Editing Jimmy Durante (section)

==Television==
Durante first appeared on television showing up at the end of 1944 on John Reed King's audience participation show on the local New York CBS television station WCBW (now [[WCBS-TV]]). His brief, unannounced, appearance on ''The Missus Goes a-Shopping'' seg apparently surprised most of the staff as well as the audience. Arrangements were made in the late afternoon for him to pop into camera range, which he did with the reported agility of a tele vet. ''Billboard'' magazine reviewed the appearance: "Without script, rehearsal or make-up he went on and gave a top performance, proving that a star of Durante's caliber shines in any entertainment medium. Aware of camera angle importance, Schnozzle played his profile for all its irregularity. His ad libbing was fast and funny".{{Citation needed |date=November 2024}} 

From 1950 to 1951, Durante was the host once a month (alternating with [[Ed Wynn]], [[Danny Thomas]], and [[Jack Carson]]) on NBC's comedy-variety series ''[[Four Star Revue]]'', airing on Wednesday evenings at 8 p.m. Jimmy continued with the show until 1954.

Durante then hosted a half-hour variety show, ''The Jimmy Durante Show'', on NBC from October 2, 1954, to June 23, 1956.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046613/ |title=''The Jimmy Durante Show''|publisher=[[IMDb]]|access-date=November 15, 2010}}</ref>

Beginning in the early 1950s, Durante teamed with sidekick [[Sonny King (singer)|Sonny King]], a collaboration that would continue until Durante's death. Several times in the 1960s, Durante served as host of ABC's variety hour ''[[The Hollywood Palace]]'', which was taped live (and consequently included ad-libs by the seasoned vaudevillian). His last regular television series paired him with [[The Lennon Sisters]] and was titled, appropriately, ''[[Jimmy Durante Presents the Lennon Sisters]]''. The series lasted for one season on ABC (1969–1970).