As great as Danny Kaye was as an actor, comedian, singer, dancer AND conductor, and he was great. . . he was an even greater human being. There is no one like him.
The greatest entertainer with the most incredible talent in every division ever to grace Broadway, Hollywood, and the world's stages, ever! There was no one who could match his consummate abilities then, and there hasn't been anyone since.
He had extraordinary talent, but I promise you, ask anyone who worked with him on Broadway in Two By Two, he was NOT fun to work with. During the run of that show, Richard Rodgers himself tried to bring Kaye up on charges with Actors Equity, equity wouldn't do it.
lotteweill lovely how folks let their envy run wild, justifying their record corrections with the meticulousness of a Madame Defarge, that sweetie of Dickensian yore.
@@bobbywimsy6741 Actually, not wrong on this one. Danny was excellent in the role the first few weeks, but soon got bored of doing the same thing every night and started improving like crazy, breaking the fourth wall routinely to comment on the other actors performances and generally just trying to trip them up. If the rest of the cast had been on a par with him, it would have been great fun, but they really weren't so most nights came out somewhere between brilliant and horrible with his castmates generally unsatisfied with the results. Frankly, this meant that no two nights were the same, and some came back just to see what fresh new havoc the next show would feature. Fortunately for Danny, once the show got a reputation for being spotty, it didn't last much longer and he was freed to pursue more variety in his life. He was never invited back to Broadway, and no love lost.
I was born 1979 and i watch this movie about 1989 1990s..Scenes from move lived in me all this years and i never new about movie name or actors name. Last few months i was searching on google about a blue comedian guy, twin brother, ghost brother, everything that i remembered but with no success. And as it always happens "quite by chance", I ran into Deni's face and i knew that i found a guy. After that it was easy to find this movie and i enjoyed much as i enjoyed as a kid... Thank you Mr. Danny Kaye.
The greatest entertainer with the most incredible talent in every division ever to grace Broadway, Hollywood, and the world's stages, ever! There was no one who could match his consummate abilities then, and there hasn't been anyone since.
Actually, now there is a lot of young actors that are (unexpectedly), good singers, Emma Watson, Anne Hathaway, Kirsten Dunst, and the list could go on. Now I couldn't say if they have any dance training, but, at least, two talents out of three aren't too bad.
djs12007 Danny was also a great comedian, and dedicated decades of his life to the children world over, as an Ambassador for UNICEF. They still have a long way to go to be in his realm. They would have to write the most incredible stories and comic, songs. He was one of a kind.
Not to mention the nonsense singing... I've never heard anyone else do it the way he does (the speed, the fluidity and the comic timing are just out of this world).
My husband, daughter, and I had a miracle meeting in person with him at an upstair room of a famous chinese restaurant in Frisco all by ourselves. He was so gracious. Kimmi
For the last 50 years the world has been driven solely by profit. As far as culture goes, today that means insanely paid mediocre actors & sports stars, manufactured music pushed unto the masses, and production to service a herd mentality, packaged as individuality. See the Iphone for one of many examples. Welcome to late stage capitalism, an anti democratic top down hierarchical system in which individuality and equality are no longer affordable for its continuation, and anything that looks contrary to that must be purchased and amalgamated into a larger existing entity or destroyed.
As an ex small business owner, Obama certainly did his best to strangle hope for the little guy to get ahead, create jobs, and build community. I don't believe true capitalism is the problem, unless you are including inherent political corruption. What the Rockefeller's et al did had nothing to do with capitalism in it's true form, hence "Robber Barron's" consolidated wealth and power and corrupted the system. Add to that the undermining Constitutional responsibility for the control and issuance of the money supply and you will see that it's more globalist Oligarchy than late stage capitalism.
Comedy of this quality requires a thought process and skill sadly lacking in most today. It started when profanity became an accepted norm in comedy, instead of just being labeled "blue humor".
