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  Ernie Kovacs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
She was always game for anything Ernie dreamed up for her to do, and was just as likely to take a pie in the face or a pratfall as she was to sing a serious and beautiful song or do a celebrity impersonation (she did an excellent Marilyn Monroe, among others).
Ernie disliked working in front of a live audience, as was the case with the shows he did for NBC in the 1950's.
Ernie was a major night-owl and insomniac, surviving on no more than 3 or 4 hours sleep at night, and often much less than that (sometimes no sleep at all if a good poker game was in progress).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ernie_Kovacs   (2865 words)

  
 Ernie - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ernie is well known for his fondness for baths with his Rubber Duckie and for trying to learn to play the saxophone because he wouldn't "put down the duckie."
Ernie is a "live hands puppet", meaning that while operating the head of the puppet with his right hand, the puppeteer inserts his left hand into a T-shaped sleeve, capped off with a glove that matches the fabric "skin" of the puppet, thus "becoming" the left arm of the puppet.
Ernie and Bert are rumored to be homosexual.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ernie   (596 words)

  
 Star-Gazette.COM Ernie Davis
Ernie Davis' Heisman Trophy was stolen in 1976 from its display case at Syracuse University's Manley Field House.
Ernie Davis was a three-sport star at Elmira Free Academy who seemed destined for stardom at a higher level in either football, basketball or baseball.
Ernie Davis signed his only pro football contract with the Cleveland Browns in 1961, but it wasnt until 18 years later that the details became public.
www.stargazettesports.com /ErnieDavis   (432 words)

  
 The Ernie Kovacs Show
The first, Ernie in Kovaksland, originated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and appeared on NBC from July until August 195 1.
The Ernie Kovacs Show (first known as Kovacs Unlimited) was programmed on CBS from December 1952 to April 1953 opposite Milton Berle on NBC.
Ernie taped an orange juice can to a kaleidoscope, placed the can in front of a camera lens, turned a flashlight into the lens and created what might be the first psychedelic effect on TV.
www.museum.tv /archives/etv/E/htmlE/ErnieKovaksShow/erkovacshow.htm   (738 words)

  
 ERNIE (THE FASTEST MILKMAN IN THE WEST)
ERNIE (THE FASTEST MILKMAN IN THE WEST) (Benny Hill) Benny Hill - 1971 You could hear the hoof beats pound as they raced across the ground, And the clatter of the wheels as they spun 'round and 'round.
But Ernie was too quick, things didn't go the way Ted planned, And a strawberry-flavoured yogurt sent it spinning from his hand.
Ernie was only 52, he didn't wanna die, And now he's gone to make deliveries in that milk round in the sky.
www.lyricsplayground.com /alpha/songs/e/erniethefastestmilkmaninthewest.shtml   (552 words)

  
 Ernie   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
After a one-year hiatus Ernie returned to the Tiger booth, and now Michigan baseball fans were again able to settle back and listen to their favorite announcer who became as part of Detroit as the Bob-Lo boats, J. Hudson’s, and Sander’s hot fudge sundaes.
Ernie is never boring, wants his listeners to know the score and the count, and his columns, books, and radio delivery can be read and heard without the need of a dictionary.
Ernie said that he just jotted a few good things about baseball on the back of an envelope, and added to it from time to time.
www.chatterfromthedugout.com /ernie.htm   (889 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - Ernie Pyle
Ernie Pyle, full name Ernest Taylor Pyle (1900-1945), American journalist, born near Dana, Indiana.
On April 18, 1945, on the island of Ie Shima in the southwestern Pacific Ocean near Okinawa, he was killed by Japanese machine-gun fire.
His columns, which eventually appeared in 200 newspapers, were published in book form as Ernie Pyle in England (1941), Here Is Your War (1943), Brave Men (1944), and Last Chapter (1946).
ca.encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761576792/Pyle_Ernie.html   (148 words)

