One of the greatest of the great comedians, Mr. Durante was. Totally unique, too. His harmless, good-natured humor was timeless, his malapropisms delightful. This gentle-hearted goodwill ambassador of entertainment had a rambunctious but elegant style that made everyone feel good & audiences shriek with laughter, mainly by poking fun at himself. Humanity lost one of its treasures when Mr. Durante left us all too soon in January of 1980.
Damn but I'm old...hahaha! This is my kind-a music!!! THis would bring a big smile and make a seven year old dance around the house. Love these guys.... Hatcha-cha :o)
Amazing, isn't it? The vague memories of Eddie and jimmy Durante are as fresh as when I was a little squirt. Those 2 great performers played off of each others like charges from a battery.
I've got this song sung between Jimmy and Eddie from the 1950 LP, Club Durant, but until now I never realised they also recorded it in front of the cameras. Pure magic from the bygone era which we will never see the likes of again.
Two veterans of vaudeville. Watch, listen and imagine them doing this act on the old vaudeville stage. Many of those old comic came from vaudeville and brought their act from that stage to television in later years. You can see touches of vaudeville in many of the old t.v. shows.
No wonder those girls at the piano are smiling. Pure fun. This kind of entertainment is sorely missed today. Compare this to the crap on the Grammy Awards.
In the original verse to "FDR Jones" written for Broadway, composer Harold J Rome opens with, "Hey, Rufus Rastus Brown...spread the news around....all around the town. Say, it's a Holiday...stop your work and play...hurry on your way. MGM changed it when the movie was made, but Judy sang the original lyric on the radio the year before : ruclips.net/video/WTxJ9jcl_VE/видео.html. Never knew the origins of the 'Rufus Rastus Brown' reference.
I didn't know who Eddie Jackson was until today when I came across a newspaper from 30 years ago (July 17, 1980) announcing his death. What a performer! I've only found two clips on RUclips so far and they were both worth watching.
This is from Jimmy's TV show of the 50s. The Club Durant version is from a radio show. Jimmy and Eddie grew up together on the lower Eastside of N. Y. and worked in a restaurant where Jimmy played the piano and Eddie was a singing waiter. Eddie said that his two best friends were Jimmy and Georgie Jessel.
Acording to George Burns, it was Lou Clayton who urged Durante to go into TV, shortly before his death in 1950- "and he listened to whatever Lou told him", said Burns. And he was right!
bchfront. I had similar Halloween experience in 1959 with Heddie Lamar. She didn't hug me but she did dump a whole bowl of candy in my bag because it was getting late and very few kids had come to her door. I absolutely love Jimmy Durante!
This was one of Jimmy's filmed "TEXACO STAR THEATER" episodes {at Desilu}, 'eller', although he basically appeared "live" during the two years Texaco sponsored him on NBC's Saturday night schedule [9:30-10pm(et)]...Durante filmed a handful of shows whenever he wanted to take time off, or appear in Las Vegas (as he did in the spring and summer of '55). Those were repeated on CBS [for Lorillard's Old Gold cigarettes] in the summer of 1957.
What a shame, Lou Clayton had passed away in 1950. It would have been great to see him in one of his dance routines on television. But, I have a feeling, that Eddie's dancing was a small tribute to the great Lou Clayton.
Great post and video. Unfortunately Lou Clayton passed on before Durante made it to TV, but Jimmy often had old partner Eddie Jackson along even after he essentially had made the transition to a solo career on TV. Durante must have really had no ego. Even years after it was apparent that he was the star performer, he always kept the billing of his act as Clayton, Jackson and Durante, leaving his name in third position. After Lou passed on, Jimmy had Clayton's relatives give him an old suit of Lou's which he laid on a chair in a special room in his house. Durante had the suit placed on the chair to make it seem that Clayton was sitting in the chair and kept the room sealed except for the rare occasions he would enter it to remember his much missed old friend and imagine him still there.
