Tribute To Dean Martin (1917-1995)

Mr. Ricco (1975, trailer) [Dean Martin, Thalmus Rasulala, Denise Nichola...

DEAN MARTIN - TORNA A SURRIENTO '51 (Rare Promo)

The Dean Martin Show. Every first generation Italian heard their dad or grandparents either hum or sing Sorrento. My dad was no different. He could "belt out" the lyrics in "nano" second if someone mentioned the word "Sorrento!" Dino was a proud Italian. "What'ya mean I can't speak Italian." During rehearsals, commercial breaks during tapings, Dean always muttered in Italian. Those of us that understood laughed, Dean would nod or wink knowing we caught him memorializing famous Italian proverbs. Having traveled to the Amalfi Coast and listening to Dean singing , you Can’t Help But Fall In Love with Sorrento. "Let's have a Vino for Dino!"

NBC Studio Visit

I revisited NBC Burbank, many times in the late 90's. Walking into an empty Studio 4, I could hear the "The King of Cool" and "Ole Blue Eyes" singing together. We're fortunate that clips of these legends are still available. They both spent a lot of time in Palm Springs. A long way from their hometowns of Steubenville, and Hoboken. You can feel the same "vibes" passing Dean and Frank's old digs​,​ and hangouts, Roberto's, Melvyn’s, The Purple Room, Lord Fletcher’s​, Riccio's. It's there, "Rat Pack" DNA still floats all over the place. It's magic. "Let's have Vino for Dino!"

Behind the Scenes.

Dean and Diller!

The Dean Martin Show. Three Seasons in the late 60's and no accidents on the "famous pole." That legendary set sat in the huge "prop" warehouse, along side the "artists entrance," for years. One day I visited NBC Burbank in the 90's and it was gone! One lucky guy has that sitting in his home. Lot's of memories. "Let's have a Vino for Dino!"

Lee Hale and the Dean Martin Show

“I wasn’t born in a trunk. I never heard of ‘greasepaint’ or a ‘follow spot.’ But I think I knew from the beginning that I was going to be in show business.” So reads the opening paragraph of The LEE HALE Story, the autobiography of The Dean Martin Show’s longtime Music Director who, we are profoundly saddened to report, passed away last Friday at the age of 96.

One-third of the triumvirate largely responsible for molding Dean’s weekly television program into what many consider to have been the best variety series ever made (the other two being Producer-Director Greg Garrison and of course, above all, Dean himself), Lee Hale, during his long and storied career, amassed a slew of credits and a pile of awards, and gained the respect and admiration of legions of prominent figures in Hollywood. After a triumphant debut in September 1965, Dean’s weekly variety series had in subsequent outings started to sputter in the ratings, and unhappy with the results, NBC brass fired the program’s original producer, Bob Collier, replacing him with the show’s Director, Greg Garrison, who in turn recruited Lee Hale — the latter having already chalked up a considerable number of professional accomplishments — to bring some fresh musical ideas to the proceedings.

"The Rise and Fall of Dino's Lodge."

July 24, 2011 The Rise and Fall of Dino's Lodge by Kliph Nesteroff Screen shot 2011-07-08 at 8.40.30 PMA tall, neon approximation of Dean Martin's face once radiated a mysterious ambiance down on the Sunset Strip. The sign could be spotted in episodes of Dragnet, the Billy Wilder film Kiss Me Stupid and even an episode of The Andy Griffith Show. Much of the time it was treated as if it were just a typical building facade that fictional characters would drive past without comment. But today, to see a giant neon Dean Martin face makes one arch an eyebrow. What in Lord's name is that!?

Dino's Lodge was a real-life Los Angeles restaurant that lasted twenty years. It is primarily remembered by fans of the television series 77 Sunset Strip. Ed Byrnes played the pseudo-hipster character Kookie, a kid working as a valet at Dino's Lodge, which was a neighbor to the private eye headquarters of the program's protagonists. When Dino's Lodge first opened it was a happening nightspot frequented by the Hollywood elite. When 77 Sunset Strip made it famous to television viewers, it descended into a tourist trap and was abandoned by its celebrity clientele. By the early seventies, this restaurant that had once hosted parties for Frank Sinatra, was part of a cornball travel agency package that advertised a two-hundred and forty-dollar "guided tour of a motion picture studio, a full day at Disneyland and dinner at Dino's Lodge. "

