Ernie Kovacs - The Nairobi Trio "Solfeggio" - ABC Television Network Videotaped Version
Loading...
Uploaded by rolko52 on Feb 6, 2010
[From "Kovacs Corner" on YouTube.com] - Although it is posted all over YT, no tribute site would be complete without Kovacs' signature comedy sketch. Of course, it's The Nairobi Trio's syncopated rendition of Robert Maxwell's "Solfeggio". As if you didn't already know, the costumed gorilla with the cigar in his mouth is Ernie. The pianist's curly blond locks suggest that it is his wife Edie Adams. The timpanist has never been identified but, in this particular performance, his apparent small stature suggests it is Kovacs' sidekick the late Bobby Lauher. At other times, the role was reported to have been played by Ernie's best friend Jack Lemmon, Milton Berle, and the Chairman of the Board himself, Frank Sinatra.
- 121 likes, 2 dislikes
-
Uploader Comments (rolko52)
All Comments (32)
-
i saw this on friends asnd this is the video that popped up
-
@EmmetEarwax you might find it interesting to know that his widow reported the network had simply taped over complete episodes
-
This is even better when the sound is sync with the video. Youtube is a scourge! Do a search for "Ernie Kovack's Nairobi Trio" and you'll see it in sync.
-
a classic piece of pantomime from the mind of tv's first creative genius.
-
Drummer Bobby Rosengarden also was a member of the trio on occasion, acording to what he told me.
-
HELL YES.
-
@jenkinscrowe I've found and listened to that commercial but it is not "Solfeggio". It is similar but not the Real McCoy.
-
@elc1960 - There is a YT video where a group of children recite this melody.
- 2:29
Ernie Kovacs - The Nairobi Trio...The Early Yearsby rolko5221,242 views
- 2:39
Ernie Kovacs - The Nairobi Trio (sans one) in Spaceby rolko5212,651 views
- 2:11
Ernie Kovacs as Percy Dovetonsils, Poet Laureate, reciting "Leslie the Mean Animal Trainer"by rolko5218,346 views
- 2:41
MILEY CYRUS GOES DOWN!by onlyiknow19,313,174 views
- 0:11
Leave it to Beaver-Extremely Racist Momentby Wigglybean123416,183 views
- 3:12
Joey Heatherton - so sexyby mwkboca32,729 views
- 1:33
Katherine Heigl in a thong bikiniby mortenmorfar227,811 views
- 3:58
Ernie Kovacs - Tchaikovsky's "1812 Overture, Part 2" featuring Muriel Landersby rolko5232,648 views
- 1:57
Ernie Kovacs as Matzoh Hepplewhite - The Magic Cabinet Trickby rolko522,074 views
- 1:20
I Love Lucy's Best Blooper!by moviechick9620473,554 views
- 2:53
Yma Sumac gets furious and leaves the stage.by PoekieFientje80,681 views
- 2:08
Ernie Kovacs - Percy Dovetonsils - "Ode to Dieting"by rolko528,889 views
- 2:07
Ernie Kovacs - Auntie Gruesome tells the story of Cinderellaby rolko523,115 views
- 0:30
Kelly Ripa amazing legcrossby sexyceleblegs1,108,121 views
- 2:52
Ernie Kovacs as Percy Dovetonsilsby hugosleestak91,056 views
- 1:52
Coral Colegio Humboldt - Solfeggioby cirourdaneta11,197 views
- 1:03
Ernie Kovacs and Edie Adams spoof Richard Wagner's "Tannhauser"by rolko5212,498 views
- 0:54
Ernie Kovacs - End of the Showby rolko523,070 views
- 0:53
Ernie Kovacs as "Auntie Gruesome"by rolko5210,080 views
- 2:51
Ernie Kovacs - Between the Laughterby EddieAngstrom2,429 views
I've searched, but where is Ernie Kovac explaiining the rules of playing "droongo". It's an absurd, unplayably complicated board game. I have the soundtrack on an LP, but there was no video.
EmmetEarwax 1 month ago
@EmmetEarwax - If it exists, it may be at The Paley Center for Media" in New York or still in the files of Ernie's estate.
rolko52 1 month ago