Billy Rose's Jumbo
1962
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Oct 23, 2021 · According to legend in Calabash, 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...
Sep 4, 2013 · The most accepted came to be that it was a pet name for Jimmy’s first wife, Jeanne Olsen. Another was that it referred to the place where Jimmy and Jeanne lived, Calabasas, California. Perhaps the line refers to the owner of a restaurant in Calabash, North Carolina, where Jimmy and his troupe stopped once to eat.
A 1959 episode of The Jimmy Durante Show featuring the famous sign-off line "Goodnight Mrs. Calabash."
Jul 31, 2024 · Jimmy Durante, a superstar of the 1930s radio era and the voice of an iconic rendition of “Frosty the Snowman,” put a national spotlight on Calabash with an enigmatic catchphrase: Durante...
Jul 31, 2024 · Jimmy Durante, a superstar of the 1930s radio era and the voice of an iconic rendition of “Frosty the Snowman,” put a national spotlight on Calabash with an enigmatic catchphrase: Durante would end...
Early on in his use of, "The Good Night, Mrs. Calabash," line, Garry Moore asks Durante who Mrs. Calabash is during the post-show sequence.
For years, no one knew who Mrs. Calabash referred to, and Durante preferred to keep the mystery alive until 1966. One theory was that it referred to the owner of a restaurant in Calabash, North Carolina , where Durante and his troupe had stopped to eat.
