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The group debuted on The Dean Martin Show and was later featured in a summer replacement television series on NBC over three seasons. In addition to backing Dean Martin on his show and in his nightclub act, the group performed on their own on other television programs, in live venues, and in three of Bob Hope's Christmas tours. Several members ...
This is a selection of films and television appearances by British-American comedian and actor Bob Hope (1903-2003). Hope, a former boxer, began his acting career in 1925 in various vaudeville acts and stage performances Hope's feature film debut came in The Big Broadcast of 1938.(although he made his debut in film short Going Spanish).
Bob Hope re-created his film role, and Shirley Mitchell starred as Mary. Hope appeared again on the program for an hour-long version on June 14, 1951. George Marshall, director of The Ghost Breakers, remade it as Scared Stiff (1953), featuring Martin and Lewis (Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis).
Special guests: Bob Hope, Dean Martin, and Jerry Lewis. In the prologue, Bob steals Jack's pants from his dressing room so that Bob can do the monologue instead. Jack comes out wearing Don's oversized pants, and Don is later stuck wearing Jack's too-small pants.
Dean was agreeable, and the small combo of piano, guitar, drums, and bass performed a relatively quiet, laid-back version of the song (coincidentally, Martin had sung it almost 20 years earlier on Bob Hope's radio show in 1948, and also on Martin and Lewis's NBC radio program at about the same time).
Scared Stiff is a 1953 American supernatural fiction-themed comedy horror semi-musical film, directed by George Marshall and starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis.One of the 17 films made by the Martin and Lewis team, it was released on April 27, 1953 by Paramount Pictures.
Martin and Lewis in an episode of The Colgate Comedy Hour. An NBC radio series, The Martin and Lewis Show, ran from 1948 to 1953.Martin and Lewis made a key appearance on the first episode of Ed Sullivan's show, Toast of the Town, in June 1948, although they may have appeared on TV earlier on Hour Glass, the first TV variety show which aired from May 1946 – March 1947, during the time the ...
As 1950 neared, sales for superhero themed comics were declining. National Periodical Publications wanted to diversify its titles and so began licensing the right to use celebrity images, including Jerry Lewis, Dean Martin, Alan Ladd, and Bob Hope. [1] Issue #1 (cover dated February–March 1950) set the tone for most of the 1950s.