Its Friday so it’s Ernie Kovacs time. Here’s one of his weirdest quasi-music videos–a rendering of a piece of the 1812 Overture which melds the music with some frankly disconcerting images–I’ll let you watch rather than explain them. This is preceded by two of Kovacs beloved blackout sketches one of which features Ernie himself. The out-of-sync sound on his sketch is deliberate, not accidental–just another Kovacsian method of messing with your brain. By the way, the fat ballerina is Muriel Landers, one of the early ‘size-acceptance’ models I suppose. She turns up in one of the last Three Stooges shorts, playing Joe Besser’s cousin Tiny. Perhaps I’ll post it this weekend. Meanwhile enjoy a little Ernie!