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Fried seafood is the main celebrity in Calabash, but the town’s mythology owes some of its fame to a star-kissed moment. Jimmy Durante, a superstar of the 1930s radio era and the voice of an ...
James Francis Durante (/ d ə ˈ r æ n t i / də-RAN-tee, Italian:; February 10, 1893 – January 29, 1980) was an American comedian, actor, singer, and pianist.His distinctive gravelly speech, Lower East Side accent, comic language-butchery, jazz-influenced songs, and prominent nose helped make him one of the United States' most familiar and popular personalities of the 1920s through the 1970s.
Jimmy Durante, comedian and host of radio and television programs from 1947 to 1970, signed off each episode with his familiar national catchphrase: "Good night, Mrs. Calabash, wherever you are." Durante revealed in 1966 that this was a tribute to his first wife, Jean, who had died in 1943: While driving across the country, the couple stopped ...
Soon after, Durante ended his broadcasts with a wistful farewell, “Goodnight Mrs. Calabash, wherever you are.” Jimmy Durante’s Mrs. Calabash helped put NC fishing village on the map. But who ...
Goers begins his show with "Hi ho, everybody", a line borrowed from Jack Davey and at the end of every show, Goers signs off with the line "Goodnight Mrs Calabash, wherever you are" – borrowed from Jimmy Durante. [1] Since 2019, Goers has presented Sunday Mornings from 10am til midday.
The Man Who Came to Dinner is a 1942 American screwball comedy film directed by William Keighley, [3] [4] and starring Bette Davis, Ann Sheridan and, as the titular character, Monty Woolley.
Strictly Dynamite is a 1934 American pre-Code film directed by Elliott Nugent and starring Lupe Vélez and Jimmy Durante. [1] ... Irene Franklin as Mrs. Figg; Jackie ...
Hollywood Party, also known under its working title of The Hollywood Revue of 1933 and Star Spangled Banquet, [1] [2] is a 1934 American pre-Code musical film starring Laurel and Hardy, The Three Stooges, Jimmy Durante, Lupe Vélez and Mickey Mouse (voiced by an uncredited Walt Disney).