Television's Original Genius: In the infancy of any medium, there will be some who realize its potential well before anyone else. Ernie Kovacs was such a visionary, and between 1951 and 1962 he broke rules that hadn't even been made yet and created a "language" that is now taken for granted.
A series of eight monthly half-hour specials, broadcast by ABC. It featured then-popular comedian Ernie Kovacs. The show served as a showcase for his experiments with new editing and special effects techniques. The final episode was filmed on December 3, 1961, and aired on January 23, 1962. The series ended prematurely, as Kovacs was killed in a car accident on January 13, 1962.—Dimos I