“Jimmy Durante“ References in Classic Looney Tunes

Once again, people liked the idea of the celebrity references idea for the Jerry Colonna one so I’m making this a series. I’m just gonna copy and paste an introduction to Jimmy Durante from Wikipedia “James Francis Durante [...] was an American comedian, actor, singer, and pianist. His distinctive gravelly speech, Lower East Side accent, comic language-butchery, jazz-influenced songs, and prominent nose helped make him one of the United States’ most familiar and popular personalities of the 1920s through the 1970s.“ 0:00 Bosko’s Picture Show 0:15 Hollywood Canine Canteen 0:21 Hollywood Daffy 0:27 A Gruesome Twosome 0:59 Young and Healthy 1:05 The Mouse-Merized Cat 1:10 Swooner Crooner 1:22 Hollywood Canine Canteen (again) 1:26 Bosko in Person 2:00 Young and Healthy (again) 2:16 Buddy’s Beer Garden 2:26 Baby Bottleneck 2:37 Book Revue 2:41 Goldilocks and the Jivin’ Bears 2:53 Fair and Worm-er 2:56 Curtain Razor 3:00 A Gruesome Twosome (again) 3:07 Red-Headed Baby 3:17 Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs 3:24 Hollywood Daffy (again) 3:29 I’ve Got to Sing a Torch Song 3:30 Bosko’s Knight-mare 3:36 A Gruesome Twosome (again!) 3:41 A Hick, a Slick and a Chick 3:49 Stage Door Cartoon -------------------------------------- To be specific on what’s being referenced (0:00-2:37, 3:00, 3:07, 3:17, 3:24, 3:30, 3:36, 3:41 are vocal/visual impressions of him) (2:41, 2:53, 2:56 reference his catchphrase “Everybody wants to get into the act) (3:07, 3:17, 3:29, 3:30 reference his laugh) (3:49 has Bugs imitate his “I’ve got a million of ’em!“ catchphrase) Fuck
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