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Oct 23, 2021 · Other sources claim the real Mrs. Calabash was a woman in Meriden, Connecticut. Durante himself never offered a clue. Comedian Jimmy Durante and his troupe passed through a little...
Nov 24, 2009 · Goodnight Mrs. Calabash - The Jimmy Durante Show 1959. MisterStereo. 7.72K subscribers. Subscribed. 923. 151K views 14 years ago.
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Sep 4, 2013 · Jimmy Durante always said \"Good night, Mrs. Calabash\" at the end of his show, but no one knew who she was. Find out the possible meanings and origins of this mysterious phrase and watch a video clip of his signature sign off.
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He became known for a time as "Ragtime Jimmy". For years, he signed off his radio and television shows with "Goodnight Mrs. Calabash, wherever you are", but he would never divulge who she was. Some speculated it was a "code name" for a current or former lover, some doubted she ever existed.
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OTR Clips: Jimmy Durante is asked Who Mrs. Calabash Is - YouTube. Great Detectives of Old Time Radio. 12K subscribers. 7.2K views 2 years ago. ...more. Early on in his use of, "The Good...
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Sep 17, 2021 · – NC Miscellany. Unsolved mysteries: Whence Mrs. Calabash? “According to legend in Calabash, N.C., comedian Jimmy Durante and his troupe passed through the little Brunswick County town sometime in the 1940s. While there, he made friends with a young restaurant owner.
Dec 5, 2021 · Dec 5. According to Durante family lore, backed by childhood photos, Jimmy was an ugly kid, a runt with tiny pig eyes and a huge honker, from the day in 1893 when the midwife swaddled him on the kitchen table in their apartment at 90 Catherine Street on the Lower East Side.