Editing Jimmy Durante (section)

==Animation==
Durante is known to most modern audiences as the character who narrated the 1969 animated special ''[[Frosty the Snowman (TV special)|Frosty the Snowman]]''. He also performed the title song of the 1968 comedy-adventure movie ''[[Monte Carlo or Bust|Monte Carlo or Bust!]]'' (titled ''[[Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies]]'' in the U.S.) over the film's animated opening credits.{{citation needed|date=March 2022}}

===Allusions and references in animation===
While his own career in animation was limited, Durante's distinctive voice, looks, and catchphrases earned him numerous depictions and allusions in animation. He was caricatured as early as 1933, alongside Buster Keaton in the [[Ub Iwerks]] cartoon ''Soda Squirt''.  Director [[Tex Avery]] presented him as a persecuted turkey in the MGM cartoon ''[[Jerky Turkey]]''.  In MGM's [[Tom and Jerry]] cartoons with father-and-son bulldogs [[Spike and Tyke (characters)|Spike and Tyke]], Durante was referenced with a raspy voice and an affectionate "Dat's my boy!" In another Tom and Jerry short, ''[[Surf-Bored Cat]]'', a starfish lands on Tom's head, giving him a big nose. He then proceeds with Durante's famous "Ha-cha-cha-cha" call.  The 1943 [[Tex Avery]] cartoon ''[[What's Buzzin' Buzzard]]'' featured a vulture with a voice that sounded like Jimmy Durante. [[Hanna-Barbera]] continued to use the Durante voice (imitated by [[Doug Young (voice actor) |Doug Young]]) in [[Hanna-Barbera]]'s ''[[Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy]]'' cartoons, Doggie Daddy invariably addressing the junior dachshund with a Durante-like "Augie, my son, my son", and with frequent citations of, "That's my boy who said that!"

Many ''Looney Tunes''/''Merrie Melodies'' cartoons had characters based on Durante, using lines like ''"Umbriago"'', ''"Everybody wants to get into the act"'',<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/newcomers-from-1944-46/|title=Newcomers from 1944–46 |website= Cartoon research |access-date= February 10, 2025}}</ref> ''"I'm mortified!"'', ''"I'm disgustipated"'', ''"Those are the conditions that prevail"'', ''"I got a million of them!"'' and ''"Ha-cha-cha-cha-cha-cha"'' from his films, songs and radio acts.  One [[Harman-Ising]] short from 1933, ''[[Bosko's Picture Show]]'', featured a caricature of [[Adolf Hitler]] chasing Durante with a meat cleaver.  Three examples from the 1940s include ''[[A Gruesome Twosome]]'', which features a cat based on Durante, and ''[[Baby Bottleneck]]'', which in unedited versions opens with a Durante-like stork. He also appears as a walrus in the 1945 [[United States Armed Forces]] [[World War Two|World War II]]-era training film ''[[In the Aleutians – Isles of Enchantment]]''. ''[[Book Revue]]'' shows the well-known (at that time) 1924 [[Edna Ferber]] novel ''[[So Big (novel)|So Big]]'' featuring a Durante caricature on the cover.  The "so big" refers to his nose, and as a runaway criminal turns the corner by the book, Durante turns sideways using his nose to trip the criminal, allowing his capture. In ''[[Hollywood Daffy]]'', Durante is directly depicted as himself, pronouncing his catchphrase "Those are the conditions that prevail!" In ''[[The Mouse-Merized Cat]]'', Catstello (a [[Lou Costello]] mouse) briefly is hypnotized to imitate Jimmy Durante singing "[[Lullaby of Broadway (song)|Lullaby of Broadway]]". One of Durante's common catchphrases "I got a million of 'em!" was used as Bugs' final line in ''[[Stage Door Cartoon]]''.{{citation needed|date=March 2022}}

A Durante-like voice was also used for [[Marvel Comics]] superhero [[Thing (comics)|the Thing]] in the [[Hanna-Barbera]] cartoon ''[[Fred and Barney Meet the Thing]]''. The voice and appearance of Crispy, the mascot for [[Crispy Critters]] cereal, was also based on Durante.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.x-entertainment.com/articles/0725/|archive-url= https://archive.today/20130209193924/http://www.x-entertainment.com/articles/0725/ |archive-date= February 9, 2013|url-status=dead| work =X-Entertainment | title = Crispy Critters Cereal Tribute}}</ref> In ''[[Mickey Mouse Works]]'', a character named Mortimer Mouse (voiced by [[Maurice LaMarche]]) was based on Durante, complete with the "ha-cha-cha!". One of the main characters in Terrytoons' [[Heckle and Jeckle]] cartoon series also takes to imitating Jimmy in 1948's "Taming The Cat" ("Get a couple of song birds today…").{{citation needed|date=March 2022}}