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The Ernie Kovacs Website
The Ernie Kovacs Website was launched in October 1996 to aid you, the Ernie Kovacs fan, in finding out more about the "madcap magyar" of TV (as he was often refered to in ad copy in the 1950s).  Since then, more than 77,000 people (including Edie Adams) have visited and revisited this site.  There's info about Ernie Kovacs on home video, Ernie Kovacs books, Ernie Kovacs CD's and LP's, the Nairobi Trio, Edie Adams, Kovacs memorabilia, Percy Dovetonsils poetry, vintage interviews and articles, and more!
Admit One Passing Stranger

During the mid-1950s, Ernie Kovacs' shows were done in New York, and were broadcast nationally.  The network demanded he have a live studio audience, something he had not used up to that point.  Kovacs was opposed to having a live audience, as his comedy was visual and designed to be watched on a TV set.  So Kovacs had the tickets for his show printed up with the words "Admit One Passing Stranger" on them.
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