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Kovacs's first wife made a legal attempt to gain custody of her two daughters soon after his death. She began August 2, 1962, by claiming US$ 500,000 (equivalent to $5 million in 2023) was her share of Kovacs's estate and charging that her ex-husband had abducted the girls in 1955; Kovacs had been granted legal custody of his daughters in 1952.
[68] [69] [70] Ben Model is the archivist for the Ernie Kovacs and Edie Adams television collections. [71] In 2015, the Library of Congress acquired a collection of more than 1,200 kinescopes, videotapes and home movies featuring Ernie Kovacs and Edie Adams, from Joshua Mills, Edie Adams' son and the president of Ediad Productions. [72] [73] [74]
Loden made her New York theater debut in 1957 in Compulsion and also appeared on stage in The Highest Tree with Robert Redford as well as Night Circus with Ben Gazzara. [2] She joined the cast of The Ernie Kovacs Show as a "scantily clad" sidekick to Kovacs, a job that her first husband, television producer and film distributor Larry Joachim, helped her obtain. [10]
During rehearsals for the program, network executives made disparaging remarks. Kovacs became angry and walked out, telling them to show a western film they had in reserve instead; he was then able to proceed as he wanted. Kovacs' wife, Edie Adams, recalled that this experience was the reason Ernie wrote the novel Zoomar. [11]
As time passes, Ernie Kovacs is lesser known, but a screening at the Hammer, tied to the publication 'Ernie in Kovacsland,' tries to rectify that. Ernie Kovacs was TV's original madcap genius.
Goldblum starred as comedian Ernie Kovacs in the 1984 TV movie, "Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter". The movie dealt with the real-life kidnapping of Kovacs' two daughters by his former first wife. Actress Edie Adams, Kovacs' second wife and his widow, made a cameo appearance in the well-received movie.
The Ernie Kovacs Show is an American comedy show hosted by comedian Ernie Kovacs, first shown in Philadelphia during the early 1950s, then nationally. The show appeared in many versions and formats, including daytime, prime-time, late-night, talk show, comedy, and as a summer replacement series.
The Ernie Kovacs Show: Various Episode: 7 appearances from 18 May 1961 to 23 January 1962 1961 Cheyenne: Lorna Abbott Episode: "Legacy Of the Lost" 1961 Maverick: Penelope Baxter Episode: "A Technical Error" 1960 Guestward, Ho! Pink Cloud Episode: "The Christmas Spirit" 1960 Mr. Lucky: Clara Iglesias Episode: "Operation Fortuna" 1960 Hennesey ...