James Francis "Jimmy" Durante

                   (February 10, 1893 – January 29, 1980)

Durante was a singer, pianist, comedian, and actor. He was one
of America’s most familiar and popular personalities of the 1920s
through the 1970s.

After the death of his wife, Jeanne Olsen, in 1943, he began the
ending of his radio program with the phrase, "Goodnight Mrs.
Calabash, wherever you are," as a tribute to her.

Jimmy Durante created the voice for Frosty the Snowman in the
1969 animated Christmas cartoon, Frosty the Snowman.

Comedian Robert Klein gained popularity for the sharp political
humor in his comedy albums Child of the Fifties and Mind Over
Matter. He was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actor in a
Musical for his role in They’re Playing Our Song. He became a
member of the The Second City after graduating from Yale
Drama School.

W.C. Fields (William Claude Dukenfield)

(January 29, 1880 – December 25, 1946)

Fields was an early film comedian who obtained fame for his sardonic
wit in such films as The Bank Dick (1940) and My Little Chickadee with
Mae West (1940). Before fame he made a living as a pool player and
a juggler as a teen.

Fields (right) working with Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy on NBC radio

                          
                            Ross Simpson

                  
                    Sandy Kozel