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Ernie Kovacs

Playright David Ives: The Degrees of Separation Between Stephen Sondheim, Roman Polanski and Me

Myra Chanin | Posted 04.09.2013 | Arts
Read More: Ernie-Kovacs, David Ives, John Rando, Sid Ceasar, Stephen Sondheim, Roman Polanski, Arts News
Myra Chanin

Before I reveal all 10,003 degrees of separation between Sondheim and me, let me assure you that it's all in the timing, which also happens to be the ...

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Facebook Serendipity, a Christmas Album and More, Much More

Michael Sigman | Posted 12.13.2012 | Fifty
Read More: Dengue Fever, Mills Music, Eddie Fisher, Robert Maxwell, Louis Prima, Jack Mills, Marty Mills, Brill Building, Lena Horne, Ernie-Kovacs, Jerry Keller, Cab Calloway, Edie Adams, Irving Mills, Carl Sigman, Video, Fifty News
Michael Sigman

I recently Facebook-friended Josh Mills, who reciprocated right away -- because, I assumed, he remembered me fondly from many years ago when we were both music journalists.

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Too Hipster For TV?

Evan Shapiro | Posted 03.05.2012 | TV
Read More: Scooby Doo, Parks and Recreation, Freaks and Geeks, Sesame Street, Seinfeld, Family Guy, Smothers Brothers, Steve Urkel, Ernie Kovacs, The Simpsons, Hipsters, Portlandia, TV Canada, TV News
Evan Shapiro

For more than half a century, TV hipsters have had a profound effect on American culture. These characters taught many of us the importance of oddball tastes, wardrobe thrifting and (perhaps more importantly) the ever-lasting power of snark.

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