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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 ...
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.
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The story goes that in the 1930’s, fishermen brought their finds to the banks of the Calabash River. There, locals battered and fried the seafood at picnics called fish camps.
Good night, Mrs. Calabash, wherever you are; Goodness had nothing to do with it, dearie; Greetings, Gate! Grrrutjes-nog-aan-toe, wat een geheim agent toch allemaal niet moet doen om incognito op zijn werk te verschijnen
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