1960TV Variety
TAKE A GOOD LOOK - ERNIE KOVACS' PANEL GAME SHOW SERIES. VARIETY TELEVISION. JULY 7, 1960
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TAKE A GOOD LOOK SLATE - ERNIE KOVACS' PANEL GAME SHOW SERIES. JULY 7, 1960
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SHOW OPENER. KOVACS, CIGAR IN MOUTH, WELCOMES AUDIENCE AND INTRODUCES PANEL MEMBERS, CESAR ROMERO, MORT SAHL , AND ERNIE'S WIFE, EDIE ADAMS, WHO ENTERS FROM BEHIND THE CURTAIN AND TWIRLS AROUND IN A "TENNIS" DRESS.
SIMILAR TO THE GAME SHOW, "TO TELL THE TRUTH" WHICH AIRED AROUND THIS TIME, THE PANEL MUST GUESS THE GUESTS' UNUSUAL OCCUPATION OR EXPERIENCE THROUGH CLUES GIVEN IN COMEDY SKITS PERFORMED BY KOVACS. |
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KOVACS INTRODUCES FIRST GUEST, GRETA ANDERSON, WORLD FAMOUS CHANNEL SWIMMER WHO HOLDS THE WORLD RECORD FOR THE ENGLISH CHANNEL CROSSING. A PHOTO IN LIFE MAGAZINE OF GRETA SWIMMING.
KOVACS CUTS TO FIRST CLUE (SKIT). |
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IN A PARODY OF THE FRANK SINATRA SONG, "SWINGIN' ON A STAR", KOVACS, IN A TIGER PRINT JACKET COMES DOWN ON A SWING AND DRINKING A MARTINI SWINGS CASUALLY BACK AND FORTH.
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| 01:03:34 214.89 |
W/S OF THE PANEL AND THEY ASK QUESTIONS BEGINNING WITH CESAR WHO IS ON THE RIGHT TRACK BUT BELL RINGS. EDIE AND MORT ASK QUESTION BUT THE BUZER RINGS AND KOVACS CUTS TO NEXT CLUE (SKIT).
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| 01:06:04 364.08 |
KOVACS IS BACK IN TIGER JACKET AND TURNS ON HIS SMALL BLACK AND WHITE TELEVISION SET. KOVACS PLAYS VARIOUS FOREIGN CHARACTERS INCLUDING SHERLOCK HOLMES ON THE PROGRAMS HE WATCHES. HE KEEPS FLIPPING THE CHANNELS.
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ERNIE RETURNS WITH GRETA AND THE PANEL CONTINUES QUESTIONING HER. CESAR TAKES A GUESS AND IS CLOSE TO THE ANSWER. EDIE AND MORT ASK QUESTIONS, BUT THE BUZZER RINGS AND KOVACS CUTS TO THE LAST CLUE.
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| 01:12:02 722.93 |
KOVACS IN A ROMAN GET UP "LUCIAS PLEBIOUS JR" READS THE SPORTS SCORES, STICKS HIS HAND IN A WATER TANK AND COMES UP WITH A TURTLE HANGING FROM HIS FINGERS.
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| 01:12:59 779.94 |
PANEL RETURNS, AND STILL CAN'T GUESS THE FULL ANSWER. KOVACS GIVES CLUES FROM HIS DESK. CESAR FINALLY GETS IT RIGHT.
KOVACS TALKS ABOUT THE CLUES AND GRETA'S ACCOMPLISHMENT. EVERYONE APPLAUDS GRETA. ERNIE THANKS HER AND CUTS TO COMMERCIAL FOR DUTCH MASTERS CIGARS. |
| 01:15:34 934.92 |
DUTCH MASTERS CIGAR COMMERCIAL SKIT STARRING KOVACS - HE'S AT THE BOTTOM OF A FISH TANK WITH AN OPEN BOX OF CIGARS THAT FLOAT UP OUT OF THE BOX. HE'S SMOKING A CIGAR IN THE TANK
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| 01:16:37 997.46 |
KOVACS TALKS ABOUT MAKING THE COMMERCIAL THEN INTRODUCES THE NEXT GUESTS, GEORGE NEWMAN AND EDWARD MILEWSKI WHO WON $140,000 EACH IN THE IRISH SWEEPSTAKES ON ST. PATTY'S DAY. NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS ARE SHOWN. KOVACS CUTS TO FIRST CLUE (SKIT).
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| 01:18:27 1107.38 |
CARD READER PERCY DOVETONSILS POET LAUREATE. KOVACS PLAYING PERCY IN HIS TIGER SMOKING JACKET AND DRINKING A MARTINI WITH A DAISY GIVES SOME CLUES.
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ERNIE RETURNS SITTING WITH GEORGE AND EDWARD AND CUTS TO THE PANEL. W/S OF THE PANEL AND THEY ASK QUESTIONS STARTING WITH EDIE, FOLLOWED BY MORT THEN CESAR. THE BUZZER RINGS, KOVACS CUTS TO NEXT SKIT.
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| 01:22:21 1341.36 |
A YOUNG COUPLE WATCHING KOVACS STILL CASUALLY SWINGING ON THE SAME SWING AS BEFORE. THE BOY INSISTS HE CAN 'RUFFLE' HIM, CUTS THE ROPES BUT THE SWING KEEPS ON SWINGIN'.
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| 01:22:40 1360.75 |
KOVACS RETURNS WITH THE GUESTS. THE PANEL ASKS MORE QUESTIONS. EDIE GETS THE BUZZER, MORT CONTINUES QUESTIONS AND GUESSES, BUT HAS NO LUCK, AND CESAR GUESSES WRONG - BUZZER RINGS. KOVACS CUTS TO LAST CLUE.
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| 01:24:20 1460.56 |
A PARODY OF A TELEVISION COOKING SHOW - STARRING KOVACS AS THE CHEF, MIKLOS MOLINAR. KOVACS IN CHEF HAT, HUGE EYEBROWS AND MUSTACHE IN HIS REALLY MESSY KITCHEN AS A COUPLE WATCHES HIM ON THEIR TELEVISION SET. HE THROWS EVERYTHING HE CAN FIND IN A BIG BOWL THEN TOSSES IT OUT OF THE TV SET ONTO THE COUPLE.
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| 01:27:11 1631.39 |
THE PANEL MEMBERS CAN'T GET THE WORDS OUT FAST ENOUGH - BELL RINGS SOON AS THEY SPEAK. KOVACS ANNOUNCES GEORGE AND EDWARD AND TALKS ABOUT THE CLUES. HE HURRIEDLY CUTS TO COMMERCIAL BREAK.
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| 01:28:02 1682.48 |
ANIMATED MURIEL CORONELLA SMALL CIGARS COMMERCIAL.
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KOVACS RETURNS THANKS EVERYONE AND SAYS GOODNIGHT. DUTCH MASTERS CIGARS SPONSORSHIP. TAKE A GOOD LOOK CARD, TWA AIRLINES SPONSORSHIP. TAKE A GOOD LOOK SHOW CREDITS. ABC TELEVISION GRAPHIC.
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END REEL.
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