stackyFACTSLong before Adult Swim capitalized on surreal stoner comedy, Ernie Kovacs was terrorizing live 1950s audiences with practical optical illusions.
Long before Adult Swim capitalized on surreal stoner comedy, Ernie Kovacs was terrorizing live 1950s audiences with practical optical illusions. He would literally build entire sets at a 15-degree angle, forcing actors to lean while they poured milk that appeared to inexplicably curve in mid-air. In an era of incredibly safe, boring television, Kovacs turned the camera into an active participant in the joke, proving that you didn't need CGI to completely break a viewer's brain.
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