Dean Martin had his drinking shtick down, baby.

Hey pallies, likes today dudes we venture to the blog "The Art Life" where writer Carrie Miller has wisely chosen to lift up the life and times of our Dino in the post, "Ten Essentials: Drinking." Likes while all true Dino-holics woulda made our Dino numero uno on this top ten list, Miller has placed our great man in the very respectable number 2 slot.

While I certainly coulda never agree with Carrie on the statement, "I’m definitely with Team Sinatra," cause how coulda anyone choose the frankie over our King of Cool?!?!? I so so appreciate the Dino-thought, "Dino makes you want a Scotch on the rocks and a cigarette."

ilovedinomartin sez our thanks for liftin' up the name of our beloved Dino in her creative writin' and helpin' readers to come to a better knowledge and respect for our Dino. To view the whole post, just clicks on the tagg of this here Dino-post.
Dino-loved, DMP


Ten Essentials: Drinking

Posted by Carrie Miller • April 28, 2011 •

Carrie Miller raises a wrist to the greatest exponents - fictional and real - of the art of drinking...


2. Dean Martin Personally, I’m into dichotomies. The world can always be split in two: girl/boy, cat/dog, Dean/Frank. While I’m definitely with Team Sinatra – the phrasing, the longing, the broads - Dean Martin had his drinking shtick down, baby. He made being a drunk cool when it could still be cool. Like Katherine Hepburn makes you want to wear pants, Dino makes you want a Scotch on the rocks and a cigarette. There’s been long-standing controversy over whether there was alcohol in his drink or if it was just some phony baloney stage act. Who cares? Listen to the man himself: “I don’t have a drinking problem. I drink, I get drunk, I fall down. No problem!”

Dean Martin 'Toon by Zed

Hey pallies, likes we've visited there before and just this 'morn was led by our Dino to return to the fun blog "Toon Pool....Enjoy The World Of Cartoons." This is a pad where artiste express their creativity by creatin' toons of all sorts of celebs.

Today's Dino-devotion features a fun lovin' Dino-toon created by a dude tagged Zed.
Likes loves to see artistes like zed displayin' their creative talents by puttin' the accent on our Dino and honorin' our great man in this great way!

Thanks to Mr. zed for showin' his Dino-devotion and sharin' it with the wider Dino-world through "Toon Pool." As usual, just clicks on the tagg of this Dino-gram to goes directly to the site. Dino-loved, DMP

Our Dino and Miss Cathy Makin' the Scene

Hey pallies, likes in this week where we are rememberin' our beloved Dino's marriage to wife numero 3, Cathy-with-the-candified K-Hawn, likes thought I woulda shares some outstandin' pixs of the lovin' couple. Likes I knows that all of these candids have been shared more then once here at ilovedinomartin...but since all true Dino-holics likes can never ever gets 'nough of our Dino, knows they will certainly be worthy of 'nother Dino-viewin'.

Each and every one of 'em is truly such a Dino-gem showin' our great man at the greatest time of his life, at the pinacle of his unbelievably successful career, at the peak of his superior swingin' life.

The first couple of pixs, for sure, were snapped while our Dino and Miss Cathy where likes makin' the scene at the exclusive "in and beautiful" Candy Store Discotheque. How amazin' to view our beloved Dino and Miss Cathy clubbin' at this likes fab of fab place.

And pallies, likes so so loves that totally mod look of our Dino...showin' that he is one truly with it kinda guy. If likes only these Dino-shots coulda talks likes what amazin' Dino-tales woulda they speak!

I have ordered these Dino-poses in the order of my most fav to the least...and woulda loves to hear from all you pallies likes on which you groove on the most your own Dino-self. Oh, how I wished I had made the pilgrimage to the Candy Store and been present to see our great man makin' the scene with his amore Cathy. Dino-desirin', DMP

Movie Mag Covers Featurin' Our Dino and Miss Cathy

Hey pallies, likes today we brings you more Dino-action from the pad "LucyWho.com." This site has a couple of pages devoted to Magazine covers puttin' the accent on our beloved Dino...and likes of the over two dozen cover shots displayed 7-count'em-7 feature the romancin' between our great man and his amore Cathy Mae Hawn.

So, likes for all our Dino-viewin' pleasure, here are the seven mag snags that show the progression of the relationship between our Dino and Cathy-with-the candified-K....from datin' interests...to amores....to married couple....to movin' toward's splitsville. Woulda so so loves to have all these mags in my Dino-possession to study the relationship between Dino and Miss Cathy in much more Dino-depth.

May be featurin' more of these groovy covers at 'nother Dino-date..but if you likes wants to view 'em all in all their Dino-glory, likes just clicks on the tagg of this Dino-message. Dino-loved.

Dean Martin Quotes

Hey pallies, I continue to stand in awe of all the amazin' ways to partake of our Dino all over the 'net. Today's Dino-gram originates from a pad tagged "LucyWho.com". Likes tried to tracks down some info to share on LucyWho but likes none to be found..guess it musta be the creation of some chick tagged.

Anywho, today's Dino-entry is a series of quotes gathered from the wit and wisdom of our all knowin' Dino! Sure that for lots of you Dino-holics these nuggets of Dino-insights are way way familiar...but I found at least one or two that I hadn't remembered hearin' before.

As I reflect on these Dino-sayin's I likes know that most of 'em were meant to likes makes us laugh...but there is simply so so much truth even in the funniest of our Dino's ponderin's. Truly our Dino is the wisest knower of the world, and his quotations leave all us Dino-devottes much to ponder as we try more and more to emulate our Dino...walkin' the Dino-way....livin' the Dino-life.

Thanks to the pallies at "LucyWho.com" for compilin' and sharin' these ever wise words from our master teacher, our most beloved Dino! To view this in it's original format, just clicks on the tagg of this Dino-post.

Likes woulda loves to hear from faithful readers of ilovedinomartin, 'bout your fav bit of Dino-wisdom and how it has lead you to deeper, truer, and purer Dino-devotion!
Dino-studyin', DMP


Dean Martin Quotes

"If people want to think I get drunk and stay out all night, let `em. That`s how I got here, you know."


"I`ve got seven kids. The three words you hear most around my house are `hello,` `goodbye,` and `I`m pregnant."


To those who felt he joked his way through songs during concert and nightclub appearences: "You wanna hear it straight, buy the album."


Upon filing for divorce from his second wife: "I know it`s the gentlemanly thing to let the wife file. But, then, everybody knows I`m no gentleman."


On Joey Bishop: Most people think of Joey Bishop as just a replacement for Johnny Carson. That`s NOT true. We in show business know better: we don`t think of him at ALL.


On Phyllis Diller: Phyllis is the women of about whom Picasso once said, "Somebody throw a drop cloth over that."


On Frank Sinatra: In high school, Frank never participated in extra-curricular activities, like nature study, paintings or ceramics. Frank`s hobby was a most interesting one: he was an amateur gynecologist.


On James Stewart: There`s a statue of Jimmy Stewart in the Hollywood Wax Museum, and the statue talks better than he does.


On his tee-total friend Pat Boone: "I once shook hands with Pat Boone, and my whole right side sobered up!"


"I`d hate to be a teetotaler. Imagine getting up in the morning and knowing that`s as good as you`re going to feel all day."


"I can`t stand an actor or actress who tells me acting is hard work. It`s easy work. Anyone who says it isn`t never had to stand on his feet all day dealing blackjack."


"Motivation is a lotta crap."


"Someone else, would have laid around, feeling sorry for himself, for a year. But Duke, he just doesn`t know, how to be sick ... he`s recuperating the hard way. He`s two loud speaking guys in one. Me, when people see me, they sometimes say, `Oh, there goes Perry Como.` But there`s only one `John Wayne`, and nobody makes any mistakes about that." - On The Sons of Katie Elder (1965)


(on singer Eddie Fisher) The reason I drink is because when I`m sober I think I`m Eddie Fisher.


(on Frank Sinatra) When he dies, they`re giving his zipper to the Smithsonian.


(on Jerry Lewis) At some point he said to himself, "I`m extraordinary, like Charles Chaplin." From then on nobody could tell him anything. He knew it all.


If you drink, don`t drive. Don`t even putt.

On Johnny Carson: Johnny Carson is a comedian who is seen every night in millions of bedrooms all over America...and that`s why his last wife left him.


On Orson Welles: What can you say about Orson Welles that Don Rickles hasn`t already said about him?!

(on Shirley MacLaine) Shirley, I love her, but her oars aren`t touching the water these days.


