Love it ❤🎉love & miss this old times variety shows so beautiful and fun miss ❤️ them
@KDoyle4
11 жыл бұрын
They shall not pass this way again, thank goodness we have them on film. Thank you for posting these four minutes of joy!
@jackbuckley7816
4 ай бұрын
One of the greatest of the great comedians, Mr. Durante was. Totally unique, too. His harmless, good-natured humor was timeless, his malapropisms delightful. This gentle-hearted goodwill ambassador of entertainment had a rambunctious but elegant style that made everyone feel good & audiences shriek with laughter, mainly by poking fun at himself. Humanity lost one of its treasures when Mr. Durante left us all too soon in January of 1980.
@ciroalb3
6 жыл бұрын
This was FREE on television nearly every night, particularly weekends
@ryuna
11 жыл бұрын
Amazing, isn't it? The vague memories of Eddie and jimmy Durante are as fresh as when I was a little squirt. Those 2 great performers played off of each others like charges from a battery.
@4OSouth
15 жыл бұрын
I've got this song sung between Jimmy and Eddie from the 1950 LP, Club Durant, but until now I never realised they also recorded it in front of the cameras. Pure magic from the bygone era which we will never see the likes of again.
@demef758
2 жыл бұрын
More like the other way around: the song was lifted from the movie.
@terryhammond1253
Жыл бұрын
🎹 Fabulous! These were the greats!
@SovereignBlade
7 жыл бұрын
Damn but I'm old...hahaha! This is my kind-a music!!! THis would bring a big smile and make a seven year old dance around the house. Love these guys.... Hatcha-cha :o)
@francesvansiclen3245
5 жыл бұрын
Who didn't love Jimmy! RIP sweet man !
@horarwgt
15 жыл бұрын
No wonder those girls at the piano are smiling. Pure fun. This kind of entertainment is sorely missed today. Compare this to the crap on the Grammy Awards.
@demef758
2 жыл бұрын
13 years later, and it's only gotten worse. FAR worse. Unwatchable crap.
@long2granger
12 жыл бұрын
Jimmy Durante, the best ever!!
@fifty9forty3
7 жыл бұрын
Two veterans of vaudeville. Watch, listen and imagine them doing this act on the old vaudeville stage. Many of those old comic came from vaudeville and brought their act from that stage to television in later years. You can see touches of vaudeville in many of the old t.v. shows.
@bbxx44
17 жыл бұрын
Terrific. I got to see Durante and Jackson onstage when I was a kid. The same act for years but always fun.
@heartbreak71
4 жыл бұрын
this is for you mom--may you be seeing these 2 in person love ya
@robinharris8837
9 жыл бұрын
That's definitely one of the kinds of good showmanship that I LIKE!!
@MooPotPie
10 жыл бұрын
Durante had a band circa 1910 and is said to have been one the finest ragtime pianists of that era.
@Tunz909
3 жыл бұрын
They called him "Ragtime Jimmy"
@MegaGravyboy
14 жыл бұрын
Laugh till you cry. Cry till you laugh! Brilliant!!
@nicholasabbagliato7050
5 жыл бұрын
I still remember their great routines from years ago on old TV sows - they could really get you hopping. The best
@unclelouie3828
Жыл бұрын
These few minutes are 'treasures'.
@Featureman
17 жыл бұрын
That is great.
@diddymuck
16 жыл бұрын
absolutely charming!
@97doggie
4 жыл бұрын
fantastic, great, great
@BeeMichael
17 жыл бұрын
what great energy and synergy !!!
@DirkJefferson
15 жыл бұрын
That's a wonderful tale. Says a lot about Jimmy.
@MrCrowebobby
9 жыл бұрын
These two have fantastic versions of "Rufus Ratus Johnson Brown" and "Give my Regards to Broadway." Would love to hear them again.
@MrCrowebobby
2 жыл бұрын
Old time version of the clowning One Direction did on their tours. There truly is nothing new under the sun. (Love all of them.)
@waldolydecker8118
10 ай бұрын
In the original verse to "FDR Jones" written for Broadway, composer Harold J Rome opens with, "Hey, Rufus Rastus Brown...spread the news around....all around the town. Say, it's a Holiday...stop your work and play...hurry on your way. MGM changed it when the movie was made, but Judy sang the original lyric on the radio the year before : kzitem.info/news/bejne/uIqusG2gnJ6QiXo. Never knew the origins of the 'Rufus Rastus Brown' reference.
@dmar5143
14 жыл бұрын
the masters of the floor show..the greatest ever..theres only ONE durante.
@fromthesidelines
16 жыл бұрын
Acording to George Burns, it was Lou Clayton who urged Durante to go into TV, shortly before his death in 1950- "and he listened to whatever Lou told him", said Burns. And he was right!
