"Television is a medium, so called because it is neither rare nor well-done."
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Comedians from the United StatesHumorists from the United StatesSatirists from the United StatesPeople from TrentonActors from New Jersey
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
Quoted in Wired 4.07, p. 102 [July 1996]
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ernie_Kovacs
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
Ernie Kovacs
Ernest Edward Kovacs (January 23, 1919 – January 13, 1962) was an American comedian whose uninhibited, often ad-libbed, and visually experimental comic style came to influence numerous television comedy programs for years after his tragic, early death in an automobile accident.
2 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by Ernie Kovacs →
Related Quotes
"Nothing in Moderation."
"He was a horse of goodly countenance, rather expressive of vigilance than fire; though an unnatural appearance of fie…"
"In the younger days of the Republic there lived in the county of —— two men, who were admitted on all hands to be the…"
"It is said that a hundred gamecocks will live in perfect harmony together it you do not put a hen with them; and so i…"
"All the knowing ones were consulted as to the issue, and they all agreed, to a man, in one of two opinions: either th…"
"Language cannot describe the scene that followed; the shouts, oaths, frantic gestures, taunts, replies, and little fi…"
"Three millions yearly for manure, But not one cent for literature."
"The Arkansawyers are of the type of the old Hoosiers, Crackers, Pikers, and the Big Smoky mountaineers. The Hoosiers …"
"When you're pregnant, you finally start reading ingredients on food. You start caring about yourself by accident, bec…"
"Once the Cosby thing happened, I was kind of like, anything I hold dear to me truth-wise could be untrue. I'm literal…"