The Jimmy Durante Show – Christmas Show, Sorry the Lion Is Busy. 441222

Christmas Wreath on Door.
ca. 2006 --- Christmas Wreath on Door --- Image by © Royalty-Free/Corbis

Gary Moore is Jimmy’s younger counterpart who both toss the jokes back and forth between songs. Verna Felton lends her talent to the fun to joke with Gary about driving in California. Jimmy enters to joke about Christmas shopping with Gary, and shares a story about a puppy that goes, “Woof, woof, woof”.

The band plays a tune, Fiddle Dee Dee. Gary takes center stage to tell his own story in song related to a love affair in a white Christmas. The band plays, There Goes that Song Again.

A drama ensues where Jimmy and Gary are caretakers of a zoo. Animal jokes abound. Kangaroos, giraffes, ostriches, and more. Verna Felton enters to send them on a quest to find the rare 6-legged octopus.