I drink because my body craves, needs alcohol. I don`t drink, my body`s a drunk.

On Milton Berle: Milton Berle is an inspiration to every young person that wants to get into show business. Hard work, perseverance, and discipline: all the things you need...when you have no talent.


On Don Rickles: Don`s idea of a fun evening is to show home movies of the attack on Pearl Harbor...with a laugh track.

On Bob Hope: As a young boy, Bob didn`t have much to say. He couldn`t afford writers then.

Yesterday I was reminded of Dean Martin.

Hey pallies, how cool to know that more and more of today's youth are thinkin' of our Dino. From a very new blog, only a couple of months old, less then 20 posts fresh....COSMOPOLITANA is the creation of a young New York City dwellin' lady with Spanish roots. And of all the wonderful world of enterainers that this young miss coulda chose to blog 'bout first, likes who is the VERY FIRST that she is "reminded" of....none other then our most beloved Dino!

Below is her first homage of our great man...translated for you from the original Spanish. Loves, loves, loves! the pix of our Dino as Matt Helm on the round bed that she has chosen to use to grace her Dino-reflections. To view this in it's original format and read it in the original language, please clicks on the tagg of this Dino-gram. Dino-loved, DMP


Friday April 8, 2011 Dean Martin



Yesterday I was reminded of Dean Martin. The "King of Cool" was a member of a group of New York artists known as the "Rat Pack." The name was originally assigned to a group of friends in Hollywood Bogart organized around their private activities that extended into the wee hours of the morning and that included a young Frank Sinatra.

Legend has it that after a long night in Las Vegas, Lauren Bacall saw them come broken and tired he said "you look like a goddamn bunch of rats!"

Some of the original members of the gang were Luft, Bogart, George Cukor, Spencer Tracy, Nathaniel Benchley, Judy Garland, Katherine Hepburn and David Niven. The version of the 60's consisted of Sinatra, Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Joey Bishop and Peter Lawford. Occasionally they were joined by Shirley MacLaine women whom they regarded as "one of the boys."

Dean Martin drank heavily, he said, drunk drank because I could not help but think of Eddie Fisher. Abstainers gave him much pain "I feel sorry for people who do not drink. When they wake up in the morning is when they will feel better all day "he would say.

These rats also liked to surround himself with women. His close friend and chief of the cage said, "When Frankie dies should donate his fly to the Smithsonian."

Danny G.'s Sunday Serenade with Dino: " The River Seine"

(Hey pallies, sendin' our Danny G.'s weekly Dino-serenade a few hours early 'cause don't know if I will gets on the net tomorrow...and likes woulda not wants you dudes to miss our Danny-o outstandin' Dino-reflections on "The River Seine." Dino-loved, DMP)


Bonjour pallies! Welcome to the Sunday Serenade! This week we travel to the land of romance and narrow streets. The land where wine is as cheap as water and love comes and goes with every new moon. We are travelin' down "The River Seine" in b-u-ti-ful Paris... and I couldn't think of a better tour guide than our very own Dean Martin!

This tale of lost love comes from the "French Style" recordins' and Dino was never in better form. This is definitely on the top of my Dino-favs list! Pure Dino-magic!

Ever the optimistic romantic, Dino never gives up the hope of his love comin' home. This should be a lesson for all the broken hearted Dino-holics out there. Never give up! True love will always come back if it's TRULY meant to be! Have Dino-faith!

Though this tune only has two verses, repeated twice, it still captures and sums up the down and out feelins' of a lonesome soul waitin' for their lost love to return. Dino didn't need many words to get his point across. A TRUE master of song!

OK pals o mine, let's get to the music! Close your eyes...listen to the rain...and take a trip to Ol' Paree! And remember pals, Always...ALWAYS, keep the vino and the Dino flowin'!!!


Danny G.



The River Seine

There we met and there we parted
By the lovely river Seine
Two young lovers broken hearted
For we knew we'd loved in vain

And though years may go
Some day I know
She'll come to Paris again
And I'll find her where I lost her
By the lovely river Seine

There we met and there we parted
By the lovely river Seine
Two young lovers broken hearted
For we knew we'd loved in vain

And though years may go
Some day I know
She'll come to Paris again
And I'll find her where I lost her
By the lovely river Seine

Dean Martin 101

Hey pallies, likes digs this dudes..this is likes, likes so so Dino-rad! A chick tagged Hope, all of 17 years on this planet, has created this likes totally totally awesome vid homage to our beloved Dino and shared it with all the pallies at youtube.

Goin' by the youtube tag "OldTelevisionRocks" Deanager Hope has created a collage of clips, likes mostly from the Dino-show to likes helps educate all the youtube crowd on the life, times, and teachin's of our Dino.

Tagged "Dean Martin 101," this youthful Dino-lovin' chick begins with a clip of our Dino and the kid from what musta been one of the Colgate shows...at least one that I don't ever remember viewin' before and I simply loves the patter between our great man and the skinny kid, as well as the song de sing! This is followed by a series of classic clips from the Dino-show that features our beloved Dino havin' such fun with many of the Hollywood greats.

Also very cool are the screen comments that Deanager Hope has used to help educate all of her viewers in the ways of Dino. Likes dudes, I thoughts this was so cool when I first watched it, but likes then when I went to view "OldTelevisionRocks" profile and grasped the idear that it was actually created by a 17 year old miss, likes my admiration for her work likes just went through the roof.

Likes, likes how totally totally refreshin' to find someone so young so openly and creatively sharin' her Dino-devotion. Just loves to find more and more of today's youth who are proclaimin' there deep, pure, and true Dino-devotion and sharin' it with the world so that many more many be drawn to our beloved Dino!

So, a huge thanks to Deanager Hope for such outstandin' Dino-passion and helpin' educate the masses in the life of our amazin' Dino! To view this at youtube, as usual, just clicks on the tagg of this Dino-message. Dino-loved, DMP


Dean Martin 101

OldTelivisionRocks



To educate about the life of Dean Martin. I could have added a song or two but then this would've been longer and I could have added another one of my favorite parts. Also for those interested in learning more about Dean Martin, check out the Rat Pack, since I ran out of room to incorporate what he did with them. Mainly it's the Dean Martin Show.

The King of Cool was Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga and Elvis Presley rolled into one.

Hey pallies, likes a couple of days 'go posted a pix of our pallie Jeff Incink with his pallie Ricci Martin. Well sharin' a post with you today of an interview conducted with our Dino's boypallie by Mr. John Benson of "Vindy.com."

Seems that Ricci is goin' to be returnin' to his Dino-daddy-o's roots by doin' several shows in the great state of Ohio this comin' May...if you go to Ricci-s pad (RicciMartin.com) and clicks on his schedule you will find all the details.

Mr. Benson telephoned interviewed Ricci from his Utah estate for his upcomin' show in Boardman, Ohio on May 22. Besides the usual patter that Ricci oftens sez in such interviews by doin' his trib to our beloved Dino, Ricci shares what it was like to fly to 'Vegas to spend a week there while our great man was doin' his great shows.

Also, very very cool to read that Ricci's reason to continuin' to do the show after almost 10 years is 'cause, likes of course, folks just can't get 'nough of our Dino, and, Ricci is doin' his part to keep the his daddy-o's legacy in front of of the public...workin' to turn on new generations to deep, pure, and true Dino-devotion.

Likes totally diggs the followin' reflections on our Dino contained in this Dino-prose..."The King of Cool was Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga and Elvis Presley rolled into one. To say he was a superstar is almost not doing him justice. He ruled movies, television, music and more." Ain't sure of this Dino-praise is comin' from Ricci or Mr. Benson, but certainly it is a great summary of the Dino-truth...our Dino is truly the eternal essence of cool!

ilovedinomartin sez our thanks to Ricci Martin for graciously bein' interviewed, and thanks also to Mr. John Benson for sharin' Ricci's reflections with the wider Dino-world. To view this in it's original format, as usual, just clicks on the title of this Dino-post. Dino-loved, DMP

Ricci Martin’s show honors his father, Dean
Published: Thu, April 21, 2011 @ 12:00 a.m.

IF YOU GO:
Who: Ricci Martin
When: 6 p.m. May 22
Where: The Georgetown, 5945 South Ave., Boardman
Tickets: Admission is $45 for adults and $40 for seniors; price includes dinner. For more information, call 330-757-2779

By John Benson
entertainment@vindy.com

For Ricci Martin, memories are made of his father, Dean Martin, every time he takes the stage for this retrospective “His Son Remembers” show.

