I had the pleasure of seeing Jimmy “In person” in 1968, in Columbus, Ohio. He was on stage for over 2 hours. He had those young dancers and extras exhausted. What a showman & a legend he was. “ Goodnight Mr Durante, wherever you are.”
Every night before I go to sleep I put on via RUclips I'll Be Seeing you in all the familiar places. My nana would sing it with her cranking that viola record player which even when one Christmas Santa brought her a updated stereo she wasn't having it . I always thought it was so pretty with that huge cone horn . Then of course my nana would play Smile there had been many of versions but I loved Jimmy's hand down. I still say Good Night Mrs. Calabash. I can cry watching all I grew up with right down to Ed McMahon and Johnny Carson show. I will always tell anyone who listens that the 1900s was Americas best from the moment our silent movies came into talkies . I was born 1959 and I had the best of both my nana's and mother's childhood best to mine. Comedy was the best , actors the best , Hollywood was so beautiful when the stars came out to that carpet what class. What Class ! T.v. had the best movies series, I can still remember loving to catch The Sonny & Cher show in the afternoon the great Jackie Gleason. Soap operas just pure entertainment. Saturdays as a kid was special Kellogg cereal with prizes along with the best cartoons ever and the series like the Monkeys,, Beatles , Batman , it wasn't filled with reality flith and no talent like these days. The Twilighlight Zone and that cute little silhouette of a fat belly Alfred Hitchcock his show what thrills then our great Star Trek. I could go on . Family was always together, You went to church now you can't get into one. Yup, now I watch all the old great black in white classics like my two favorite movies The Elephant man - famous line I am not an animal I am a human being. Still chokes me up. Let's not forget the saddest movie to me , The Hunchback of Notre Dame with a cruel line, that famous line, ( this will kill that ) I loved Victor Hugo the last line in the movie , why wasn't I made of stone like thee? That movie was made in 1939 I was born 20 years later. Kids today will never know that feeling of living . These days its devices in each hand sad. Unless they are lucky to have cool aunts like me or uncles to show them all the wonders of what once was .. Dam, right down to Archie Buncker All in the family to the Jeffersons . I told ya I could go on. LOL.. sorry for the book . Thank you for posting this gem. Good night Mrs Calabash Blessings to us all. Again, thank you for posting. 💜
He invented that way of speaking and singing, which is unusual, yet, even when he sings a serious ballad, it has the charm that Jimmy created, and what makes it so nice is that he has perfect pitch. He was a unique talent. This video amazed me at every turn. What professionalism.
When you put dashes around a word or words without a space, it crosses it/them out in a RUclips comment: - this - vs. -this- You can use M dashes (-) without any funny business. I hope you don't mind my explaining-I figured you'd want to know.
WHEN LAUGHING WAS AT NO ONE'S EXPENSE EXCEPT FOR THE COMEDIAN HIMSELF. Humor before anger, neurosis, bodily functions and ego-mania ruled the airwaves. Durante, a very big batch of run and entertainment all rolled into one little giant of a man. Good night Mr. Durante ..wherever you are.
I always loved Jimmy Durante. He had heart & soul and humor. He was such an endearing character. Good Night Mrs. Kalabash, wherever you are.... One of a kind.
I love Jimmy's voice. It's so unique, gravelly. He makes fun of himself, and I think that it shows his kindness. His 📺 Television Show was Tops! I always remember, "That Ain't No Banana, Lady, that's Me Nose." A very 💜❤💙 lovable man for all of us.
Such a wonderful tribute to Jimmy Durante and so authentically done. I grew up watching him on TV and I always found him so sincere and heartfelt - just loved the way he ended his shows. RIP, Mr Durante.