Una scena spettacolare nella sua geniale comicità!!Ci voleva un artista come Danny Kaye a fare di questa performance un capolavoro!!Una scena che si basa solo sulla immensa grandezza del protagonista!!GENIO PURO 😂😂❤❤❤
I TOTALLY AGREE! Them two and Dick Van Dyke, I'd say. This movie was so good! Definitely my favorite from Danny. Also, watching him play two characters with incredibly different personalities, and then make them become essentially one person is so amazing. He was a comedic genius!
as a senior I hate to admit that I didn't realize what an amazing awesome spectacular funny terrific magnificent genius in so many fields that Danny was. I knew of his movies and comedy. And brilliant singer- love him singing with Harry Bellefonte...dancing...ability to speak enough of languages to sound like he was speaking an odd dialect. Such a humanitarian early on with UNISEF... He didn't read music but became a brilliant (often humerus conductor) What a guy ... on my list of people I would love to be able to spend a day with!
He was such an amazing man, and he left a mark on this world with his wonderful talent as an actor, dancer, and more. Thank you for uploading this and it's great to see Danny Kaye right here on You Tube today.
Îmi place ffffmult de acest mare Om...un tip genial ...păcat că nu l-am apucat cînd trăia...ce să faci...nu toți ne naștem odată..pe rînd venim , pe rînd plecăm..odihnească în pace.AMIN!
Eco I have tried to reach you but can't I can tell you that I became a formal singer and use his earliest recordings frequently to veritable joyfull reponses
Danny Kaye made you LAUGH at yourself without you realizing he was doing just that!!! He was indeed a very, very, very FUNNY, GIFTED ENTERTAINER...He bought JOY, HAPPINESS, SADNESS, HOPE, HELPLESSNESS, UNSELFISH WISDOM , TRUE GIFTS OF UNLIMITED LOVE TO ALL OF US, HE WAS A MASTER OF INTELLIGENT UNIVERSAL LAUGHTER, THAT WILL LIVE IN THE HEARTS OF THOSE WHO WATCHED, LISTEN , DANCED, PLAYED, AND SANG ALONG WITH HIM. DANNY KAYE HELPED US TO SEE LIFE IS SOMETHING TO BE THANKFUL FOR, I HOPE HE WAS BORN AGAIN, AND MADE IT TO HEAVEN..."PEACE"......
Andy Kaufman seems a direct descendent of Danny Kaye, who was so expert at flirting with the boundary between fantasy and reality, as this sketch demonstrates.
His real name was Daniel Kaminsky. He was engaged to a dear friend, Holly for years when they were with the Marcus Troup. Then she met Al Hitzing and married him instead!
It may be a little meta, but if you turn on captioning, UA-cam's attempts to transcribe the various noises he makes leads to it being even twice as funny.
(Reading the comments) It makes me happy to see I'm not the only one who loves Danny Kaye! You guys rock! :D 1:37 Sounds like what he'd say to Tommy Wiseau
Some interesting comments here, which suggest Danny Kaye was as human we are. But he has my respect for raising, through the course of his working life, a total of $5,000,000 (five million dollars) for musicians' pension funds.
As great as Danny Kaye was as an actor, comedian, singer, dancer AND conductor, and he was great. . . he was an even greater human being. There is no one like him.
I totally agree! I loved his version of Knock on Wood was my favorite song in 1953(?) Wow!
The greatest entertainer with the most incredible talent in every division ever to grace Broadway, Hollywood, and the world's stages, ever! There was no one who could match his consummate abilities then, and there hasn't been anyone since.
He had extraordinary talent, but I promise you, ask anyone who worked with him on Broadway in Two By Two, he was NOT fun to work with. During the run of that show, Richard Rodgers himself tried to bring Kaye up on charges with Actors Equity, equity wouldn't do it.
lotteweill lovely how folks let their envy run wild, justifying their record corrections with the meticulousness of a Madame Defarge, that sweetie of Dickensian yore.
@@bobbywimsy6741 Actually, not wrong on this one. Danny was excellent in the role the first few weeks, but soon got bored of doing the same thing every night and started improving like crazy, breaking the fourth wall routinely to comment on the other actors performances and generally just trying to trip them up. If the rest of the cast had been on a par with him, it would have been great fun, but they really weren't so most nights came out somewhere between brilliant and horrible with his castmates generally unsatisfied with the results. Frankly, this meant that no two nights were the same, and some came back just to see what fresh new havoc the next show would feature. Fortunately for Danny, once the show got a reputation for being spotty, it didn't last much longer and he was freed to pursue more variety in his life. He was never invited back to Broadway, and no love lost.
