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jams his rifle directly into Bugs Bunny's spine, Bugs warns, "Only a big, fat rat would shoot a guy in the back." But Fudd does pull the trigger, then wheels to the camera and defiantly admits, "So I'm a big, fat wat!" But Bugs emerges from the cloud of gunpowder smoke, and says in Colonna's voice,
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hit their stride. Accordingly, his facial expressions and catchphrases were caricatured many times in the company's cartoons. Along with "Greetings, Gates!" variations and references to "Yehudi", several cartoons included variations on his oft-used observation, "Ahhhh, yes! , isn't it?!"
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Colonna brought a whacked-out touch to Hope's show. In a typical exchange, Hope asks, "Professor, did you plant the bomb in the embassy like I told you?", to which Colonna replied, in that whooping five-alarm voice, "Embassy? Great Scott, I thought you said
1300:(1943) both star a worm who is a Colonna caricature, complete with moustache and exaggerated voice. The latter cartoon, which also takes its title from Colonna's "Greetings, Gate" catchphrase, features an animated human Colonna as a fisherman. 317:, and made several recordings with Scott's famous Quintette, which typically involved Colonna mouthing nonsense syllables over Scott's band. His off-stage antics were so calamitous that CBS nearly fired him, on more than one occasion. 1114: 964:. He is the founder and director of the Rhode Island Shakespeare Theater. He has also directed many productions at Rhode Island College, and in 2007, published a biography of his father's life, 945:). He married Florence Purcell (Porciello), whom he reportedly met on a blind date in 1930; the couple adopted a son, Robert, in 1941. The marriage lasted 56 years. After his guest shot on 1428:, Daffy goes on trial for defacing posters by drawing mustaches on them. At the conclusion, an entire jury of mustachioed Jerry Colonnas delivers the verdict "Ahhhhhhh yes! Not guilty!" 403:!" At the end of the film, when all is resolved and he is still "charging," he pulls-up and asks the audience, "Well, what do you know... we never quite made it. Exciting, though... 1110: 453: 1363:
banquet, and Bugs mimics them. At one point, he bugs his eyes, opens his mouth wide to display squared-off, gapped teeth, and says, "Ahhhh! Greetings, Jerry!"
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His son, Robert Colonna, has been involved in theater for nearly 60 years, since first appearing on stage with his father. He was a member of the famed
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credits include "At Dusk", "I Came to Say Goodbye", "Sleighbells in the Sky" and "Take Your Time." In the 1950s, he released two
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Colonna played a range of nitwitted characters, the best-remembered of which was a moronic professor, of which Nachman wrote:
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and dance bands in and around his native Boston; he can be heard with Joe Herlihy's Orchestra on discs recorded for
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to memorable effect—"Girlfriend of the Whirling Dervish" and "Lady on the Three Cent Stamp", respectively.
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Colonna left the Hope show as a regular in 1950, but he continued appearing with Hope on holiday
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He provided the voice of the March Hare in the Walt Disney Animated Feature Film Version of
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as well as a singer, did an effective imitation of Colonna's manic style and expressions.
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is saying "Hi" to various (unseen) Hollywood figures as they walk by his table at the
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along with another of his catchphrases—the film's action periodically cuts to a
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Jerry Colonna was one of the party-going celebrities caricatured in the 1941
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heritage. Colonna's parents were Elisabetta Magro and Giuseppe Colonna from
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Colonna had the ability to stretch a syllable to extreme lengths, such as "
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specials and live shows. He hosted his own television comedy series,
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In 1956 he performed the featured song "My Lucky Charm" in the film
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riding to the rescue of Bing and Bob, when he exhorts his riders, "
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Colonna was a popular radio and film figure at the same time that
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in 1954. His TV work also included voicing Moon Mad Tiger on
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in the late 1920s. During the 1930s, Colonna played with the
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Colonna's great-great niece is American stand-up comedian
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Greetings, Gate!: The Story of Professor Jerry Colonna
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recordings of a live television broadcast, from 1947.
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Colonna and Bob Hope on Hope's NBC radio program, 1940
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Colonna also appeared in one of the oldest surviving
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Colonna featured in three of the popular Hope-Crosby
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in 1960. He also made guest appearances in the 1957
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in a “deadpan screech that became his trademark” on
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The others were pianist-comedian 1700: 1342:, Daffy imitates Colonna as a fortune teller. 982: 433:Colonna took part in several of Hope's early 851:Colonna as host of his 1951 television show. 1242:, his character Peppino the Barber appears. 1229:, the Warden's voice is based on Colonna's. 1062:. Unsourced material may be challenged and 1021:Learn how and when to remove these messages 605:(1938) as Prof. Yascha Koloski (uncredited) 1707: 1693: 1680:The Encyclopedia of Disney Animated Shorts 1655:(New York: Oxford University Press, 1979). 1380:with "Greetings, Gate! Let's scalpitate!" 418:, Colonna was responsible for many of the 98: 1159:Learn how and when to remove this message 1082:Learn how and when to remove this message 884:(1955–56), and appearing in a version of 550:, voiced the March Hare's companion, the 76:Learn how and when to remove this message 1948:Deaths from kidney failure in California 1943:Burials at San Fernando Mission Cemetery 1893:20th-century American singer-songwriters 1170: 846: 539:, starring Dan Dailey and Cyd Charisse. 479: 337: 264:called a "comic caterwaul", and for his 39:This article includes a list of general 757:(1945) as Dr. Greengrass - Psychiatrist 1870: 1810:Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre 1567:"RIC | Curriculum Vitae | Bob Colonna" 951:Motion Picture and Television Hospital 613:(1938) as Arab Rug Dealer (uncredited) 1963:Singer-songwriters from Massachusetts 1688: 1613: 1283:, a vulture sings in Colonna's voice. 900:episode "The Giant Killer"; the 1959 1481:episode "Ghosts of Christmas Past". 1093: 1060:adding citations to reliable sources 1027: 986: 25: 13: 1988:20th-century American male singers 1923:American people of Italian descent 1124:by removing the content or adding 45:it lacks sufficient corresponding 14: 2004: 1888:20th-century American male actors 1659: 1645:(New York: Pantheon Books, 1998). 1002:This section has multiple issues. 741:(1942) as Theophilus J. 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Alice in Wonderland
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Who's Yehudi?
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Bing Crosby
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