Word: schnozzola
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Jimmy Durante, 86. For nearly 65 years, from New York vaudeville stages to television screens across the land, "the great Schnozzola" cracked his gentle gags, rasped out his endearingly silly ditties and strutted his way into the hearts of millions. Goodnight, Mr. Durante, wherever...
...voice was a loud rasp. His piano playing was strictly fortissimo. His gags were not jokes, but a litany of catch phrases. Yet Jimmy Durante was a born entertainer whose manic clowning stayed in fashion for more than half a century. When "the great Schnozzola" died last week, America lost one of its last links to the golden age of vaudeville...
...Sept. 25 An Evening with Jimmy Durante (NBC, 8:30-9:30 p.m.). Even though he is saddled with such guest stars as Lawrence Welk, Sal Mineo and Bobby Darin, the Old Schnozzola ought to be able to snort up enough enthusiasm to make this rare TV appearance worth the trouble of tuning in. Color...
...SCHNOZZOLA, THE STORY OF JIMMY DURANTE (256 pp.)-Gene Fowler-Viking...
...relation of the public Jimmy to the private Jimmy is one of the main preoccupations of Gene Fowler's story. Schnozzola is not as spectacular a performance as Fowler's life on John Barrymore (Good Night, Sweet Prince). But it pours a foaming pitcherful of legend and anecdote, and Durante's numberless followers should be left reasonably happy...