Dean and Sinatra

Dean and Frank. Frank Sinatra was the man! When they performed together they fought for laughs. Their appeal was different,. They both adored each other. They were undisputedly cool. Charisma exuded from their veins. Frank was the King, and Dean was the "Court Jester." In my view, Frank's humor was a little strained, laughs were easy for Dean. Dean's facial experessins,"off the wall" quotes, "I might be married, but I'm not a finatic about it!" Dean enters through the library door, jumps on Kenny Lane's piano and sings "Fly me to your room," the audience loves it. Then shakes some of his cigarette ash on Ken's shoulder, "now your a general." I wake up in the middle of the night thinking about my old NBC Page days. I still have a vivid memory of standing next to Dean and witnessing one of the greatest performers of our time. https://www.facebook.com/michael.v.snowden.3/videos/10158783406137625/ " You're Nobody till Somebody Loves You.."An NBC Page in the 60's, made about $65 dollars a week. Most of us were college grads chasing different dreams. Johnny Carson was a Page so we had something to hang our hat on. We all looked for the day when we would become future Directors, Producers, maybe entertainers. We learned fast, the only people that made money in TV starred before camera's or worked in sales. Another became an NBC Foreign News Correspondent. Deans Producer Greg Garrison learned Page Bob Chic was a scratch golfer, next thing Chic's playing with Dino at Riviera. We were all very jealous. Chic moved quickly, managing big shows like the Dean Martin Roasts. The moral of the story, palling w/ "The Movers and Shakers" is how you got ahead.