In 1970 he returned to Broadway in the musical "Two by Two" as Noah. On February 5, 1971, he hurt himself while on stage. Rushed to the hospital with torn ligaments, he was hospitalized for four days. This injury did not stop Danny as his Noah would board his ark on crutches or even roll up the gangplank in a wheelchair if he had to. There were reports that he tried to run down the other actors, adapting the show to his injury, much to the distaste of producer and composer Richard Rodgers.

1971 ushered in many new business ventures for Danny when he joined Radio Station owner and Seattle, Washington businessman Lester Smith. Together they owned several radio stations, theatres, and the city's newest recording studio "Kaye-Smith Studios." One of the first groups to record hit records there was the group Heart.
When Seattle was awarded a Major League expansion team in the mid 1970s, Danny helped pay for a brand new domed stadium (The Kingdome) and on August 24th, 1977, the team's name "Mariners" became official after a "Name the Team Contest" was held.
At 1979's All-Star Game, following the National Anthem, Danny threw out the first ball. Fifty children surrounded him when he made his toss, each of them concealing their own Styrofoam ball. When Danny threw, catcher Darrell Porter of the Kansas City Royals suddenly found a torrent of balls headed in his direction.

. . . but we're getting ahead of ourselves a bit. . .

The early 1970s saw Danny star in a few television musicals such as "Peter Pan" and "Pinocchio". He also lends his voice to several Rankin-Bass stop-action animation projects like "Here Comes Peter Cottontail" and "The Enchanted World of Danny Kaye: The Emperor's New Clothes." In 1974 Danny's "Look-In at the Metropolitan Opera" is televised and consequently wins an Emmy award.

Danny's work with UNICEF continued through the decade and he appeared in their short film "Pied Piper." By this time, his work with children and fondness for them made him a beloved figure all over the globe. Since he had a pilot's license and owned his own plane, he continued to travel around the world to wherever UNICEF needed him to go.
Of his UNICEF work he once commented, "I think maybe I get along so well with kids because I'm not afraid to be a child." Never afraid to stand his ground when it came to children, an Ebenezer Scrooge-type-skeptic once approached Danny and asked, "In your work for sick children, don't you think you are interfering? Isn't this God's way of taking care of the world's over-population?"
Danny pondered it a moment and retorted, "That's a very sound theory. Could you apply it the next time your child is sick?"

In 1978 he was a guest on "The Muppet Show" doing several skits, including one as the uncle of the Swedish Chef. Danny sang with castmembers during renditions of "Age of Aquarius," "Cheek to Cheek", and "Inchworm".

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