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In early 1952, Kovacs was also doing a late morning show for WPTZ called Kovacs On the Corner.

The show had a Sesame Street feel, as Kovacs would walk through an imaginary neighborhood, talking with various characters such as Pete the Cop ( played by Pete Boyle, father of the late actor Peter Boyle ) and Luigi the Barber.

As with Three to Get Ready, Kovacs did some special segments.

" Swap Time " was one of them ; viewers could bring their unwanted items to the WPTZ studios to trade them live on the air with Kovacs.

Creative control was wrested from Kovacs soon after the show's debut ; beginning on January 4, 1952, it ended on March 28, 1952 — the same day as Three to Get Ready.

Kovacs then moved on to WCBS-TV with a local morning show and a later network one.

While both were cancelled, the morning program suffered the same fate as his WPTZ show-the air time being taken by the station's network in 1954.