Danny Kaye from "The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty" imitates a music professor. Titled "Symphony for Unstrung Tongue" Love him?...Check out the other two I've put up in loving tribute. • Video
Something that few people know about Danny Kaye is that he was a children's ambassador for the US. He was welcomed in every country in the world at that time. He was also a children's author, I am lucky enough to have one of his books. He was a phenomenal man.
One of my very, very favourite Hollywood stars - he's a wonderful actor, he sings, he dances beautifully and is also an amazing physical clown, does the most amazing tongue twisting monologues, songs, etc, has absolutely perfect comic timing and delivery and melts my heart. They truly don't make them like that anymore - get it? got it? good!
I've been a fan of Danny Kaye since I was about 15 years old, and first caught "The Inspector General" on the TBS ( I know it was TBS, because it started, as so many TBS movies did in those days, at 2:05 AM, instead of 2:00 AM) late night movie. They were doing a Danny Kaye weekend, and the next night I first saw "The Court Jester". One of my favorite D&D characters was a red-scaled Dragonborn named Earahl ( as in Errol Flynn) Kaye (as in Danny Kaye) a Bard/Swashbuckler. His backstory started out: "When I was a lad I was gloomy and sad as I was from the day I was born, when other babes burbbled and gurggled and wiggled I was proudly was loudly forlorn..".
Yes he excelled at the rapid tongue twister. And yet the quality of his singing voice was so mellow and warm that I wish he had spent more time as a crooner, a truly golden voice. The comic gimmicks hold no charm for me, frantic frenzy turns me off.
@@pizzedahff3127 I caught the court jester half way through the other week ,I think it was on the Talking pictures channel,.As a child I enjoyed watching Danny Kaye, , probably following my parents influence ,but never got to see Court Jester . How lucky to discover the Court Jester for the first time after all these years ,I absorbed every second of it . Incredible entertainment
@@KoriEmerson That's what I love about old movies, the clever dialog! It's sad that comedies rarely employ smart conversations like they did back then. What was considered a "screwball comedy" back in the 1930s actually had very sophisticated humor, and no matter how many times I watch them, I catch new entendres that I missed before. I love anything with Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, Jimmy Stewart, Carole Lombard, etc. "Bringing Up Baby" will always make me laugh until I cry, no matter how many times I see Cary Grant wearing Kate's frilly negligee, telling the person at the door that he just felt GAY all the sudden! Oh! My sides! I also love antique cars, so that movie and others are a feast for the eyes because they used the finest expensive cars of the day. The dresses they wore in the 30s were gorgeous, and men dressed so dapper. My favorite escapism!
Uhm... I hate to disagree, but, I count at least five angles, (this sequence was shot single camera) and who knows how many takes on each angle. He's amazing (and there's an art to repeating the performance for each "set-up".) let's be accurate, and appreciate his abilities as they really are..
@@deanmasonone very likely done in one take--it would be very very difficult to do it otherwise. most likely one take. You try replicating what he's doing and tell me if you succeed to get through a whole minute. He did it in one take just as if he were on live stage. Zooming in and out isn't difficult for a camera. It's definitely one take just as if he were doing it on live stage. No other way to get through something like this, particularly when accompanied by orchestra. Maybe you've never seen an opera, yet. You're so used to faked performances you don't have a clue what real performance is about.
Just wanted to thank the idiots at Warner Bros, for taking down the third Danny Kaye vid., 'cause somehow promoting the wonder of him, infringes on their ability to finance the next batman.
deanmasonone Maybe they could get their sh*t together instead and finally release his movies on Blu-ray. I'd settle for just The Court Jester if they won't do any others :/.
Hi, at the risk of rambling, long ago I worked in the film/tv industry and was lucky enough to share a car ride with Mr. Kaye. We talked of many things including baseball, and of a song he'd recorded about the dodgers, which had formed one of my earliest childhood memories. He was so kind, and not condescending to a young man that was just beginning his career, and was obviously star struck in his presence. Over the next 25 years, not everyone I was to meet would be as nice, warm, and well grounded as Danny Kaye, he was a true gentle-man, and I've been his devoted fan ever since. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-sB0ZTyrgT9U.html
I miss his movies! Danny has always brought me joy! I never forgot him. I still love his movies. I wish there was no death. Rest in peace Danny. A beautiful soul.
''The engine in his Spitfire going, tupocketa, tupocketa, tupocketa.,.. tupocketa, tupocketa, tupocketa.'' "Mitty your hurt!" "Just a scratch. . .Set the bone myself."
Nice... "the heart lung machine going, tupocketa, tupocketa, tupocketa, tupocketa suddenly stops... I'll fix it with this pen." Lol. So much to love about this film... Thx for your comment. :-)
I had the movie on my old com. and burned it to dvd. I was watched most of it earlier. His day dreams are all hilarious. Funny how whether it's the "India Queen" the Spitfire, the anesthetizer they all go "tupocketa, pocketa pocketa." "It's nothing just a broken arm." Agree lots of funny moments. Kaye was very talented.
Mr. Danny Kay was an incredible performer. My mom had some of his old vinyl records which she would often play during my childhood which is how I became his fan.
Thanks for posting this. I ran across the film when i was in high school (mid 80's) and it so happened that we were reading the book as well. It is still one of my favorite movies. It's sad that they remade this with none of the appeal of the original and that ppl will now think of the Ben stiller version instead of the great Danny Kaye when referencing this film.
Well! I had the record of this as a child and always presumed a glockenspiel was a sort of tuba that went 'click'. I never imagined he could perform it live. There must have been very good sound equipment. To see this is like watching Robin Williams perform a childhood favourite.
