Jimmy Durante at the Coconut Grove 12/10/64

Jimmy Durante performs part of his nightclub act from the Danny Thomas NBC color special on the 40th anniversary of the Coconut Grove. Thursday, Dec. 10, 1964.

[@terryhammond1253]

Jimmy Durante remains the most original personality in show business.

[@adf3comcast1]

And the most loved.

[@ceeuuu01]

Im sure this guy was something else in his youth with belief in himself and a spirit to work hard and doing what was right to make others happy for a moment!

[@adf3comcast1]

He made others happy for a lifetime.

[@Embermoon91]

A true master of entertainment 😊❤

[@jadezee6316]

jimmy Durante was one of the greatest "singers"..there has ever been

[@desertbob6835]

HAAAAT-cha-cha-cha-chaaaaa! Vaudeville may have died...except for Durante! I got to see him live, one of the best acts I ever saw. "Inka-dinka-dee-a-dinka-doo!"

[@Lampshade51]

He was good in movies, radio and on TV, but he was dynamite in a club.
I wish I could have seen him in person.

[@adf3comcast1]

Me too! 🥲

[@DavidBensonActor]

a real treasure!

[@slipnpitch1894]

This was filmed the same tragic day Sam Cooke was shot and killed.

[@NancyR.A.]

He was from the old timers. Selfmade.

[@robfmas]

Who was the orchestra? Looks like Henry Mancini?

[@michaelpatrick3113]

It may be but he was obnoxious. ...a male entertainer today would never grab a woman like that

[@adf3comcast1]

It's not today.

[@MooPotPie]

It's also part of the act.

[@olftheterrible8450]

What a jerk-off. There is no such thing as an "entertainer," today. Who are you going to go see, Jay Z?

[@snowbusiness4709]

Your just mad cuz your not good ol jimmy

[@murph3001]

Soooooo please lighten up !!!