@seannorman9169
6 жыл бұрын
To talents from the silent era who actually migrated to talking pictures....that's a beautiful thing
@chevychase
14 жыл бұрын
Dear Jesus they don't make showmen like that anymore. Back then music made you feel GOOD.
@joeanators
12 жыл бұрын
Love it;find more old videos like this please!!
@CarlDuke
14 жыл бұрын
This is from Jimmy's TV show of the 50s. The Club Durant version is from a radio show. Jimmy and Eddie grew up together on the lower Eastside of N. Y. and worked in a restaurant where Jimmy played the piano and Eddie was a singing waiter. Eddie said that his two best friends were Jimmy and Georgie Jessel.
@railwayed
14 жыл бұрын
I didn't know who Eddie Jackson was until today when I came across a newspaper from 30 years ago (July 17, 1980) announcing his death. What a performer! I've only found two clips on KZitem so far and they were both worth watching.
@mikegross6107
6 жыл бұрын
Filmed in the year I graduated from high school! A lot of good things happened in that year and this is one of them.
@flapper27
16 жыл бұрын
What a shame, Lou Clayton had passed away in 1950. It would have been great to see him in one of his dance routines on television. But, I have a feeling, that Eddie's dancing was a small tribute to the great Lou Clayton.
@ReedHarrison
8 жыл бұрын
awesome
@Chesterton7
14 жыл бұрын
Retrod, Thanks for posting this.
@photowhoseit1
13 жыл бұрын
bchfront. I had similar Halloween experience in 1959 with Heddie Lamar. She didn't hug me but she did dump a whole bowl of candy in my bag because it was getting late and very few kids had come to her door. I absolutely love Jimmy Durante!
@mikeestep3962
3 жыл бұрын
Great old entertainment
@LStrachey
12 жыл бұрын
I believe that Jimmy D did this act earlier with Al Jolson.
@deccomajor8190
5 жыл бұрын
This... a classic.
@spectrum7virkeytroni
10 жыл бұрын
I believe that the 1930 movie, Roadhouse Nights, was the only time that Clayton, Jackson, and Durante performed together on film.
@CarlDuke
10 жыл бұрын
Great post and video. Unfortunately Lou Clayton passed on before Durante made it to TV, but Jimmy often had old partner Eddie Jackson along even after he essentially had made the transition to a solo career on TV. Durante must have really had no ego. Even years after it was apparent that he was the star performer, he always kept the billing of his act as Clayton, Jackson and Durante, leaving his name in third position. After Lou passed on, Jimmy had Clayton's relatives give him an old suit of Lou's which he laid on a chair in a special room in his house. Durante had the suit placed on the chair to make it seem that Clayton was sitting in the chair and kept the room sealed except for the rare occasions he would enter it to remember his much missed old friend and imagine him still there.
@malcolmwhitehead7225
6 жыл бұрын
Its a Catastrastrophe!! Bless you .Jimmy.
@demef758
2 жыл бұрын
@@malcolmwhitehead7225 You mean "CatastraSTROKE!"
@demef758
2 жыл бұрын
Also, after Jimmy made it to the big time, he kept both Clayton and Jackson on his payroll right up to their deaths.
@malcolmwhitehead7225
2 жыл бұрын
No...Catastrastrophe was correct. MW.
@StevenTorrey
7 жыл бұрын
Back in the day when people actually relied on talent...and not techno-mechno wizadry!
@fromthesidelines
16 жыл бұрын
This was one of Jimmy's filmed "TEXACO STAR THEATER" episodes {at Desilu}, 'eller', although he basically appeared "live" during the two years Texaco sponsored him on NBC's Saturday night schedule [9:30-10pm(et)]...Durante filmed a handful of shows whenever he wanted to take time off, or appear in Las Vegas (as he did in the spring and summer of '55). Those were repeated on CBS [for Lorillard's Old Gold cigarettes] in the summer of 1957.
@fredorulz1
14 жыл бұрын
@bchfront fantastic. what a great memory of jimmy.
@hartley252
13 жыл бұрын
Stupedious!
@cpcattin
6 жыл бұрын
hartley252 Stupendious ?
@ellerboda
16 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the reply, Barry..
@Bruce947
12 жыл бұрын
@bchfront evertyone loved him and his acts were "clean"
@WytZox1
12 жыл бұрын
Loved when Jimmy and Eddie did "Rufus Rastus Johnson Brown" ...☺
@cpcattin
6 жыл бұрын
WytZox1 What cha gonna do when the rent comes round ? what cha gonna do ? what cha gunna say ?
@thestoryplease
14 жыл бұрын
These guys were roaring through burlesque and vaudeville before Sintatra could tie his shoes. Hut ch-ch-chaaa ...!
