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The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast is an American series of television specials hosted by entertainer Dean Martin and airing from 1974 to 1984. For a series of 54 specials and shows, Martin and his friends would "roast" a celebrity. The roasts were patterned after the roasts held at the New York Friars' Club.
The series, Dean Martin Presents the Golddiggers, starred Frank Sinatra Jr. and Joey Heatherton as musical hosts, with comedy routines by Paul Lynde, Stanley Myron Handelman, Barbara Heller, Skiles and Henderson, and neo-vaudeville musicians The Times Square Two. The summer show was a hit, returning the following year with a new cast.
Nancy Sinatra was a last minute replacement for Mia Farrow. [2] The new title proved apt as during the filming Nancy Sinatra broke up with her husband Tommy Sands. The Mexican Government was offended by the film's depiction of Mexico [3] and banned the film and other Sinatra films for what they regarded as a derogatory depiction of the nation. [4]
Directed by John Sturges, written by W. R. Burnett and produced by Frank Sinatra, the film is a remake of Gunga Din with Sinatra in the Victor McLaglen role, Martin in the Cary Grant part, Lawford replacing Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and Davis in Sam Jaffe's role. Parts of the film were shot in Johnson Canyon, Paria, Kanab and Bryce Canyon in Utah.
A veteran headline performer at Las Vegas hotel-casinos and peripheral member of the Rat Pack via friendship with Frank Sinatra, [1] Rickles received widespread exposure as a frequent guest on talk and variety shows, including The Dean Martin Show, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, and The Late Show with David Letterman, and voiced Mr ...
Live & Swingin': The Ultimate Rat Pack Collection is a 2003 album compiling songs by Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Sammy Davis Jr.. Disc one is a compact disc compiling live performances at a Chicago nightclub between November 26 and December 2, 1962 (over half of which was previously unreleased).
Little was a regular guest on The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts in the 1970s, appearing in 24 of the specials, [18] where he roasted celebrities such as Don Rickles, [19] Jack Benny, [20] Johnny Carson, [21] Frank Sinatra, [22] Jimmy Stewart [23] and Kirk Douglas. [24]
Brooks is best remembered for his appearances on The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast during the 1970s, where he roasted other comedians, such as Don Rickles, [6] Johnny Carson [7] and Lucille Ball, [8] and serious public figures such as writer Truman Capote, [9] consumer activist Ralph Nader, [10] and former vice president Hubert Humphrey. [11]