I’ve posted this before — and it’s worth posting periodically for new (and younger) TMV readers. Here’s a bit of show biz pizazz. It’s sheer joy. Sheer professionalism. Perfectly executed by two show biz veterans in 1969 — an unlikely combination. Legendary jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald (about 50 here) and legendary comedian Jimmy Durante (age about 70).
It’s less than two minutes — but it is as masterful as it is memorable:
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.