>>>>>>>>Oh yeah? What about the Drama Llama Ding Dongs?
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>>>>>>>Aren't they a group unto themselves?
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>>>>>>Well, the Edsels were. Now they're both extinct.
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>>>>>But if they're extince, why bring them up?
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>>>>He's a medium?
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>>>Ernie Kovacs said television was a medium because it was neither rare nor well-done.
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>>Unfortunately, I'm a large. But I began exercising again in the last few weeks. Oh, and Ernie Kovacs was one of the funniest, most inventive people ever to grace TV (and Edie was a treat). He and Sid Caesar spoiled me for comedy.
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>Imagine if Ernie could have done his show today on premium cable <g>
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>I do wonder, though, even with the best of TV from the 50s if a lot of it looked good because the competition was so thin. I remember a lot of stuff very warmly , but mostly because I don't go back and see them again. <s>

Go to youtube and type in "Sid Caesar". Believe me, you'll be laughing all over again. Sid, Howie, Carl, Imogine. They were hilarious, and watching them again, they're still hilarious.