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Early Eyeball Fraternal and Marching Society - The E.E.F.M.S. was the
name of the television club created during the last months of Ernie Kovac's 3 TO
GET READY on WPTZ in Philadelphia in the early 1950s.
Original members of the
club included Trigger Lund, Gertrude the doll, Ernie Kovacs, Andy McKay, Sandy
Stewart and Bernie Leighton. In an 1953 publicity photograph, all of these
members were depicted placing the tip of their left index finger over their left
eyelid.
The group's membership card displayed a logo of a half-closed eye, the
words EEFMS WPTZ CHANNEL 3 and a secret pass-phrase "It's been real." The
reverse side of the card listed the following eligibility rules:
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1. |
An EEFM is: |
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A - |
male or a
female; |
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B -
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or
interested in either political party; |
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2. |
An EEFM never sleeps later than 8:03 . |
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A - |
Unless he
or she is deathly ill, |
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B -
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Unless he
or she is deathly..er..dead, that is; |
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C - |
Unless the
EEFM is sleepy; |
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3. |
An EEFM makes less that $987,648,001.23 per annum.
(Slightly higher in the South and South West); |
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4. |
An EEFM may not raise ostriches or parsley without written
permission of EEFM-1. |
TRIVIA NOTE: The club's password "It's been
real" was a phrase that was popular after World War II. At the end of each
show, this phrase would pop up in some strange place, such as beneath a broom,
under a banana peel or on top of a bald man's head.
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