And on this, Ernie's cohorts in the Trio appear to have been Jolene Brand (on keyboards) and Bobby Lauher (bopping Ernie on the head with his mallets).
This version of the "Nairobi Trio" was originally videotaped as a "clue" for Ernie's game show "TAKE A GOOD LOOK", around 1960. Because Edie Adams was a regular panelist, she couldn't participate in acting out the clues with Ernie (not without being involved in "fixing" a game show). So, the lineup probably was Ernie, Jolene and Bobby.
this is Mickey Katz's voice...... father of Joel Gray...... Borscht Riders In The Sky's Mickey Katz... Kovac's must've used the vinyl recording and made a 'music video' to accompany the piece...
Also notice Steve Blauner in the cast. He was Bobby Darin's manager - one wonders if it was that factor which led Kovacs to do his "blackout" gag sequences with Wolfgang Neuss' version of "Mack The Knife."
+Kovacs Corner; erm... About who, and why Back The Knife as composed is wrong. I'm a huge Kovacs fan, and though I only met Ms Lenya when I was very small, my best friend started in a musical with her, but that's besides the point point. Mack The Knife was composed NOT for his wife, but for the musical operate he was writing on with Bertolt Brecht, Die Moritat von Mackie Messer, or as is known in English Three Penny Opera. The ONLY connection Ms Lenya had with this song (aside from brunt married to Weil and after his death being the Maggie force behind sharing his work with the public), was she appeared in it, but, the sing is about a killer, and is sung in both the show and here by a male singer.
Even Kovacs' credits at the end of his show are more entertaining and creative than most whole programs today!
(Crying)I still miss you Ernie and Edie.
He was such a genius!
This was indeed his final special........originally telecast on January 23, 1962.
And on this, Ernie's cohorts in the Trio appear to have been Jolene Brand (on keyboards) and Bobby Lauher (bopping Ernie on the head with his mallets).
This version of the "Nairobi Trio" was originally videotaped as a "clue" for Ernie's game show "TAKE A GOOD LOOK", around 1960. Because Edie Adams was a regular panelist, she couldn't participate in acting out the clues with Ernie (not without being involved in "fixing" a game show). So, the lineup probably was Ernie, Jolene and Bobby.
That tape editing clip was hilarious! 😂😂
this is Mickey Katz's voice...... father of Joel Gray...... Borscht Riders In The Sky's Mickey Katz... Kovac's must've used the vinyl recording and made a 'music video' to accompany the piece...
Hilarious
Also notice Steve Blauner in the cast. He was Bobby Darin's manager - one wonders if it was that factor which led Kovacs to do his "blackout" gag sequences with Wolfgang Neuss' version of "Mack The Knife."
Ernie was first!
I feel like David Lynch spent a long time watching this.
That US flag at 0:30 looks like it has 50 stars, not 48 (since Alaska was the 49th). Still pretty good sight gag.
+Kovacs Corner; erm... About who, and why Back The Knife as composed is wrong.
I'm a huge Kovacs fan, and though I only met Ms Lenya when I was very small, my best friend started in a musical with her, but that's besides the point point.
Mack The Knife was composed NOT for his wife, but for the musical operate he was writing on with Bertolt Brecht, Die Moritat von Mackie Messer, or as is known in English Three Penny Opera.
The ONLY connection Ms Lenya had with this song (aside from brunt married to Weil and after his death being the Maggie force behind sharing his work with the public), was she appeared in it, but, the sing is about a killer, and is sung in both the show and here by a male singer.
Has spelling and putting your thoughts into words been a lifelong problem for you? Methinks you've had too many whacks of the mallets on yer noggin!
Who is the guy that looks like "Butthead"? He's reacting as the hula hoop girl cuts herself in half.