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TAKE A GOOD LOOK - TAKE 2 SLATE. MAY 26, 1960. ERNIE KOVACS PANEL GAME SHOW SERIES.
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SHOW OPENER. ERNIE, SMOKING A CIGAR, AT HIS DESK INTRODUCES THE PANEL, BEN ALEXANDER, HANS CONRIED, AND ERNIE'S WIFE, EDIE ADAMS WHO COMES OUT FROM BEHIND THE CURTAIN AND SWIRLS AROUND IN A BEAUTIFUL DRESS.
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ERNIE INTRODUCES FIRST GUEST, MILDRED BURKE, WORLD CHAMPION GIRL WRESTLER WHO HAS NEVER LOST A MATCH. PHOTO STILL OF MISS BURKE FLEXING HER MUSCLES. ERNIE CUTS TO FIRST CLUE.
THE PANEL MUST GUESS THE GUEST'S ACCOMPLISHMENT OR THEIR CLAIM TO FAME THROUGH CLUES GIVEN IN COMEDY SKITS PERFORMED BY ERNIE. |
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CARD READER "PERCY DOVETONSILS - POET LAUREATE". ERNIE DRESSED AS THE POET IN HIS FANCY TIGER STRIPED ROBE AND FUNKY EYEGLASSES, RECITES A SILLY POEM AND WATERS HIS FLOWERS WITH A MARTINI.
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ERNIE RETURNS WITH MISS BURKE AND CUTS TO THE PANEL. W/S OF THE PANEL, BEN BEGINS QUESTIONING MISS BURKE FOLLOWED BY EDIE AND HANS. BUZZER RINGS, ERNIE CUTS TO NEXT CLUE (SKIT)
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A PARODY OF "THE TOWN BELL RINGER". TOWN BELL RINGER HAS A PROBLEM WITH THE BELL. THE RINGER DOESN'T WORK. ERNIE AS THE ITALIAN PROBLEM SOLVER, CLAIMS TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. THE BELL RINGER, FRUSTRATED DOESN'T BELIEVE HIM. NEXT SCENE - ERNIE IS STRUNG UPSIDE DOWN INSIDE THE BELL - HE IS THE RINGER.
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AUDIENCE APPLAUSE, ERNIE AND MILDRED LAUGHING. W/S OF THE PANEL. THEY ASK QUESTIONS, BUZZER RINGS, ERNIE CUTS TO LAST CLUE.
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ERNIE DRESSED AS A SWISS OR BAVARIAN GRANDMOTHER, SMOKING A CIGAR AND HAVING A DRINK, TELLS BED TIME STORIES ABOUT WITCHES TO HIS "CHILDREN" (ADULTS ACTORS DRESSED AS KIDS). HE PUTS THEM TO BED IN THEIR CRIBS AND HE FLIES AWAY ON HIS BROOM.
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THE PANEL RESUMES QUESTIONNING MISS BURKE, BELL RINGS AND NO ONE GUESSES IT RIGHT. ERNIE INTRODUCES MILDRED, EXPLAINS THE CLUES, AND ANNOUNCES HER ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
B&W LIVE FOOTAGE OF MILDRED BURKE FIGHTING IN THE RING. SHE BODY TACKLES HER OPPONONENT SEVERAL TIMES AND DEMONSTRATES THE "ALIGATOR CLUTCH". ERNIE THANKS MILDRED AND CUTS TO COMMERCIAL BREAK. |
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ERNIE PLAYS A SHARP SHOOTING, CIGAR SMOKING COWBOY IN A LIVE COMMERCIAL FOR DUTCH MASTERS CIGARS. STOCK SHOTS OF COWBOYS ON HORSES IN A GUN FIGHT AND AN ELEPHANT GOING DOWN.
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AUDIENCE APPLAUSE AND ERNIE IS BACK AT HIS DESK, DUTCH MASTERS PLACKARD IN PLAIN VIEW, HE INTRODUCES 2ND GUEST, MISS SYLVIA HOLLOS, MOTION PICTURE STAND-IN FOR HEDDY LAMAR. A HEADLINE CLIP FROM THE NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE IS SHOWN. ERNIE CUTS TO FIRST CLUE (SKIT)
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THIS SKIT OPENS WITH AN "OFFICIAL" PROUDLY ANNOUNCING THE OPENING OF THE NEW SUPER HIGHWAY. ERNIE PARODIES AN ITALIAN BIG SHOT AND BRAGS IN AN EXAGERRATED, BROKEN ENGLISH, NEW YORK ACCENT HOW HE PAID FOR THE HIGHWAY. AS THE RIBBON IS CUT ERNIE IS SEEN BURYING THE OFFICIAL IN CEMENT.
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SKIT ENDS AND ERNIE CUTS TO THE PANEL FOR QUESTIONS. EDIE BEGINS THE ROUND OF QUESTIONS FOLLOWED BY HANS AND IS GETS CLOSE TO THE ANSWER. ERNIE CUTS TO THE SECOND CLUIE.
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CARD READING HOW SOME FAMOUS STARS GOT THEIR START.
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A "STAR IS BORN" PARODY. SKIT OPENS WITH WASH WOMAN SCRUBBING THE STAGE FLOOR ON HANDS AND KNEES. THE PRODUCER SLIPS AND FALLS ON THE SOAPY FLOOR. BACKSTAGE, THE STAR OF THE SHOW IS CRYING LARYNGITIS. THE PRDUCER RUNS OUT TO THE WASH WOMAN WHO IS KOVACS. KOVACS AGREES TO REPLACE THE ACTRESS. ERNIE COMES OUT ON STAGE DRESSED AS A WOMAN, WITH LONG EARRINGS, GOWN AND HAT AND PERFORMS.
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C/U EDIE LAUGHING. ERNIE CUTS TO THE LAST CLUE.
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ERNIE PLAYS A RICH FELLA IN TIGER STRIPED ROBE WATCHING TV. HE REACHES INTO THE TV AND GRABS A DRINK FROM THE ACTOR.
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ERNIE RETURNS WITH SYLVIA HOLLOS AND TALKS ABOUT HER CAREER. ERNIE THANKS SYLVIA AND TELLS A STORY ABOUT HIS STAND-IN, STEVE BENSON.
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COMMERCIAL BREAK. MURIEL CORONELLA SMALL CIGAR ANIMATION.
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ERNIE SAYS GOODNIGHT TO AUDIENCE AND TEASES THE PANEL. SHOW ENDS.
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DUTCH MASTERS SPONSOR, TITLE CARD, SHOW CREDITS, ABC TELEVISION NETWORK GRAPHIC.
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REEL END.
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Genre: TV Variety
Description: TAKE A GOOD LOOK - ERNIE KOVACS' GAME SHOW SERIES. MAY 26, 1960. VARIETY TELEVISION.
Keywords: 1960