“It’s the same show I’ve been touring for the last almost 10 years now,” said Martin, 57, calling from his Utah home. “As long as people keep inviting me back, I’m going to keep going because it’s a show that honors and celebrates Dad. I kind of stay away from the whole idea of a tribute because all I have are visions of Elvis impersonators in my head. This is different. I sing a song, offer stories and show photos that people have never seen from the family album. And there’s Q&A. It’s just kind of sharing an evening with Dean’s son and celebrating his life, basically.”

Martin is no stranger to music and performing. He briefly explored his own singing career in the ’70s, even opening for the Beach Boys on a 1977 tour, but it wasn’t until a few years after his dad passed that he decided to keep the songs alive. Today, he performs everything from “Volare” and “That’s Amore” to “Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime” and “Ain’t That a Kick in the Head.”

And then there are the stories. Looking back to the famed Rat Pack years, when Dean, Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr. palled around together in Sin City, Martin remembers the time fondly.


“We would actually go to The Sands and see the shows,” Martin said. “The upside was, in those days, they had the showgirls up front doing big numbers, so it was always incredible for me to see that. But the downside was there was nothing going on in Vegas. It was desert and was just plain boring. Still, it was special because we were getting on an airplane, and in those days you dressed up to do it. Then you got dressed up to go see the show. And there was that electricity of just being Vegas before the curtain went up, and also because that was Dad there. We knew in a week or so he’d be home, and we’d be sitting on the couch hugging him in the living room.”

Finally, the legend of Dean Martin grows more distant year after year. That is, most folks under 40 don’t understand that during his heyday, The King of Cool was Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga and Elvis Presley rolled into one. To say he was a superstar is almost not doing him justice. He ruled movies, television, music and more. This is what keeps Martin out on the road.


“I see that obviously more and more since his passing; however, I’ll still have parents my age who take their parents of Dad’s age to the show,” Martin said. “And they in turn are taking their children. So they are turned onto Dad’s music. Usually, the folks that were into Dad, it was like Beatlemania. There’s a fanatic aspect to their love for Dean. And it’s a family affair, but they are still there and hard core.”

He added, “What’s fun is the casinos know that, too, because the high rollers these days aren’t the Franks and Deans at the craps table. It’s the gals with the bungeed club card in a slot machine that keep it going. So there’s a lot of blue hair at my shows, but it’s the best audience. They’re rooting for me. They’re on my side. It’s all good.”

DEAN MARTIN: Coolest Of The Cool

Hey pallies, likes I simply loves to search blogs for Dino-devotion wherever it may be found. Today's Dino-reflections comes from a blog tagged "Faustian urGe Fist" where a dude tagged Coronare Modestus Faust holds forth. Tried for find out more info 'bout Faust, but to no avail... it does appear that most of the blog posts at this pad revolve 'round social/politico issues.

Anyway likes pallies this dude is likes truly in the Dino-know taggin' our beloved Dino as the "Coolest Of The Cool," which is likes simply speakin' the Dino-truth. Loves to read the Dino-praises that Faust lauds our great man with....."Dean Martin evoked a sense of happiness, goodness, pleasure that enriched lives." Happiness, Goodness, and Pleasure are certainly all worthy attributes of the gifts that our beloved Dino bestows on all of his true pallies!

Likes encourages all you pallies to read each and every Dino-thought espoused by Mr. Faust and will be lookin' forward to your Dino-patter on Faust's take on our great man.

Thanks to Coronare Modestus Faust for boldly and belovedly speakin'his Dino-admiration to his readers and helpin' them to grow in knowin', lovin', and honorin' our amazin' Dino! Likes as usual, to read this Dino-prose in it's original format, just clicks on the tagg of this Dino-message. Dino-loved, DMP


DEAN MARTIN: Coolest Of The Cool

By Coronare Modestus Faust

A time existed when entertainment was just that… entertaining.
Talents like Dean Martin evoked a sense of happiness, goodness, pleasure that enriched lives. Would that our culture today supported and valued these traits again… and television might just become worth watching once more. Hats off to you, Dean, you’re missed…



You know, entertainers like Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Dinah Shore, et al, grew up with lesser means and in lower-class settings, yet what they strove toward and achieved was to become something better than as they started, to achieve a sophistication, to be more than just famous and rich… and they were also “pop.”

To be sure, these folks were deeply flawed like anyone else. Sinatra had a wild temper. Martin drank and smoke constantly… on air and off. Some of them had tremendous addictions. Yet, when they went on stage, they delivered us the better self, the talented self, the self they strode toward. They recognized that humanity in themselves.



Long after they had passed the peak of their careers or worked together, they respected their shared humanity and shared it with the world.

After Dean Martin’s son died in an air force accident, Dean fell into a deep depression. Despite the wealth and fame, what he valued most just left this realm, and he knew he was poorer for the loss. So tirade-driven, mean-spirited Sinatra showed his real humanity and took on a personal mission to provide meaning back into Martin’s life. Sinatra took these ol’ boys back on the road to show his pal that he and millions of fans appreciated their humanity.

Today is a different world. It too often seems that todays “pop” stars don’t really show much interest in this kind of growth, in this kind of goal setting, in this kind of mentorship for their starry-eyed followers.

The meaning of entertainment has changed, and we are all the lesser for it. Thanks, Dean, for the memories…

"Deano's my favorite all-around entertainer."

Hey pallies, likes today we hears from 'nother totally sold-out to Dino sorta dude. He's tagged Jeff Ircink and his Dino-devotion has been featured here before on the pages of ilovedinomartin. From his blog pad, "passion = truth how jeffrey james francis ircink sees the world," coolster Ircink let's his readers in on his thrill of readin' the stellar tome "Dean and Me: A Love Story," by our Dino's clownin''round partner, Mr. Jerry Lewis.

Loves Jeff's passionate and truth-filled affirmation....."Deano's my favorite all-around entertainer." In the previous post at ilovedinomartin that featured Ircink we learn that he is a pallie of our Dino's boypallie Ricci, and as a special treat in this post he shares a pix of himself and Ricci makin' funny together! Great pix...very reminicant of one of our Dino and the kid.

Hats off to Mr. Jeff Incink for again proclaimin' his Dino-addiction to his faithful readers and for sharin' a cool pix of himself and Ricci Martin. To view this in it's original format, likes just clicks on the tagg of this Dino-gram. Dino-loved, DMP

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

"Dean & Me". A love story.



I'm a fan of biographies. You learn how not to fuck up. Mike Farrell, Frank McCourt, Malachy McCourt, Frank Lloyd Wright, Bruce Dern, Dean Martin, Elvis, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, Kirk Douglas, Dennis Wilson, Brett Favre, Vince Lombardi, Richard Burton, Howard Stern, Abbie Hoffman, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams...and more to get to. Had I read Dean & Me (A Love Story), by Jerry Lewis, I would've finished it in a day (I took three days). Fast read. Funny read. Deano's my favorite all-around entertainer - and I loved these guys as a team and individually.

Hey look! It's me and the "original" Ricci Martin, Deano's 2nd son, at a gig in Pasadena. I got to know Ricci a bit through the Carl Wilson Cancer Foundation. Chip off the old block.

Dino-seum of Dino-treasure at Roda's Shoes

Hey pallies, as promised dudes, likes here are a dozen shots of all the Dino-treasures formally housed in the Dean Martin Museum at what was Roda's Shoes in Meadville, PA. Likes as I said previously, so so wishes I had known 'bout this pad of Dino-veneration to have made the pilgrimage to Meadville to soaks it in...and certainly to have been present to gets my share of the Dino-collection!

Likes woulda loves to know the story behind the Dino-seum...how it began, how it grew, and what caused it's demise. Likes all a Dino-mystery to us Dino-holics! To view these pixs in their original format, likes just clicks on the tag of this Dino-post to goes to the pad "Auction Zip." Dino-loved, DMP

Shoe Store/Dean Martin Museum Auctioned

Hey pallies, likes it was just a tenny weeny Dino-lert that caught my eyes and likes aroused my Dino-curiosity! The tagg said, "Shoe Store/Dean Martin Museum Auctioned," and likes I thought, "Shoe Store....Dean Martin Museum...Auctioned?" First of all I have never heard of a true Dean Martin Museum, and if there was one, what woulda it have to do with a Shoe Store...and why woulda anyone who had a Dino-seum wanna auction it off?!?!?!?