  
 Urban Legends Reference Pages: Television (Open Sesame)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Urban legends are often about our fears and concerns; fretting that Bert and Ernie might be heading for the altar is an expression of society's unease with the concept of same-sex marriages.
Bert and Ernie are two grown men sharing a house and a bedroom.
Bert and Ernie are characters who help demonstrate to children that despite their differences, they can be good friends.
www.snopes.com /radiotv/tv/gaymupp.htm   (621 words)

  
 NBC 4 - Marathon - LA Marathon's Own Methuselah
For Ernie Van Leeuwen, it couldn't be closer to the truth.
Ernie grew up in Wyoming and is passionate about the environment.
Ernie's ultimate goal is to run the Los Angeles Marathon when he's 100.
www.nbc4.tv /marathon/1815622/detail.html   (291 words)

  
 RIP ERNIE BALL (Guitar News Weekly #313, September 13, 2004 - (c) GuitarSite.com)
Ernie Ball, a legend in the musical instrument industry and founder of the Ernie Ball Company in 1962, passed away on Thursday, September 9 after a lengthy illness.
In 1958, Ernie opened a small guitar shop in Tarzana, a few miles from Hollywood, which was the first store in the country to sell only guitars.
The demand for Ernie Ball’s Slinky strings continued to grow and in 1967 he sold the retail store and moved the string business to Newport Beach.
www.guitarsite.com /newsletters/040913/7.shtml   (574 words)

  
 Ernie Ferrario's Debut : A Collection of EasyListening Original Jazz   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Ernie Ferrario has been familiar to jazz fans on "The Hill", a reknowned Italian neighborhood in St. Louis for 30 years.
Ernie began studying accordion as a boy of seven.
Influenced by the jazz accordion of Art Van Damme, Ernie was playing in small groups by the time he was a teenager.
www.geocities.com /ernjazz   (208 words)

  
 Guitar maker plays a Linux tune   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Ernie Ball Inc., the global manufacturer of guitar strings, electric guitars and basses, that bears his name, is now making a name for itself as a software industry pioneer.
Ernie Ball ended up settling with the BSA over claims related to use of unlicensed software to the tune of $90,000.
The company was able to pull old desktop computers out of retirement, as its network is designed so that applications run off a main server, and are accessed using low horse-power desktop computers, or "dumb clients." For that reason, adding new users, or changing a user's credentials, can be managed centrally.
www.infoworld.com /articles/hn/xml/02/11/27/021127hnerniball.html?s=IDGNS   (1302 words)

  
 Welcome to Ernies In Ceresco
In 1946, Ernie Swanson opened a small grocery store in his Saunders County hometown.
He was an extraordinary businessman and entrepreneur and one of the first to catch on to the excitement of a new entertainment product - television.
He then added sofas and recliners, carpet and pool tables, and Ernie's in Ceresco - as we know it today - was underway.
www.erniesinceresco.com   (160 words)

  
 National Savings & Investments - All about ERNIE
If ERNIE 1 was still being used today, he would take 52 days to complete a draw, compared to the two and-a-half hours taken by ERNIE 4.
ERNIE made his public debut in 1957, when ‘he’ was the size of a van.
The randomness of ERNIE and the Premium Bond draw is certified by the Government Actuary’s Department (GAD).
www.nsandi.com /products/pb/surprisingfacts.jsp   (863 words)

  
 Ernie Kovacs
Ernie Kovacs, a creative and iconoclastic comedian, pioneered the use of special effects photography in television comedy.
Ernie In Kovacsland opened with the music "Oriental Blues" and title cards with cartoon drawings of Ernie.
In his routines, he pioneered the use of flouts, teaser openings, improvisations with everyday objects, matting techniques, synchronization of music and sound with images, and various camera effects including superimpositions, reverse polarity (a switch making positive seem negative), and reverse scanning (flipping images upside down).
www.museum.tv /archives/etv/K/htmlK/KovacsErnie/kovacsErnie.htm   (1122 words)

