tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307577717655310918.post281689214276219632..comments2024-03-17T07:25:56.478-04:00Comments on Thrilling Days of Yesteryear: “Git gat gittle giddle-di-ap giddle-de-tommy riddle de biddle de roop da-reep fa-san skeedle de woo-da fiddle de wada reep!”Ivan G Shreve Jrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04067177808320053382noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307577717655310918.post-31688964899731544902015-12-26T05:29:27.926-05:002015-12-26T05:29:27.926-05:00As a kid, I never missed The Danny Kaye Show and h...As a kid, I never missed The Danny Kaye Show and have long opined that it was the best variety show nobody ever saw because of its absence on video. Only the Carol Burnett Show ever approached Danny Kaye in the brilliance and quality of musical revue numbers and high-level guest performers; Carol may have had more consistently excellent comedy sketch writing. What a brilliant performer the perfectionistic Kaye was, able to work in nearly any musical genre. And yes, CBS executives were a bunch of obstinate morons for not putting this show on earlier; if they had, it might have run for a decade. His show revealed why Kaye's persona was so valuable to UNICEF--he may have been bipolar and difficult with adults, but an underlying sincerity and directness came across to children even without the forced "warmth" so easily faked by many celebrities. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com