Jimmy Durante and Eddie Jackson 1955
Loading...
Link to this comment:
Top Comments
All Comments (76)
-
@bchfront evertyone loved him and his acts were "clean"
-
@heathbradford I think the form of presentation was vaudeville, but that they had lower houses in bum fuck towns where you practiced your schtick in the hope of making it in the big time, New York, Chicago, etc., but that you were still "in vaudeville" when you made it to the top. You tried to develop your own unique act, whatever that was. If people liked it, you were made.
-
@tomkes100douchebag im betting to make it back then...ya had to do it all. maybe vaudville was a place to polish the skills on the way up. i dont even know the definition of 'vaudville' i'd have to look it up
-
@heathbradford Yes, of course, but the more you see of him the more you realize he was much much more. My generation only knew Durante as a really old man who kept performing almost until he died. But the further back you go you get a glimpse of how really dynamic, talented, and most of all lovable this man was in real life. A truly great "entertainer" in every sense of the world.
-
@tomkes100douchebag like a mid 1950's variety show. he was the guy that dies at the start of "its a mad mad mad mad mad mad world"
-
@bchfront THAT is a fantastic recollection!
-
These old showmen came up from the vaudeville stage and took some of the same style to their television shows.
You can see that on many of the television shows of the 50's.
I think those years were the best of television but then,those are the years in which I grew up and spent so many nights with my family watching t.v. We laughed together at so many of those shows, Gleason, Burns and Allen, Sid Ceasar, Jack Benny, Red Skelton and others.
Oh well ! Time changes everything and we move on.
-
Loved when Jimmy and Eddie did "Rufus Rastus Johnson Brown" ...☺
-
I would like to find out more about Eddie Jackson. I is a common name so it is difficult to search online. Anyone know a good resource?
2:39Jimmy Durante The Glory of Loveby britribe35,162 views
- 2:37Great duo does a Vaudeville act. - 1930by perfectjazz7826,494 views
- 1:33Evanescence - Good Nightby jasonstatham77731,388 views
- 3:08Someone (Irish) finally stands up to Judge Judyby patrickc27065,922,761 views
- 3:34Great Dance Routine: James Cagney and Bob Hopeby abfabjurisprudence2,394,711 views
- 1:09Goodnight Mrs. Calabash - The Jimmy Durante Sho...by MisterStereo11,436 views
- 2:35Jimmy Durante Umbriago 1955by retrod140,439 views
- 1:03Good Night Jimmy Durante 1955by retrod1217,828 views
- 2:49Jimmy Durante - ( If You're ) Young at Heartby MisterStereo48,782 views
- 3:32Louis Armstrong & Jimmy Durante sing Old Man Timeby dentelTV217,695 views
- 2:39"What, No Beer?!" Durante and Keaton in their h...by MisterEsoteric13,496 views
- 3:14Inka Dinka Doby 55grandad32,626 views
- 1:29Eddie Cantor- If You Knew Susieby voglesque89110,864 views
- 4:36Frank Sinatra and Jimmy Durante - The Song's Go...by 2havago64,662 views
- 8:41The Jimmy Durante Show - Give My Regards to Bro...by HoldorFold10,250 views
- 3:30Inky Dinky Duet - Jimmy Durante and Mrs. Millerby ppgoldfogey137,669 views
- 4:59Jack Benny vs. Groucho 1955by aatragon740,458 views
- 3:16Billy Murray & Ed Smalle -- Hi Lee Hi Lo 1923by retrod1383 views
- 0:00Jimmy Durante - As Time Goes Byby hoopskmccann144,993 views
When I was a very little boy, I used to go "trick-or-treating" every Halloween to all the neighbors' homes in Beverly Hills. In my total innocence, I thought that all of these major-celebrities would answer the door themselves! I rang Lucille Ball's door. The butler would answer -- gave me a piece of candy off a silver dish. Jack Benny's. Butler. Dish. Then, Jimmy Durante's, who actually answered the door himself! "I can imitate you" I said. "Hot cha-cha"! Laughing,he threw his arms around me!
bchfront 3 years ago 50
There's nothing that compares with real talent! Love you Jimmy!
sexbrain 3 years ago 12