Brilliant! Brilliant! His range of talent defies explanation! God Bless Danny Kaye for all he has done for us!
I was born 1979 and i watch this movie about 1989 1990s..Scenes from move lived in me all this years and i never new about movie name or actors name. Last few months i was searching on google about a blue comedian guy, twin brother, ghost brother, everything that i remembered but with no success. And as it always happens "quite by chance", I ran into Deni's face and i knew that i found a guy. After that it was easy to find this movie and i enjoyed much as i enjoyed as a kid... Thank you Mr. Danny Kaye.
He must be one of the most likeable performers ever. A truly wonderful human being with such wonderful talent.
The greatest entertainer with the most incredible talent in every division ever to grace Broadway, Hollywood, and the world's stages, ever! There was no one who could match his consummate abilities then, and there hasn't been anyone since.
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It's really hard to hold back the tears when remembering this wonderful man.
Danny’s true brilliance and comedy forever will be missed
Danny Kaye was one of the greatest comedians ever!
Yes, so gifted, really ahead of his time. If it wasn't for You Tube, we couldn't time travel and these scenes would be lost .
You are right. I have seen loads of his films in the past, but not this one.
Ah yes, The court jester I saw as a child and have a dvd of this now. It has to be one of my favourites.
The man could make you laugh, he could dance and sing. No one else can do this now.
Actually, now there is a lot of young actors that are (unexpectedly), good singers, Emma Watson, Anne Hathaway, Kirsten Dunst, and the list could go on. Now I couldn't say if they have any dance training, but, at least, two talents out of three aren't too bad.
djs12007 Danny was also a great comedian, and dedicated decades of his life to the children world over, as an Ambassador
for UNICEF. They still have a long way to go to be in his realm. They would have to write the most incredible stories and comic, songs. He was one of a kind.
@@buckjohnson1119 His wife, Sylvia Fine, wrote the songs. Amazing talent there too.
Not to mention the nonsense singing... I've never heard anyone else do it the way he does (the speed, the fluidity and the comic timing are just out of this world).
Danny Kaye, a great entertainer a greater human being, RIP Mr Kaye. Thank you for all the memories :)
Greatest actor, Commedian, and singer❤
always and 4ever will love this man,,, he was an awesome physical comedian, and singer.. i was so attracted to his energy................
beautiful man,, no wonder Robin Williams and Jim Carey are like they are
My husband, daughter, and I had a miracle meeting in person with him at an upstair room of a famous chinese restaurant in Frisco all by ourselves. He was so gracious. Kimmi
Danny Kaye has always been one of my favorites. Such a talent.
How great is this guy still today? So funny and so talented. Yeah I am old and watched his movies as a kid, they are still funny today
A God of Comedy. Five plateaus above today's Stand Up Comedians.
Such a beautiful man. Why can't we have comedians like him today!
Hear hear!
+musiclover rodriguez Cos todays mob have no belief nor faith in God
For the last 50 years the world has been driven solely by profit.
As far as culture goes, today that means insanely paid mediocre actors & sports stars, manufactured music pushed unto the masses, and production to service a herd mentality, packaged as individuality. See the Iphone for one of many examples.
Welcome to late stage capitalism, an anti democratic top down hierarchical system in which individuality and equality are no longer affordable for its continuation, and anything that looks contrary to that must be purchased and amalgamated into a larger existing entity or destroyed.
As an ex small business owner, Obama certainly did his best to strangle hope for the little guy to get ahead, create jobs, and build community.
I don't believe true capitalism is the problem, unless you are including inherent political corruption.
What the Rockefeller's et al did had nothing to do with capitalism in it's true form, hence "Robber Barron's" consolidated wealth and power and corrupted the system.
Add to that the undermining Constitutional responsibility for the control and issuance of the money supply and you will see that it's more globalist Oligarchy than late stage capitalism.
Comedy of this quality requires a thought process and skill sadly lacking in most today. It started when profanity became an accepted norm in comedy, instead of just being labeled "blue humor".