Inquirin' Dino-minds wanna know so likes I clicks on the link to "Your Erie" and found a short vid clip there (which you can view as well if you clicks on the tag of this Dino-gram) that talks 'bout an auction that was recently held at Roda Shoes in Meadville, PA where all the shoes and repair stuff was auctioned off...along with the Dino-collection that was housed in Roda's Shoes.

Below is a pix of some of the Dino-treasure that was up for grabs and a transcription of the script to the short vid clip. Likes pallies, likes how I woulda wished to know 'bout these cool Dino-collectables goin' on the ol' acution block...woulda loved to have visited Roda's before the auction to view the Dino-seum and be in the crowd to gets some Dino-loot myself!

I also found a link to pixs of all the Dino-items bein' sold off, and will share 'em real Dino-soon right here at ilovedinomartin! Remember to clicks on the tag of this Dino-post to view the Dino-clip! Dino-loved, DMP

Shoe Store/Dean Martin Museum Auctioned


A Crawford County land mark has officially become history. Roda's Shoes on Market Street in Meadville liquidated at auction today all the shoes, shoe repair machines, and most significantly all of the Dean Martin collectables and memorabilia went to the highest bidders. No word yet on whether owner John Valella will open up at a new location.

Danny G.'s Sunday Serenade with Dino: "Duetin' with Dino"

Hey pals! I've got a great Serenade for ya' today! I'm callin' this one "Duetin' with Dino." Can't think of a duet that l totally dig more than "Things" featurin' a young and adorable Miss Nancy Sinatra.

This is the "classic" kind of Dino song that I can completely get into. Loved his voice and his look at this point of his career. I'm guessin' that this was in the mid sixties and Dean seemed to be a little older and much wiser.

I would have to say that both singers voices really compliment one nother'. And the way that Nancy stares at "Uncle Dean" lets you know how much she truly loved and admired him. I'm wonderin' if she might even of had a crush on "Uncle Dean"! What do ya' think pallies?

By the way , this is also one of my girl pallie, Stella's, Dino-favs! She really digs this video. She says "It's mommy and daddy!" Man, she's learnin' already how to butter-up her pop!

Also, just wanted to mention...It would be great if fellow posters continued to contribute to the "Serenades". Please don't think I'm tyin' to keep all the fun for myself! Ha ha! If anyone has a great Dino tune in mind just drop our outstandin' host, Mr. Dean Martin Peters, an email. OK, now let's get to the Duetin'! And as usual pals o' mine...Always keep the vino AND the Dino flowin'!

Danny G.



"Things"

Every night I sit here by my window

starin' at a lonely avenue,

watching lovers holding hands and laughin',

thinkin' bout the things they used to do.


(Thinkin' 'bout things) Like a walk in the park,

(Things) like a kiss in the dark,

(Things) like a sailor boat ride,

what about the night we cried?

Things like a lovin' wow, Things that we don't do now,

thinkin' bout the things we used to do.


Memories are all I have to cling to,

and heartaches are the frames I'm talking to.

When I'm not thinking of just how much I loved you,

I'm thinking 'bout the things we used to do.


(Thinkin' 'bout things) Like a walk in the park...


I still can hear the juke-box softly playin',

and the face I see is there belongs to you.

No, there's not a single sound,

and there's nobody else around,

but I just mean thinkin' 'bout things we used to do.


(Thinkin' 'bout things) Like a walk in the park...


And the heartaches are the frames I'm talking to.

You got me thinkin' 'bout the things we used to do.

Thinkin' bout

‘Classic Dino: The Best Of Dean Martin’ Collection Releases June 7

Hey pallies, likes here's some 'dditional Dino-details 'specially 'bout Capitol/EMI's two Dino-al-b-um releases on June 7, our Dino's date of enterin' our planet. "Classic Dino" has 14 of our Dino's best tunes (see below for the selections) and gotta sez, 'though I have all these on other CD's, likes I am so tempted to gets this one 'cause I so loves the classic Dino-cover on this new Dino-complilation.....and likes I am totally totally pumped to read the Dino-homagin' liner notes.

The Platinum-certified Dino: The Essential Dean Martin has been expanded from a single disc to a 2CD package featuring 36 of Martin’s top hits and signature songs. To tempt all us Dino-holics, a previously unreleased studio version of “Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody" will be included in the three dozen Dino-selections.

And, this press release continues to spread the great news of the double disc/Dino-pix book, "Cool Then, Cool Now" as releasin' on June 7th, as well as patter on the release of the Best of the Dean Martin Show DVDs on May 24th.

Likes gotta sez pallies, these are truly the greatest days to be devoted to our great man. Dino-mania has started to sweep the whole universe and bigger and better days for deep, pure, and true Dino-devotion are clearly ahead! Keeps lovin' our Dino! To read this press release wheres I found it, likes just clicks on the tagg of this Dino-gram to goes to the "Net News Publisher." Dino-loved, DMP

‘Classic Dino: The Best Of Dean Martin’ Collection Releases June 7


Capitol/EMI will release two collections of Dean Martin‘s music on June 7, just in time for Father’s Day. A new title, Classic Dino: The Best Of Dean Martin gathers 14 classic tracks, and the Platinum-certified Dino: The Essential Dean Martin has been expanded from a single disc to a 2CD package featuring 36 of Martin’s top hits and signature songs. Both titles will also be available for download purchase from all major digital service providers.

The expanded edition of Dino: The Essential Dean Martin includes a previously unreleased studio version of “Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody.” Recorded by Martin on April 28, 1950, the master was presumed lost until it was recently unearthed in the Capitol vaults.

On the same date, Universal Music Enterprises (UMe) will release a new 60+ page hardcover book and musical collection titled Cool Then, Cool Now featuring never before seen photos compiled from personal collections and family archives, and includes a 2CD, 28-song collection, spanning Dean Martin’s musical career.

Previously announced, NBCUniversal Television Consumer Products and TIME-LIFE will release three new DVD collections featuring The Best of the Dean Martin Variety Show on May 24. The single DVD, double DVD and six-DVD Collectors Edition sets capture material never before released from some of the shows greatest episodes during its nine-year run on television from 1965 to 1974.

A famed star of the silver screen, television icon, Grammy® Award-winning singing sensation and member of the renowned “Rat Pack,” Dean Martin’s show business legacy is legendary. His musical career features such classics as “Ain’t That A Kick In The Head,” “That’s Amore,” “Mambo Italiano,” “Everybody Loves Somebody,” “Sway,” “Volare,” and more, releasing dozens of album recordings over his lifetime. Starring in dozens of well-known movies including Ocean’s Eleven, Rio Bravo , The Caddy, and Who Was That Lady?, for which Martin received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor, coupled with a highly popular television career, Dean Martin certainly earned his nickname as the “King of Cool.”

Classic Dino: The Best Of Dean Martin [CD, digital]

That’s Amore
Ain’t That A Kick In The Head
Memories Are Made Of This
I’ll Always Love You (Day After Day)
Sway
You Belong To Me
Volare (Nel Blu Di Pinto Di Blu)
Powder Your Face With Sunshine (Smile! Smile! Smile!)
You’re Nobody ‘Til Somebody Loves You
Return To Me (Ritorna-Me)
The Door Is Still Open (To My Heart)
Everybody Loves Somebody
Houston
I Will


Dino: The Essential Dean Martin [2CD, digital]

Disc 1

Ain’t That A Kick In The Head
That’s Amore
Memories Are Made Of This
Just In Time
I’d Cry Like A Baby
Volare (Nel Blu Di Pinto Di Blu)
Under The Bridges Of Paris
Sway
Love Me, Love Me
If
Mambo Italiano
Angel Baby
Let Me Go, Lover
Standing On The Corner
You Belong To Me
Powder Your Face With Sunshine (Smile! Smile! Smile!)
Innamorata (Sweetheart)
Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody (previously unreleased)


Disc 2

On An Evening In Roma (Sott’er Celo De Roma)
Money Burns A Hole In My Pocket
Cha Cha Cha D’Amour (Melodie D’Amour)
I’ll Always Love You (Day After Day)
Kiss
You’re Nobody ‘Til Somebody Loves You
Return To Me (Ritorna-Me)
The Door Is Still Open (To My Heart)
Houston
Send Me The Pillow You Dream On
Everybody Loves Somebody
In The Chapel In The Moonlight
Little Ole Wine Drinker, Me
I Will
(Remember Me) I’m The One Who Loves You
In The Misty Moonlight
Somewhere There’s A Someone
Gentle On My Mind

two sons, Jerry Lewis Broadway, Dean Martin Broadway

Hey pallies, yesterday we read 'bout a father readin' a poem he wrote about watchin' a Dino and the jer flick with his family at his one son's memorial service. At the same time I discovered that post, our great pallie Danny G. sent me a link to an obituary where it shows that the two disceased sons of the man, Lewis Martin Broadway were named "Dean Martin Broadway" and "Jerry Lewis Broadway.' Obvious the elder Mr. Broadway musta been a huge fan of our beloved Dino and his partner Jerry Lewis.