Robert Jones I am 25, and these guys are my heroes. Their energy is something almost paranormal and I get it too. I work in cabaret and burlesque clubs in Manhattan's SoHo. I guess its like an addiction, you gotta have some predisposition for show, and after the first applause you get, it never leaves you, that feeling pushes you to be 100%, every time, No matter how tired I am or depressed, the atmosphere onstage changes me completely. Not everyone can be 100% every time, the few who were often wore out and died too soon, like Judy Garland, but Durante rolled with the punches. On a side note about this subject , Judy's big problem was starting out at the top and never knowing what anything else was like and so she did everything, took stimulants, wrecked her body maintaining her status, and never lost her ability to make a show a 10/10, the price, death before 50.
@ken d Yes that's true but actually they were much healthier than us old timers now. No junk food consumed like we have. No sitting around watching the boob tube, computer viewing....they walked everywhere and did not over eat, that's for sure. Didn't consume much alcohol/smoking....had they had modern medicine they would have lived to over a hundred.
It´s sort of fun to see the dark girl at the piano squatted, (at 2:51) when she thought Jimmy was going to throw that pice of wood too early - she remained at a low position in case of.... Was this a live production on television ? Thank for posting retrod1 !
The strut they were doing as they exited the stage, was that a part of the act. I've seen Frank and the Rat Pack do that, is that where they got it from?
Thank you so much for posting this ! A very inspiring number. To me, the essence of hokum ! Where did you get this archive from ? A dvd ? I'd like to buy it to get it in higher resolution.
If thy made a movie about Jimmy, who should play him? Do you think Leslie Nielson or Steve Martin could do it? The latter has definitely done drama well and he has done the long nose thing (laughing). Then there is James Cromwell, who might be able to have the look with an attached nose appendage. If his story has any big ups and downs, dramatic actors can surprise you in being funny.
Jimmy's protege {and composer of "special musical material" for this series}, Jackie Barnett, once portrayed him in "The Eddie Cantor Story" (1952). George Burns said Warner Bros. created a miracle by making Cantor's life "boring" in that movie- no doubt, in part, to Keefe Brasselle's mediocre portrayal. I don't know of ANY actor around these days who could capture the essence of the "Schnozz" today, 'fool'....
I'll put Jackson and Durante anytime up against the crap they are trying to pass off as a Super Bowl halftime show these days. Why can't they get this level of entertainment nowadays? I bet they'd increase their audience.
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Two of the very best there was no one like them ever
This was FREE on television nearly every night, particularly weekends
One of the greatest of the great comedians, Mr. Durante was. Totally unique, too. His harmless, good-natured humor was timeless, his malapropisms delightful. This gentle-hearted goodwill ambassador of entertainment had a rambunctious but elegant style that made everyone feel good & audiences shriek with laughter, mainly by poking fun at himself. Humanity lost one of its treasures when Mr. Durante left us all too soon in January of 1980.
They shall not pass this way again, thank goodness we have them on film. Thank you for posting these four minutes of joy!
Damn but I'm old...hahaha! This is my kind-a music!!! THis would bring a big smile and make a seven year old dance around the house. Love these guys.... Hatcha-cha :o)
Amazing, isn't it? The vague memories of Eddie and jimmy Durante are as fresh as when I was a little squirt. Those 2 great performers played off of each others like charges from a battery.
I've got this song sung between Jimmy and Eddie from the 1950 LP, Club Durant, but until now I never realised they also recorded it in front of the cameras. Pure magic from the bygone era which we will never see the likes of again.
More like the other way around: the song was lifted from the movie.
Terrific. I got to see Durante and Jackson onstage when I was a kid. The same act for years but always fun.
I still remember their great routines from years ago on old TV sows - they could really get you hopping. The best
Who didn't love Jimmy! RIP sweet man !
this is for you mom--may you be seeing these 2 in person love ya
Two veterans of vaudeville.
Watch, listen and imagine them doing this act on the old vaudeville stage.
Many of those old comic came from vaudeville and brought their act from that stage to television in later years. You can see touches of vaudeville in many of the old t.v. shows.
That's definitely one of the kinds of good showmanship that I LIKE!!
These few minutes are 'treasures'.
what great energy and synergy !!!
No wonder those girls at the piano are smiling. Pure fun. This kind of entertainment is sorely missed today. Compare this to the crap on the Grammy Awards.
13 years later, and it's only gotten worse. FAR worse. Unwatchable crap.
That is great.
That's a wonderful tale. Says a lot about Jimmy.
