Danny Kaye: Classic Or Dud

(Right?)

It's time I shared my opinion on these new club drugs that seem to be so popular these days. Now, before I say this, I want you all to know that I'm no square. I'm not above having a few glasses of wine now and then if the occasion calls for it. However, I've been hearing about these "ecstasy" pills that people are taking. Let me tell you, you may think you're getting high, but once you get low again, you find out that the price you paid is higher than the high was high. Just remember this simple rhyme: Users are losers, no two ways around it. I get my ecstasy the old-fashioned way: by watching a really good Danny Kaye movie.

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I'm Hans Christian Andersen!
I have many a tale to tell!

He was a bit too manic for my tastes. But def a notch up from Judy Canova.

re HCA, I love that a lyric in a film feat'g Danny and Farley Granger goes "salty old queen of the sea"

Total classic. Some of the first music I ever loved
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTecfVEzPNw

Klassik!!!

I'm in love with that Bongo Bongo Bongo song he does with the Andrews Sisters that's on the Fallout game. And Court Jester is the greatest!

My intro:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1GbKQuVP0I

He's just about dead on The Cosby Show.

I didn't much care for Knock on Wood:

http://www.slantmagazine.com/dvd/review/knock-on-wood/1833

the worst of the worst. none worse.

Worser than Judy Canova?

oh my god that's crazy talk i love judy canova. her and mel blanc on the radio is some priceless stuff.

but, but danny kaye could conduct an orchestra, just like that longhair highbrow toscanini guy.

Sad to see Scott describe Danny Kaye as 'the worst of the worst.' I used to love him when I was a kid... er, Danny Kaye, that is, not Scott Seward... but, you see, I still like Scott Seward but do I still like Danny Kaye? I can't say for sure as I haven't seen a Danny Kaye film in living memory, is there some sort of embargo on showing them? He might make me cringe now, I hope not.

Haven't seen a second of him since I was little, but I used to love him.

I recall this bit:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1yM2babqZs

still agnostic

A beloved, one-of-a-kind entertainer who honed his animated, rapid-fire performance style on the Borscht Belt circuit, Brooklyn-born comedian, actor, dancer, and singer Danny Kaye lit up the screen with his exuberant charm and inventive wit. https://t.co/Cwo6xbLVv2 pic.twitter.com/vKqOUmDExP

— Criterion Channel (@criterionchannl) January 27, 2020

all i really remember about his walter mitty movie is that it actually found a way to use the sound effect "ta-pocketa-pocketa-pocketa" from thurber's story, which i thought was pretty cool

I haven't seen a Danny Kaye film in living memory, is there some sort of embargo on showing them?

Actually "Walter Mitty" was on last week but I watched something else.

danny kaye was/is my dad's favorite actor so i grew up with a lot of these movies and i gotta say: classic. looking forward to revisiting walter mitty/court jester/hans christian andersen. my favorite as a kid was always inspector general, no idea how it holds up but i think about this song like... once a month. should i be arrogant? should i be elegant? or smart? i'll give 'em the fist! i'll give 'em the wrist! i'll give 'em the fingerrrr

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7uidpDAHNE

Kaye did 3 short films w/ his Russian shtick in 1938, and gotta say he brings to mind young Robin Williams' mania.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXujspKoDks

i loved these movies when i was a kid. saw they're up on criterion and thought about making my kids watch them but there's no way they would tolerate it.

but maybe i'm wrong. they do like "make 'em laugh" which has danny kaye vibes