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The Jimmy Durante Show
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The Jimmy Durante Show

1954
The Jimmy Durante Show
The Jimmy Durante Show

The Jimmy Durante Show

7.7 | en | Comedy

The Jimmy Durante Show is a 51-episode half-hour comedy/variety television program presented live on NBC from October 2, 1954 to June 23, 1956.

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EP27  6/23/1956 Peter Lawford
Jun. 23,1956
6/23/1956 Peter Lawford

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EP26  6/16/1956 George Sanders
Jun. 16,1956
6/16/1956 George Sanders

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EP25  6/2/1956 Lisa Kirk
Jun. 02,1956
6/2/1956 Lisa Kirk

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EP24  5/26/1956 Marilyn Maxwell
May. 26,1956
5/26/1956 Marilyn Maxwell

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EP23  5/19/1956 Connie Russell
May. 19,1956
5/19/1956 Connie Russell

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EP22  5/7/1956
May. 05,1956
5/7/1956

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EP21  4/28/1956 Peter Lawford, Cary Middlecoff, Lloyd Mangrum, George Raft, Liberace, Johnnie Ray
Apr. 28,1956
4/28/1956 Peter Lawford, Cary Middlecoff, Lloyd Mangrum, George Raft, Liberace, Johnnie Ray

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EP20  4/21/1956
Apr. 21,1956
4/21/1956

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EP19  3/24/1956 Frank Sinatra
Mar. 24,1956
3/24/1956 Frank Sinatra

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EP18  3/10/1956 George & Liberace
Mar. 10,1956
3/10/1956 George & Liberace

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EP17  3/3/1956 Charles Laughton
Mar. 03,1956
3/3/1956 Charles Laughton

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EP16  2/25/1956 Esther Williams
Feb. 25,1956
2/25/1956 Esther Williams

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EP15  2/11/1956 Robert Mitchum
Feb. 11,1956
2/11/1956 Robert Mitchum

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EP14  2/4/1956 Milton Berle
Feb. 04,1956
2/4/1956 Milton Berle

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EP13  1/28/1956 Liberace, George Liberace
Jan. 28,1956
1/28/1956 Liberace, George Liberace

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EP12  1/14/1956 Jeannie Carson,Tab Hunter
Jan. 14,1956
1/14/1956 Jeannie Carson,Tab Hunter

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EP11  1/7/1956 George Raft
Jan. 07,1956
1/7/1956 George Raft

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EP10  12/31/1955 Jane Froman
Dec. 31,1955
12/31/1955 Jane Froman

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EP9  12/17/1955 Stubby Kaye, Vivian Blaine
Dec. 17,1955
12/17/1955 Stubby Kaye, Vivian Blaine

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EP8  12/10/1955 Polly Bergen, Frank Nelson
Dec. 10,1955
12/10/1955 Polly Bergen, Frank Nelson

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EP7  12/3/1955 Janet Blair
Dec. 03,1955
12/3/1955 Janet Blair

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EP6  11/19/1955 Celeste Holm
Nov. 19,1955
11/19/1955 Celeste Holm

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EP5  11/12/1955Peter Lawford, Jeannie Carson
Nov. 12,1955
11/12/1955Peter Lawford, Jeannie Carson

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EP4  10/29/1955 Peter Lawford, Muriel Landers
Oct. 29,1955
10/29/1955 Peter Lawford, Muriel Landers

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EP3  10/22/1955 Marguerite Piazza
Oct. 22,1955
10/22/1955 Marguerite Piazza

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EP2  Carmen Miranda
Oct. 15,1955
Carmen Miranda

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EP1  10/8/1955 Amparo Iturbi, Jose Iturbi
Oct. 08,1955
10/8/1955 Amparo Iturbi, Jose Iturbi

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Released: 1954-10-02 | Released Producted By: Fawn Productions , Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:
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The Jimmy Durante Show is a 51-episode half-hour comedy/variety television program presented live on NBC from October 2, 1954 to June 23, 1956.

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krorie "The Jimmy Durante Show" on the NBC network was just that, a half hour with the schnozzola. Though he had guests and regulars, including his old vaudeville partner, Eddie Jackson, the man with the raspy voice was the show. Jimmy was the one the TV audience tuned in to see and hear.The setup was appropriate for highlighting Durante and his guests. Durante was the owner of a small club. One of his duties was to audition talent for the Club Durant. He also had to deal on a day to day basis with his employees, including Jules Buffano, pianist, Jack Roth, drummer, and a chorus line called The Durante Girls.But the heart of the show continued to be Jimmy Durante sitting at the piano performing material that had made him famous. Wearing his trademark ruffled hat, Jimmy would look down at the keyboard, shaking his head in rhythm, singing "A-ink, a-inka doo, a-ink-a dinka doo," then pause to either tell a joke or say one of his noted lines. He might slam the keyboard cover down, jump up, grab his hat, look straight into the camera and comment, "Everybody wants to get into the act!" Many of the comics on TV during its early days were currently popular at the movies and on the radio; such acts as Abbott and Costello, Martin and Lewis, Donald O'Connor, who at first shared alternate weeks with Jimmy Durante on what was called "Texaco Star Theatre," Martha Raye, Lucille Ball, Bob Hope, Red Skelton, and Jack Beny are good examples. Most of the others were new television personalities such as Sid Caesar, Ernie Kovacs, and Imogene Coca. Few were veteran comedians from the Vaudeville days, most long retired or deceased. Oldtimers such as Ed Wynn and Eddie Cantor enjoyed a brief revival as a result of television, but Jimmy Durante was the most successful, though now in his 60's. As a result he found himself making movies again. In "Billy Rose's Jumbo," nearly a decade later, Jimmy has one of the best lines ever. Confronted by the authorities while leading a stolen circus elephant, Jimmy looks perplexed and exclaims, "What elephant?" The most revered part of Jimmy's show was the finale when he would slowly fade away walking through a succession of spotlights, pausing in each one to either look down or look back at the audience. He did this after bidding farewell, commenting, "And good night, Mrs. Calabash--wherever you are!" Who was Mrs. Calabash? No one but Jimmy ever knew. This led to all sorts of speculation. The most accepted came to be that it was a pet name for Jimmy's first wife, Jeanne Olsen. Another was that it referred to the place where Jimmy and Jeanne lived, Calabasas, California. The latest is perhaps the correct one, that it refers to the owner of a restaurant in Calabash, North Carolina, where Jimmy and his troupe stopped once to eat. He was so taken by the food, the service, and the chitchat that when he left he turned and said,"Good night, Mrs. Calabash," not knowing the lady's name. All these could be apocryphal. Only Jimmy knew. His reply when asked: "Ha-cha-cha-chaaaaaaa!"

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