Thanx, eugenecheese, so much for sharing this little treasure! Keep 'em coming, please? I was 3, and I'd climb out of my bed, and sneak down the hall and hide behind the couch so I could watch My Boyfriend, Jimmy Durante, on his show. Mama and Daddy knew I was there, and they knew I was in love with Mr. D, so they let me stay up and watch him with them, on our black and white tv. I'd sing Inka-Dinka-Doo with him, and, at the end, I'd say, Goodnight, Mrs. Calabash, wherever you are, and watch while Jimmy walked through those spotlights, until he cleared that last spot, and the credits rolled. Then I'd kiss my folks, and go back to bed, singing Inka-Dinka-Doo. I wanted to grow up to be a Durante Girl, and that's what I told everyone. I still love that man. So glad I got to see him again, just as i remember him. RIP, Mama and Daddy, and darling Jimmy, and thanx, all, so so very much for the magic, music, and memories.
He passed away when I was a boy. I knew more about him through older people, who quoted him. No controversy. No 'dark underbelly'. A gentleman, by all accounts. I also think it was noble (- for want of a better word-) that he and his wife adopted their daughter. My dad was adopted. If only he'd been adopted by good folks, like the Durante's. Thanks for posting.
I don't think Donald O'Connor was appreciated as much as he deserved to be. Seeing him dance in "Singin' in the Rain" and "There's No Business Like Show Business" blew my mind!! Also, Bette Davis was a lot more fun than I used to hear. When Kim Carnes '
Oops! Hit "send" by accident!! People magazine did a story on Kim Carnes visiting Bette when her song about Bette's eyes hit it big. Kim said Bette had pillows that said "No Guts, No Glory." Jimmy always picked the most fun people!
They left out one of Jimmy's finest "moments!!" I loved "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World," and some would say that with all the many stars in that show, Jimmy's few minutes near the beginning STOLE the show!! Even when he acted like a man playing out the last minutes of life, he had us laughing up a storm! Jumping up with a few more "last words!" Buddy Hackett swore to make tracks if he "did that again!!" 😜
Make sure you google Jimmy's original 1950 version of " Frosty the Snowman." The newer one from that great cartoon is terrific, but the earlier one is like sitting around the piano as Jimmy tells the story. 🌲⛄⛄⛄🌲 What a treasure that man will always be for us. 🎄💗🎄
During this it was mentioned how Durante was generous to his guests wanting them to be at ease , and successful . This was a trait that was passed down to newcomer Garry Moore on their WWII era radio show . Moore passed it down to Carol Burnett on his TV variety show . In turn Burnett passed this generosity down to Korman , Lawrence and Tim Conway on her show allowing each to shine and even at times take over her TV show . Jimmy Durante was a great entertainer and humanitarian .
Jimmy Durante was one of the most extravagantly, outrageously talented people EVER. He had perfect pitch, perfect rhythm, an infallible bear-trap memory, a limitless capacity to learn and choreograph lengthy NEW routines (he did a new one EVERY week on radio and TV), and to pull them off effortlessly, EVERY TIME, without a hitch. Most remarkable of all was his ability to make THE SIMULTANEOUS TOTALITY OF ALL THE ABOVE look so commonplace and casual, that nobody notices it! Case in point: Only "demef" and I have said anything on this thread about Durante's true excellence. If you think what Jimmy did was easy, TRY IT YOURSELF!
It was said of him, speaking of his kindness and his generosity, "You could warm your hands on this one." I can think of few finer compliments to be paid to someone and their life.
Jimmy was a friend and for a time worked as a waiter at my wife's grand fathers restaurant in Brooklyn. I think it may have been in Coney Island at that time.
Jimmy Durante died long before I was born, but somehow I've known who he is for as long as I can remember. What a brilliant man: as Leonard Maltin said, he was truly unique. It wasn't just his unmistakable appearance and voice. He was a brilliant, multi-talented entertainer, a genuinely charming man with whom everyone wanted to work, and a living legend (while he was alive, that is 🙃) whose memory lives on to this day. (I'm watching this in 2023.) I wish this documentary told more about his life, but it was great to see so many clips of his performances.
Loved this guy. Did any other performer enjoy himself as much as Jimmy? I remember walking to our Uncle John and Aunt Helena's house with my parents to watch The Jimmy Durante Show in the late 50's. It ended with him tossing his jacket over his shoulder and walking away under the street lights.
