Audiobooks Narrated by Jimmy Durante

Nostalgia Radio’s All-Time Favorites, Vol. 1

Nostalgia radio had incredible comedy, mystery, detective, western, sci-fi, musical, and drama shows that kept Americans glued to their radio sets. Families gathered around their living room radios to hear their favorite Hollywood stars in fully-dramatized broadcasts that entertained millions. In this collection of sixteen episodes, you’ll hear “Richard Diamond, Private Detective” with Dick Powell, “Suspense,” starring Herbert Marshall, “The Charlie McCarthy Show” with Edgar Bergan and Don Ameche, “Duffy’s Tavern” with Ed Gardner, “Your Hit Parade” with Frank Sinatra, “The Jack Benny Program” with Jack Benny and all his gang, “Information Please” with Boris Karloff, “The Philco Radio Time” with Bing Crosby and Jimmy Durante, “You Bet Your Life” with Groucho Marx, and many more! Fibber McGee & Molly 6/9/42 Fibber and the Pot Roast w/ Jim and Marian Jordan Duffy’s Tavern 1/18/44 Archie’s Song w/ guest Lauritz Melchoir Your Hit Parade 9/2/44 w/ Top Songs Frank Sinatra The Sealed Book 4/15/45 Escape By Death w/ Phillip Clarke The Silver Theater 7/29/45 Gilded Pheasant w/ Marguerite Chapman The Charlie McCarthy Show 1/14/45 Tribute to Benjamin Franklin w/ guest, Louis Bromfield Information Please 12/24/45 w/ guest, Boris Karloff The Philco Radio Time 12/4/46 w/ Bing Crosby and guest, Jimmy Durante The Jack Benny Program 10/3/48 Jack Hears an Echo w/ Jack Benny and all his gang Famous Jury Trials 1950s #13 The State Vs. Vernon Craig Counterspy 6/20/50 The Case of the Psychic’s Secrets w/ Don MacLaughlin Inner Sanctum Mystery 5/28/51 The Unforgiving Corpse w/ Luis van Rooten Richard Diamond, Private Detective 7/26/53 The Mona Lisa Murder w/ Dick Powell Suspense 2/9/58 The Longshot w/ Herbert Marshall You Bet Your Life 1959 #384 Secret word: Smile w/ Groucho Marx Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 9/25/60 The Five Down Matter w/ Bob Bailey

CBS Radio (Author), A Full Cast, Bing Crosby, Boris Karloff, Charlie Mccarthy, Dick Powell, Edgar Bergen, Frank Sinatra, Groucho Marx, Herbert Marshall, Jack Benny, Jimmy Durante, John Dehner (Narrator)

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The Jimmy Durante Show, Volume 1

Big-nosed, brash, and boisterous, beloved entertainer Jimmy Durante parlayed a career in vaudeville, nightclubs, and Broadway shows into a radio career highlighted by many successful programs throughout the 1930s and 1940s. After spending the war years paired with crewcutted comic Garry Moore, the Great Schnozzola went solo in 1947 in an hilarious series for Rexall Drugs that also featured Arthur Treacher as his sarcastic British butler, multi-voiced character comedians Candy Candido and Elvia Allman, musical numbers by Peggy Lee, and a raft of well-known guest stars. The twelve shows in this collection showcase Durante at his bigger than life best, complete with the fractured English, gravel voiced musical numbers, and warmhearted buffoonery that made him a show business legend.

Nbc Radio (Author), Jimmy Durante (Narrator)

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The Jimmy Durante Show, Volume 2

Big-nosed, brash, and boisterous, beloved entertainer Jimmy Durante parlayed his experience in vaudeville, nightclubs, and Broadway shows into a radio career highlighted by many successful programs throughout the 1930s and 1940s. After spending the war years paired with crewcutted comic Garry Moore, the Great Schnozzola went solo in 1947 in an hilarious series for Rexall Drugs that also featured "the glamour boy of the girdle set" Victor Moore, multi-voiced character comedians Candy Candido and Elvia Allman, musical numbers by Peggy Lee, and a series of well-known guest stars. The ten shows in this second Radio Archives collection showcase Durante at his bigger than life best, complete with the fractured English, gravel voiced musical numbers, and warmhearted buffoonery that made him a show business legend.