🎹 Fabulous! These were the greats!
Durante had a band circa 1910 and is said to have been one the finest ragtime pianists of that era.
They called him "Ragtime Jimmy"
Jimmy Durante, the best ever!!
These two have fantastic versions of "Rufus Ratus Johnson Brown" and "Give my Regards to Broadway." Would love to hear them again.
Old time version of the clowning One Direction did on their tours. There truly is nothing new under the sun. (Love all of them.)
In the original verse to "FDR Jones" written for Broadway, composer Harold J Rome opens with, "Hey, Rufus Rastus Brown...spread the news around....all around the town. Say, it's a Holiday...stop your work and play...hurry on your way. MGM changed it when the movie was made, but Judy sang the original lyric on the radio the year before : ruclips.net/video/WTxJ9jcl_VE/видео.html. Never knew the origins of the 'Rufus Rastus Brown' reference.
Love it ❤🎉love & miss this old times variety shows so beautiful and fun miss ❤️ them
Love it;find more old videos like this please!!
absolutely charming!
Back in the day when people actually relied on talent...and not techno-mechno wizadry!
Laugh till you cry. Cry till you laugh! Brilliant!!
I didn't know who Eddie Jackson was until today when I came across a newspaper from 30 years ago (July 17, 1980) announcing his death. What a performer! I've only found two clips on RUclips so far and they were both worth watching.
the masters of the floor show..the greatest ever..theres only ONE durante.
To talents from the silent era who actually migrated to talking pictures....that's a beautiful thing
fantastic, great, great
Filmed in the year I graduated from high school! A lot of good things happened in that year and this is one of them.
This is from Jimmy's TV show of the 50s. The Club Durant version is from a radio show. Jimmy and Eddie grew up together on the lower Eastside of N. Y. and worked in a restaurant where Jimmy played the piano and Eddie was a singing waiter. Eddie said that his two best friends were Jimmy and Georgie Jessel.
Dear Jesus they don't make showmen like that anymore. Back then music made you feel GOOD.
Acording to George Burns, it was Lou Clayton who urged Durante to go into TV, shortly before his death in 1950- "and he listened to whatever Lou told him", said Burns. And he was right!
bchfront. I had similar Halloween experience in 1959 with Heddie Lamar. She didn't hug me but she did dump a whole bowl of candy in my bag because it was getting late and very few kids had come to her door. I absolutely love Jimmy Durante!
This was one of Jimmy's filmed "TEXACO STAR THEATER" episodes {at Desilu}, 'eller', although he basically appeared "live" during the two years Texaco sponsored him on NBC's Saturday night schedule [9:30-10pm(et)]...Durante filmed a handful of shows whenever he wanted to take time off, or appear in Las Vegas (as he did in the spring and summer of '55). Those were repeated on CBS [for Lorillard's Old Gold cigarettes] in the summer of 1957.
awesome
Retrod, Thanks for posting this.
What a shame, Lou Clayton had passed away in 1950. It would have been great to see him in one of his dance routines on television. But, I have a feeling, that Eddie's dancing was a small tribute to the great Lou Clayton.
I believe that Jimmy D did this act earlier with Al Jolson.
Thanks for the reply, Barry..
I believe that the 1930 movie, Roadhouse Nights, was the only time that Clayton, Jackson, and Durante performed together on film.
Great post and video. Unfortunately Lou Clayton passed on before Durante made it to TV, but Jimmy often had old partner Eddie Jackson along even after he essentially had made the transition to a solo career on TV. Durante must have really had no ego. Even years after it was apparent that he was the star performer, he always kept the billing of his act as Clayton, Jackson and Durante, leaving his name in third position. After Lou passed on, Jimmy had Clayton's relatives give him an old suit of Lou's which he laid on a chair in a special room in his house. Durante had the suit placed on the chair to make it seem that Clayton was sitting in the chair and kept the room sealed except for the rare occasions he would enter it to remember his much missed old friend and imagine him still there.
Its a Catastrastrophe!! Bless you .Jimmy.
@@malcolmwhitehead7225 You mean "CatastraSTROKE!"
Also, after Jimmy made it to the big time, he kept both Clayton and Jackson on his payroll right up to their deaths.
