Ernie Kovacs Quotes
"It`s appropriate that television is considered a medium, since it`s rare if it`s ever well done."
Some years ago I had a complete nervous breakdown, was dead broke and had to be put in a charity ward with 30 others. I was there 18 months and doctors didn`t give me long to live. So now each day to me is a special dividend, so I live it to the hilt. - response to gossip columnist Hedda Hopper, who asked him why he was "trying to kill himself."
"Nothing In Moderation" - The epitaph on his tombstone
"There is currently a formula for success in the entertainment medium, that is -- beat it to death if it succeeds."
Television '“ a medium. So called because it is neither rare nor well done.
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