At Canter’s with Kovacs: An Interview by Andrew Lampert, North Drive Press

No one knew where to find him. Thoroughly unlisted and well below the public radar, I never figured that I’d score an interview with Ernie Kovacs. A household name way back when, Kovacs stood straight up and walked right out of the spotlight in 1962. He simply stopped producing his popular television broadcasts without providing any reason or rationale. Poof, smoke, he was gone; Ernie had pulled the best disappearing act in showbiz history. While Kovacs may remain a hazy, half-remembered name for most, his legacy is indisputable as a certified cult hero and a canonized TV pioneer. Quite strangely, however, his current whereabouts are largely unknown. It took copious research and a friend of a friend—who is a personal assistant to a power ful talent agent in LA—to dig up an address. Of course, the 10 million dollar question here is: What has Ernie been doing for the last for ty-five plus years?… (read more)

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