  
 Memory Incarnate Logs - Justin and Ernie
Ernie had been looking all over for Justin, asking Zach if he'd seen him, bugging Hannah in the library if he was with her...Ernie was just about ready to give up.
Ernie leans his head on Justin's shoulder, putting his arms around Justin's waist to hug him close, as if he wasn't going to let the other boy go.
Ernie could in fact feel Justin's heart going a million miles an hour and knew his was doing the same.
www.greatestjournal.com /community/memory_logs/7945.html   (2742 words)

  
 Ernie Gehr
Ernie Gehr began making films in the regular 8mm format in the 1960s and has worked steadily since then, completing more than 24 films.
Ernie Gehr and Bruce Conner are the only two filmmakers to have received this prestigious award, which includes an honorarium and a solo exhibition entitled Brother Can You Spare Some Time?
The magnification of the lens allows him to register the intimate details of the texture of skin or the uncertain tread of an elderly foot, while remaining somewhat outside the scene.
www.hi-beam.net /mkr/eg/eg-bio.html   (733 words)

  
 Urban Legends Reference Pages: Television (Toe Tag Ernie)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Everyone heard a different version of how Ernie was going to die, and the stories always fell into one of two categories: death by disease or death by traffic accident.
Traffic accident deaths included pedestrian Ernie being hit by a bus, truck, or car; or his being a passenger in a vehicle involved in a fatal crash.
"Ernie is alive and well, and we have no intention of anything happening to him or anyone else," said Carolyn Miller, spokeswoman for Children's Television Workshop, which produces the show in New York.
www.snopes2.com /radiotv/tv/deadmupp.htm   (572 words)

  
 National Baseball Hall of Fame - 1981 Frick Award Winner Ernie Harwell   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Ernie Harwell, longtime announcer for the Detroit Tigers, was the 1981 recipient of the Ford C. Frick Award.
Harwell made his major league debut in 1948 after becoming the only broadcaster who ever figured in a baseball trade.
Ernie remembers blurting "It's gone" as Thomson swung, and then sweating it out as he waited for the ball to clear the fence.
www.baseballhalloffame.org /hofers_and_honorees/frick_bios/harwell_ernie.htm   (226 words)

  
 The Unofficial Official Ernie Kovacs Website
This fansite was launched in October 1996 to aid you, the Ernie Kovacs fan, in finding out more about the "madcap magyar" of TV (as he was often reffered to in ad copy in the 1950s).
Ernie Kovacs tapes, Ernie Kovacs books, Ernie Kovacs CD's and LP's, memorabilia, the official fan club, Percy Dovetonsils poetry, vintage interviews and articles, and more!
During the mid-1950s, Ernie Kovacs' shows were done in New York, and were broadcast nationally.
users.rcn.com /manaben/kovacs.html   (217 words)

  
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The comic strip was renamed in September 1998 to reflect the devotion of Ernie fans to the comical band of larcenous characters who have repeatedly wreaked financial ruin on Ernie and other suckers since the start of the strip.
The Piranha Club (Ernie) chronicles the misadventures of the hapless Ernie Floyd, assistant manager of a Mr.
Previously unpublished The Piranha Club (Ernie) strips have been released in a paperback published by Andrews and McMeel, Ernie: Out of Control..." In addition to the previously unpublished work, it includes all the daily strips that appeared in the United States in 1992 and the first few weeks of 1993.
www.kingfeatures.com /features/comics/piranha/aboutMaina.php   (382 words)

  
 In This Corner: Bert versus Ernie   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Ernie is arguably the most wholesome persona on Sesame Street (you don't even want to know the type of stuff Elmo's into...), and has kept his sanity for all these years thanks to the constant companionship of his Rubber Duckie.
After climbing into the bathtub, Ernie searches for Duckie, only to find it lying on the toilet seat, a bloody stump protruding where once there was a head.
Bert quickly deduces what Ernie is up to, however, and proceeds to try to beat Ernie into submission.
www.uvm.edu /~chmartin/bert_ernie.html   (572 words)

