In honor of Laura Leff, today's interview guest, I have provided a clip where Dennis Day imitates Ronald Colman.
Colman's voice is first, followed by the Dennis impression.
Please allow a few seconds of silence before the audio clip begins.
©Jimbo 2010/2011
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Monday, March 14, 2011
Dennis Day versus Bert Gordon (The Mad Russian)
This is a very short clip, with both (Gordon first) saying the trademark, "How do you do?"
How did Dennis do? Only you can decide.
The clip will start a few seconds after you press 'play'
How did Dennis do? Only you can decide.
The clip will start a few seconds after you press 'play'
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Dennis Day vs. Mel Blanc (as a car!)
Here, Dennis Day mimics Mel Blanc's Mawell imitation.
The first imitation is Mel Blanc, then Dennis follows a couple of seconds later. Please allow a few seconds for the clip to begin after you press 'play'.
©Jimbo 2010/2011
The first imitation is Mel Blanc, then Dennis follows a couple of seconds later. Please allow a few seconds for the clip to begin after you press 'play'.
©Jimbo 2010/2011
Dennis Day vs. Beatrice Kay
Does Dennis match up to Beatrice Kay - who is doing an imitation of Eva Tanguay, herself?
A clip of both from the song, "I Don't Care." There will be a slight delay after you press play.
©Jimbo 2010/2011
A clip of both from the song, "I Don't Care." There will be a slight delay after you press play.
©Jimbo 2010/2011
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Dennis Day vs. Jimmy Durante
Dennis Day chose to imitate a woman singer in yesterday's clip. I'm not too sure how well he did (this is a VERSUS competition after all...)
Here he impersonates Jimmy Durante. And he does it amazingly well. The first voice on the clip is Durante, followed shortly by Dennis.
Do you think he was 'spot on' too?
There will be a slight delay before the clip plays after hitting the 'play' button.
©Jimbo 2010/2011
Here he impersonates Jimmy Durante. And he does it amazingly well. The first voice on the clip is Durante, followed shortly by Dennis.
Do you think he was 'spot on' too?
There will be a slight delay before the clip plays after hitting the 'play' button.
©Jimbo 2010/2011
Friday, March 11, 2011
Dennis Day versus Sophie Tucker
I had an idea yesterday - compare Dennis Day's imitations to the real thing.
Here's the first of many over the next few weeks: Dennis vs singer Sophie Tucker. (Incredibly, you can find a great many of Sophie's recordings online and can download them for free.)
Did he match her? Only you can be the judge.
The first clip is part of the original recording (from 1911, so the sound is bad) of Tucker singing, "Some of These Days" - and it will be followed by Dennis singing the same song in her style.
It's not the whole song from either - just a few seconds of the same part of the song.
It will take the clip a few seconds to start after you press play.
©Jimbo 2010/2011
Here's the first of many over the next few weeks: Dennis vs singer Sophie Tucker. (Incredibly, you can find a great many of Sophie's recordings online and can download them for free.)
Did he match her? Only you can be the judge.
The first clip is part of the original recording (from 1911, so the sound is bad) of Tucker singing, "Some of These Days" - and it will be followed by Dennis singing the same song in her style.
It's not the whole song from either - just a few seconds of the same part of the song.
It will take the clip a few seconds to start after you press play.
©Jimbo 2010/2011
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