Golf With Eddie And Ernie
- Howard, The World’s Strongest Ant on “A Hot Date” and “Howard’s Campground”
- Interview: Algernon Gerard, Archaeologist
- Interview: The World At Your Doorstep
- Introducing Coloratura Mimi Cosnowski
- Irving Wong: Tin Pan Alley Songwriter
- J. Burlington Gearshift
- Making Of “Baseball Film”
- Martin Krutch, Public Eye
- Matzoh Hepplewhite
- Miklos Molnar’s Glue
- Muriel Cigars Commercials Featuring Edie Adams
- Original Theatrical Trailers: “Wake Me When It’s Over” And “Five Golden Hours”
- Our Man In Havana” Behind-The-Scenes Footage
- Percy Dovetonsils : “Ode To A Housefly”, “Ode To Electricity” and “Ode To Stanley’s Pussycat”
- Remembering Ernie With George Schlatter And Jolene Brand
- Rock Mississippi In “Fingers Under Weskit”
- Silents Please
- Skodney Silsky, Hollywood Reporter
- Strangely Believe It: Writers To Blame
- Superclod Test
- Surprise Audience Member
- Take A Good Look: “Clues” and “Sales Film”
- The Kapusta Kid In Outer Space Meets Olivia Scilloscope
- The Mysterious Knockwurst
- Trailer For “Operation Mad Ball” – “It Happened To Ernie“
About Shout! Factory
Shout! Factory, LLC is a diversified multi-platform media company devoted to producing, uncovering, preserving and revitalizing the very best of pop culture. Founders Richard Foos, Bob Emmer and Garson Foos have spent their entire careers sharing their music, television and film favorites with discerning consumers the world over. Shout! Factory’s entertainment offerings serve up feature films, classic and contemporary TV series, animation, live music and comedy specials. In addition, Shout! Factory maintains a vast entertainment distribution network which delivers culturally relevant programming, movie and audio content to all the leading digital service providers in North America and across multiple platforms. Shout! Factory owns and operates Shout! Studios, Scream Factory, Shout! Factory Kids, Mystery Science Theater 3000, and Shout! Factory TV. These riches are the result of a creative acquisition mandate that has established the company as a hotbed of cultural preservation and commercial reinvention. Shout! Factory is based in Los Angeles, California. For more on Shout! Factory, visit shoutfactory.com.
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