Likes 'specially what a great honor it musta been for son "Dean Martin Broadway" to knows that his namesake was our great man! ilovedinomartin sends our sincerest condolences to the family of Mr. Lewis Martin Broadway and our thanks to our own Dino-lovin' pallie Danny G. for puttin' us on to this Dino-information. To view this in it's original format, at "The-Dispatch.com, just clicks on the tag of this here Dino-gram. Dino-loved, DMP




Lewis Broadway

Published: Monday, April 11, 2011 at 3:56 p.m.

Last Modified: Monday, April 11, 2011 at 3:56 p.m.

Lewis Martin Broadway, 70, died on Saturday, April 9, 2011, at Wake Forest Baptist — Lexington Medical Center in Lexington.

The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Piedmont Funeral Home Chapel by Sister Emma Milam. Burial will follow in Lookingbee Cemetery in Churchland.

The family will receive friends from noon to 2 p.m. prior to the service.

Mr. Broadway was born on Sept. 12, 1940, in Davidson County to Earl Phillip Broadway and Ethel Inez Davis Broadway. He was preceded in death by his parents; his second wife, Janie Rachel Elliott Broadway; two sons, Jerry Lewis Broadway, Dean Martin Broadway; one stepson, William Kenneth Cox. He had worked as a machinist with Dixie Furniture until his retirement.

Survivors include his first wife, Sarah Vandela Johnson; one son, Larry Broadway of Lexington; two stepsons, Billy W. Cox and James Carl Cox of Conway, S.C.; two stepdaughters, Sylvia Fowler of Loris, S.C., and Rachel Cox Sisk of Mt. Gilead; two brothers, Roy Phillip Broadway and Troy Gale Broadway, both of Lexington; two grandchildren, seven stepgrandchildren and 23 stepgreat-grandchildren.

On watching a Dean Martin/Jerry Lewis movie at 8 a.m. on a Sunday morning with my wife and our four-year-old twin sons all snuggled in one bed

Hey pallies, likes Dino-love is just oozin' all over the web and takin' on more and more truly unique forms. Today's Dino-reflections comes from the web site "Mondoweiss The War of Ideas in the Middle East."

Strange place you sez to find some Dino-devotion...truly, but the Dino-focus found here is as unusual as the site it is found at! It's in the form of a poem written by a Mr. Louis Phillips 'bout watchin' our beloved Dino and the kid with his wife and four-year-old twin sons all snuggled in one bed at 8 a.m. on a Sunday morning.

And makin' this even more intriguin' is that fact that the poem was read by Mr. Phillips at the memorial service for his 26 year old son Matthew.

ilovedinomartin offers our deepest condolences to the Phillips family on the loss of their beloved son Matthew, and offers thanks to the folks at Mondoweiss for lettin' others read this. As usual, to view this in it's original format, just clicks on the title of this Dino-message. Dino-amazed, DMP



On watching a Dean Martin/Jerry Lewis movie at 8 a.m. on a Sunday morning with my wife and our four-year-old twin sons all snuggled in one bed

by Louis Phillips on April 11, 2011


This poem by Louis Phillips was read at his son Matthew Phillips's memorial service yesterday at Riverside Chapel in New York. Matthew Phillips, 26, who died on April 4, was a frequent contributor to this site.

In Puritan Massachusetts,
We wd all be out to death for such blasphemy,
This squandering of human resource.
A day of worship, as all days,
Tho no complancencies of the peignor here,
Merely electron resurrection of days gone by,
Infantile slapstick one cannot quite forget.

I am the old man worrying about time,
Explaining to my sons
Why the skinny man with the high voice
Is acting like an idiot, tho of course,
Not more idiotic than us, More hours
Lost to "the holy hush of ancient sacrifice."
God, forgive us for our sins!

It is mid-July. I can't even use
Bad weather for an excuse.
We are just being stubborn.
Think of it as an intellectual exercise:
My sons are learning what to do
When caught on a deck of a submarine
Making a dive. One must rise

To the occasion, climb to the top
Of the periscope, then pray for help.
It's the same lesson, I think,
We wd have learned in church.

"Dean Martin did not agonize over anything. Not the recording of his songs, not his life, nothing."

Hey pallies, likes always so thrilled to read 'nother's perspectives on the life and times of our beloved Dino. Today's Dino-thoughts are part of a larger interview of Mr. Arthur Berkeley conducted by Mr. Jeff Barnet of the LAS CRUCES (New Mexico) SUN-NEWS.

Seems that Berkeley is goin' to conduct a lecture-discussion on the frankie soon for a bunch of oldsters in Las Cruces, and the portion of said interview below is when Berkeley contrasts the personalities of our beloved Dino and Sinatra. Appears likes that truly Mr. Berkeley "gets Martin" and totally totally understands our great man's total total lack of anxiety...."Martin is someone who cares about nothing."

As I read this interview, simply makes me wonder why Berkeley chose to focus on Sinatra when it certainly woulda be cooler and much more delightful to put the accent on our Dino!?!?!

Likes I knows that some of Berkeley's Dino-perspective may be of concern to some of you pallies, and will be waitin' to hear your Dino-thoughts on this dude's take on our great man. So, likes keeps those cards and letters, and Dino-patter comin' in folks!

Thanks to Mr. Jeff Baret for writin and the pallies at LAS CRUCES SUN-NEWS for publishin' these Dino-thoughts and to Mr. Arthur Berkeley for speakin' so boldly and bravely 'bout his Dino-reflections! To view the whole interview, likes, as usual, just clicks on the tagg of this here Dino-gram. Dino-loved, DMP


His way: Public invited to discuss Frank Sinatra on Thursday

By Jeff Barnet jbarnet@lcsun-news.com

In stark contrast to Sinatra is another famous crooner, Dean Martin, who both in his actual life and the songs he sang was Sinatra's exact opposite. If Sinatra is someone who cares about everything, then Martin is someone who cares about nothing, he said.

"The '50s, '60s and '70s were a time of great anxiety in America," Berkeley said. "Dean Martin had no anxiety about anything. He really didn't care. He made everything look effortless. That was his appeal."

A line from one of Martin's hit songs from the 1950s, he said, sums up Martin's blasé approach in a nutshell: "Should I take her out for espresso? / Yeah, I guess so."

"This guy is not going to sing "My Way,'" he said. "He is not going to sing about anxiety and loss. If a relationship ends, he's just going to say, 'Oh well,' and find someone else. Dean Martin did not agonize over anything. Not the recording of his songs, not his life, nothing."

However, Berkeley said, Martin eventually drank himself to death because he could not find anything to care about, not even his own life. On the other hand, Sinatra kept going.

Yet Martin's example might still be useful to some of today's entertainers, such as actress Lindsay Lohan, who seem to be struggling so much with the sturm und drang of their lives, he said.

Dean Martin "Cool Then, Cool Now" Hardcover Book and Musical Collection to be Released June 7 by Universal Music Enterprises

Hey pallies, news of the upcomin' Dino-releases of DVDs, CDS, and the Dino-pix book are flourishin' all over the net. Today's Dino-prose is from the pallies at Universal Music Enterprises who have issued the press release below puttin' the accent on the June 7 release of the "Cool Then, Cool Now" Hardcover Book and Musical Collection...on our beloved Dino's day of birth.

The folks are UME are sharin' some way way cool Dino-details 'specially bought the hard cover Dino-pix book...includin' quotes from from Mr. Jerry Lewis and Miss Shirley MacLaine that likes are totally totally full of homagin' to our beloved Dino... likes be sure to read there stellar Dino-praises below dudes!

Everytime I likes read more of the Dino-treasure to be releasin' soon, I likes gets so psyched 'bout personally gettin' my hot little hands on 'em, as well as thrillin' to the thought of how said releases are gonna even more fan the flames of deep, true, and pure Dino-passion by Dino-devottes of all ages and stages, all types and stripes!

