Jack Lemmon remembered this skit. At some point, the water in his cup is switched for alcohol, and you can tell Ernie knows it too. From that point on, the skit gets ... um, weirder. 🤣🤣
@Hartm20032004 - Of course we know it's two woman! That is the point of the gag. Kovacs was playing off the absurdity. You and "broncomatt1" are not telling us anything that our sense of humor doesn't already know.
"Rummy"...that's a great word. That was thrown around my house alot when I was a kid. Too bad it now bears a disgraceful connotation...Donald Rumsfeld.
I remember watching Ernie Kovaks way back in the day on Comedy Central. He was a comic genius. I'm so happy to find these clips on UA-cam.
0:49 Ernie realizes it wasn't tea in the glass...
Jack Lemmon remembered this skit. At some point, the water in his cup is switched for alcohol, and you can tell Ernie knows it too. From that point on, the skit gets ... um, weirder. 🤣🤣
The young man is Bill Hayes, who years later would become famous on Days of Our Lives.
After looking at this video a few times, it sure looks like a paint roller frame on his head!
"I can't saw without sawdust, I'm no magician!"
It could be. Ernie's "Caesar's Hour" summer replacement show did feature a "Barbara" in the opening credits.
What's amazing is the card I thought of was the 8 of clubs.
So good.
@broncomatt1 Really??? I'm glad that you brought that to our attention!!!
@artytoons Strictly for medicinal purposes. 8-]
Barbara Loden..?
Yes, Barbara Loden
@Hartm20032004 - Of course we know it's two woman! That is the point of the gag. Kovacs was playing off the absurdity. You and "broncomatt1" are not telling us anything that our sense of humor doesn't already know.
What? Is she 9 feet tall? It's two women
I'll have what Matzoh is having...
"Rummy"...that's a great word. That was thrown around my house alot when I was a kid. Too bad it now bears a disgraceful connotation...Donald Rumsfeld.
Was he getting smashed?
Yup. The crew put real booze in the flask and didn’t tell Ernie.
CANT BRING THE TRAY AND THE CABINET AT THE SAME TIME HUH...