(Music by Jule Styne, Lyrics by Sammy Cahn)
Jimmy Durante assisted by Helen Traubel, with the Roy Bargy Orchestra
Listen to her perfect ‘straight-woman’ delivery on “How did it sound?” as well as her flawless, trademark coloratura in 20 precious seconds (from 3:15 to 3:35.) At the peak of hilarity, Jimmy boasts “Why, this’ll rock the Kremlin!”
“My favorite girl friend of all times is Helen Traubel!”
There has never been such sublime tomfoolery as the duets Jimmy Durante and Helen Traubel launched to enchant millions of viewers on Jimmy’s television shows in the early 50s. Helen brought her burlesque hauteur and slaphappy game-for-anything comedic skills to Jimmy’s outrageously antic vaudeville shenanigans.
“Boy, I love that kind of carrying on!”