I remember hearing about a conversation where someone said to Durante, "Why didn't you learn to speak better?" His response was, "If I'd learnt to speak good English, do ya know how many people I'd put outta woik?" God Bless James Durante
"Everybody wants to get into the act." This was before he cult of youth took over entertainment . I remember him on TV when I was a kid. I do remember the show where he ended with 'good night Mrs. Calabash where ever you are." I asked my Mom who she was, and she could only guess. He was a great performer.
Here’s an entertainer that makes todays “talent” look pale by comparison. All he needed was a simple set of props, a mic, and a great song and he held his audience captive.
Thanks, Gene, for posting !! Starting at 10:45, the song "It's Da Nose's B'day, Not Mine," --- Isn't the brunette chorus girl featured at the front/right the young Mary Tyler Moore?
Someone like Jimmy only comes around once in a lifetime. The first time I remember seeing Jimmy was on the wall of The Brown Derby taking up two frames. One of his head and the other of his nose on I Love Lucy. And around the same time I saw him on a bugs bunny cartoon. Since then I had been looking out for him. I was bigger than life itself.
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, It's time to say "Goodbye." Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, What more is there to say than "Goodbye?" You gave us some laughs, But now it's time for Toodle-oo, Au Revoir, Auf Wiedersehen, And INKA DINKA DOO! Goodbye, Goodbye, goodbye, Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye. Goodbye Jimmy. And goodbye Mr. and Mrs. Calabash, wherever (and whoever) you are.
Durante was one of a kind. Someone else said, he was the uncle we wished we had. But he was more than an act: back then people needed real talent and wit. In his latter years, he tried to convey his message in song: listen to the words. People were different then: natural. The era before big mac and kfc. @10:50 all ladies are beautiful, but the lady seated to Durante's left is simply gorgeous. After 70 years of GMO foods, doubtful we will see the likes of such ladies again. America has become drugged-up, dumbed-down, over-weight, and vulgar.
I guess and I will defer to someone who knows better . It appears that at 10:50 MTM was the only one of the bevy of beauties who surrounded Mr. Durante during his skits who became famous . Also noted , the daughter Ce Ce appears to be a solid citizen , a testimony to her famous father who spent his final years doting on her .
Did you know that Cecilia Alicia (CeCe) was adopted? Jimmy & Margie got her on Christmas Day 1961. She became a champion horsewoman and then a horse trainer & riding instructor.
@@OneLastHitB4IGo Yes Mr. Durante adopted her . Harpo Marx , Jack Benny , Burns and Allen all of these talents adopted children and shared their advantages with them and they turned out all be solid citizens .
What impresses me most about Jimmy's shtick is how lengthy and elaborate the bits were, requiring all sorts of memorization of the lines and the gags. Yet, he did it seamlessly, seldom missing a beat. Look at that Beret skit. It HAD to have been created for TV, not some old vaudeville routine he had done 50 years earlier. Jimmy didn't falter once other than getting the well-earned giggles when he was lifted by the waif dancing girls.
Durante had "character". Something sorely missing in today's homogeneous, all inclusive, broken woke world where you either conform to the Left or get canceled. Being an individual today is like being a Jew from 1933 until 1945 in Germany.
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I just love my dad's generation. I pray this man is in heaven alongside my mom and dad
I had the pleasure of seeing Jimmy
“In person” in 1968, in Columbus,
Ohio. He was on stage for over 2 hours. He had those young dancers and extras exhausted. What a showman & a legend he was.
“ Goodnight Mr
Durante, wherever you are.”