From the very beginning the weird looking sign was one of Hollywood's campiest icons. "Dino's Lodge was immensely popular," says Shawn Levy, "serving home-style Italian food and grilled entrees in a wood-paneled atmosphere meant to replicate the great roue's den." Behind those wood-panels, however, hides a story of mismanagement, lawsuits and vindictive Jerry Lewis spite. The project, in the words of Dean Martin himself, was one of "total regret." Screen shot 2011-07-14 at 5.13.50 AMNo comedy team in the history of show business had greater success than Martin and Lewis. They were the rock stars of comedy, creating a blistering hysteria among their fan base that only Elvis and The Beatles would go on to rival. When Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin decided to disband their professional relationship, it was an expensive ordeal for both of them. "They had to settle contracts for movies that wouldn't be made and nightclub appearances that would never happen," says Ric Martin, Dean's son. "Dad didn't easily fly solo. The first movie he made in 1957 without Jerry, Ten Thousand Bedrooms, was a flop. Jerry's [first solo film] came out at the same time and was a hit." Ric says that Dino's Lodge was borne of urgency. "In debt and desperate, Dad agreed to several business deals on the side in the hopes something big would come along to reignite his career. He sold his name to a restaurant and bar on Sunset, which became famous as Dino's Lodge." The address of 8532 Sunset had been home to an auction house in the nineteen forties, one that specialized in wooden furniture. Although it was a swinging place as far as Hollywood geriatrics were concerned, it was not on the radar of the Brown Derby set. By the early fifties the space had been renamed, remodeled and opened as a dining spot called the Alpine Lodge. The family restaurant had a loosely defined wooden shoe concept and was not particularly successful. Described as "an attractive Swiss restaurant which fell on hard times," the owners soon dropped the word Alpine in place of the name Dino, while leaving much of its decor intact.

Los Angeles business owners Alex Wexler, Paul Wexler and Harvey Gerry owned the Alpine. Paul Wexler approached Dean Martin and his business partner Maury Samuels with the proposition of using his name in order to save his floundering business. Dean agreed, and he was soon a co-partner in Alpine Lodge Inc. Dino's Lodge had its grand opening in the spring of 1958. When the strange sketch that became the memorable sign was raised to the sky, its base cemented to the ground and the switch turned on, most assumed this meant it was Dean Martin's restaurant. Of course, this is exactly what the owners of the former Alpine wanted. "Contrary to report," explained an April 1958 edition of the Los Angeles Times, "Dean Martin does not own the restaurant on the Strip ... They just use his name and give him a percentage." It was a large percentage. Fifty percent. Dean frequented the restaurant during its first year. It was initially very popular with major Hollywood stars. The Vincent Minnelli film Some Came Running starring Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra and Shirley MacLaine, had its star-studded post-premiere party at Dino's Lodge. It was one of many such events during the first sixteen months. Dino's Lodge was hot. The view was great, people loved their strawberry melbas and the joint was open until five in the morning. It was soon "serving an early morning breakfast from 1 to 5 am. Steak sandwiches and eggs served in any fashion by candlelight." 77 Sunset Strip joined forces with Dino's Lodge in a collective agreement that was hoped to reap mutual benefits. Dino's had become one of the most iconic signs along the Strip's already colorful allotment of venues. Warner Brothers television, having placed their new series in the neighborhood, wanted a feel of authenticity. Shots of the sign were used in the opening credits sequence and in many of the establishing shots. A mile away at the Warner Brothers studio, an exact facsimile of Dino's front door, abridging canopy, and parking lot entrance were constructed. The collaboration may or may not have helped 77 Sunset Strip become a hit, but it unquestionably served as an infomercial for Dino's Lodge, making it one of the most popular destinations in Los Angeles.

Pretty Baby

The Dean Martin Show. St. Anthony's High in Long Beach, my mom surprised me w/a Dean Martin Album, "Pretty Baby." I memorized every song on the "Albium!" While auditioning for the SA Glee Club, my "Dino" came out, Director Father Hansen had me sing Italian songs for our Spring and Winter Concerts. I tried my best to croon and sound like Dino, I got pretty good at it. After college, and the Marine Corps, I got an interview at NBC Burbank. Started out as an NBC Page. "The Dean Martin Show" was my first assignment. That "quirk of fate" changed my life. As Sinatra once sang, "No, no, they can't take that away from me." More on my DeanMartinBlog.Blogspot.com. "Let's have Vino for Dino!"

Dino, "Non Dimenticar."

One of my favorite albums in High School was Vic Damone's "Non Dimenticar." I spent lot's of time memorizing the words to Vic's and Dean's album "Pretty Baby." Love those guys. A few years later, woring at NBC Burbank, I got to meet Vic on the Dean Martin Summer Show. Dino's show was my all time favorite. Love it!!!

"The King Of Cool !"

The Dean Martin Show. From altar boy to dealing blackjack in the small town of Steubenville, to the Rat Pack, Dino lived a glittering life. One of the things that made "The King of Cool" so special, was that he was the "only entertainer to have a hit records, a hit TV show and 55 hit movies." "Let's have a Vino for Dino!"

Dean Martin - "Non Dimenticar" - LIVE

Dean Martin - "It Had To Be You" - LIVE

Rehearsals

The Dean Martin Show. Sunday morning rehearsals lasted about two hours. Lunch break followed by three hours of some of the "zaniest" off script sketches. Dean runs down a short flight of stairs, runs up to his mark, and who knows what's next? Mistakes by the "King of Cool" were ignored, Dean made them part of his "schtick!" We all wanted the Show to go on, but around 4pm Dean signed off and it was 'wrap!" "Let's have a Vino for Dino!"

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

Dino "Saves the Day!"

The Dean Martin Show. Our first Italian "Action Hero!" Little did we know that Dino was rescuing "Damsels in Distress." When Dean arrived for Sunday rehearsals and tapings, he always had a smile on his face. "Let's have a Vino for Dino!"

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

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.

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...

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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!

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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.