Jimmy Durante performs part of his nightclub act from the Danny Thomas NBC color special on the 40th anniversary of the Coconut Grove. Thursday, Dec. 10, 1964.
HAAAAT-cha-cha-cha-chaaaaa! Vaudeville may have died...except for Durante! I got to see him live, one of the best acts I ever saw. "Inka-dinka-dee-a-dinka-doo!"
Im sure this guy was something else in his youth with belief in himself and a spirit to work hard and doing what was right to make others happy for a moment!
Jimmy Durante remains the most original personality in show business.
And the most loved.
He was good in movies, radio and on TV, but he was dynamite in a club.
I wish I could have seen him in person.
Me too! 🥲
HAAAAT-cha-cha-cha-chaaaaa! Vaudeville may have died...except for Durante! I got to see him live, one of the best acts I ever saw. "Inka-dinka-dee-a-dinka-doo!"
This was filmed the same tragic day Sam Cooke was shot and killed.
Im sure this guy was something else in his youth with belief in himself and a spirit to work hard and doing what was right to make others happy for a moment!
He made others happy for a lifetime.
He was from the old timers. Selfmade.
jimmy Durante was one of the greatest "singers"..there has ever been
A true master of entertainment 😊❤
Who was the orchestra? Looks like Henry Mancini?
a real treasure!
It may be but he was obnoxious. ...a male entertainer today would never grab a woman like that
It's not today.
It's also part of the act.
What a jerk-off. There is no such thing as an "entertainer," today. Who are you going to go see, Jay Z?
Your just mad cuz your not good ol jimmy
Soooooo please lighten up !!!