Every night before I go to sleep I put on via RUclips I'll Be Seeing you in all the familiar places. My nana would sing it with her cranking that viola record player which even when one Christmas Santa brought her a updated stereo she wasn't having it . I always thought it was so pretty with that huge cone horn . Then of course my nana would play Smile there had been many of versions but I loved Jimmy's hand down. I still say Good Night Mrs. Calabash. I can cry watching all I grew up with right down to Ed McMahon and Johnny Carson show. I will always tell anyone who listens that the 1900s was Americas best from the moment our silent movies came into talkies . I was born 1959 and I had the best of both my nana's and mother's childhood best to mine. Comedy was the best , actors the best , Hollywood was so beautiful when the stars came out to that carpet what class. What Class ! T.v. had the best movies series, I can still remember loving to catch The Sonny & Cher show in the afternoon the great Jackie Gleason. Soap operas just pure entertainment. Saturdays as a kid was special Kellogg cereal with prizes along with the best cartoons ever and the series like the Monkeys,, Beatles , Batman , it wasn't filled with reality flith and no talent like these days. The Twilighlight Zone and that cute little silhouette of a fat belly Alfred Hitchcock his show what thrills then our great Star Trek. I could go on . Family was always together, You went to church now you can't get into one. Yup, now I watch all the old great black in white classics like my two favorite movies The Elephant man - famous line I am not an animal I am a human being. Still chokes me up. Let's not forget the saddest movie to me , The Hunchback of Notre Dame with a cruel line, that famous line, ( this will kill that ) I loved Victor Hugo the last line in the movie , why wasn't I made of stone like thee? That movie was made in 1939 I was born 20 years later. Kids today will never know that feeling of living . These days its devices in each hand sad. Unless they are lucky to have cool aunts like me or uncles to show them all the wonders of what once was .. Dam, right down to Archie Buncker All in the family to the Jeffersons . I told ya I could go on. LOL.. sorry for the book . Thank you for posting this gem. Good night Mrs Calabash Blessings to us all. Again, thank you for posting. 💜
You spoke from the heart, and I appreciate that. Godspeed.
What a character! There will never be another Jimmy Durante! I only wish I was around to see him when he was still alive.
Thank god for that he's a terrible comedian.
He invented that way of speaking and singing, which is unusual, yet, even when he sings a serious ballad, it has the charm that Jimmy created, and what makes it so nice is that he has perfect pitch. He was a unique talent. This video amazed me at every turn. What professionalism.
I'm 74 years old----I remember him well---- this man sure brings a smile to my face. Bet he had fun doing his stick! RIP Jimmy!
When you put dashes around a word or words without a space, it crosses it/them out in a RUclips comment: - this - vs. -this- You can use M dashes (-) without any funny business. I hope you don't mind my explaining-I figured you'd want to know.
Also, "schtick" is probably what you meant.
@@mackdaddyg321 Yep---didn't know how to spell it--I'm now 76 thanks to spell check I don't appear to look as stupid as I'm getting--lol.
WHEN LAUGHING WAS AT NO ONE'S EXPENSE EXCEPT FOR THE COMEDIAN HIMSELF. Humor before anger, neurosis, bodily functions and ego-mania ruled the airwaves.
Durante, a very big batch of run and entertainment all rolled into one little giant of a man.
Good night Mr. Durante ..wherever you are.
Carmen Miranda is a revelation........a marvel!!! My gratitude!
He a great entertainer in my days back in my early 50s and a good comedian there will be nobody like him
February 10, 1893 - January 29, 1980....
I always loved Jimmy Durante. He had heart & soul and humor. He was such an endearing character. Good Night Mrs. Kalabash, wherever you are.... One of a kind.
I love Jimmy's voice. It's so unique, gravelly. He makes fun of himself, and I think that it shows his kindness. His 📺 Television Show was Tops! I always remember, "That Ain't No Banana, Lady, that's Me Nose." A very 💜❤💙 lovable man for all of us.
Yes, the love of his
Family and fans. So 😂 😹 🕹 love of his enthusiasm in shows. Goodnight
Jimmy 💘
Such a wonderful tribute to Jimmy Durante and so authentically done. I grew up watching him on TV and I always found him so sincere and heartfelt - just loved the way he ended his shows. RIP, Mr Durante.
Approximately 11:50 into the show, I see Mary Tyler Moore sitting with Jimmy. The man was hilarious.
Thanx, eugenecheese, so much for sharing this little treasure!
Keep 'em coming, please?
I was 3, and I'd climb out of my bed, and sneak down the hall and hide behind the couch so I could watch My Boyfriend, Jimmy Durante, on his show. Mama and Daddy knew I was there, and they knew I was in love with Mr. D, so they let me stay up and watch him with them, on our black and white tv.
