1960TV Variety
"TAKE A GOOD LOOK" ERNIE KOVACS' PANEL GAME SHOW SERIES VARIETY TELEVISION SHOW. MARCH 17, 1960.
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TITLE SLATE. ERNIE KOVACS SHOW. "TAKE A GOOD LOOK" MARCH 17, 1960
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| 01:00:34 34.56 |
PRE SHOW OPENER SKIT. ERNIE AND BEN ALEXANDER BANTER ABOUT A SONG ERNIE WON'T PLAY EXCEPT FOR "PAYOLA" - C/U ON A LOAD OF BUNDLED CASH
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| 01:01:07 67.95 |
SHOW OPENER. ERNIE SAYS GOOD EVENING AND INTRODUCES PANELISTS, BEN ALEXANDER, HANS CONRIED, AND LARAINE DAY.
"TAKE A GOOD LOOK" ERNIE'S PANEL GAME SHOW IS SIMILAR TO THE PROGRAM "TO TELL THE TRUTH" WHICH AIRED AROUND THE SAME TIME. THE PANEL MUST GUESS THE GUESTS' UNUSUAL OCCUPATION OR EXPERIENCE, THROUGH CLUES GIVEN IN COMEDY SKITS PERFORMED BY ERNIE. |
| 01:02:36 156.87 |
ERNIE INTRODUCES FIRST GUEST, MRS. IVY BAKERS PRIEST, THE UNITED STATES TREASURER. SHE JOINS HIM AT HIS DESK.
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| 01:03:08 188.64 |
NEWSPAPER CLIPS ABOUT MRS. BAKERS. ERNIE LITERALLY POPS RIGHT THROUGH THE CLIPS AND FURTHER IDENTIFIES MRS. BAKERS.
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| 01:03:50 230.21 |
FIRST CLUE. AN ARTIST IN A BERET AND SMOKING A CIGAR (ERNIE) IS SEEN PAINTING ON AN EASEL IN AN ART GALLERY AND IS ARRESTED FOR PAINTING FAKE $5 BILLS.
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| 01:04:31 271.52 |
HANS CONRIED AND OTHER PANELISTS ASK QUESTIONS. BEN ALEXANDER TAKES A GUESS AND GETS IT RIGHT.
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| 01:05:58 358.94 |
ERNIE INTRODUCES IVY BAKERS PRIEST AND TALKS ABOUT HER POSITION AS U.S. TREASURER. THEY MUST FILL IN THE TIME SO ERNIE CUTS TO SECOND CLUE.
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| 01:06:47 407.83 |
2ND CLUE. A BANKER INTRODUCES THE HONEST MAN WHO IS GOING TO BUILD THEIR NEW VAULT. IT'S ERNIE, IN HUGE EYEBROWS, TUXEDO, AND KISSING A GLAMOROUS WOMAN DRINKING CHAMPAGNE. THEY THROW PILES OF MONEY INTO THE VAULT AND THE MINUTE THE BANKER LEAVES THE SCENE, ERNIE (WITH LADY FRIEND) EASILY OPENS THE VAULT, PILES UP LOADS OF CASH ONTO A WHEELBARREL AND WALKS AWAY.
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| 01:08:11 491.92 |
ERNIE CUTS TO THE LAST CLUE. PHOTO STILLS OF VARIOUS CHARACTERS NAMED "BILL" (WILD BILL HICKOK AND OTHERS) PLUS A "BILLY" GOAT.
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| 01:08:35 515.33 |
AUDIENCE APPLAUDS AND ERNIE RETURNS WITH MRS. PRIEST. HE TALKS TO HER ABOUT HER FASCINATING POSITION, HE THANKS HER. MRS PRIEST SHAKES HANDS WITH THE PANEL MEMBERS.
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| 01:08:51 531.12 |
ERNIE INTRODUCES NEXT GUEST, JACK RILEY, COACH OF THE WINNING U.S. HOCKEY TEAM IN THE WINTER OLYMPICS. CLIPS OF NEWSPAPER ARTICLES ABOUT THE TEAM ARE SHOWN AS ERNIE'S FACE POPS THROUGH AND HE INTRODUCES THE CLUES.
