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<ref name=imdb>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046613/ |title=The Jimmy Durante Show|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=August 27, 2020}}</ref>
<ref name=imdb>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046613/ |title=The Jimmy Durante Show|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=August 27, 2020}}</ref>
After his starring role on the NBC situation comedy ''Dear Phoebe'' ended and before he garnered the lead in the NBC drama ''The Thin Man,'' Peter Lawford (1923-1984), a brother-in-law of [[U.S. President]] [[John F. Kennedy]], was a Durante regular, having appeared in six episodes from 1955 to 1956. [[Dancing|Dancer]] Eddie Jackson (1896–1980), a Durante partner along with Lou Clayton from their vaudeville days, appeared four times on the series. Pianist Jules Buffano and drummer Jack Roth, former Durante associates, also guest starred on the program. He also had singers known as The Durante Girls.<ref>Alex McNeil, ''Total Television,'' p. 432<./ref>
After his starring role on the NBC situation comedy ''Dear Phoebe'' ended and before he garnered the lead in the NBC drama ''The Thin Man,'' Peter Lawford (1923-1984), a brother-in-law of [[U.S. President]] [[John F. Kennedy]], was a Durante regular, having appeared in six episodes from 1955 to 1956. [[Dancing|Dancer]] Eddie Jackson (1896–1980), a Durante partner along with Lou Clayton from their vaudeville days, appeared four times on the series. Pianist Jules Buffano and drummer Jack Roth, former Durante associates, also guest starred on the program. He also had singers known as The Durante Girls.<ref>Alex McNeil, ''Total Television,'' p. 432</ref>
Flamboyant pianist [[Liberace]] (1919-1987) was a guest three times. [[Brazil]]ian singer Carmen Miranda (1909-1955) appeared twice on the show with Durante. During the August 4, 1955 broadcast, Miranda suffered a [[heart attack]]. Miranda fell to her knees while dancing with Durante, who instinctively told the band to "stop da music!" while helping her to get up. Miranda laughed "I'm all out of breath!", Durante replied, "Dat's OK, honey, I'll take yer lines." Miranda laughed again, quickly pulled herself together, and finished the show. However, the next morning, Miranda died at her home fof heart failure.
Flamboyant pianist [[Liberace]] (1919-1987) was a guest three times. [[Brazil]]ian singer Carmen Miranda (1909-1955) appeared twice on the show with Durante. During the August 4, 1955 broadcast, Miranda suffered a [[heart attack]]. Miranda fell to her knees while dancing with Durante, who instinctively told the band to "stop da music!" while helping her to get up. Miranda laughed "I'm all out of breath!", Durante replied, "Dat's OK, honey, I'll take yer lines." Miranda laughed again, quickly pulled herself together, and finished the show. However, the next morning, Miranda died at her home fof heart failure.