Jimmy Durante citations

Famous sign-off line to all his radio and TV shows, the meaning of which he never publicly revealed, leading to much speculation and many theories. Only after his death did it become public knowledge that it was reference to his first wife, Jeanne Olson, who died in 1943, and that Calabash was a private name between them for Calabasas, California, where she spent much of the final years of her life.

As quoted in Low Man On A Totem Pole (1941) by Harry Allen Smith, p. 185
Variante: Why can't everybody leave everybody else the hell alone?

In reference to being teased at school as a child for his looks, as quoted in Schnozzola : The Story of Jimmy Durante (1951) by Gene Fowler
Contexte: I was hurt so deep that I made up my mind never to hurt anybody else, no matter what. I never made jokes about anybody's big ears, their stut- terin', or about them bein' off their nut.

As quoted in Billboard (23 April 1949), p. 126

Said after joining chorus girls in a conga line onstage, as quoted in "Tips on Tables" by Robert W. Dana (30 March 1951) http://www.bigbandsandbignames.com/durante.html

As quoted in Informationweek issues 699-702 (1998), p. 497 http://books.google.com/books?id=cDxVAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Politics+is+developing+more+comedians+than+radio+ever+did.%22&dq=%22Politics+is+developing+more+comedians+than+radio+ever+did.%22&hl=en&ei=mre7TbTaFJCcgQfJk6noBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAA

"Inka Dinka Doo" (1933) written with Fred Ryan and Harry Donnelly.

As quoted in Current Biography : Who's News and Why (1946) by Anna Rothe, p. 168 http://books.google.com/books?id=_fIpAQAAMAAJ&q=%22That's+the+conditions+that+prevail%22&pg=PA168#v=onepage

As quoted in Current Biography : Who's News and Why (1946) by Anna Rothe, p. 168