TAKE A GOOD LOOK SLATE - ERNIE KOVACS' PANEL GAME SHOW SERIES. JULY 7, 1960

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

CARD READER PERCY DOVETONSILS POET LAUREATE. KOVACS PLAYING PERCY IN HIS TIGER SMOKING JACKET AND DRINKING A MARTINI WITH A DAISY GIVES SOME CLUES.

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'.

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.

ANIMATED MURIEL CORONELLA SMALL CIGARS COMMERCIAL.

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