The Legends

It was reported that Joey "Bishop was a very bitter person," "At the end of his career, ​supposedly he had burned a lot of bridges and stepped on a lot of toes. ​Joey felt he was the hub of the Rat Pack and didn’t get the kind of recognition he would have liked."​ That wasn't the Joey Bishop I met years after leaving Dean's show. I sat down w/Joey after a golf tournament in Huntington Beach, we spent almost an hour reminiscing about Dean, Frank. Not a bad word about the famous "Rat Pack" was said. A very funny man. "Let's have a Vino for Dino!"

The Dean Martin Show - First episode

Dean Martin & Lainie Kazan - Medley - LIVE

Frank Sinatra Dean Martin The One I Love Belongs To Somebody Else

Jay Regas, FB pal wrote this for me.'During the early 50s I was a street urchin selling newspapers on Reno’s casino row at two in the mornings and one of the joints I would hustle papers was owned by Sam Sarlo. Sam had grown up with and delt craps with Dean Martin in Steubenville, Ohio. Steubenville was a gaming and prostitution Mecca before the War and after the war gambling and bordellos were closed in those communities tolerating vices. Like Forth Worth, Texas; Butte, Montana; Fort Smith, Arkansas; Anchorage, Alaska; Chicago, New York, and Steubenville the gamblers headed to Nevada.

They give credit to Bugsy Siegal for bringing gambling to Las Vegas, but the credit must be given to Willis Carrier the inventor of air conditioning because after the war Las Vegas was a hot dust bowl and the gambling in Nevada was at Reno. Sam had opened a small poker room and bar in an alley behind Harolds Club and took a liking to me hustling papers in his joint. After high school I opened a sign business and Sam who was developing his poker room and bar into a small casino became a customer. I took a different direction and became a burglar and had a lot of time to play golf.

I gained a reputation put out by law enforcement as being the most sophisticated and notorious burglar and safe cracker in eleven western states, Mexico, and Canada and at the time I had never been to Mexico, and I was selling swag to Sam.One May 1969 afternoon my father had a long lunch with the county sheriff who told dad they were going to kill me because they could not catch me. Of course, they could not catch me I was not doing anything in Reno. It scared the hell out of my father, and he asked me to move to Las Vegas and go to work for an uncle who was a major builder. My uncle was developing the International Country Club (today’s Las Vegas Country Club) golf course and the dwellings around the course. I went to work for the interior decorator.

We were decorating condominiums, cluster homes, homes, modules on the ground for a high rise and the club house.I was on the putting green and the pro put me in a threesome with Dean, Don Cherry who was singing in one of the casino lounges and Joe Snow whose dad ran the baccarat game a Cesar’s. At the time I was doing some skimming for some Steubenville operators at Cesar’s taking money off a roulette table. I was in the cart with Joe, and we got separated and Dean picked me up. He seemed like a cold fish, but I told him I had an acquaintance in Reno who says you and he were close in Steubenville. He said snarly: “Who’s that?” I told him Sam Sarlo and his demeanor changed and began to question me about Sam. Asked me if I could get ahold of him. Dean must have been feeling nostalgic. When we got to the club house, we went into the pro’s office and phoned Sam. They talked for an hour or so. After the call he told me they were playing tomorrow, and he asked if I could join them. We played regularly from June to November.One day he asked me if I listened to his music. I told: “Hell no… I listen to Sinatra.”

A couple of days later he gave me an embossed, autographed, and numbered album of “A Man and His Music” with a: “Here asshole.” I never saw him drink anything but Iced Tea or V8 Juice even at the floor shows I attended at the Sahara. He was off-the-wall funny.I was living in the gated community of the International Country Club and one early November day there was a knock on the door. It was the Clark County undersheriff with an open warrant for burglary. Cost me $200 on a $2,000 bond and I was not able to find any specifics. A couple weeks later same thing and a couple weeks later when we were at the booking desk, I asked how long this was going to go on? He reached under the counter and brought up a stack of booking slips and said: “Until I run our of booking slips or you run out of bail money.” I moved back to Reno and never heard or saw Dean again."

Dean Martin - "You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You" - LIVE

The Dean Martin TV show 1966 (Full Album)

Dean Martin - Vieni Su

Dean Martin - "Non Dimenticar" - LIVE

Vino For Dino

Dean Martin & Zero Mostel

Dean Martin - “Welcome to My World” - LIVE - (Raw Footage)

Dean Martin - “Just Say I Love Her” - LIVE

Dean Martin "Empty Saddles."

