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''Take a Good Look'' is an American television game show created by and starring Ernie Kovacs, which aired from 1959-61 on ABC's Thursday-night block at 10:30 PM Eastern. Season 1 consisted of 39 episodes, from October 22, 1959 to July 21, 1960. Season 2 was far shorter, airing just 14 episodes between October 27, 1960 and February 9, 1961.〔Brooks, Tim and March, Earl (2007) "The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows: 1946–Present", Random House, ISBN 0-345-45542-8, p.1011〕〔 20 episodes were repackaged for syndication in September 1978.〔Terrace, Vincent (1985) "Encyclopedia of Television Series, Pilots and Specials", Verlag für die Deutsche Wirtschaft AG/Zoetrope (NY), page 404 ISBN 0-918432-61-8〕 ==Background== First appearing on television in 1951, Kovacs was an extremely prolific producer of television comedy throughout the 1950s. As a result of the critical success of his 1957 NBC special ''Silent Show'', Ernie came to Hollywood in 1958, where he had a film contract with Columbia Pictures to write and consult on screenplays — but no television series of his own. At that time, sponsors did not buy commercial time on a television shows as a commodity; rather, a sponsor would produce a television program in its entirety and present it to a network for broadcast. While visiting a Hollywood movie set, Kovacs happened to meet a cigar company executive who was impressed that Kovacs continually smoked a cigar. Ernie was impressed that this corporate executive was carrying a book on Bertold Brecht. As a result of this chance meeting, a business deal ensued in which Consolidated Cigar/Dutch Masters became the sole sponsor of Ernie's newest idea for a television series.〔( Take a Good Look ) webpage of the Unofficial Ernie Kovacs website〕 In the show itself, Ernie performed in many Dutch Masters commercials, usually presented as yet another type of "blackout gag" shown during the show and themselves unique due to being done completely in pantomime and directed by Kovacs himself. The Congress of TV Editorial Writers was impressed enough with the silent commercials to award Kovacs with their Madison Avenue Award in 1960. Kovacs likely took inspiration from his ten appearances as guest panelist on ''What's My Line?'' (July–November 1957) and two appearances as a Mystery Guest (September 6, 1956 and September 7, 1957).〔(Whats My Line EPISODE #369 ) webpage at TV.COM website〕〔(Ernie Kovacs credits ) webpage of the IMDB website〕〔(Whats My Line EPISODE #375 ) webpage at TV.COM website〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Take a Good Look (TV series)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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