No...Catastrastrophe was correct. MW.
@bchfront fantastic. what a great memory of jimmy.
Great old entertainment
This... a classic.
Stupedious!
hartley252 Stupendious ?
the vaudeville act was Clayton, Jackson, and Durante...I've never seen Clayton....anybody know anything about him?
These guys were roaring through burlesque and vaudeville before Sintatra could tie his shoes.
Hut ch-ch-chaaa ...!
Loved when Jimmy and Eddie did "Rufus Rastus Johnson Brown" ...☺
WytZox1 What cha gonna do when the rent comes round ? what cha gonna do ? what cha gunna say ?
1:39 - "Yuh know, that ain't chopped liver!" -sounds more like Chopsticks ; )
@bchfront evertyone loved him and his acts were "clean"
How did they do it? I'm pushing 64: Durante would have been 62 at this time, Eddie Jackson 61 - where on earth did they get their energy from?
my knees hurt just watching Eddie Jackson!lol oohhhhh
Robert Jones I am 25, and these guys are my heroes. Their energy is something almost paranormal and I get it too. I work in cabaret and burlesque clubs in Manhattan's SoHo. I guess its like an addiction, you gotta have some predisposition for show, and after the first applause you get, it never leaves you, that feeling pushes you to be 100%, every time, No matter how tired I am or depressed, the atmosphere onstage changes me completely. Not everyone can be 100% every time, the few who were often wore out and died too soon, like Judy Garland, but Durante rolled with the punches. On a side note about this subject , Judy's big problem was starting out at the top and never knowing what anything else was like and so she did everything, took stimulants, wrecked her body maintaining her status, and never lost her ability to make a show a 10/10, the price, death before 50.
there was no blood pressure medicine in 55
I’m 62, and still have the energy seen in these two guys. 62 isn’t old.
@ken d Yes that's true but actually they were much healthier than us old timers now. No junk food consumed like we have. No sitting around watching the boob tube, computer viewing....they walked everywhere and did not over eat, that's for sure. Didn't consume much alcohol/smoking....had they had modern medicine they would have lived to over a hundred.
I like very much big souvenirs to
It's wonbderful to see the most beloved man in show biz again--my dad told me about Clayton, Jackson and Durante--where did this clip come from?
Eddie: I'm only Human
jimmy: Sorry I show no mercy
Innocent times.... and at the same time not...
It´s sort of fun to see the dark girl at the piano squatted, (at 2:51) when she thought Jimmy was going to throw that pice of wood too early - she remained at a low position in case of....
Was this a live production on television ?
Thank for posting retrod1 !
The strut they were doing as they exited the stage, was that a part of the act. I've seen Frank and the Rat Pack do that, is that where they got it from?
Thank you so much for posting this ! A very inspiring number. To me, the essence of hokum ! Where did you get this archive from ? A dvd ? I'd like to buy it to get it in higher resolution.
4:01 of pure entertainment!!
Looks like Steve Allen on the piano in the background.
So these two were the Justin Bieber and Usher of their time?
People seemed more good natured then; now, sue, sue ,sue !!!!!
Clayton was Durante's manager. Source wikipedia for what it's worth.
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You're welcome, 'eller'.
who knows the name of this don, I love it
If thy made a movie about Jimmy, who should play him? Do you think Leslie Nielson or Steve Martin could do it? The latter has definitely done drama well and he has done the long nose thing (laughing). Then there is James Cromwell, who might be able to have the look with an attached nose appendage. If his story has any big ups and downs, dramatic actors can surprise you in being funny.
Jimmy's protege {and composer of "special musical material" for this series}, Jackie Barnett, once portrayed him in "The Eddie Cantor Story" (1952). George Burns said Warner Bros. created a miracle by making Cantor's life "boring" in that movie- no doubt, in part, to Keefe Brasselle's mediocre portrayal. I don't know of ANY actor around these days who could capture the essence of the "Schnozz" today, 'fool'....
Eddie kinda faked the dancing. But he knew how to sell it.
I'll put Jackson and Durante anytime up against the crap they are trying to pass off as a Super Bowl halftime show these days. Why can't they get this level of entertainment nowadays? I bet they'd increase their audience.
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