To view this in it's original format at a pad tagged My FoxAL.com, likes just clicks on the tag of this Dino-message. Dino-loved, DMP


Dean Martin "Cool Then, Cool Now" Hardcover Book and Musical Collection to be Released June 7 by Universal Music Enterprises

SOURCE Universal Music Enterprises

NEVER BEFORE SEEN PHOTOS GO BEHIND-THE-SCENES AND CAPTURE THE SPIRIT AND LIFE OF THE LEGENDARY ENTERTAINER, FAMILY MAN, SPORTSMAN, MAN-ABOUT-TOWN, AND MOVIE STAR

TRIBUTES FROM FRIENDS AND CO-STARS SHIRLEY MACLAINE AND JERRY LEWIS, LEGENDARY GOLFER ARNOLD PALMER

2-CD ANTHOLOGY FEATURES MORE THAN 25 CLASSIC TRACKS SPANNING DEAN MARTIN'S CHART-TOPPING MUSICAL CAREER

LOS ANGELES, April 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Universal Music Enterprises (UMe) has announced the release of a new 60+ page hardcover book and musical collection titled "Cool Then, Cool Now," on June 7. Never before seen photos compiled from personal collections and family archives "Cool Then, Cool Now" goes behind-the-scenes to capture the spirit and life of one of the most unique, and by far coolest entertainers, Dean Martin. Featured inside is a 2-CD, 28-song collection, spanning Dean Martin's musical career featuring a host of hits including "Everybody Loves Somebody," "Mambo Italiano," "That's Amore," "Sway," "Volare," and rarities such as "Any Man Who Loves His Mother" from the original film soundtrack to Robin and the Seven Hoods.

This one-of-a-kind collection showcases Dean as The Entertainer, The Family Man, The Sportsman, The Man-About-Town, and The Movie Star providing a behind-the-scenes look of the legendary Dean Martin in the studio, on stage, and from sets of films including The Caddy (1953), Artists and Models (1955), Rio Bravo (1959), Oceans 11 (1960), Airport (1970) and many more. Photos included, from personal collections and family archives, are highlighted by pictures of Dean with many of his closest friends.

The book features heartfelt tributes from some of the people that knew him best including; comedian and co-star Jerry Lewis, Academy Award winning actress and co-star Shirley MacLaine, and legendary golfer Arnold Palmer, as well as admirer and global star Robbie Williams, and others.

"I was fortunate to work with Dean from the very start, he was always the consummate professional, instantaneous and funny," said Lewis. "He was magic to be around and had the exquisite ability to know what was funny." Recalled MacLaine, "Dean was the man-about-town that everyone wanted to spend time with. He was kind, funnier than anyone else, and adorable in all ways."

Also, on the same date, Capitol/EMI will release two collections of Dean Martin's music. A new title, Classic Dino: The Best Of Dean Martin features 14 classic tracks, and six standout recordings have been added to the popular, Platinum-certified Dino: The Essential Dean Martin for an expanded 36-track 2CD and digital collection of Martin's top hits.

A famed star of the silver screen, television icon, Grammy® Award-winning singing sensation and member of the renowned "Rat Pack," Dean Martin's show business legacy is legendary. His musical career features such classics as "Ain't That A Kick In The Head," "That's Amore," "Mambo Italiano," "Everybody Loves Somebody," "Sway," "Volare," and more, releasing dozens of album recordings over his lifetime. Starring in dozens of well-known movies including Ocean's Eleven, Rio Bravo, The Caddy, and Who Was That Lady?, for which Martin received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor, coupled with a highly popular television career, Dean Martin certainly earned his nickname as the "King of Cool."

The Dean Martin Show - Time Life's Press Release

Hey pallies, likes "TV Shows On DVD.com" were likes the first pallies to break the news on the amazin' up-comin' May 24 releases of the Dino-show, so even though much of this info has been shared here recently does wanna share this pad's full release of likes the total Dino-information.

Special to this post are likes the glorious cover art for each of the three separate Dino-packages...looks like the single DVD will feature our Dino with yellow background, the double with our Dino in red, and the complete six DVD set with our beloved Dino backed in purplie....and likes what coulda be more royal for our King of Cool then then our Dino surrounded by that royal hue!

Also included here is the 5 minute trailer teasin' us with what is ahead for our Dino-viewin' pleasure!

ilovedinomartin sez our thanks to the folks at "TV Shows On DVD.com" for spreadin' this great news to the larger Dino-world awaitin' May 24th. Likes pallies, thinks 'bout the huge throngs of dudes who will becomin' to Dino-passion throught the mass release of these Dino-treasures! To view this in it's original format, likes just clicks on the tagg of this Dino-gram. Dino-loved, DMP



The Dean Martin Show - Time Life's Press Release, Cover Art and Trailer for 1-DVD, 2-DVD and 6-DVD Collector Sets

All 3 configurations of this release are available starting May 24th

Posted by David Lambert
4/04/2011





FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

TO BE RELEASED FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER
BY TIME-LIFE ON MAY 24

THE BEST OF THE
DEAN MARTIN VARIETY SHOW

THREE SEPARATE DVD SETS FEATURE HUNDREDS OF
GUEST SEGMENTS, SKETCHES AND MUSICAL PERFORMANCES
FROM THE GROUNDBREAKING TELEVISION VARIETY SHOW

GUESTS AND MUSICAL PERFORMERS APPEARING INCLUDE
ORSON WELLES, JIMMY STEWART, JOHN WAYNE, DUKE ELLINGTON,
RODNEY DANGERFIELD, GEORGE BURNS, TONY BENNETT,
THE ANDREWS SISTERS, WOODY ALLEN AND MANY MORE

COLLECTIONS ARE THE FIRST OFFICIAL RELEASE OF ACCLAIMED SHOW
FROM NBCUNIVERSAL TELEVISION CONSUMER PRODUCTS AND TIME-LIFE



Los Angeles, CA - NBCUniversal Television Consumer Products and TIME-LIFE has announced the release of three new DVD collections featuring The Best of the Dean Martin Variety Show, to be released May 24. The Best of the Dean Martin Variety Show sets capture material never before released from some of the shows greatest episodes during its nine-year run on television from 1965 to 1974. Hosted by Dean Martin, the acclaimed variety and comedy show was one of the highest-rated in television history, garnering 12 Emmy nominations and a Golden Globe award (Dean Martin, "Best Actor in a Comedy Television Series," 1967), frequented by hundreds of guests from across the world of entertainment including legendary actors and actresses from the stage and screen, pop and jazz singers, dancers and comedians.

For the first time ever, The Best of the Dean Martin Variety Show will be available as a single DVD, double DVD set, and six-DVD Collector's Edition, officially from NBCUniversal Television Consumer Products and TIME-LIFE. Each DVD, more than two hours long, features several episodes including guest segments, comedy sketches and over a dozen full-length musical performances, with additional bonus material starring regular show performers and extensive liner notes. The Best of the Dean Martin Show single DVD includes four show episodes with more than 15 musical performances; the double DVD set includes seven show episodes featuring more than 30 musical performances; and the six-DVD Collectors Edition includes more than 50 guests and 80 musical performances.

The Dean Martin Show ran for nine seasons, airing on NBC from 1965 to 1974. Hosted by legendary entertainer Dean Martin, the unique variety and comedy show was a television pioneer. There were no rehearsals, no re-takes, and Martin simply just wasn't a host behind a desk and a microphone - he took part in virtually all the segments. Whether talking and singing with guests or performing a comedy sketch, Martin put every guest at ease and was able to coax even the most serious actors (such as Orson Welles and Jimmy Stewart) to indulge in their comedic and musical sides. Guests had a great time, word got out, and after the initial success of the show EVERYONE wanted in on the act.

Show regulars such as Rodney Dangerfield, Dom Deluise and Nipsey Russell are featured in recurring comedy sketches on show episodes while guests chosen by Martin included legendary actors and actresses from across the stage and screen, pop and jazz singers, dancers and comedians. Highlights from the one disc and 2-DVD set include guests Get Smart actor Don Adams, Grammy Award-winning singer Tony Bennett, actor, comedian and writer George Burns, actress Florence Henderson in a comedic guest performance prior to the debut of The Brady Bunch, Bob Hope in his only appearance on the show, Sid and Marty Krofft's famed "Krofft Puppets," actor Michael Landon performing several over-the-top song and dance numbers at the height of Bonanza's popularity, comedian and near-show regular Bob Newhart, famed dancer and actress Juliet Prowse, comedian Don Rickles, legendary singer and actress Dinah Shore, distinguished actors Jimmy Stewart and John Wayne, renowned director/actor/writer/producer Orson Welles, comedian and actor Jonathan Winters and more.