One of the greatest and multi talented actors who could do everything. They dont make them like this anymore
Una scena spettacolare nella sua geniale comicità!!Ci voleva un artista come Danny Kaye a fare di questa performance un capolavoro!!Una scena che si basa solo sulla immensa grandezza del protagonista!!GENIO PURO 😂😂❤❤❤
One of the most brilliant entertainers ever
This was a fantastic film! Such talent!
That's truly genius he could stay in accent and still have an allergy attack and make you crack a rib from laughing so much.
Maybe because his parents came from Ukraine)
He was a comedic genius!
Whenever he sung his Russian had no accent. Unlike Dina Durbin and even Ivan Rebrov.
@@alexeykokh8240 Actually they were Russian but Danny was born in NY.
My favorite all time movie!!! What a talent! What a voice! He and robin williams were the best to ever exist!
HELLZ YEAH!!!
I TOTALLY AGREE! Them two and Dick Van Dyke, I'd say. This movie was so good! Definitely my favorite from Danny. Also, watching him play two characters with incredibly different personalities, and then make them become essentially one person is so amazing. He was a comedic genius!
The greatest multi-talented performer OF ALL TIME!
*OVER 70 YEARS AGO ! what an amazing talent. unique. dazzling !*
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as a senior I hate to admit that I didn't realize what an amazing awesome spectacular funny terrific magnificent genius in so many fields that Danny was. I knew of his movies and comedy. And brilliant singer-
love him singing with Harry Bellefonte...dancing...ability to speak enough of languages to sound like he was speaking an odd dialect. Such a humanitarian
early on with UNISEF... He didn't read music but became a brilliant
(often humerus conductor) What a guy ... on my list of people I would love to be able to spend a day with!
This movie never gets old!!😂😂😂
I shouldn't have watched this while eating. I nearly choked! It's wonderful that his comedy has survived and is still utterly hilarious today
He was such an amazing man, and he left a mark on this world with his wonderful talent as an actor, dancer, and more. Thank you for uploading this and it's great to see Danny Kaye right here on You Tube today.
Check out his duet with Louis Armstrong in The Five Pennies. Unbridled talent.
He was wonderful. It's amazing though how much the Ritz brothers influence him.
Danny Kaye. Nobody like then, now, OR EVER. a true genius and dazzling talent!
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Îmi place ffffmult de acest mare Om...un tip genial ...păcat că nu l-am apucat cînd trăia...ce să faci...nu toți ne naștem odată..pe rînd venim , pe rînd plecăm..odihnească în pace.AMIN!
In times of chaos and depressing news, he shines a hope of life and happiness. Hope y’all are doing okay.
The moment when you realise Danny Kaye pretty much invented Beat Boxing at 6:37
You can thank his wife for that. she wrote all his songs just to try to make him mess up.
100%!!...
That's exactly what I was saying😂
@@Zoras88 did she really?!
@@acalia_sariah yep
much love and respect for Danny Kaye, love his style no one like him
My mother called me in from the sandbox when it was D.K show on Norwegian tv..i was 5 years old. His natural ability got me!!
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I am all alone and laughing like a fool. He is so funny. All my love for this great mans talents. May he R.I P.
another like him there will never be.
Adoro Danny Kaye perchè è stato non solo un grande artista,ma anche una meravigliosa e generosa persona!
Danny was my very favorite as a child.
Eco I have tried to reach you but can't I can tell you that I became a formal singer and use his earliest recordings frequently to veritable joyfull reponses
Danny Kay, one of my dad's favorite entertainers, and mine too, a real talented man,
The genius of Danny Kaye.
He was perfect
I Like Danny Kaye past , today ,alway . for me forever the best...
He was and is thanks to the net, hilarious. And he could sing. Really well.
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LOVE this movie!!! Have it on DVD!💙💙
😮😮😮
Genio assoluto!! È perfetto in tutto....!! ❤❤
absolutely love Danny Kaye!! :)
Danny Kaye made you LAUGH at yourself without you realizing he was doing just that!!!