The Final Days

Dean Martin's daughter reveals that in his final days, he often talked about his friends and sang the melodies of the songs he himself performed on stage! In his final days, he did not live in the splendor of the stage lights but instead had emotional moments with his family, remembering old friends and the melodies that made his name. Dean Martin's daughter, Deana Martin, revealed that in her father's final years, he often talked about the close friends he had worked with, especially members of the "Rat Pack" such as Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr. The friends who accompanied him for many years, creating an unbreakable friendship, even when time passed. Dean Martin not only remembered them in stories, but he also felt their presence through the musical melodies he himself sang on stage. Despite his age and declining health, music has always been a great source of encouragement in Dean Martin's life. His daughter shared that those melodies helped him find a part of his soul, reconnect with the beautiful past, as well as old friends who are no longer by his side. Dean Martin was not only a talented artist but also a loyal friend and always valued relationships. In the *Rat Pack*, in addition to the famous parties and concerts, the true friendship between the members was what Dean Martin cherished. The conversations, the laughter, and the time together created unforgettable memories. Those friends played an important role in Dean Martin's life, and in his final days, he still remembered them, the people who contributed to his name and career

Dean Martin - Houston

"Wrecking Crew" Dean Martin

Bandelero w/James Stewart and Dean Martin.

"Texas Across The River" Dean Martin Joey Bishop.

Dean Martin alias Matt Helm "The Abushers"

Dino and Matt Helm "The Silencers"

Dean Martin Association Golf Scramble.

Ernest Borgnine Breaks Silence On Dean Martin

The Real Dean Martin: Behind the Scenes of a Showbiz Legend

The Dean Martin Association Charity Golf Scramble, Steubenville, Ohio.

NBC "DEAN MARTIN SHOW" (Dec 28 1972) Raw Footage. Very Rare!!!!

Once upon a time w/Dino.

During the early 50s I was a street urchin selling newspapers on Reno’s casino row at two in the mornings and one of the joints I would hustle papers was owned by Sam Sarlo. Sam had grown up with and delt craps with Dean Martin in Steubenville, Ohio. Steubenville was a gaming and prostitution Mecca before the War and after the war gambling and bordellos were closed in those communities tolerating vices. Like Forth Worth, Texas; Butte, Montana; Fort Smith, Arkansas; Anchorage, Alaska; Chicago, New York, and Steubenville the gamblers headed to Nevada. They give credit to Bugsy Siegal for bringing gambling to Las Vegas, but the credit must be given to Willis Carrier the inventor of air conditioning because after the war Las Vegas was a hot dust bowl and the gambling in Nevada was at Reno. Sam had opened a small poker room and bar in an alley behind Harolds Club and took a liking to me hustling papers in his joint. After high school I opened a sign business and Sam who was developing his poker room and bar into a small casino became a customer. I took a different direction and became a burglar and had a lot of time to play golf. I gained a reputation put out by law enforcement as being the most sophisticated and notorious burglar and safe cracker in eleven western states, Mexico, and Canada and at the time I had never been to Mexico, and I was selling swag to Sam. One May 1969 afternoon my father had a long lunch with the county sheriff who told dad they were going to kill me because they could not catch me. Of course, they could not catch me I was not doing anything in Reno. It scared the hell out of my father, and he asked me to move to Las Vegas and go to work for an uncle who was a major builder. My uncle was developing the International Country Club (today’s Las Vegas Country Club) golf course and the dwellings around the course. I went to work for the interior decorator. We were decorating condominiums, cluster homes, homes, modules on the ground for a high rise and the club house. I was on the putting green and the pro put me in a threesome with Dean, Don Cherry who was singing in one of the casino lounges and Joe Snow whose dad ran the baccarat game a Cesar’s. At the time I was doing some skimming for some Steubenville operators at Cesar’s taking money off a roulette table. I was in the cart with Joe, and we got separated and Dean picked me up. He seemed like a cold fish, but I told him I had an acquaintance in Reno who says you and he were close in Steubenville. He said snarly: “Who’s that?” I told him Sam Sarlo and his demeanor changed and began to question me about Sam. Asked me if I could get ahold of him. Dean must have been feeling nostalgic. When we got to the club house, we went into the pro’s office and phoned Sam. They talked for an hour or so. After the call he told me they were playing tomorrow, and he asked if I could join them. We played regularly from June to November. One day he asked me if I listened to his music. I told: “Hell no… I listen to Sinatra.” A couple of days later he gave me an embossed, autographed, and numbered album of “A Man and His Music” with a: “Here asshole.” I never saw him drink anything but Iced Tea or V8 Juice even at the floor shows I attended at the Sahara. He was off-the-wall funny. I was living in the gated community of the International Country Club and one early November day there was a knock on the door. It was the Clark County undersheriff with an open warrant for burglary. Cost me $200 on a $2,000 bond and I was not able to find any specifics. A couple weeks later same thing and a couple weeks later when we were at the booking desk, I asked how long this was going to go on? He reached under the counter and brought up a stack of booking slips and said: “Until I run our of booking slips or you run out of bail money.” I moved back to Reno and never heard or saw Dean again.