@LucMoustache1
5 жыл бұрын
I like very much big souvenirs to
@doctorcraptonicus7941
5 жыл бұрын
1:39 - "Yuh know, that ain't chopped liver!" -sounds more like Chopsticks ; )
@long2granger
12 жыл бұрын
the vaudeville act was Clayton, Jackson, and Durante...I've never seen Clayton....anybody know anything about him?
@LILSONIC88
16 жыл бұрын
Eddie: I'm only Human jimmy: Sorry I show no mercy
@earthmother
16 жыл бұрын
4:01 of pure entertainment!!
@ronaldfazekas6492
3 жыл бұрын
It's wonbderful to see the most beloved man in show biz again--my dad told me about Clayton, Jackson and Durante--where did this clip come from?
@RobertJonesWightpaint
10 жыл бұрын
How did they do it? I'm pushing 64: Durante would have been 62 at this time, Eddie Jackson 61 - where on earth did they get their energy from?
@jamesfan2
9 жыл бұрын
my knees hurt just watching Eddie Jackson!lol oohhhhh
@mattmammone2338
8 жыл бұрын
Robert Jones I am 25, and these guys are my heroes. Their energy is something almost paranormal and I get it too. I work in cabaret and burlesque clubs in Manhattan's SoHo. I guess its like an addiction, you gotta have some predisposition for show, and after the first applause you get, it never leaves you, that feeling pushes you to be 100%, every time, No matter how tired I am or depressed, the atmosphere onstage changes me completely. Not everyone can be 100% every time, the few who were often wore out and died too soon, like Judy Garland, but Durante rolled with the punches. On a side note about this subject , Judy's big problem was starting out at the top and never knowing what anything else was like and so she did everything, took stimulants, wrecked her body maintaining her status, and never lost her ability to make a show a 10/10, the price, death before 50.
@ciroalb3
6 жыл бұрын
there was no blood pressure medicine in 55
@SlyDellian
3 жыл бұрын
I’m 62, and still have the energy seen in these two guys. 62 isn’t old.
@Tunz909
3 жыл бұрын
@ken d Yes that's true but actually they were much healthier than us old timers now. No junk food consumed like we have. No sitting around watching the boob tube, computer viewing....they walked everywhere and did not over eat, that's for sure. Didn't consume much alcohol/smoking....had they had modern medicine they would have lived to over a hundred.
@bryanmathew2079
2 жыл бұрын
The Places i Find MyseLf...in, Lol
@alexisthomas-szlachta6109
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for posting this ! A very inspiring number. To me, the essence of hokum ! Where did you get this archive from ? A dvd ? I'd like to buy it to get it in higher resolution.
@ellerboda
16 жыл бұрын
It´s sort of fun to see the dark girl at the piano squatted, (at 2:51) when she thought Jimmy was going to throw that pice of wood too early - she remained at a low position in case of.... Was this a live production on television ? Thank for posting retrod1 !
@poorringo
14 жыл бұрын
The strut they were doing as they exited the stage, was that a part of the act. I've seen Frank and the Rat Pack do that, is that where they got it from?
@stevemelnicola
11 жыл бұрын
Clayton was Durante's manager. Source wikipedia for what it's worth.
@RW-ij1ci
11 жыл бұрын
Innocent times.... and at the same time not...
@francesvansiclen3245
5 жыл бұрын
People seemed more good natured then; now, sue, sue ,sue !!!!!
@fromthesidelines
16 жыл бұрын
You're welcome, 'eller'.
@ACelebrityPhoto
12 жыл бұрын
Looks like Steve Allen on the piano in the background. So these two were the Justin Bieber and Usher of their time?
@gshurik
16 жыл бұрын
who knows the name of this don, I love it
@fool1shmortal
16 жыл бұрын
If thy made a movie about Jimmy, who should play him? Do you think Leslie Nielson or Steve Martin could do it? The latter has definitely done drama well and he has done the long nose thing (laughing). Then there is James Cromwell, who might be able to have the look with an attached nose appendage. If his story has any big ups and downs, dramatic actors can surprise you in being funny.
@satanstrilogy2288
7 жыл бұрын
Seiko SSG001
@margotbronski2234
3 жыл бұрын
Eddie kinda faked the dancing. But he knew how to sell it.
@spectrum7virkeytroni
Жыл бұрын
I'll put Jackson and Durante anytime up against the crap they are trying to pass off as a Super Bowl halftime show these days. Why can't they get this level of entertainment nowadays? I bet they'd increase their audience.
@fromthesidelines
16 жыл бұрын
Jimmy's protege {and composer of "special musical material" for this series}, Jackie Barnett, once portrayed him in "The Eddie Cantor Story" (1952). George Burns said Warner Bros. created a miracle by making Cantor's life "boring" in that movie- no doubt, in part, to Keefe Brasselle's mediocre portrayal. I don't know of ANY actor around these days who could capture the essence of the "Schnozz" today, 'fool'....
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