Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Johnny Mann Started, But Didn't Finish, "The Danny Kaye Show"

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The Johnny Mann Singers left The Danny Kaye Show weeks before they would have recorded this promotional album. Composer Johnny Mann, w...
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Wednesday, May 28, 2014

The Top 12 Roles Danny Kaye Turned Down

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Danny Kaye's hit recordings of Gilbert & Sullivan songs earned him an offer to appear with the world-renowned  D'Oyly Carte co...
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Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Danny Kaye Almost Wasn't the Man from the Diners Club

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Frank Tashlin (lower right) directs Danny Kaye and Martha Hyer in The Man from the Diners Club. He very nearly could have been instructing...
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Monday, April 21, 2014

Rare Footage Released of Danny Kaye on Stage... and Backstage

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Sylvia and Danny Kaye are greeted by newsreel cameras and throngs of fans during his November 1948 trip to London to appear in the Royal C...
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Tuesday, April 15, 2014

The Last Day of The Danny Kaye Show

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The curtain came down after four years of The Danny Kaye Show with a bang. In researching my book Danny Kaye: King of Jesters , I inte...
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Thursday, March 27, 2014

The Sequel to Danny Kaye's "Knock on Wood"... Starring Bob Hope

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While Sam Goldwyn always wanted to make a sequel to The Secret Life of Walter Mitty , it was Kaye's first film for Paramount, Knock on...
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Friday, February 28, 2014

Grandfather of "The Lobby Number"

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Danny Kaye wasn't the first to poke fun at "Apple Blossom Time" in Up in Arms' "Lobby Number." My favorite...
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