The four added DVD's featured in the six-DVD Collector's Edition set include twelve additional shows with guest segments from actor, comedian and playwright Woody Allen, country singer Eddie Arnold, comic actor and writer Sid Caesar, cohort Sammy Davis Jr., comedienne and actress Phyllis Diller, English comedian and actor Marty Feldman, comedian, actor and television show host George Gobel, actor Andy Griffith, Broadway and film star Gene Kelly, comedian and actor Paul Lynde, actress and comedienne Kay Medford, Broadway and film comedienne Ethel Merman, country singer/songwriter Roger Miller, actor Robert Mitchum, actor Charles Nelson Reilly, actor Peter Sellers and many more. Musical guests include the Andrews Sisters, Duke Ellington, and many, many more.

A famed star of the silver screen, television icon, Grammy Award-winning singing sensation and member of the renowned "Rat Pack," Dean Martin's show business legacy is legendary. His musical career features such classics as "Ain't That A Kick In The Head," "That's Amore," "Mambo Italiano," "Everybody Loves Somebody," "Sway," "Volare," and more, releasing dozens of album recordings over his lifetime. Starring in dozens of well-known movies including Ocean's Eleven, Rio Bravo, The Caddy, and Who Was That Lady?, for which Martin received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor, coupled with a highly popular television career, Dean Martin certainly earned his nickname as the "King of Cool."


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Danny G.'s Sunday Serenade with Dino: "Grazie, Prego, Scusi"

Buongiorno pallies! It's time to get our "Italiano 101" on! Today's serenade is all about how the Italians get thins' done...and if there was ever an Italian out there who knew how to use his charm, class and purest of pure class to get thins' done...it was Dean Martin!

The tune is "Grazie, Prego, Scusi". Let me start with a quickie course in the I-talian language: Grazie= Thank You, Prego= You're welcome and Scusi= Excuse me. Simple enough...right pals?! Dean really knew how to be polite and I truly believe that this helped him to become the best and most loved entertainer of ALL time!

This is a great life lesson to all of us pallies. Be polite and pure, and good thins' will follow!

This is another one of my Dino-favs. It's a fun, cool cool swoonin', sing-a-long type number with an Italian flair! The lyrics are all so so easy, and yet Dino still manages to gets the message across to all of us lovebirds about how to win the heart of a loved one. We are so lucky to have had such a wonderful teacher in the ways of lovin' as our great man!

So lets get to the song pals o mine, and remember...every time you squeeze...say please! And always, always remember to keep the vino and the Dino flowin'!

Danny G.



GRAZIE, PREGO, SCUSI LYRICS

Prego,oh when you kiss her goodnight.
Scusi,oh when you turn on the light.
Then whisper softly in her ear right there
Grazie,(Chorus:thanks),grazie,scusi,prego
brings her near.

Scusi,when you hold her and then
Grazie,(Chorus:thanks),as you kiss her again.
Remember everytime you squeeze,say please
Prego,(si),grazie,scusi,prego it's a breeze.

Prego,then she'll kiss you once more.(Chorus)
Scusi,as she latches the door. ( " )
And all that's(all?)you understand,it's grand
Grazie,grazie,scusi,prego,what a land.( " )

Prego,till the moonlight is gone.
Grazie,as you kiss of the dawn.
Three simple words that sound just right
(morn?),night
Grazie,grazie,scusi,prego be polite.

(Scusi),when you hold her and then
(Grazie),as you kiss her again.
Remember everytime you squeeze,say please
Prego,grazie,scusi,prego it's a breeze.
It's a breeze. (Chorus)

"Dean-o is more popular than ever ...."

Hey pallies, likes the tagg of today's Dino-patter likes sez it all....our beloved Dino is more more popular then ever! And news of the up-comin' Dino-releases is spreadin' so so much Dino-love all over the web...likes even from some of the most unlikely sources.

Today's Dino-adulation comes from the blog "Rock NYC Live And Recorded," whose tagline sez "saving rock one reader at a time." Who woulda thinks that a hard core rock pad woulda be liftin' up the Dino-renaissance? But one of the editors of Rock NYC, Miss Helen Bach, is obvious a deep, pure, and true Dino-devotee, patterin' her rock readers with these Dino-thoughts...."Its time for every hipster bastard to pay attention to the true art of swagger."

Miss Helen shares all the Dino-treasures scheduled for release in May and June...the DVDS of the Dino-show, "Cool Then, Cool Now" double CD with Dino-pix book, and "Classic Dino: The Best of Dean Martin." And who among the true Dino-devotioned don't resonate with Bach's closin' thoughts.... "Can't wait."

ilovedinomartin sez our deepest Dino-thanks to Miss Helen Bach and the pallies at Rock NYC for puttin' their readers onto the Dino-mania ahead and helpin' rocksters to grow in to nouveau Dino-hipsters! To read this in it's original format, just click on the tag of these here Dino-thoughts! Dino-loved, DMP


Dean Martin, “Cool Then, Cool Now”

Written by Helen Bach

Wednesday, 23 March 2011 00:20



I have always been a fan of Dean Martin he's suave and cool and despite all the drunk jokes he really knew how to make a girl swoon.

Apparently everything old is new again and with that comes news of a renaissance of sorts.

Dean-o is more popular than ever with impersonators and shows galore celebrating him and other members of the Rat Pack.

Re release time! June 7 "Classic Dino: The Best of Dean Martin," "Dino: The Essential Dean Martin," Why? Well why not. Its time for every hipster bastard to pay attention to the true art of swagger. Corny to the top of the moon but still some of the most amazing vocal ooze ever.

Another cool offering is a 'coffee table' book.. remember those? (and not the Kramer of Seinfeld Coffee Table Book") but a book of photos in a 60-plus page book acquired from personal collections and family archives, featuring shots of Martin on movie sets and at home; and two audio CD's as well. Title? "Cool Then Cool Now".

We can also look forward to re-releases of his television appearences as it seems his family is finally willing to get that licensing going. Great stuff on the horizoin I'm sure. Can't wait.

TAGS: Dean Martin

Vegas Week – Dean Martin

Hey pallies, likes have always felt that today's youth oughta be studyin' the life and times of our beloved Dino in the course of there schoolin'. Well I've found a pad where at least for a day or two our Dino's music has been explored. From the edublog site "West Prep Music Tech" comes a post featurin' our great man's great hit, "Ain't That A Kick In The Head."

Educator Mr. White has been conductin' "Vegas Week" and, of course, has that ever wise pedagogical sense to begin by puttin' the accent on our Dino! Looks likes Professour White has two swingin' sections of Music Tech.....periods 2 and 6, and likes pallies woulda tells you it willa be likes time well spent to checks out all the great patter White's students have left on their Dino-perceptions!

Loves readin' today's teenagers' analysis of our Dino's fabulous croonin'. Likes thinks my fav Dino-comment comes from a dude tagged Jonathan M. This Deanager sez...

"The song starts with a good bass sound in the beginning. The background sounds has a good bass sound with the vocal. The sound just changes with a different beat sound to Dean Martin. Dean Martin changes his sound voices to the song. The drums have a good beat sound to his own music. Dean Martin makes a lot of different kind of good sound. I like how the song fade away with the background sound and how the background changes the different kind of sound to his own music. Dean Martin knows how to change the vocals with his own music and his own album."

Hats off to Mr. White for turnin' his students on to the Dino-sound....and helpin' they to begin the journey to cravin' our beloved Dino! More institutions of higher education oughta be takin' a cue from teachers like Mr. White in educatin' their charges in the life, times, and teachin's of our Dino! To view this in it's original format, likes just clicks on the tag of this Dino-prose. Dino-loved, DMP

Vegas Week – Dean Martin
by Mr. White on Mar.21, 2011, under Period 2, Period 6



This week, we will be studying famous musicians that shaped the Las Vegas music scene into what is today. According to Paulette Nelson & AHS, of the UNLV Library, “The Rat Pack came to prominence in January 1959: that year Sinatra conducted the orchestra on Dean’s album Sleep Warm; the film Some Came Running with Sinatra, MacLaine and Martin opened; and on January 28, Sinatra joined Dean onstage at the Sands for the first time. It would become a routine. And they would become legend in Las Vegas.”

We will be spending the majority of this week on the Rat Pack, as they had a lot of influence on the current Las Vegas music scene. The Rat Pack consisted of several performers and movie stars, most notably: Peter Lawford, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Jr. and Dean Martin.

