Friday, November 20, 2020

"You otta be in pictures"

"You otta be in pictures."  Dean comes in on a Sunday rehearses in the morning and tapes in the afternoon. Easy work if you can get it. The folks that worked on the Dean Martin Show always looked forward to Sunday's. The hall between Studio 3 and 4 were filled with everyone from Directors, Producers, the beautiful girls that made up the Show's Chorus, Greg Garrison walking in and out of Dean's dressing room, Les Brown supervising his "Band Of Renown's" warmup, Kenny Lane,  making sure his piano was tuned to the "max." And the infamous "gouch" where Dean lit up a cigarette and "wooed" the audience with a song and charisma. It never occurred to us that Dean was working his "culo" off during the week and off season. Look up the movies and "albiums" he recorded during the first 2 years of  The Dean Martin Show. "The Sons of Katie Elder, Marriage on the Rocks, The Silencers, Texas Across the River, Murderer's Row, Rough Night in Jerico, The Ambushers," Dino either was shooting or recording movies in between his "gig's in Vegas.  He was a workaholic !!! We didn't share a lot of conversation, but the "winks" and "nods" were memorable.  As soon as the Sunday taping was over, Dean was history. 

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