He was indeed a very, very, very FUNNY, GIFTED ENTERTAINER...He bought JOY, HAPPINESS, SADNESS,
HOPE, HELPLESSNESS, UNSELFISH WISDOM , TRUE GIFTS OF UNLIMITED LOVE TO ALL OF US, HE WAS
A MASTER OF INTELLIGENT UNIVERSAL LAUGHTER, THAT WILL LIVE IN THE HEARTS OF THOSE WHO
WATCHED, LISTEN , DANCED, PLAYED, AND SANG ALONG WITH HIM. DANNY KAYE HELPED US TO SEE
LIFE IS SOMETHING TO BE THANKFUL FOR, I HOPE HE WAS BORN AGAIN, AND MADE IT TO HEAVEN..."PEACE"......
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Fantastic performance and comedy routine !
I just liked every single of the comments so the people thatmade them would be reminded of this excellence ❤️
I❤Danny Kaye
Thank you for sharing
This belly-buster is imbedded in my head. That being said, I'd have paid GOOD money to see him trying to stifle FARTS! 🤣🤣🤣👍💖💖💖
Awe, I just love Danny Kay
M’y all time favorite actor in one of my all time favorite films
Tom Lehrer had fun with a similar sketch. Lehrer is a huge Danny Kaye fan who mentions him in interviews .
Having to know Danny as a film star he must be over 100 years old there in Heaven.
An amazing man and actor.
"I dont know who he"....... hahahahahahahahaha perfect!!!!
He was a genius. So terrible that his private life was so sad and tragic.
Andy Kaufman seems a direct descendent of Danny Kaye, who was so expert at flirting with the boundary between fantasy and reality, as this sketch demonstrates.
Nice season...Very good actor and not only.....we are very lucky to pass that the man from planet earth.........
I would say that singing 'Dark Eyes' that Danny Kaye was a Russian Jew. He would also be proud of it. Good on him!!!!!
His real name was Daniel Kaminsky. He was engaged to a dear friend, Holly for years when they were with the Marcus Troup. Then she met Al Hitzing and married him instead!
It may be a little meta, but if you turn on captioning, UA-cam's attempts to transcribe the various noises he makes leads to it being even twice as funny.
You're right!
I will always love Danny Kaye
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Danny Kaye was the greatest of them all.
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I remember this as a kid and thinking he is hilarious memories never die.
kid from brooklyn! i love this movie!
OMG I have to find this movie. Never heard of it
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Wonder if Danny Kaye was inspiration for Martin Short. They seem to have a similar comedic style. Very funny stuff!
I agree. He reminded me very much of Martin Short
I wish someone had a tape of Danny Kaye speed singing the Tchaikovsky song.
It's on here .... ua-cam.com/video/kuZvLArXU5s/v-deo.html
A great fan since child. Most gray actors wanted things their way. Few freely put their time for good causes; UNICEF children's charities
me encanta este actor.
What an era 💛💛💛
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(Reading the comments) It makes me happy to see I'm not the only one who loves Danny Kaye! You guys rock! :D
1:37 Sounds like what he'd say to Tommy Wiseau
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absolutely fantastic...!!!
He was a Jew from Brooklyn. Plus a fruit cake. How sad!!
Mi actor cómico favorito.Te quiere Danny me reí mucho contigo en mi infancia y formas parte de ella.
Simply hilarious!
The composer's name, did everybody get all that? Danny Kaye trying to sing while sneezing, priceless
The man was brilliant!
I forgot how funny this was. 🤣
No one has been able to replace him
Where mj learnt the lean
A genius. None other like him.
Danny...I love you...
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Wonderful
הגאון.אדיר❤
two. danny kayes😮😮😮
Childhood memories lol
2:25 What is this musical composition?
Volga Boatmen
Chaykovski's Slavonic March
ua-cam.com/video/nqProSZ-DdU/v-deo.htmlsi=N1pJF3fgFi2QEGPs
@@zvimur Thanks!
@@MarkoCrni81 👍
Some interesting comments here, which suggest Danny Kaye was as human we are. But he has my respect for raising, through the course of his working life, a total of $5,000,000 (five million dollars) for musicians' pension funds.
6:54 my new favorite beat
And they go mad at Peter Kay ...today's lot ain't fit to stand on the same stage as this man....and they earn millions....that's the real joke folks
Brilliant
call that sing
Slava Ukraini - even Danny Kaye originates from Ukraine, like so many talented people...
Genius ❤️
Love him ❤ Miss him ❤
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