tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post6735949917865797609..comments2024-03-28T11:45:24.378-07:00Comments on Tralfaz: The Tonight Show That DiedYowphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-68756193616885052412016-02-29T14:59:00.521-08:002016-02-29T14:59:00.521-08:00New York radio disc jockey Al "Jazzbo" C...New York radio disc jockey Al "Jazzbo" Collins served as interim host of "America After Dark" from June 24th until Paar was ready in late July.Jofushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05591730159623555357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-49429452920605913392015-08-10T17:43:11.856-07:002015-08-10T17:43:11.856-07:00Kovacs also won the Sylvania Award for the "E...Kovacs also won the Sylvania Award for the "Eugene" show in 1957. And I remember reading in Mark Evanier's blog that Kovacs was considered for the Tonight Show, but he was filming "Operation Mad Ball", and was committed to two films after that.Corgitoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17120094357956388323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-28625199986704463162015-08-07T18:27:10.420-07:002015-08-07T18:27:10.420-07:00This is really interesting, I never knew about thi...This is really interesting, I never knew about this 'tonight' show. Funny how you said all they did was drink - that reminds of Anchorman/Ron burgundy.Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05936227574989022147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-73783367144130064642015-08-05T20:54:04.506-07:002015-08-05T20:54:04.506-07:00John Crosby, whose columns you reprint frequently,...John Crosby, whose columns you reprint frequently, certainly thought otherwise:<br /><br />[excerpt]"It was all pretty weird and wonderful and - though Kovacs won't approve of this appellation - avant garde. Kovacs is a genuine original..."<br /><br />"Radio & TV" Sarasota Journal 1/24/57top_cat_jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06365510398800837335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-38743978461608293862015-08-05T16:47:49.991-07:002015-08-05T16:47:49.991-07:00I've read three different reviews of the Kovac...I've read three different reviews of the Kovacs silent show. The critics panned it.Yowphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-59679925875243261012015-08-05T14:38:13.712-07:002015-08-05T14:38:13.712-07:00Someone decided there would be no dialogue for the...<i>Someone decided there would be no dialogue for the entire Kovacs show.</i><br /><br />That would be Kovacs himself. <br /><br />Kovacs received a movie contract from Columbia Pictures and a cover story in 'Life" magazine because of "Silent Show" (AKA "Eugene"). Seems "well received" to me. top_cat_jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06365510398800837335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-16635358809221419112015-08-05T12:52:58.715-07:002015-08-05T12:52:58.715-07:00If the show had started nine weeks later, I could ...If the show had started nine weeks later, I could have been on the debut, since I would have been in the Mount Sinai Hospital maternity ward at the time.<br /><br />Some of what Weaver wanted to do here appears to have eventually found its way into two shows from the early 1980s -- ABC's "Nightline" and the syndicated "Entertainment Tonight". But neither ABC nor Paramount Television tried to combine the two subjects, since they tend to attract different target audiences. So it's not a big surprise NBC's effort was a mess.J Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15175515543694122729noreply@blogger.com