Ernie Kovacs & early tv comedy [[electronic resource] ] : nothing in moderation / / by Andrew Horton

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910456514903321
• Autore: Horton Andrew
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Austin, : University of Texas Press, 2010
• ISBN: 0-292-79297-2
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (141 p.)
• Disciplina: 791.4502/8092; B
• Soggetti: Comedians - United States; Motion picture actors and actresses - United States; Television comedies - United States; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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!.