I'd sing Inka-Dinka-Doo with him, and, at the end, I'd say, Goodnight, Mrs. Calabash, wherever you are, and watch while Jimmy walked through those spotlights, until he cleared that last spot, and the credits rolled. Then I'd kiss my folks, and go back to bed, singing Inka-Dinka-Doo.
I wanted to grow up to be a Durante Girl, and that's what I told everyone.
I still love that man.
So glad I got to see him again, just as i remember him.
RIP, Mama and Daddy, and darling Jimmy, and thanx, all, so so very much for the magic, music, and memories.
Thanks so much for this post... so wonderful to recall such a tremendous performer!
I've watched this yet again: just love that man - a little ball of pure energy and personality,
I'd forgotten that "never correct me in public" bit, though: wonderful to see Sinatra cracking up.
He passed away when I was a boy. I knew more about him through older people, who quoted him.
No controversy. No 'dark underbelly'. A gentleman, by all accounts.
I also think it was noble (- for want of a better word-) that he and his wife adopted their daughter.
My dad was adopted. If only he'd been adopted by good folks, like the Durante's.
Thanks for posting.
So sorry for your father.
@@denicesanders4586 Thank you 🤝
So ENTERTAINING!!!!!! Thank you! John Wayne was quite the virile hunk, Bette Davis was memorable and Donald O'conner endearing!!
I don't think Donald O'Connor was appreciated as much as he deserved to be. Seeing him dance in "Singin' in the Rain" and "There's No Business Like Show Business" blew my mind!!
Also, Bette Davis was a lot more fun than I used to hear. When Kim Carnes '
Oops! Hit "send" by accident!!
People magazine did a story on Kim Carnes visiting Bette when her song about Bette's eyes hit it big. Kim said Bette had pillows that said "No Guts, No Glory." Jimmy always picked the most fun people!
They left out one of Jimmy's finest "moments!!" I loved "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World," and some would say that with all the many stars in that show, Jimmy's few minutes near the beginning STOLE the show!! Even when he acted like a man playing out the last minutes of life, he had us laughing up a storm! Jumping up with a few more "last words!" Buddy Hackett swore to make tracks if he "did that again!!" 😜
@@diananutt1517 Yes, I recall that film with fondness and its galaxy of stars, including the incomparable Jimmy Durante.
@@classicalaid1 What a show, huh?! Each time I watch it, I recognize another star. So glad so many share our enthusiasm!
He was one of a kind. Flirty funny and I loved his nose. I could listen to him sing all the time. I 💗 Durante!
PLEASE NOTE: MARY TYLER MOORE IS SITTING BESIDE DURANTE AT THE PIANO
At 11:38
She was looking good too! talk about photogenic!
@@smedleybutler1969 I was so startled to discover her at the very onset of her amazing career. It was unexpected. And yes, she's a looker!
With her own hair
You can’t miss that smile!!
He was the best a wonderfulentertainer and a wonderful person- i send this with much Iove.
Make sure you google Jimmy's original 1950 version of " Frosty the Snowman." The newer one from that great cartoon is terrific, but the earlier one is like sitting around the piano as Jimmy tells the story. 🌲⛄⛄⛄🌲
What a treasure that man will always be for us. 🎄💗🎄
Good night Mr . Durante wherever you are ...💜
7:20….. “I know how to work it!….Don’t nobody move , or I’ll SHOOT!!” I love this. I got a real deep belly laugh outta this…. What a HOOT!!
Well done, simple-to-the-point documentary/tribute. Watch this; the SURE CURE FOR DEPRESSION, if ever there was one!
During this it was mentioned how Durante was generous to his guests wanting them to be at ease , and successful . This was a trait that was passed down to newcomer Garry Moore on their WWII era radio show . Moore passed it down to Carol Burnett on his TV variety show . In turn Burnett passed this generosity down to Korman , Lawrence and Tim Conway on her show allowing each to shine and even at times take over her TV show . Jimmy Durante was a great entertainer and humanitarian .
