| The loss of the DuMont archives adds to our extremely distorted idea of the entire celebrity environment of the past. Some of the biggest entertainers have had their entire careers lost, notably Ernie Kovacs: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/dumont-network-gleason... > In the early 70's the DuMont network was being bought by another company and the lawyers were in heavy negotiation as to who ould be responsible for the library of DuMont shows currently being stored in the facility - who would bear the expense of storing them in a temperature controlled facility, take care of copyright renewal, etc.. > One of the lawyers said he would "take care of it in a fair manner..." He took care of it all right... > At 2am the next morning he had 3 huge semis back up to the loding dock at ABC, filled them with all the stored kinescopes and 2" videotape, drove them to a waiting barge in n New Jersey, took them out on the water, made a right at the Statue of Liberty and dumped them in Upper New York Bay. Very neat... no problem! - Edie Adams, comedian, entertainer, and wife of Ernie Kovacs. https://web.archive.org/web/20081208112200/http://www.loc.go... Edie Adams’ son explains why her late husband Ernie Kovacs is seemingly forgotten in Hollywood https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/edie-adams-ernie-kovac... |