Matt Helm in The Silencers, 1966 - Mod Movie Monday at Tiki Lounge Talk

Hey pallies, dudes likes our beloved Dino is just likes so good to this here pallie! I decided to do some Dino-surfin' on the web. Was Dino-directed to type in the words mod Dean Martin...and today's Dino-post popped up. From the coolest of the cool bloggs "Tiki Lounge Talk" (clicks on tagg of this Dino-post to goes there) comes "Mod Movie Monday featurin' "The Silencers." Now likes how cool is this. Gots no Dino-'lert 'bout this, but guided by our beloved Dino I founds us some cool Dino-adulation on the very Dino-day it was posted!

The mod of the Tiki pad, Mack "Tiki Chris" Pinto shares a groovy and oh-so-Dino-favorable review of Helmer numero uno...and likes I am in Dino-heaven pallies!!!!

How cool to find this swingin' blog and upon landin' there who is the main feature of the day.....none other, then our Dino.......thats pallies is likes pure, pure Dino-magic!!!! Hats off to Mr. Chris for liftin' up our Dino in this hipster way and helpin' all his readers to come to know, love, and honor the King of Cool.

Here is just one of Tiki Chris' Dino-observation on "The Silencers"..."With Dean Martin at the helm (as Helm), you get that groovin’ mix of humor, sex appeal and crooning." Needs I say more pallies? Mosey on down this post to read all of Mr. Chris' excellent words praisin' the greatest of our Dino as Matt Helm.

Again, thanks to pallie Chris for sharin' his Dino-passion so boldly and broadly (every Dino-pun intended)! Ain't it the coolest to see so many bloggers sharin' the wonders of our Dino in "The Silencers." Dino-delightedly, DMP



Matt Helm in The Silencers, 1966 - Mod Movie Monday at Tiki Lounge Talk

Posted on April 26th, 2010 Mack "Tiki Chris" Pinto


Matt Helm, The Silencers 1966



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The Silencers starring Dean Martin as Matt Helm, Daliah Lavi and Stella Stevens.

Watch out, Derek Flint. Move over Austin Powers. And take a back seat, James Bond - Matt Helm is on the case!

When the cold war was at its peak and spy thrillers were taking the place of westerns and war movies, America answered the 007 call with a few good men - one of the best being Matt Helm, a suave, lady-loving swinger who could catch the bad guys, snap some great photos and make love to the girl in the same scene.

This series of movies gives us a fantabulous peak at the styles, cars, furnishing and hot chicks of the swingin’ ’60s. The movies are combination thriller-comedies, with the main lean towards funny. With Dean Martin at the helm (as Helm), you get that groovin’ mix of humor, sex appeal and crooning.

Stella Stevens and Dean Martin

This particular flick, one of my favorites, features a 1960s beauty named Daliah Lavi who’s got the right curves in the right places and a sexy accent that will make you melt. Stella Stevens drops in with her crazy figure too. And there’s an all-too-short cameo by the beautiful Cid Charise, dancing her way through a sultry nightclub scene (she sings too, but apparently it’s not her voice - she’s dubbed by a then very young Vicky Carr.)

While 007 sported an Aston-Martin, Matt Helm had himself a good, solid American car - a 1965 Mercury Parklane Station Wagon - of course his was modified somewhat by Chuck Barris…The car now resides at the Volo Hollywood Car Museum in Volo, Illinois. Leave it to Dean Martin to make a station wagon kool, huh?


Since Dino’s favorite drink was the Martini, set yourself up with a pitcher before the show starts. Martin also loved Italian cuisine, so go with that for your dinner and a movie. Maybe a nice Penne ala Vodka with grilled chicken and zucchini. And make sure you watch it with someone who looks like Stella Stevens, you know, for full effect.

-Tiki Chris reporting from behind the Tiki Bar.
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