Jimmy Durante was one of the most extravagantly, outrageously talented people EVER. He had perfect pitch, perfect rhythm, an infallible bear-trap memory, a limitless capacity to learn and choreograph lengthy NEW routines (he did a new one EVERY week on radio and TV), and to pull them off effortlessly, EVERY TIME, without a hitch. Most remarkable of all was his ability to make THE SIMULTANEOUS TOTALITY OF ALL THE ABOVE look so commonplace and casual, that nobody notices it! Case in point: Only "demef" and I have said anything on this thread about Durante's true excellence. If you think what Jimmy did was easy, TRY IT YOURSELF!
YES! I made a post as well, and didn't mention his memory. Watching this I was amazed at his memory.
It was said of him, speaking of his kindness and his generosity, "You could warm your hands on this one." I can think of few finer compliments to be paid to someone and their life.
Jimmy was a friend and for a time worked as a waiter at my wife's grand fathers restaurant in Brooklyn. I think it may have been in Coney Island at that time.
He was the most autenthic and complete showman 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👍👍👍👍👍
❤ i was 10 yeas young what watched The Jimmy Durant Show 👃
Goodnight Mrs Calabash...Wherever you are!!!
I love him
I do believe it's Mary Tyler Moore at JD's left front side during the 10:44-12:56 segment.
This is true gold. Thank you.
What a great entertainer, and a great man, Jimmy Durante was!
Good Night, Mr Jimmy, wherever you are! Thanks for the memories.
Jimmy Durante died long before I was born, but somehow I've known who he is for as long as I can remember. What a brilliant man: as Leonard Maltin said, he was truly unique. It wasn't just his unmistakable appearance and voice. He was a brilliant, multi-talented entertainer, a genuinely charming man with whom everyone wanted to work, and a living legend (while he was alive, that is 🙃) whose memory lives on to this day. (I'm watching this in 2023.) I wish this documentary told more about his life, but it was great to see so many clips of his performances.
loved his comedy...
We never missed watching his show. Wonderful.
I have some of his books from his library. A fascinating man who also was quite a reader. I loved this program....just loved it.
I'm told we're related to James Francis (Jimmy) Durante... Would love to know what books they are? Thank you!
@@raed1276 He loved history. They were books on Lincoln.
Am a litle bet late by my age, but he is funny at heart for all time yesterday and today.
Loved this guy. Did any other performer enjoy himself as much as Jimmy? I remember walking to our Uncle John and Aunt Helena's house with my parents to watch The Jimmy Durante Show in the late 50's. It ended with him tossing his jacket over his shoulder and walking away under the street lights.
That guy was one of a kind!
Probably one of the funniest guys to ever hit the screen.
Love these kind of people. So himself :D
Gotta see this
Love him
My.favorite comedian😋😘😊🤗🤗🥰 i love inka inka doo.
Goodnight, Mrs. Calabash wherever you are.
lovely
Why can’t we have tv like this anymore
"I know what you're asking yourself. How can one man have so much and conceal it so well?". -Jimmy Durante
VERY GOOD
I remember hearing about a conversation where someone said to Durante, "Why didn't you learn to speak better?" His response was, "If I'd learnt to speak good English, do ya know how many people I'd put outta woik?" God Bless James Durante
"Everybody wants to get into the act."
This was before he cult of youth took over entertainment . I remember him on TV when I was a kid. I do remember the show where he ended with 'good night Mrs. Calabash where ever you are." I asked my Mom who she was, and she could only guess. He was a great performer.
I recently broke my nose and it swelled up so much all I could think of was "I got a million of 'em!" 🤣
I forgot how much fun he was. The Beret song with the girls holding him was so jimmy.ad lib of course...it was live
Here’s an entertainer that makes todays “talent” look pale by comparison. All he needed was a simple set of props, a mic, and a great song and he held his audience captive.
MR. Charisma!!!!
I love his sense of humor😅
great
That’ss ma’ boy!
He was so sweet with this little puppet. In the Colgate Comedy Hour.
Love Durante. At the 12:50 mark of this video, doesn't the girl seated on his right look like a young, not-yet-famous, Mary Tyler Moore?
