"Nairobi Trio" from The Ernie Kovacs Show, 1956

Ernie Kovacs most representative sketch was probably this one, in which he put three men in ape suits and had them mime to a twee piano tune. Like a lot of Kovacs's work, it's... more »
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  • From the great Ernie Kovacs from my youth. A special collection on DVD has just been introduced. Enjoy.
  • I have no idea why this is so funny.
  • The other two in the monkey suits were Jack Lemmon & Ernie's wife Edie Adams. They confess to the gag in one of the Ernie Kovacs video interviews about the comic's life.
  • Half of Hollywood either appeared or tried to as a member of the Trio
  • Ernie -- I miss you. I have envisioned the Nairobi Trio in tears and laughter from CONUS to Vietnam to North Africa and laughed in my heart each and every time. It's as concise as your candle flame is bright. You were decades ahead of comedy's time. One of a kind. Thank you, forever. Charles
  • my favorite from my earliest memories.
  • Those are NOT three men in gorilla suits. One of them is Edie.
  • Anyone remember the Nairobi Trio? We used to laugh ourselves silly over it!
 
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