Nbc Radio (Author), Jimmy Durante (Narrator)

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The Jimmy Durante Show, Volume 3

He butchered the English language. He sang as if he gargled with gravel. He dropped pearls of wisdom disguised as one-liners. And he had a nose that got everywhere ten minutes before he did. All of this and a genuine love for his craft and the people who enjoyed it made Jimmy Durante a star in the Golden Age of Radio and still keeps him in the minds and hearts of fans today. The Jimmy Durante Show, Volume 3 consists of five hours of what makes Durante a legendary character. The Jimmy Durante Show, Volume 3 is proof that Jimmy Durante can still leave 'em laughing!

Nbc Radio (Author), Jimmy Durante (Narrator)

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The Big Show - Episode 1

As the 1950s dawned America was a colossus militarily, economically and culturally. It bestrode a globe it was doing so much to shape in its own image. But it had concerns; the threat of communism. And for the Movies and Radio there was another concern: the emerging rise of Television.For Radio, still in its golden age of mass audiences and star filled programmes, they had a handy solution with 'The Big Show'. Its premise was simple but effective. Take 90 minutes of air-time and fill it with the stars of stage, screen and radio doing comedy sketches, drama extracts and musical numbers.It sounds simple enough and aided by a huge budget from NBC it was a success, staffed by the best writers and technical team in the business.Hosted by Tallulah Bankhead, with her sharp and acidic wit and her brilliance at ad-libbing 'The Big Show' was big entertainment with big stars for a big audience.

Goodman Ace (Author), Fred Allen, Jimmy Durante, Tallulah Bankhead (Narrator)

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The Big Show - Episode 6

As the 1950s dawned America was a colossus militarily, economically and culturally. It bestrode a globe it was doing so much to shape in its own image. But it had concerns; the threat of communism. And for the Movies and Radio there was another concern: the emerging rise of Television.For Radio, still in its golden age of mass audiences and star filled programmes, they had a handy solution with 'The Big Show'. Its premise was simple but effective. Take 90 minutes of air-time and fill it with the stars of stage, screen and radio doing comedy sketches, drama extracts and musical numbers.It sounds simple enough and aided by a huge budget from NBC it was a success, staffed by the best writers and technical team in the business.Hosted by Tallulah Bankhead, with her sharp and acidic wit and her brilliance at ad-libbing 'The Big Show' was big entertainment with big stars for a big audience.

Goodman Ace (Author), Clifton Webb, Jimmy Durante, Tallulah Bankhead (Narrator)

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The Big Show - Episode 8

As the 1950s dawned America was a colossus militarily, economically and culturally. It bestrode a globe it was doing so much to shape in its own image. But it had concerns; the threat of communism. And for the Movies and Radio there was another concern: the emerging rise of Television.For Radio, still in its golden age of mass audiences and star filled programmes, they had a handy solution with 'The Big Show'. Its premise was simple but effective. Take 90 minutes of air-time and fill it with the stars of stage, screen and radio doing comedy sketches, drama extracts and musical numbers.It sounds simple enough and aided by a huge budget from NBC it was a success, staffed by the best writers and technical team in the business.Hosted by Tallulah Bankhead, with her sharp and acidic wit and her brilliance at ad-libbing 'The Big Show' was big entertainment with big stars for a big audience.

Goodman Ace (Author), Jimmy Durante, Robert Merrill, Tallulah Bankhead (Narrator)

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The Big Show - Episode 11

As the 1950s dawned America was a colossus militarily, economically and culturally. It bestrode a globe it was doing so much to shape in its own image. But it had concerns; the threat of communism. And for the Movies and Radio there was another concern: the emerging rise of Television.For Radio, still in its golden age of mass audiences and star filled programmes, they had a handy solution with 'The Big Show'. Its premise was simple but effective. Take 90 minutes of air-time and fill it with the stars of stage, screen and radio doing comedy sketches, drama extracts and musical numbers.It sounds simple enough and aided by a huge budget from NBC it was a success, staffed by the best writers and technical team in the business.Hosted by Tallulah Bankhead, with her sharp and acidic wit and her brilliance at ad-libbing 'The Big Show' was big entertainment with big stars for a big audience.

Goodman Ace (Author), Fran Warren, Jimmy Durante, Tallulah Bankhead (Narrator)

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