It sure is!
Thanks, Gene, for posting !!
Starting at 10:45, the song "It's Da Nose's B'day, Not Mine," ---
Isn't the brunette chorus girl featured at the front/right the young Mary Tyler Moore?
I think you're right,
He was really funny!
Someone like Jimmy only comes around once in a lifetime. The first time I remember seeing Jimmy was on the wall of The Brown Derby taking up two frames. One of his head and the other of his nose on I Love Lucy. And around the same time I saw him on a bugs bunny cartoon. Since then I had been looking out for him. I was bigger than life itself.
Wow, a very young Mary Tyler Moore sitting next to him during "My Noses Birthday"!
12:00, One of the ladies sitting around Jimmy is none other than Mary Tyler Moore!
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye,
It's time to say "Goodbye."
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye,
What more is there to say than "Goodbye?"
You gave us some laughs,
But now it's time for Toodle-oo,
Au Revoir, Auf Wiedersehen,
And INKA DINKA DOO!
Goodbye, Goodbye, goodbye,
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye.
Goodbye Jimmy.
And goodbye Mr. and Mrs. Calabash,
wherever (and whoever) you are.
COOL DOCUMENTARY ! TUESDAY 10/4/22 OCTOBER 4, 2022
Groucho Marx simply said: "Durante? Jesus, he was great, Just great".
Ha cha cha cha...
❤
Durante was one of a kind. Someone else said, he was the uncle we wished we had. But he was more than an act: back then people needed real talent and wit. In his latter years, he tried to convey his message in song: listen to the words. People were different then: natural. The era before big mac and kfc. @10:50 all ladies are beautiful, but the lady seated to Durante's left is simply gorgeous. After 70 years of GMO foods, doubtful we will see the likes of such ladies again. America has become drugged-up, dumbed-down, over-weight, and vulgar.
Isn't that Mary Tyler Moore seated at the piano around 10:59?
xoxo
I guess and I will defer to someone who knows better . It appears that at 10:50 MTM was the only one of the bevy of beauties who surrounded Mr. Durante during his skits who became famous . Also noted , the daughter Ce Ce appears to be a solid citizen , a testimony to her famous father who spent his final years doting on her .
Did you know that Cecilia Alicia (CeCe) was adopted? Jimmy & Margie got her on Christmas Day 1961. She became a champion horsewoman and then a horse trainer & riding instructor.
@@OneLastHitB4IGo Yes Mr. Durante adopted her . Harpo Marx , Jack Benny , Burns and Allen all of these talents adopted children and shared their advantages with them and they turned out all be solid citizens .
Mary Tyler Moore! I missed that one!
Mary Tyler Moore on the right @ 12;00
Is that Mary Tyler Moore at 10:56?
At 11:17 you'll see a young Mary Tyler Moore on Jimmy's left.
What impresses me most about Jimmy's shtick is how lengthy and elaborate the bits were, requiring all sorts of memorization of the lines and the gags. Yet, he did it seamlessly, seldom missing a beat. Look at that Beret skit. It HAD to have been created for TV, not some old vaudeville routine he had done 50 years earlier. Jimmy didn't falter once other than getting the well-earned giggles when he was lifted by the waif dancing girls.
Not sure how I got here, but 🤗
Nor do I but this man was one of my father's great loves as a singer and comic. Is that you? Ed
Does anyone know where Club Durante was located?
I wonder what year this was.
Where are the women in this video today?
MTM at 10:50.
who is the actress at 27:29?
It appears to be the ill fated Linda Darnell .
@@JJJBRICE absolutely gorgeous.
""CONTAGIOUS & NARCOTIC!!""
Durante had "character". Something sorely missing in today's homogeneous, all inclusive, broken woke world where you either conform to the Left or get canceled.
Being an individual today is like being a Jew from 1933 until 1945 in Germany.
THE SO CALLED O. K. SING / OR IS IT THE MARK OF THE BEAST SING IN THE ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS / ME THINKS THE LATER / HA CHA CHA CHA !
no one nose like Jimmy nose