tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post1830458056423775829..comments2024-03-28T14:41:03.787-04:00Comments on PowerPop: La Vache Qui RitNYMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10863355110457910935noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-59802296495521035842009-02-10T03:02:00.000-05:002009-02-10T03:02:00.000-05:00I remember when PBS ran "The Best of Ernie Kovacs"...I remember when PBS ran "The Best of Ernie Kovacs" back about the summer of '71... I was in junior high and just amazed at this stuff. I was literally on the floor in hysterics during this, esp. when the cow's head started spinning in a 360 degree circle. My father, who had seen the shows when they originally aired (a scant 10 years earlier?), was probably never prouder of me...dave™©https://www.blogger.com/profile/15303249276504183167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-19047578153444262052009-02-09T21:31:00.000-05:002009-02-09T21:31:00.000-05:00I'd bore the shit out of all of you by defending t...I'd bore the shit out of all of you by defending the music, which is surpassingly brilliant, but that's beside the point here ... it's simply true to point out that you had to break a few eggs to make a nation, though.<BR/><BR/>And that Ernie Kovacs was a stone fuckin' genius. <BR/><BR/>Long live Percy Dovetonsils.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-82921627133010525402009-02-09T17:40:00.000-05:002009-02-09T17:40:00.000-05:00It was edited live on a TV studio control room swi...It was edited live on a TV studio control room switching console which makes it even more amazing.<BR/><BR/>ROTP(lumber)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-48686981266808324872009-02-09T15:28:00.000-05:002009-02-09T15:28:00.000-05:00Well, they're good too, obviously.:-)Well, they're good too, obviously.<BR/>:-)steve simelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247393763004076992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-25660720286977258362009-02-09T10:49:00.000-05:002009-02-09T10:49:00.000-05:00What about the Nairobi Trio?What about the Nairobi Trio?Kid Charlemagnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12109953353900729258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-5035076286053653852009-02-09T08:21:00.000-05:002009-02-09T08:21:00.000-05:00I did not see his stuff the first time around, but...I did not see his stuff the first time around, but whenever I see it now I am struck by his wonderful sense of the absurd. Very Pythonesque, but before they were performing and a contintent away.<BR/><BR/>Great stuff.<BR/><BR/>TreyTMinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07221261635305430323noreply@blogger.com