Here are some kool Kovacs-related links that I've found on the 'net, so you don't have to search for them yourself. Let me know if there's more. More to come...

• Kovacs fans, and other coolness

 
• Walley's Witzend

The official website of David G. Walley, author of The Ernie Kovacs Phile, the first biography published on Ernie Kovacs.  He's also the author of No Commercial Potential: The Saga of Frank Zappa.
 
• Joel's Gizmonic Antsite

The cool website of Joel Hodgson, creator of MST3K. Visit to join his online ant colony, see what Joel's up to, find out about his new feature film. This sent in by Michael Ferguson, who works on the site with Joel.
 
• Dallas Video Festival. the Kovacs Award, named for Ernie Kovacs, will be presented by Edie Adams.

The Kovacs Award is given annually to a contemporary artist who best represents the comedic vision and spirit of innovation in television in the tradition of Ernie Kovacs. Past recipients are Joel Hodgson, creator of Mystery Science Theater 3000, Terry Gilliam of Monty Python fame, Robert Smigel, animator for Saturday Night Live, and, most recently, Paul Reubens a/k/a Pee Wee Herman. The recipient of the Kovacs Award for this year is Martin Mull
 
• Al Quagliata's home page.  Al's been a Kovacs fan for many many years and has been a supporter and contributor to this site since it launched.
• Hollywood Entertainment Museum.

If you're in the Hollywood area, check out this museum. There's an Ernie Kovacs exhibit there that includes one of the Percy Dovetonsils poetry books and some puppets.
 
• Ernie on TV today

 
• American Movie Classics

Click here to see when one of of Ernie's films will be shown on AMC.
 
• The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour Episode Guide

This online resource contains info on the episode Ernie and Edie appeared on; the show was the last in the LDCH series, and also one of Ernie's last TV appearances.
• Tidbits & trivia
 
• cigar smoking.

Here's something Ernie once said about smoking a cigar on a plane trip.
• Ernie's death

For the more morbid, you can read an account of Ernie's death at...
 
• the obituary site of Eric Rohr
• at Movies and Cemeteries
• the Poker Party site.

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