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Jimmy Durante
Description
Jimmy Durante was an American comedian, actor, singer, and pianist whose radio work included old-time comedy and acting performances.
James Francis Durante 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. He often referred to his nose as the schnozzola, and the word became his nickname.
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Original schedule
- 194310:00 PM ETNBC Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1943–194510:00 PM ETCBS Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 194510:00 PM ETCBS Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1945–194610:00 PM ETCBS Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1946–194710:00 PM ETCBS Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1947–194810:30 PM ETCBS Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1948–19498:30 PM ETCBS Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1949–19509:30 PM ETCBS Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
Cast & Crew
References
Hickerson, Jay. The 4th Revised Ultimate History of Network Radio Programming and Guide to ALL Circulating Shows.
Paulson, Roger C. Archives of the Airwaves (7 Volumes). The Old Radio Times.
“RADIO PROGRAMS SCHEDULED FOR THE CURRENT WEEK New York.” New York Times, December 29, 1929.
“Today's Radio Program.” New York Times, January 1, 1927.