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Oct 23, 2021 · Soon after, Durante adopted his trademark sign-off — “Good night, Mrs. Calabash, wherever you are!” — for his radio show. According to Coleman’s daughter, Clarice Holden, and others, it was...
Sep 4, 2013 · Perhaps the line refers to the owner of a restaurant in Calabash, North Carolina, where Jimmy and his troupe stopped once to eat. He was so taken by the food, the service, and the chitchat that when he left he turned and said,”Good night, Mrs. Calabash,” not knowing the lady’s name.
Goodnight Mrs. Calabash - The Jimmy Durante Show 1959
While driving across the country, they stopped in Calabash, a name she had loved. "Mrs. Calabash" became his pet name for her, and he signed off his radio program with "Good night, Mrs. Calabash." He added "wherever you are" after the first year.
May 30, 2018 · "Goodnight Mrs. Calabash, Wherever You Are"...The famous singer and comedian Jimmy Durante always signed off his radio show with these famous words- but the real identity of Mrs. Calabash...
Jan 31, 2014 · In 1940 as Jimmy Durante headed to the door of Coleman’s Restaurant in Calabash, North Carolina, he turned to 28 year old Lucy and with a smile said, “Good Night, Mrs. Calabash.” For the rest of his life, until his death in 1980, every Durante appearance ended with his trademark phrase, “Good night, Mrs. Calabash, wherever you are.”
Apr 21, 2007 · Jimmy Durante closing his show in 1955
Aug 27, 2005 · When he left, he turned and said to her, "Good night, Mrs. Calabash." According to the tale, the waiter didn't know who he was. There's no documentation, however, that Durante ever...
Nicknamed the Schnoz or Schnozzola for his large nose, Durante’s signature closing line—“Good night, Mrs. Calabash, wherever you are!”—became as famous as his hat, cane, and his malapropisms. James Francis Durante was born on Feb. 10, 1893, in New York City.
Jan 30, 1980 · Good Night, Mr. Calabash. Jimmy Durante Was Boffo Wherever He Went. By Tom Shales. January 30, 1980 at 12:00 a.m. EST. Jimmy Durante was perhaps the greatest song-and-dance man we ever had who...
