1959 01 25 Ernie Kovacs 

Ernie Kovas (1919-1962) died while driving a Corvair automobile.

Fun Fact: That beatnik-styled Lucky Strike song features members of the Billy Barnes Revue, including a young Bert Convy, Lennie Weinrib, and Ann Morgan Guilbert.

Fun fact: The prison in 1970 sketch shows prisoners golfing. Today there are white collar prisons with tennis courts.

12:30 Don looks like a street thug. lol

I was 6 when this aired and too young to appreciate Kovacs but I remember watching him. Three years later, to the month, I remember reading the story of his accident in the Long Beach Press-Telegram. BTW, just a reminder, cigarette ads have been off broadcast in the U.S. longer than they were ever on, including radio. For those of you under 50, RU-vid is probably the only place you've seen them... Let it go.

Thank you!

Nice to see Kovacs in a program where he can just avoid all the silly gimmicks and deliver a funny line.

Thanks for this video.

I vaguely remember Ernie.

Hate the smoking ads.