1960TV Variety
TAKE A GOOD LOOK - ERNIE KOVACS' PANEL GAME SHOW SERIES. 1960. TELEVISION VARIETY
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"TAKE A GOOD LOOK" SLATE - PANEL GAME SHOW STARRING ERNIE KOVACS, 1960
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| 01:00:54 54.88 |
SHOW OPENER. ERNIE KOVACS TITLE CARDS. DUTCH MASTERS CIGARS SPONSORSHIP.
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| 01:01:17 77.14 |
ERNIE KOVACS, SMOKING A CIGAR, WELCOMES AUDIENCE AND INTRODUCES THE PANEL - CESAR ROMERO, CARL REINER, AND EDIE ADAMS (ERNIE'S WIFE) COMES FROM BEHIND THE CURTAINS DRESSED IN A BEAUTIFUL FASHIONABLE EARLY 60'S DRESS.
SIMILAR TO THE GAME SHOW, "TO TELL THE TRUTH" WHICH AIRED AROUND SAME TIME, THE PANEL IN KOVACS' GAME SHOW MUST GUESS THE GUESTS' UNUSUAL OCCUPATION OR EXPERIENCE THROUGH CLUES GIVEN IN COMEDY SKITS PERFORMED BY KOVACS. |
| 01:02:58 178.88 |
KOVACS CUTS TO ANIMATED DUTCH MASTERS CIGARS COMMERCIAL.
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| 01:04:23 263.4 |
KOVACS INTRODUCES FIRST GUEST, LEON URIS, AUTHOR OF THE BEST SELLER, "EXODUS".
CUT TO THE FIRST CLUE. |
| 01:05:02 302.18 |
KOVACS RELAXING IN HIS EASY CHAIR, BUT HARRASSED BY WIFE TO FIX THE "DAMP" BASEMENT. A CLOCK SHOWS TIME PASSING. IN THE BASEMENT ERNIE APPEARS TO BE UNDERWATER AND BUILDING A BIRD HOUSE.
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| 01:06:50 410.59 |
W/S OF THE PANEL. CARL QUESTIONS URIS, FOLLOWED BY CESAR AND EDIE. BUZZER RINGS AND KOVACS CUTS TO SECOND SKIT (CLUE)
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| 01:08:40 520.52 |
SKIT OPENS, THERE'S A "STAND BY ON THE AIR" SIGN. KOVACS PLAYING DJ WOLFGANG SAUERBRATEN. HE'S AT THE DJ DESK SURROUNDED BY RECORDS AND SPEAKS IN A RIDICULOUS BARVARIAN ACCENT. A BAVARIAN MAIDEN COMES BY TO PICK UP HIS DIRTY SHIRT. HE HOLDS UP A WATER BOTTLE "PFFFT" SQUEEZES IT, LIQUID COMES POURING OUT.
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CARL REINER QUESTIONS URIS, FOLLOWED BY CESAR. CESAR GUESSES URIS IS A WRITER, BELL RINGS, EDIE QUESTIONS HIM BUT TIME IS UP, BELL RINGS. KOVACS CUTS TO LAST CLUE.
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| 01:13:09 789.55 |
CARD READER PERCY DOVETONSILS POET LAUREATE. KOVACS PLAYS THE POET DRESSED IN TIGER SMOKING JACKET AND DRINKING A MARTINI WITH A DAISY IN IT AND READS FROM HIS POETRY BOOK.
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| 01:15:19 919.31 |
KOVACS TEASES CARL ABOUT THE CLUES. CARL QUESTIONS URIS, THEN CESAR AND EDIE. THEY KNOW IT'S A BOOK BUT CAN'T GUESS THE NAME. BELL KEEPS RINGING. KOVACS REVEALS MR. URIS ACCOMPLISHMENT. PANEL AND AUDIENCE APPLAUSE.
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| 01:16:57 1017.12 |
KOVACS EXPLAINS THE CLUES TO MR. URIS AND PANEL. HE SHOWS OFF MR. URIS' NEW BOOK, EXODUS REVISITED AND THANKS HIM.
KOVACS CUTS TO COMMERCIAL BREAK. |
| 01:18:08 1088.48 |
A DUTCH MASTERS CIGARS COMMERCIAL STARRING KOVACS IN A POCAHONTAS PARODY. NATIVE AMERICAN STEREOTYPES. JUNE WILKINSON AS POCAHONTAS. June Wilkinson is an English model and actress, known for her appearances in Playboy magazine and in films of the 1960s. One of the world's most-photographed women in the late 1950s and early 1960s, at the height of her career she was called "the most photographed nude in America".
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| 01:19:05 1145.55 |
KOVACS INTRODUCES NEXT GUEST, JIMMY BRADDOCK, A FORMER WORLD HEAVY WEIGHT BOXING CHAMPION AKA, THE "CINDERELLA MAN". HEADLINES ARE SHOWN.
KOVACS CUTS TO FIRST CLUE. |
| 01:20:51 1251.65 |
SITTING IN A BED OF ROSES, KOVACS PLAYS A DRUNKEN SIR ISSAC NEWTON IN THIS SKIT.
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| 01:22:11 1331.03 |
KOVACS RETURNS WITH MR. BRADDOCK AND TURNS TO THE PANEL. CESAR STARTS QUESTIONS AND IS CLOSE TO GUESSING THE ANSWER, BELL RINGS. EDITH AND CARL QUESTION BRADDOCK, BUT KOVACS CUTS TO THE NEXT CLUE.
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| 01:24:01 1441.57 |
KOVACS RETURNS AS SIR ISSAC NEWTON AGAIN IN THIS PARODY. HE IS VERY DRUNK SITTING IN A BED OF ROSES, DRINKS FROM THE BOTTLE, ALL THE ROSES DIE.
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| 01:24:31 1471.08 |
CESAR GUEESES WHAT THE CLUE MEANS, W/S OF THE PANEL. KOVACS CUTS TO LAST CLUE.
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| 01:25:06 1506.26 |
CARD READER, PERCY DOVETONSILS POET LAUREATE. ERNIE AS PERCY THE POET WEARING HIS TIGER SMOKING JACKET AND SIPS A MARTINI WITH A DAISY IN IT, READS FROM HIS POETRY BOOK OF CLUES.
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| 01:27:23 1643.05 |
C/U ON CESAR ROMERO, HE TAKES A GUESS. CARL REINER GUESSES THE ANSWER. KOVACS ANNOUNCES MR. BRADDOCKS ACCOMPLISHMENT. CUT TO COMMERCIAL BREAK.
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| 01:28:04 1683.93 |
MURIEL AIR-TIPS CIGARS COMMERCIAL.
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| 01:29:01 1741.69 |
ERNIE SAYS GOODNIGHT TO AUDIENCE AND THE PANEL. DUTCH MASTERS CIGARS SPONSORSHIP.
TAKE A GOOD LOOK SHOW CREDITS. |
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REEL END.
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