Topic: Jimmy Durante

R.I.P. Jack Elinson

TV comedy writer Jack Elinson, whose career stretched over 50 years, died Thursday at his home in Santa Monica. He was 89. His numerous credits as...

Ask Mick LaSalle: On opening credits

0 . Dear Mick: It seems as if the practice of just jumping into the film without having any opening credits has now been adopted by most filmmakers...

The almanac

Feb. 10, 2011 (United Press International) - Today is Thursday, Feb. 10, the 41st day of 2011 with 324 to follow. . The moon is waxing. The morning...

High-rent cold war in S.F.'s North Beach, 1985

0 View Larger Image . Here's a look at the past. Items have been culled from The Chronicle's archives of 25, 50, 75 and 100 years ago.. 1980 . Dec...

Sleepless in Seattle Soundtrack

The Sleepless in Seattle soundtrack was released June 15, 1993 by Sony . The artists on the soundtrack include; Louis Armstrong , Nat King Cole , Harry Connick, Jr. , Gene Autry , Carly Simon , Tammy Wynette , Jimmy Durante , and Celine Dion .Being a soundtrack, it includes ...

Friendships

I'm friends with a family run large local restaurant. I've recommended a doctor for one of them. I give them DVDs. I bring well known people in...

Snowman Soup

Here's a really neat ideal that people really seem to love and I'm sure your kids or grand kids will love it to. You can make up a story or two about making snowman soup and just possibly start a ...

Quotes from the "Schnozzola"

-Jimmy Durante Be nice to people on your way up because you meet them on your way down. -Jimmy Durante My wife has a slight impediment in her speech. -Jimmy Durante Why can't everybody leave everybody else the hell alone? -Jimmy ...

How to be funny

Everyone wishes they were funny. Really funny people do not just make fun of others and other things, they make fun of themselves too in order to show that funny is everywhere. This can be something funny like a ring that squirts ...

Nathan's Famous

In Short - In 1916, Nathan Handwerker, a young Polish immigrant, borrowed $300 from friends Jimmy Durante and Eddie Cantor to open a hot dog stand on booming Coney Island. Eventually, these restaurants spread to Yonkers and more points west, now showing up ...