Jolson sat on his happy perch because the object of his affection accepted his proposition.

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Al Jolson, a blackface comedian, singing tap dancer and the show's star, recorded it the next year.

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Shortly after the musicians arrived, they were renamed the ODJB and met Max Hart, Al Jolson's agent.

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Mr. AL JOLSON (Singer): (Singing) Just like the humpty dumpty, I'm going along.

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It's like when Al Jolson sang in the movies.

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According to information from her publicist Nadine Jolson, Joosten embraced the "Desperate Housewives" plot that called for her to be diagnosed with -- and eventually succumb to -- lung cancer in the series' final season.

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