Danny Kaye was one of several of those multi-talented American light- entertainers who made a mark in the UK.
His thin face and flexible features, and slightly eccentric mop of curly hair made him instantly recognisable. Although not so successful as crooners like Bing Crosby or Perry Como; he was much more willing and able to clown it up than the conventional entertainers. He was like a one-man Morcambe & Wise, though his humour was never quite so anarchic in that essentially British way. He was less challenging, more predictable in the American fashion. But he was good, clean entertainment even so.
He didn't seem to stay very long, and I'm not sure why. Maybe he was too 'normal' for British tastes, which were developing and diversifying rapidly during the 1960's. Maybe he just got homesick, or could command for support and bigger paycheques back in the USA.
Whatever the case, he was gone - and in Britain, largely forgotten.
His thin face and flexible features, and slightly eccentric mop of curly hair made him instantly recognisable. Although not so successful as crooners like Bing Crosby or Perry Como; he was much more willing and able to clown it up than the conventional entertainers. He was like a one-man Morcambe & Wise, though his humour was never quite so anarchic in that essentially British way. He was less challenging, more predictable in the American fashion. But he was good, clean entertainment even so.
He didn't seem to stay very long, and I'm not sure why. Maybe he was too 'normal' for British tastes, which were developing and diversifying rapidly during the 1960's. Maybe he just got homesick, or could command for support and bigger paycheques back in the USA.
Whatever the case, he was gone - and in Britain, largely forgotten.
