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01:00:08 8.35 |
TAKE A GOOD LOOK SLATE - ERNIE KOVACS PANEL GAME SHOW. JULY 29, 1960
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01:00:18 18.37 |
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01:00:46 46.05 |
SHOW OPENER. ERNE KOVACS, SMOKING A CIGAR, THANKS THE AUDIENCE AND INTRODUCES THE PANEL - CESAR ROMERO, CARL REINER, AND EDIE ADAMS (KOVACS' WIFE) WHO ENTERS STAGE FROM BEHIND CURTAINS.
SIMILAR TO THE GAME SHOW, "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 KOVACS. |
01:02:08 128.7 |
KOVACS INTRODUCES FIRST GUEST, JIMMY FOXX, ONE OF BASEBALL'S GREATEST HOME RUN HITTERS. A FAKE HEADLINE IS SHOWN.
KOVACS CUTS TO FIRST CLUE (SKIT) |
01:02:54 174.76 |
CARD READER, PERCY DOVETONSILS POET LAUREATE. KOVACS PLAYS A FAMOUS POET IN THIS SKIT, HE'S WEARING HIS TIGER PRINT SMOKING JACKET AND DRINKING A FLOWER LADEN MARTINI. HE READS NOTES FROM STUDENTS AND READS FROM HIS BIG BOOK OF POETRY.
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01:06:21 381.01 |
SKIT ENDS, ERNIE RETURNS WITH MR. FOXX. W/S OF THE PANEL. CESAR STARTS QUESTIONING FOXX, THEN EDIE AND CARL. BUZZER RINGS KOVACS CUTS TO SECOND CLUE.
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01:07:54 474.09 |
KOVACS IN BIG MUSTACHE, GRAY HAIR AND DRESSED IN TAILS PLAYING MR. SCHNITZEL, PIGEON OWNER. BUSINESS OWNER SITTING BEHIND BIG FANCY TRADITIONAL DESK COMPLAINS HE NEEDS THEIR MESSAGES DELIVERED ALOT FASTER. MR. SCHNITZEL'S PIGEON COMES FLYING THROUGH THE OFFICE FULL SPEED AHEAD COMES CRASHING THROUGH THE WALLS.
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01:09:02 542.76 |
W/S OF THE PANEL AND CESAR BEGINS QUESTIONS, BELL RINGS AND EDIE IS NEXT. BELL RINGS AGAIN AND CARL GETS A BIT CLOSER TO THE ANSWER. KOVACS CUTS TO THIRD CLUE.
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01:10:55 655.61 |
IN THIS PARODY OF TV CHEF, KOVACS IS MAKING PANCAKES FOR 8,000 IN A HUGE VAT HELPED BY THE TOWN COP. HE'S THROWING IN EGGS BY THE DOZENS, TOSSING THEM OVERHEAD, EVERYTHING ELSE IN THE KITCHEN IS GETTING TOSSED IN THE HUGE VAT INCLUDING PLATES.
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01:13:54 834.48 |
THE PANEL RETURNS. CESAR IS TAKING A GUESS BASED ON THE PLATES FROM THE SKIT AND GUESSES THE ANSWER CORRECTLY. KOVACS ANNOUNCES MR. FOXX'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS, THANKS HIM AND CUTS TO A COMMERCIAL BREAK.
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01:13:58 838.16 |
KOVACS IN A SKIT WITH A BIG GORILLA FOR DUTCH MASTERS CIGARS SPONSORSHIPS.
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01:15:52 952.89 |
KOVACS RETURNS AND INTRODUCES HIS NEXT GUEST, LLOYD LERILLE, MR. AMERICA OF 1960, THE MOST MUSCULAR MAN IN THE CONTEST. KOVACS CUTS TO FIRST SKIT.
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01:16:46 1006.58 |
IN THIS SKIT, "PROFESSOR MIGRAINE" TALKS TO A REPORTER ABOUT HIS 1 PETAL DAISY. KOVACS, IN A CHARLIE CHAPLIN PARODY, COVERED IN COBWEBS, ENTERS THE ROOM WITH A BROOM AND PUTS THE DAISY PETAL IN HIS LAPEL.
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01:18:34 1114.11 |
W/S OF THE PANEL. CARL REINER BEGINS QUESTIONING MR. LERILLE, FOLLOWED BY CESAR AND EDITH. BELL RINGS AND KOVACS CUTS TO NEXT CLUE.
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01:20:41 1241.1 |
PROFESSOR MIGRAINE RETURNS WITH FEMALE REPORTER HOLDING NOTEBOOK, TAKES NOTES AS THEY DISCUSS HIS NEW WORK. KOVACS ENTERS IN "CHARLIE CHAPLINESQUE" STYLE, AND SNEEZES ON THE EXPERIEMENT, A POPPY SEED.
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01:22:46 1366.22 |
THE PANEL MEMBERS ASK QUESTIONS AND TAKE SOME GUESSES, BUZZER RINGS, KOVACS CUTS TO NEXT CLUE.
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01:24:31 1471.69 |
PROFESSOR MIGRAINE RETURNS 20 YEARS LATER WITH SAME REPORTER. PROFESSOR HAS BIG LONG WHITE BEARD AND CAN'T HEAR TOO WELL, HE HOLDS AN OLD FASHIONED HEARING AID. HE SHOWS OFF HIS WORLD'S BIGGEST OYSTER. KOVACS ENTERS IN TOP HAT AND BROOM, WALKS UP TO OYSTER BUT MIGRAINE HAS IT RIGGED AND KNOCKS KOVACS OUT.
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01:26:21 1581.36 |
W/S OF PANEL, THEY QUESTION LLOYD, THE BELL KEEPS RINGING. KOVACS ANNOUNCES THE ANSWER, THANKS LLOYD. CUT TO COMMERCIAL BREAK.
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01:27:55 1675.61 |
MURIEL AIR-TIPS COMMERCIAL STARRING EDIE ADAMS.
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01:28:46 1726.44 |
KOVACS REVIEWS THE CLUES, SAYS GOODNIGHT. DUTCH MASTERS CIGARS SPONSORSHIP. TAKE A GOOD LOOK CARD. ABC TELEVISION NETWORK GRAPHIC.
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01:29:56 1796.89 |
END REEL.
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