Harry Shearer, Carl Reiner, Bob Odenkirk and George Schlatter are just a few of the luminaries who will be sitting on an American Cinematheque panel discussion in tribute of Ernie Kovacs August 27. Details below.
In case you missed it, here’s a great piece on Ernie which ran earlier this month on NPR:
http://www.npr.org/2011/07/02/137551565/comedy-veterans-remember-tv-pioneer-ernie-kovacs
A career-spanning 6 DVD box set The Ernie Kovacs Collection on Shout! Factory has already far surpassed all expectations in terms of press, sales and awareness. In light of this success, Kovacs-centric events are being planned through 2013 across the U.S., and the stage is set to bring Kovacs back to the mainstream.