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Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 153. Chapters: Rod Steiger, Marty Feldman, Fritz Lang, Bette Davis, Scatman Crothers, Ernie Kovacs, Charles Laughton, Josh Ryan Evans, Lee Van Cleef, Jack Webb, Roy Campanella, Ricky Nelson, Brittany Murphy, Bobby Fuller, Gene Autry, Paul Winfield, Richard Farnsworth, Telly Savalas, Leo Durocher, Bob Kane, John Wooden, David Carradine, Lucille Ball, Liberace, John Ritter, Kelly Johnson, Edie Adams, Warren Christopher, Andy Gibb, John Gilbert, Stan Laurel, Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Orry-Kelly, Dorothy Lamour, Walter Lantz, Julie London, Ralph Bellamy, Tony Jay, Donald O'Connor, Albert R. Broccoli, Bill Williams, Ann Harding, Laraine Day, Mary Brian, Dick Wilson, Isabel Sanford, Jess Willard, Jill Ireland, Marjorie Main, Forrest Tucker, Antonio Moreno, Brad Davis, Claire Windsor, Lincoln Kilpatrick, Tom Bosley, Edward Coxen, Judith Barsi, Ozzie Nelson, George "Gabby" Hayes, Burt Mustin, Rex Ingram, Sabu Dastagir, Bert Convy, Carl David Anderson, Reginald Denny, André de Toth, George Zucco, Anthony Eisley, Harriet Nelson, Gail Davis, Ilene Woods, Olan Soule, Lamont Bentley, Porter Hall, Melvin Franklin, Harriet E. MacGibbon, Marie Wilson, Bill Cody, Jr., Robert Clarke, Haven Gillespie, Ann Little, Dar Robinson, Priscilla Bonner, Horace Heidt, Diane Linkletter, Al Viola, Reta Shaw, Paul Zastupnevich, Don Alvarado, Jason Robards, Sr., Otto Kruger, Sue Williams, Boris Sagal, Claire Whitney, W. Franke Harling, Joyce Compton, Jean Speegle Howard, Jack Nimitz, Lloyd Bacon, David Bailey, Clarice Sherry, Ruth Royce, Betty Francisco, Harry Ackerman, Ralph Yearsley, Joe Brooks, Robert Arthur, Robert Francis, Katherine Victor. Excerpt: Ernie Kovacs (January 23, 1919 - January 13, 1962) was an American comedian whose uninhibited, often ad-libbed, and visually experimental comedic style came to influence numerous television comedy programs for years after his death in an automobile accident. Such iconic and diverse shows as Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In, Monty Python's Flying Circus, The Uncle Floyd Show, Saturday Night Live Captain Kangaroo, Sesame Street, The Electric Company, and TV hosts such as David Letterman and Craig Ferguson have been influenced by Kovacs. Chevy Chase acknowledged Kovacs' influence on his work in Saturday Night Live, thanking him during his acceptance speech for his Emmy award for SNL. Chase appeared in the 1982 documentary called Ernie Kovacs: Television's Original Genius, speaking again of the impact Kovacs had on his work. On or off screen, Kovacs could be counted on for the unexpected, from having marmosets as pets to wrestling a jaguar on his live Philadelphia television show. When working at WABC (AM) as a morning-drive radio personality and doing a mid-morning television show for NBC, Kovacs disliked eating breakfast alone while his wife was sleeping in after her Broadway performances. His solution was to hire a taxi driver to come into their apartment with his own key and whose job was to make breakfast for them both, then take him to the WABC studios. While Kovacs and his wife Edie Adams received Emmy nominations for best performances in a comedy series in 1957, his talent was not formally recognized until after his death. The 1962 Emmy for outstanding electronic camera work and the Directors' Guild award came a short time after his fatal accident. A quarter century later, he was inducted into the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Hall of Fame. Kovacs also has a star on the Hollywood Walk ...