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The Danny Kaye Show

Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2017 7:35 am
by Kitty
This show was really entertaining! Only about 11 episodes are in circulation, but they're all quality. I wish more episodes existed! Here's an excerpt from one of his shows. I hear that it is from March 10th, 1945. Danny Kaye Ac-cent-uate the Positive!

https://youtu.be/jF-6iBvZfvw

Re: The Danny Kaye Show

Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2018 9:44 pm
by donnie
I listened to several of these on my trip today. He was quite a gifted entertainer, wasn't he? I think he was really able to use the medium of radio to its full extent. I also like the other characters, especially Lionel the elevator "boy" and Eve Arden. They were also naturals for radio.

I liked the one where they bought the milking machine by mistake. :lol:

Re: The Danny Kaye Show

Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2018 7:22 pm
by donnie
I just listened to the Singing in the Bathtub episode, the one where he leaves and goes to Washington. I was struck by the beauty of his rendition of the Irish folk song Molly Malone near the end of the episode—very touching.

Re: The Danny Kaye Show

Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2018 9:03 pm
by Kitty
I have to re-listen to these. I remember one that talked about going to the movies? I really liked that one.

Re: The Danny Kaye Show

Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2018 9:17 pm
by donnie
Kitty wrote:
Sat Jul 21, 2018 9:03 pm
I have to re-listen to these. I remember one that talked about going to the movies? I really liked that one.
Don't think I've listened to that one, yet. The one where he was crowned King of Brooklyn was really funny. Those were some delightfully crazy shows.

Re: The Danny Kaye Show

Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2018 2:33 pm
by donnie
I ran across this in one of my Popular Science mags yesterday and post it here since someone in this vicinity is a huge DK fan... :D (The whole article is online in Google Books if you want to read it.)

Re: The Danny Kaye Show

Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2018 6:15 pm
by Kitty
COOOOOL! 😁😁 Thanks for sharing. There are other articles that look interesting in that issue, too!

Re: The Danny Kaye Show

Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2018 1:11 am
by Kitty
I am currently at this very moment listening to the first episode of THE DANNY KAYE SHOW. It is so silly and (consciously) corny! I just love this. How amazing he was! I wish there were another like him.


I have listened to this so many times. It is like an old friend I have missed so much.

Have I said this? His rendition of Minnie the Moocher is ALMOST as amazing as Cab Calloway's version. Just Wow.!

https://www.oldtimeradiodownloads.com/v ... -kaye-show

Re: The Danny Kaye Show

Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2018 2:03 pm
by donnie
Yes, I listened to that one back during the summer. I think the shows got even better as they went along. So crazy! :lol: Wasn't Eve Arden a good foil for Danny?

Re: The Danny Kaye Show

Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2020 5:49 pm
by Kitty
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