Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Hall O' Foam© Dept - Jimmy Durante Inducted

"Goodnight, Mrs. Calabash, wherever you are."

The Schnozzola. They don't make them like that now, and they didn't back then, either. I'm tempted to cut and paste from Wiki, but if you don't know his story it's worth trekking on over to read. Wotta guy.
Today's Schnozzle Schelection™ is Jimmy Durante's Way Of Life. Yes, it's as sappy as a Bing Crosby Christmas, but it's from the guy's big old heart. Sentiment and romance disappeared from popular culture when we all got smarts, and we're the worse off for it. You won't want to listen to this to the total exclusion of Trout Mask Replica from your life, but life is big enough for both.

EDIT: The Foam Postbag has been simply overflowing with requests from thousands of you [Dick and Muffy Thousands, Pork Bend, WIS. - Ed.] literally screaming for more Schnozzola! To satisfy the appetite for things proboscisian, Club Durante is added to the rhinorecordings! It's less of the catering-quantity sappiness, and heavier on the thirty-weight, with swell duets and boffo yoks!
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24 comments:

  1. Farquhar Throckmorton IIIMay 26, 2020 at 12:01 PM

    To win this swell short-player, simply answer the following question: what did Durante kick?

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  2. FiveGunsWestMay 26, 2020 at 12:42 PM

    "Sentiment and romance disappeared from popular culture when we all got smarts"....or rhinoplasty

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  3. AnonymousMay 26, 2020 at 3:24 PM

    Didn't he kick the bucket, like poor Piccoli?

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    1. Farquhar Throckmorton IIIMay 26, 2020 at 3:40 PM

      Yes, but he kicked the bucket long before he kicked the bucket.

      (Thanks for making me google Piccoli)

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    2. AnonymousMay 26, 2020 at 3:56 PM

      Poor man never recovered from his dalliance with BB.
      Got that thoroughly cuckolded.

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    3. Farquhar Throckmorton IIIMay 26, 2020 at 4:21 PM

      Who would? Genu-wine fam fatal, that one.

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  4. StanleyMay 26, 2020 at 5:58 PM

    Ass.

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    1. Farquhar Throckmorton IIIMay 26, 2020 at 6:48 PM

      There's a TV show in the UK where if a contestant gives a predictable answer a klaxon sounds and they lose points. I'm afraid you've just come up with the answer at the top of my Secret List. It's not a bad answer - in fact it's brilliantly funny - but the klaxon has sounded and if you have accrued any FoamPoints© you must relinquish them.

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  5. Jack Kerouac's CatMay 26, 2020 at 7:43 PM

    As a kid I loved watching Jimmy on TV. There was/is something so likable and genuine about the man. My father and I used to sing "Inka Dinka Doo". Jimmy's shtick never gets old.

    In "The Man Who Came to Dinner" (1940's sophistication at it's finest) Jimmy steals the scenes with Monty Woolley, which is no easy task.

    "Jimmy Durante's Way of Life..." has my favorite version on "As Time Goes By" - thank you Farq.

    "I gots a little more Durante, should youse evince th' interest."
    Yes Please!

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  6. pmacMay 26, 2020 at 9:14 PM

    Yep, more Durante is never a bad thing.

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  7. sambgodotMay 26, 2020 at 10:55 PM

    Eric Morecombe with a paper cup stuck over his nose: "Sittin' at my piano......"

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  8. bumppaMay 26, 2020 at 11:58 PM

    In " It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World"
    He Went sailing out there, just sailing out there!
    Car Crashes down the hill and Jimmy - " Tell me it don't make any difference"
    Sid Ceaser hold his head and tells him it makes no difference.
    Jimmy then kicks a bucket down hill
    And scene...

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    1. Farquhar Throckmorton IIIMay 27, 2020 at 5:56 AM

      That's the answer I was looking for, Collect your FoamPoints™ from the counter, please.

      (I think I may have to watch that movie again today).

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  9. Dr. Fu Man ChuMay 27, 2020 at 5:22 AM

    Maybe it's because I don't know Mr. Durante (I'm German), but is there a invisible link? I usually spot a single blue dot within millions of black ones, but this time .............??? A hint if you please.

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    1. Farquhar Throckmorton IIIMay 27, 2020 at 5:57 AM

      The links are never invisible. Because that would be stupid, but mainly because I don't know how.

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  10. Farquhar Throckmorton IIIMay 27, 2020 at 5:53 AM

    Goodnight, Mrs. Calabash!

    (Stealth Link in this comment)

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    1. Dr. Fu Man ChuMay 30, 2020 at 8:42 AM

      See, as I said before, this was easy to find. Thank you for your kind service. By the way: great versions of "I'll Be Seeing You" and "As Time Goes By".

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    2. Farquhar Throckmorton IIIMay 30, 2020 at 9:20 AM

      Some more Schnozzola served up later, Dr. Chu!

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  11. bumppaMay 27, 2020 at 7:54 AM

    Ahhh der gut Mrs.

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  12. Kwai ChangMay 27, 2020 at 8:06 AM

    If you kick me...you're dead!
    What am I?
    (A bucket)
    ...I'm way late on this one...
    Or, was Jimmy just way early?
    This is the kind of nuance that can kill a funny moment!

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  13. StanleyMay 27, 2020 at 2:40 PM

    Fanks Farq!

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  14. Hazy DaveAugust 15, 2020 at 7:40 PM

    I think I went to college with Dick and Muffy!

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