The Ernie Kovacs of the Avant Garde

Jesse Walker | 12.31.2010 4:50 PM

Since I invoked John Cage in my column yesterday, I thought I'd celebrate New Year's Eve with this wonderfully odd TV moment from 1960, in which the experimental composer appeared on I've Got a Secret:

You know what makes America great? The fact that this happened on a game show.

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The Ernie Kovacs of the Avant Garde

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