Today we will be listening to the smash hit by Dean Martin, titled, Ain’t that a Kick in the Head. It was released in 1960, and has been featured in countless movies and video games. Lyrics to Ain’t that a Kick in the Head.


26 Comments for this entry
Oscar B
March 21st, 2011 on 7:43 am
When it starts off, It has that Vegas song sound. Mostly, in shows that people go to Las Vegas, they show songs that sound similar to this. It has a catchy tune that you could listen to over and over. This sounds like the kind of music that you could hear at the strip.

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Alexis M.
March 21st, 2011 on 7:43 am
The song sounds like something that would be played in an old movie or a show tunes channel. The horns make the song sound very standard old time. The song was really short. It was okay and I would rate it a six.

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Terrianisha R.
March 21st, 2011 on 7:44 am
When this sing first came on it sounded like an old blues song. I can picture an old club with people swing dancing and someone playing a piano in the back of my head. You can hear all the different instruments in the song. I like how it wasn’t to long or to short and the ending was good. It didn’t take to long to go off. I would rate this song as a five out of ten.

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Arnold M
March 21st, 2011 on 7:44 am
The song starts with a really good jazzy style in the song. The singer has a really good voice and it goes along with the beats. This band has a really good way to put together a song and the instruments to play. The instruments a mostly Acrostic instruments an they really know how to play the instruments. The lyrics sounds really good and this kind of music made people come to Las Vegas. I really think that this song should get a 9 because of the way that the singer and the instruments player played the song.

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Darnell M
March 21st, 2011 on 7:45 am
I think this song is like back in the late 60’s I like the beat sounds like something they dance to. sounds like there in a ball room I like the drums and the base I don’t really get the lyrics the song does not sound short. Over all I like I rate this song 6.

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Oscar V.
March 21st, 2011 on 7:45 am
Well Ive heard this song before and I really like it. Its also really catchy. I like the trumpets and the percussion in the back. I also think he has a pretty cool voice. If I were to rate it I would give it a 9 to a 10.

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JayshawnB
March 21st, 2011 on 7:45 am
I think that this song sound good I really don’t like the way they sing like that is just don’t sound good I don’t like the instruments and I don’t like really nothing of this song the only think that I like about this song is the way he wrote the lyrics I like the words but every think else was bad and I rate this song as a 4.

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Elizabeth J.
March 21st, 2011 on 7:45 am
Right away the song had the Vegas feel to it. I like the Jazz feeling of the song. The instruments in the song were good. I liked he’s singing a lot. I liked the song it was a good song. This is the type of music you hear everyday when your down at the strip or at a performance in a theater. I would rate this song a 6.

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Alexandria L
March 21st, 2011 on 7:46 am
I have heard music before, but it wasn’t anywhere on the strip. I actually listen to some of Dean Martin’s music. I give this song a 7. The lyrics are a little strange, but the whole song is just relaxing to listen to sometimes.

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Cristian C.
March 21st, 2011 on 7:46 am
I like how the piano sounds I think is good, I think Dean Martin has a pretty cool voice I think I’ve heard this song before in Las Vegas Strip. I like how the saxophone sounds I think it’s great, I like the lyrics I think their great I will rate this song a 10 out of 10.

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jazmin
March 21st, 2011 on 7:47 am
All the instruments go really good together. I like how the instruments are loud then when he starts singing the instruments get lower. The song sounds like something from an old movie. For some reason I like the way he sings this song.

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Joana M.
March 21st, 2011 on 7:48 am
At first I thought that this song was funny. I like how they sound very different from other Jazz bands. I hear this type of music when I go to the strip and at freemon street. The lyrics are funny but they are so interesting. The rhythm is good I like it a lot. It sounds a lot like the Vegas music that will be played in the old days. I will rate this song 7.

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David P.
March 21st, 2011 on 7:56 am
I’ve heard this song many times in many movies like “What Happens in Vegas” and “Ocean’s Thirteen”. The trumpet and horns were used very vividly and the singer’s voice was precise with his tone. In my opinion this is a 7 out of 10, but only because it’s trumpets was little annoying, but that’s the point. It’s really hard to rate something like this, for the fact it’s extremely old and not many people construct music like this anymore. Back then it would’ve been an absolute 10 out of 10, but in this point in time it’s just average.

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Lana H.
March 21st, 2011 on 12:18 pm
I like how the song came on with the whole orchestra, when it got loud then it got quiet. His voice is cool. The piano is one sound that I heard throughout the song which was cool. The song makes you think of the show girls coming out and dancing. I rate this song a 9.

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Zuly G.M.
March 21st, 2011 on 12:18 pm
I have this song on my Ipod. I think it’s a really good song. I really like the lyrics, their cute. I wish their were still music like this in modern time. I’ve noticed that this song has been featured in many films. I rate this song a 9.

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Alberto G
March 21st, 2011 on 12:19 pm
This song was made in the 50s. I didn’t know Dean made this song. This song is really old. I can’t believe these are the songs people used to listen to back then. They may have been formed during the 60s but it sounds like the 50s to me. I really do not like this song. This song is really short. Dean is really good at singing. I would rate this song 5 out of 10.

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Jose.V
March 21st, 2011 on 12:20 pm
I heard this song before because my dad plays it all the time. I like the instruments played in this song. I like this Jazz vibe because it sounds classy and elegant. my dad listens to this music a lot. I would rate this song a 7 out of 10 because I grow up listening to Jazz.

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Elizabeth R.
March 21st, 2011 on 12:20 pm
This totally sounds like Vegas. The big band in the background is something that I tie to “Old Vegas”. I think it’s cool to see how much we’ve developed since then, our music has seen so many changes. This song gets a 8 out of 10.

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Armando M.
March 21st, 2011 on 12:21 pm
The beat in the beginning of the song is really familiar and it does sound like Vegas. All of the beats of the song sounds like Vegas and that is really weird to hear. The lyrics of the song are cool and they don’t repeat that much so I like that. His voice is cool and high that you can understand so that is cool. I would rate the song a 8 out of 10 because of the familiar beat in the beginning.

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Saul P
March 21st, 2011 on 12:21 pm
I know this song It is in most of the old movies. I think that this is more like some thing that you would hear in New York. I think that he is a good singer. I like the instruments that play. I like the song I think that he would need to be alive right now to see how of a big hit his song really is right now. I like the song because it is from Vegas and I am from Vegas. I like the Rat Pack. 8 out of 10.

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Frederick M.
March 21st, 2011 on 12:21 pm
I’ve heard this song about a million times while playing Fallout. After hearing it so many times you grow to like it. The trumpets get annoying after a while. The song its self actually reminds me of an older Las Vegas. I rate the song 6 because I’ve heard it over and over again.

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Omar Miranda
March 21st, 2011 on 12:21 pm
This song is one of the most populars songs in the world. A lots of movies play this song when it has to do something with Las Vegas or real real old movies that were made in the 90’s and older would play this song. This song is in couple of commercials. This song would go under jazz, a lot of Vegas music is jazzy. I like jazz some reason because the instrument sounds like enjoy. I rate this a 8, it’s a good song.

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Olaf L.
March 21st, 2011 on 12:22 pm
Before the song started, I already kind of already expected how it would sound like. A bass, piano, and trumpets as their main instrument. Since I go to the strip a lot, Vegas music is played a lot obviously. As for this specific song. I have heard it a lot of times. I rate this song an 8.

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Eduado U
March 21st, 2011 on 12:22 pm
I like how this song start but I think that I heard this song before in a old t.v show. Also I think that I heard this song in a game but I like this songs because it tells you how the old days where and how there was almost no violence. I like the the piano. I rate this song a 6 because I really don’t like old song but I heard it before. Also the beat of the song was not that bad the lyrics where also not bad I kind of like this song.

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JonathanM
March 21st, 2011 on 12:22 pm
The song starts with a good bass sound in the beginning. The background sounds has a good bass sound with the vocal. The sound just changes with a different beat sound to Dean Martin. Dean Martin changes his sound voices to the song. The drums have a good beat sound to his own music. Dean Martin makes a lot of different kind of good sound. I like how the song fade away with the background sound and how the background changes the different kind of sound to his own music. Dean Martin knows how to change the vocals with his own music and his own album.

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Faviola Franco
March 21st, 2011 on 12:23 pm
This totally does sound like old Vegas. This is something that you would hear at little shops at Casinos. I think that this type of music just paints a picture of what old Vegas was. Like big Cadillacs and in like 60’s clothes. This type of music showed have its own genre. I rate this an seven.