The Dean Marin Association Charity Golf Scramble, Steubenville, Ohio

Dino and Rio Bravo

We Miss Dino !

Kenny Lane offers Dino Advice!

The Dean Martin Show. Kenny Lane was one of my favorites, he always had words of wisdom. Oh yes, if Dean would have taken his advice he would have spent more time w/us. But....he and Frank loved to smoke one cigarette after another. Taught me a lesson, for sure. Let's remember Dean on Decemeber 25. "Let's have a Vino for Dino!"

Where Did Dean Martin Disappear To? The Shocking Truth Revealed!

Dino Death 2

Dino Death

Dino Short

What Dean Martin’s Children Just Revealed Will Leave You Speechless!

Dean and Perry

The Dean Martin Show. Dean and Perry were very close friends. Born in 1912 and growing up in small-town Pennsylvania, Perry Como was the seventh child of Pietro and Lucia Como's 13 children, ​after having immigrated from Italy. A close friend said, "After 60 years in show business, Perry Como hasn't lost a friend." I met Perry after his Christmas rehearsal at NBC Burbank. Introduced myself, he put his arm around my shoulder and we chatted. It was a wonderful moment. "Let's have a Vino for Dino and Perry!"

Dean Martin Blog: Dean "The King of Cool"

Dean Martin Blog: Dean "The King of Cool"

Shrink "Dean Martin"

MICHAEL DEES Shrink - Dean Martin SHRINK Ava, please send in my next patient.

DEAN How you doing Doc? SHRINK Great, How can I help you?

DEAN Well Doc, I’ve got a big problem, I think I’m Dean Martin, when I walked into your office, I bumped into Pat Boone on his way out. SHRINK Pat Boone, he’s one of my clients.

DEAN I said aren’t you Pat Boone? I introduced my self, shook his hand and my whole right side sobered up! SHRINK Glad to hear that. Ok where do we start. Let’s start from the beginning.

DEAN You know, I think it started when the Mayor of Beverly Hills put up a sign on my block, “Crawl and Don’t crawl.” I knew something was wrong. SHRINK That was nice of the mayor.

DEAN He is a nice guy, the Mayor, two day’s ago he brought me Candy, not chocolates but the girl from the X Rated Movie. SHRINK Well, do you drink a lot?

DEAN Not really, I put my favorite drink in the freezer, and after a few hours I eat it like a popsicle. DEES Please send in my next patient.

DINO How you doing doc. (Cigarette in Hand) DEES How can I help you today? How do you feel.

DINO To be honest Doc, I’ve got a huge problem, I think I’m Dean Martin. DEES Dean Martin?

DINO You know the other day, I don’t know why but the Mayor of Beverly Hills put up two signs on my block, Crawl and Don’t crawl. I knew right away something was wrong. DEES Well do you drink a lot?

DINO Not really I put my favorite drink in the freezer, and after a few hours I eat it like a Popsicle. DEES What does your wife think about your problem being Dean Martin.

DINO We had breakfast this morning my wife she gave me the silent treatment. We didn’t speak a single word, it’s all my son’s fault, he wasn’t holding the cue cards high enough. DEES Do you like being married?

DINO I love being married but I’m not a fanatic about it. DEES You must have a loving wife?

DINO You know what it means when you come home when there’s someone there to meet you with a hug, a kiss and a kind word, it means your in the wrong house. DEES Seems like you have a lot of problems being Dean Martin how do you sleep at night.

DINO Well the other night I didn’t get any sleep, I woke up in the middle of the night and felt something pretty hard under my pillow, the sidewalk. DEES Do you have any idea what time it was?

DINO You know Doc, I didn’t know what time it was I drank my watch. DEES Care to talk about any other problems?

DINO Yea, I saw my heart doctor the other day, I had a real bad chest cold. I told him I was having the chills, so he put me in a room with a woman that was having hot flashes. DEES I’m sure you love your wife and she loves you. Do you treat her well?

DINO Sure I do, the other day she asked me to look at some furs, so I took her to the Zoo. DEES Well let’s keep working on this problem. Your pal Dean Martin seems to have taken over you life.