First time I've heard this in about 50 years and I still love it. Never seen this live performance before though. I had this on a 78rpm record my parents bought for me. This video just shows half the story of The Little Fiddle which runs for over 6 minutes, taking up both sides of the original record. As a kid, I used to love trying to mimic Danny Kaye's incredible vocal gymnastics. Thanks for uploading.
@@rjsegedin7116 You should see the whole film this is taken from. It's the original "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" and it shows Danny Kaye's range spectacularly.
If only there were a Danny Kaye person nowadays.. I absolutely love him!!! There’s no one like him!! I use to love his childlike spirit and attitude!! I always thought I was related to him coz he’s the only person to make me feel like a child again!!! I absolutely love him, like a father!!
Its even more mind boggling that he never studied music. This was done from memory and sight reading the music prior to him doing the take. Utterly astounding of a talent
Guy has TRULY TRULY genius comedian talent indeed. Natural talent like that do NOT happen in few decades n I have NOT seen any other so call comedian to this day!
WOW I'VE LOOKING FOR THIS SCENE!!!! "Tales From The Vienna Woods" man I've even looked at Elmer Fudd but knew it was Danny Kaye. These are decent wholesome family movies. been sharing classic movies with 10yr daughter. shown her real Hollywood musicals. I was disappointed with ??? yep disappointed that I can't remember title LOL. Now to find and download movie. We saw the remake with Ben Stiller, we liked it. Now we'll enjoy the Original. THANK YOU for uploading
@@Kayjee17 great movies. i too have those movies in digital plus The Five Pennies and A Song Was Born both english and spanish. i'm trying to get a copy of 5 pennies in spanish, just have spanish subtitles. there is a copy in spain but they want $50 which i would only buy it if it can be played here in the US because of some format nonsense. He was the Best, OLE!
My father was a fan of Danny.he used to sing this..oh how I miss Dannys genius.and My fathers zany imitations of Him..rest in peace.Danny Kaye.And my Father.Eddie Goldstein..
my dad introduced me and my little sister to Danny Kaye when we were kids. Hans Christian Anderson was one of our favorite movies and we so loved listening to Danny on old albums Dad took from our grandparent's attic. ❤️
he was born in brooklyn new york but he liked to emphasize his european brogue./ accent .very nice. he was of polish descent wasnt he. Such an amazing,amazing entertainer
His parents had emigrated from the town we now call Dnipopetrovsk in the Ukraine - although much of Poland was occupied by the Soviet Union in the war and permanently annexed to the Ukraine afterwards, this was the other end of the country. Strange that he played foreigners!
Hi, at the risk of repeating myself and rambling, long ago I worked in the film/tv industry and was lucky enough to share a car ride with Mr. Kaye. We talked of many things including baseball, and of a song he'd recorded about the dodgers, which had formed one of my earliest childhood memories. He was so kind, and not condescending to a young man that was just beginning his career, and was obviously star struck in his presence. Over the next 25 years, not everyone I was to meet would be as nice, warm, and well grounded as Danny Kaye, he was a true gentle-man, and I've been his devoted fan ever since
Loved Danny Kaye when I was a kid. I always thought he was very handsome. In terms of having to face McCarthyism, I don't hold any ill will towards Danny or any of the people who felt they had to walk away. That ugly mole stain of the CIA in the 50's already had all the sensationalized dirt on all the actors who went to support the Hollywood Ten. The actors didn't know what waited for them. I think it was a matter of retreating the battle, and live long enough to win the war. Only the changes in the American public could save or change the fates of the persecuted. Look how much good Danny Kaye did in his later years. He was the first UNICEF representative that made real changes in post war Europe. If he did only That, he could have retired. I'm glad he survived the McCarthy era. However and whatever it took without losing his life. Bless him. Now we know that Danny had things in his personal life that would have ruined him. Not just his career, but his life, his child's life, and Sylvia Fines life. This was a self made man, a gentleman, who had more class than a lot of men or leaders today. Thank you for sharing!
I'm still amazed the extras behind him aren't breaking into hysterics. Either they have no sense of humor, they don't actually hear anything (earplugs?) or they had to retake these scenes several times. XD
I have loved Danny Kaye since I can remember. I had the rare privilege of seeing one of his shows and the meeting him .One of the wonderful memories I have. He was a true star.
LOVE THIS SCENE! Danny did an amazing job with it. The speed with which he could produce and switch between the different instructments and sounds is mind-blowing for me. ***My only complaint is that the first 2-2.5 minutes of scene was cut off where his impression began. That part is very funny and should be added back on.
I used to listen to this over and over when I was 4-5. I thought the name of it was Decca. I also thought Danny Kaye and Percy Grainger were the same person.
I wish I could sing and make noises like that with my own voice. It is so entertaining and the kids at school would probably talk to me if I could do things like that.
i adore him,, always have,, o love physical comedy,,, too many ppl to name,,, but i feel that so many physical comedians took after this awesome man,,, like Lucy,,, John R,,,Jim C,,,,Robin W,,, and so on,,, its all good,, they looked up to one of the masters of the craft,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,RIP MR KAYE
Good lord, this is hilarious xD I saw Danny in a scene from How Jazz Was Born or whatever that movie was called with Virginia Mayo and the Benny Goodman orchestra!
He was so great… don’t tell anyone, but I shared a car ride with him. He was so kind to mr (a young man just starting out) , plus he was a huge “dodgers” fan LOL.
@@deanmasonone Wow! That's so cool! I've met only slightly famous people like pianists Frederick Hodges and Richard Dowling, they're quite well known in the ragtime world, that's about as famous as I've met xD
