I received from Jerry Haendiges, of The Vintage Radio Place a large collection of programs, with the suggestion I “broadcast” some of them here on the blog…thing is, many of the programs he sent I’d never heard, and some I’ve never heard of, even as long as I’ve been in the hobby. So for the foreseeable future I’m going to run the shows he sent in low-bandwidth MP3 format - even at 32kbps mono, these shows are some of the best-sounding shows you’ll hear. But remember for even better sound, these shows (and a few bazillion others) may be purchased from Jerry in either audio CD format, or ultra-high-quality MP3 format.

Today is, at Curmudgeon Central at least, a snow day; the Katester is off school, the skies are gray, and the driveway is filled with snow needing to be shoveled. So while I generally don’t run comedy/variety series here on the blog, I’m making an exception today to help lighten the mood.

NBC’s New Jimmy Durante Show was a continuation of The Durante-Moore Show, the successful collaboration of Jimmy Durante and Gary Moore. Once Moore left, Durante continued the show with Arthur Treacher, later the figurehead of a successful chain of fish-and-chips restaurants, Peggy Lee, Candy Candido, and in this episode, guest Eddie Cantor, who years before, John Dunning reports, was a singing waiter at Terry Walsh’s club on Coney Island while Durante played piano. At the end of the show, Rexall sportscaster Tommy Harmon reports from Detroit on all the football news. Enjoy this show from October 8, 1947!

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 The Jimmy Durante Show; October 8, 1947 [31:42m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download