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| 01:11:06 666.36 |
ERNIE FOOLS WITH BEN ALEXANDER ON THE PANEL
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| 01:11:21 681.45 |
PARODY OF A STAGE COACH HOLD UP. ERNIE PLAYS "BLUE BOWS" DRESSED UP AS A MEXICAN COWBOY AND NEGOTIATES THE HOLDUP WITH THE STAGECOACH DRIVER. HILARIOUS SCENE OF A HOLDUP GONE WRONG.
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BACK TO ERNIE AND THE PANEL. LARRAINE DAY ASKS THE FIRST QUESTION AND GETS CLOSE TO GUESSING THE GUEST. BELL RINGS AND ERNIE CUTS TO COMMERCIAL BREAK
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| 01:14:47 887.9 |
DUTCH MASTERS CIGARS ANIMATED SPONSORSHIP COMMERCIAL..
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| 01:15:44 944.02 |
ERNIE IS BACK AND LIGHTS UP A CIGAR. HE INTRODUCES THE NEXT CLUE.
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| 01:15:58 958.88 |
ERNIE PLAYS A CHARIOT RACER IN A PARODY OF ROMAN TIMES. TAKING SIPS OF WINE WITH HIS PRINCESS AS HE TRIES ALL KINDS OF TRICKS, INCLUDING RIGGED WHEELS , TO SLOW DOWN HIS OPPONENT.
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| 01:18:13 1093.6 |
SKIT ENDS. LARAINE DAY PANEL STARTS THE QUESTIONS. HANS TAKING A FEW GOOD GUESSES AND LARAINE CORRECTLY IDENTIFIES THE MYSTERY GUEST.
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| 01:20:41 1241.83 |
ERNIE INTRODUCES JACK RILEY AND TALKS ABOUT HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS. A CLIP OF THE HIGHLIGHTS AND WINNING GOAL OF THE U.S. HOCKEY TEAM VERSUS RUSSIA GAME AT THE OLYMPICS.
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| 01:22:23 1343.53 |
ERNIE THANKS JACK AND CUTS TO COMMERCIAL BREAK.
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| 01:22:44 1364.1 |
ERNIE IN A LIVE (COMMERCIAL) SKIT FOR SPONSOR, DUTCH MASTERS CIGARS.
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| 01:23:41 1421.1 |
ERNIE BRINGS OUT THIRD GUEST, (NO INTRODUCTION) AND CUTS TO FIRST CLUE.
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| 01:24:13 1453.92 |
A CLOAKED WOMAN, FACE UNSEEN, INNOCENTLY SPINNING WOOL ON A WHEEL IN A LOG CABIN BESIDE A FIRE. ALL LOOKS INNOCENT, BUT TURNS OUT TO BE A DISTILLERY AND ERNIE IS BEHIND THE WHEEL MAKING MOON SHINE!
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PANELIST, BEN ALEXANDER STARTS THE QUESTIONING FOLLOWED BY LARAINE THEN HANS. BUZZER RINGS AND ERNIE CUTS TO NEXT CLUE.
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| 01:26:58 1618.18 |
PARODY OF A DRUG PEDDLER, SETTING UP HIS WARES, ABOUT TO START PEDDLING, BUT POLICE WHISTLE BLOWS, HE DROPS THE SUITCASE, AND THE CONTENTS SPILL OUT.
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| 01:27:44 1664.95 |
PANELIST, BEN BEGINS THE QUESTIONING FOLLOWED BY LARAINE AND HANS. THEY ARE STRIKING OUT.
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| 01:28:20 1700.88 |
ERNIE INTRODUCES GUEST, BLAINE WILKINSON, WHO RODE HIS BICYCLE FROM FULLERTON, CALIFORNIA TO NEW YORK CITY. NEWSPAPER CLIP IS SHOWN. ERNIE SAYS GOODNIGHT.
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| 01:28:53 1733.12 |
DUTCH MASTERS CIGARS SPONSOR. TWA GRAPHIC. SHOW CREDITS. ABC TELEVISION NETWORK GRAPHIC.
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REEL END.
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