Ernie Kovacs NBC Morning Show 04/26/1956 1/3 featuring Edie Adams

[From "Kovacs Corner" on YouTube.com] - After his debut over WPTZ in Philadelphia, and a brief stint at local station WCBS, NBC programming chief Sylvester "Pat" Weaver, the father of actress Sigourney, brought Ernie into the New York market over WRCA-TV. Later the call sign was changed to WNBC-TV, which is still the NBC Television Network's flagship station in NYC. This morning program predated The Today Show with Dave Garroway. Prior to this time it was assumed that nobody would watch a television program prior to 7AM. Ernie proved them wrong! Remember, the rules and and writing techniques that we take for granted today were just being created, tried, and tested. The audience seems asleep and Ernie makes a heroic effort to keep the pace of the show moving. So little remains of these early television programs that we by circumstance may not see the very best of Ernie's material from this period. Enjoy it as an example of a surviving work. By the way, Ernie just finished a three hour stint on the NBC Radio Network for "Monitor" before this show!

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[fromthesidelines]

At the time, Ernie was on weekdays at 10:30am(et), directly opposite CBS' "ARTHUR GODFREY TIME" {nobody could compete against HIM for long, but Ernie tried}. It was the lack of sponsors that forced NBC into finally terminating this daytime show.

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thanx buddy!! great upload!!