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The initial group, which had 12 performers, was introduced on The Dean Martin Show in Spring 1968. On June 20, 1968, they debuted in their own weekly summer variety series, Dean Martin Presents The Golddiggers. The program was the top-rated series of the 1968 summer season, and returned the following July (1969) – with a somewhat altered ...
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.
Dean Martin (born Dino Paul Crocetti; June 7, 1917 – December 25, 1995) was an American singer, actor, and comedian.Nicknamed the "King of Cool", he is regarded as one of the most popular entertainers of the mid-20th century.
Lascelles was a staff writer and occasional performer for the Smothers Brothers Show and Dean Martin's Golddiggers in 1972–73. One of his most famous roles was that of Harry Nine Lives with Dean Martin and Peter Sellers. [20] He also expanded his film career in the 1970s with numerous movie roles.
From June to September 1968, along with Frank Sinatra, Jr., Heatherton co-hosted Martin's summer-substitute musical comedy hour Dean Martin Presents the Golddiggers. She also made multiple appearances on other 1960s television variety shows, such as The Andy Williams Show, The Hollywood Palace, The Ed Sullivan Show, and This Is Tom Jones.
PHOTOS: Jeanne Martin and Dean Martin together "Dean's viewers knew he was a good husband and father and the booze-and-broads jokes were just part of the act," wrote Lee Hale in the 2000 book ...
Beverly Hills locals Frank Sinatra, left, and Dean Martin enjoy their distinctive brand of boozy hijinks â but a barroom brawl and an errant telephone upended the good times in 1966.
He was probably best known for producing and directing The Dean Martin Show, [4] The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts, [1] [3] hour-long comedy specials with Dom DeLuise, and summer shows with Dan Rowan and Dick Martin, Jonathan Winters, The Golddiggers, and Marty Feldman.