DINO Welcome to my world Doc. DEES Well let’s keep meeting as often as possible, I know I can help you.

DINO Right Doc. You know, something in my heart keeps sayin, My some place is here.

Dean Martin - "I Don't Know Why" - LIVE

Dean Martin - "S'posin'" - LIVE

Words to Live by!

Perry Como & Dean Martin Live - Everybody Loves Somebody

Reporter Dean Martin Interviews Coach Jonathan Winters - The Dean Martin...

The Dean Martin Show 1968 Bob newhart Dom Deluise Guy Marks

The Dean Martin Show

The Dean Martin Show. "The kinda of a show a man can take his wife, his kids, his father and mother and sit around a bar and watch!" Let's have a Vino for Dino!

Opening - The Dean Martin Show September 16th 1965 First Episode In Colo...

Dean Martin Show Intro (4)

Dean Martin Show Intro (3)

Dean Martin Show Intro (2) with Flip Wilson

Dean Martin Show Intro (1)

Dean Martin & Jonathan Winters - Airline Passengers

Dean Martin & Jonathan Winters - At the Bar

Dean Martin, Ted Knight & Tim Conway - The Bar

Don Rickles Dean Martin Show 1967

Don Rickles Reflects on Dean Martin & Rat Pack (2007)

Ernest Borgnine on Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra - EMMYTVLEGENDS.ORG

A Dean Martin Tribute HD

Dean Martin's Mom's Pasta E Fagioli - Great Depression Cooking - Pasta A...

The Dean Martin Show “When the stars make you drool just like a pasta fagioli, that’s amore,” Dino was singing about his mother’s pasta fagioli. She prepared it every Sunday when he was a kid growing up in Steubenville. Here's a short version of the recipe. "Let's have a Vino for Dino!"

Dean Martin - Volare / On an Evening in Roma (Kiel Opera House in St. Lo...

Dean Martin - Grazie, Prego, Scusi 'Vinyl'

Dean Martin Memorial

Dean Martin TV News Death Notices 25/26 Dec 1995

Funeral of Dean Paul Martin Jr.

The Dean Martin Show 1971

Greg Garrison

The Dean Martin Show. The brains behind "The Dean Martin Show" was Greg Garrison. When Greg entered the studio, we all stood at attention, (almost). Making eye contact with Garrison gave you a sense that he knew you were part of the Show's success. After a week of rehearsals, the crew, the guests, took pleasure in General Garrison's lead. The number #1 Show on Thursday nites. "Thank you for your service!" Let's have a Vino for Dino!

Mike Colonna THE SHRINK MICHAEL DEES

DEES Please send in my next patient.

DINO How you doing doc. (Cigarette in Hand)

DEES How can I help you today? How do you feel.

DINO To be honest Doc, I’ve got a huge problem, I think I’m Dean Martin. DEES Dean Martin?

DINO You know the other day, I don’t know why but the Mayor of Beverly Hills put up two signs on my block, Crawl and Don’t crawl. I knew right away something was wrong.

DEESWell do you drink a lot?

DINO Not really I put my favorite drink in the freezer, and after a few hours I eat it like a Popsicle.

DEES What does your wife think about your problem being Dean Martin.

DINOWe had breakfast this morning she gave me the silent treatment. We didn’t speak a single word, it’s all my son’s fault, he wasn’t holding the cue cards high enough.

DEES Do you like being married?

DINO I love being married but I’m not a fanatic about it.

DEES You must have a loving wife?

DINO You know what it means when you come home when there’s someone there to meet you with a hug, a kiss and a kind word, it means your in the wrong house.

DEES Seems like you have a lot of problems being Dean Martin how do you sleep at night.

DINO Well the other night I didn’t get any sleep, I woke up in the middle of the night and felt something pretty hard under my pillow, the sidewalk.

DEES Do you have any idea what time it was?

DINO You know Doc, I didn’t know what time it was I drank my watch.

DEES Care to talk about any other problems?

DINO Yea, I saw my heart doctor the other day, I had a real bad chest cold. I told him I was having the chills, so he put me in a room with a woman that was having hot flashes.

DEES I’m sure you love your wife and she loves you. Do you treat her well?

DINO Sure I do, the other day she asked me to look at some furs, so I took her to the Zoo.

DEES Well let’s keep working on this problem. Your pal Dean Martin seems to have taken over you life.

DINO Welcome to my world Doc.

DEES Well let’s keep these meetings as often as possible, I know I can help you.

DINO Right Doc. You know, something in my heart keeps sayin, My some place is here.