Friday, July 24, 2009

July 24, 1956 On This Day In Dinohistory

Hey pallies, July 24, 1956 was a bitter sweet day in our Dino's life. Bitter in the way the partnership of Martin and Lewis ended....and sweet 'cause of Dino went solo and soared to new heights in stage, screen, clubs, recordings, and of course television.

So many people predicted that our Dino woulda go no where without the jer. But we know how wrong those dudes were. Without the breakup of our Dino and the kid, just think of the Dinowonders that probably woulda never ever been able to happen.

So while July 24 will always have a bit of saddness 'bout it....it is also a wonderful day to celebrate how our Dino won his freedom from the kid....and made it huge on his very Dino-own.

The Dinoinfo below comes from the site www.history.com and tagged "This Day In History." To go there, just clicks on the tagg of this Dinopost.


Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin Pictures, Images and Photos

July 24, 1956

Martin and Lewis' last show
On this day in 1956, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis perform their last comedy show together at New York's Copacabana Club.

Born Dino Paul Crocetti in Steubenville, Ohio, Martin started a nightclub act after working as a prizefighter and a steelworker in the 1940s. Lewis, the son of performers, debuted in comedy acts with his parents at age five and was working steadily as a comic by 1946, when he met Dean Martin. The pair performed an act in which screwball Lewis constantly interrupted straight man Martin's singing. They made their first appearance in 1946 at a club in Atlantic City and were an instant hit, soon in demand for radio and movie performances. The pair made 16 movies together, starting with My Friend Irma in 1949. By 1956, though, the pair decided to call it quits.

After the duo split up, Martin launched his own TV variety show, which ran from 1965 to 1974. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, Martin teamed up with Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Jr., Peter Lawford, and Joey Bishop to perform in Las Vegas. The group quickly became known as the Rat Pack, a suave group of young, fast-living entertainers. The group made several movies together in the early 1960s, including Ocean's Eleven (1960), Sergeants Three (1962), and Robin and the Seven Hoods. Martin died in 1995.

Lewis went on to sign one of the most lucrative film contracts of the day, a $10 million deal for 14 films with Paramount. Lewis' films, including Cinderfella (1960) and The Nutty Professor (1963), failed to attract much praise from American critics but made him a star in France, where he has long been considered a comic genius. After a long absence from film, he gave an acclaimed performance in the 1986 film The King of Comedy, co-starring Robert De Niro.

6 comments:

  1. I got like 50 Google alerts about July 24, 1956.
    I think that when Dean and Jerry met that was the best thing that has ever happened to him, but when they broke up that was too the best thing that happened to Dean.. Who knows, maybe if they never broke up, maybe the world would never see Dean as he was after Martin and Lewis. And that would really be a disappointment!

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  2. Hey pallie, how cool that you got so many Dino'lerts on July 24th...and on this likes I totally am in Dinoagreement with ya...the best thin' for our Dino was teamin' up with the jer and the best thin' was also walkin' away when he did...how much we woulda have missed in our Dino had hung with the kid for the rest of his career....

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  3. Yeah i know.. it´s kind of scary to think about that.. By the way, from now on i will try to wright only in english on my blog.. So that everyone can comment and learn more and more about Dean : )

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  4. Hey pallie, cool...if you right in English on your blog...indeed it will have greater power to draw more pallies to know, love, and honor our Dino likes we do...lookin' forward to readin' and viewin' more and more Dino on your cool blogg...

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  5. Oh thank you so much : ) I have posted a couple of things today,and u are more than welcome to comment ^^

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  6. Hey pallie, you are most welcome, just part of showin' true Dinopalliedom....pallies like us gotta do all we can to make our Dino known all 'round the globe to every age and stage of pallies....the only way is the Dinoway...will checks out your Dinothoughts at your Dinoblog....

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