  
 Ernie Pyle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
To the millions on the American home front during World War II, Ernie Pyle's column offered a foxhole view of the struggle as he reported on the life, and sometimes death, of the average soldier.
Hasbro's new Ernie Pyle figure commemorates the famed World War II correspondent whose dispatches from the front lines defined for many Americans what the war was like for ordinary soldiers.
Ernie Pyle's books include Ernie Pyle in England (1941), Here Is Your War (1943), Brave Men (1944), Last Chapter (1946), and Home Country (1947).
history.acusd.edu /gen/WW2Timeline/erniepyle.html   (1861 words)

  
 Kentucky: Governor Ernie Fletcher - Home
Governor Ernie Fletcher joined Chautauqua Airlines officials today for a ceremony marking the grand opening of the company’s aircraft maintenance facility at the Louisville International Airport.
Showing a commitment to “advanced agriculture,” specifically in the field of nutrigenomics, Governor Ernie Fletcher and Economic Development Cabinet Secretary Gene Strong announced today the award of a $1 million grant to Alltech to assist in building its Center for Animal Nutrigenomics and Applied Animal Nutrition.
During a tour of storm damaged Christian County today, Governor Ernie Fletcher delivered a $100,000 check to the City of Hopkinsville to purchase communications equipment for local law enforcement officers.
governor.ky.gov   (325 words)

  
 Ernie's real nature
I'm sure that most of you think that Ernie (known from the popular program :Sesamestreet) is a sweet little puppet.
Ernie is a dear friend of the in Holland feared singer Jantje Smit!!!!
Ernie has caused the break-up between Emily and the future king of the Netherlands!
www.geocities.com /Hollywood/Bungalow/2030/index2.htm   (265 words)

  
 Ernie's of Dallas (Dallas, Texas): Welcome to Ernie's Restaurant and Club
Tucked away on the south side of the Village on the Parkway (at the southeast corner of Belt Line and the Tollway) Ernie's is a hidden gem.
With more than 30 years of restaurant experience, owners Jack and Mark know what pleases a guest and they would like to personally invite you to Ernie's for lunch, dinner, dancing and entertainment.
Ernie's offers a nice wine list to accompany your meal, including a wide variety of wines that are moderately priced.
www.dallasdinesout.com /restrant/e/ernies/ernies.htm   (429 words)

  
 APBA PRESENTS BASEBALL FOR WINDOWS 3.0 WITH ERNIE HARWELL BROADCAST NOW COMPATIBLE WITH WINDOWS ENCYCLOPEDIA
Announcer Ernie Harwell sets the action...two out...bottom of the ninth...tie game...your last pinch-hitter his bat on the plate...the cheering swells...RUSSEL deals...and it's crushed deep to right...JACKSON races back he leaps...
Ernie announces the lineups, batter's skills and current stats as he steps up to the plate.
Ernie's story is there, along with Barber, Dean, Buck, McNamee, McClendon, Saam, other classic announcers as well as the modern school of broadcasting.
www.miller-associates.com /bbw30.html   (1134 words)

  
 Ernie Banks | National Baseball Hall of Fame
Noted for his sunny disposition, excellent all-round play and his powerful home runs, Ernie Banks was always a favorite of the Chicago Cubs fans.
View the Hall of Fame ballot from the year Ernie Banks was inducted.
Tell someone about Ernie Banks by sending a free Hall of Fame Digital Postcard.
www.baseballhalloffame.org /hofers_and_honorees/hofer_bios/banks_ernie.htm   (230 words)

  
 Uncle Ernie's System - uk horse racing betting guide
A record number of maximum rated winners from the start of the flat season at the end of March until the last meeting on November 5th.
During the season, Ernie top-rated 280 horses which were given the accolade of a maximum stakes recommendation and which passed the post ahead of the field.
These top-graded horses and the 81 Italic selections are the essence of Uncle Ernie's System and they could hardly have done better.
www.uncle-ernie.co.uk   (316 words)

  
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