!!! 1966 Dean Martin as Matt Helm in The Silencers Ad Booklet

Hey pallies, likes today we return with Dino-treasure 'specially of interest to those Dino-holics who are hopelessly hooked on our Dino as swingin' spyster Matt Helm.  As you will view below there is a dude in Omaha, Nebraska who has an original "1966 Dean Martin as Matt Helm in The Silencers Ad Booklet" for sale on craigslist.

Likes we have heard of these booklets before issued by the Hollywood studios to help promote their big screen efforts, but we don't remember ever gettin' this close of a groovy glimpse before.  The seller has not only provided the cover page image, but also the ability to view each page of the booklet separately, and we bein' at your swank service have make the effort to post images of each page of the beautifully  bodatious booklet below.

This is a hugely hot Dino-item that we would personally loves to gets our grabby little hands on.  Ah, if only we had as much bread as we have desire!  Once, gain to checks this Dino-offerin' out at it's original place of sale, simply clicks on the tag of this here Dino-message.  Dino-desirin', DMP

!!! 1966 Dean Martin as Matt Helm in The Silencers Ad Booklet - $50 (Omaha, NE) 

This is an ad booklet of Dean Martin as Matt Helm in The Silencers (1966). In excellent condition. Please CALL. Thank you! CLM

Dean Martin Autograph

Hey pallies, likes quite often these Dino-days the pallies over at google Dino-'lerts send us emails directin' us to craigslist where folks are offerin' a plentiful plethora of Dino-treasure for the purchasin'.  Likes most often we don't pass all these offers on 'cause if we did, that woulda be just 'bout all that we would be fillin' posts with here at our humble little Dino-conclave, ilovedinomartin.

But likes every so often somethin' we consider sorta special gets offered up and we pass 'em on to our readership knowin' that there are pallies of all types and stripes desirin' of addin' to their cool collection of Dino-treasure.  So, likes for the next several  days or so (with a break in between for April Fools Day), sit up and take notice of a swank selection of Dino-treats from folks sellin' through craigslist.

Today we feature a Dino-graph from someone in the Raleigh G'Boro area of North Carolina.  As you will view for yourselves below, it is our singular man's signature on a  cocktail napkin from "one of (our Dino's)  favorite LA Italian Restaurants, Carmine's.  The details of who "Mary" is and how she got the autograph are shared below.

If you are interested in viewin' this in it's original source, as usual, simply clicks on the tag of this Dino-report.  Dino-sharin', DMP

Dean Martin Autograph - $100 (Raleigh G'Boro)

Dean Martin was eating at one of his favorite LA Italian Restaurants, Carmine's, when he signed this autograph for my Mom ... appropriately enough ... on a cocktail napkin

On This Day In Dino-history: March 29, 1973

Hey pallies, likes  the month of March was a the month for our most beloved Dino to officially break the ties with two of his wifes.   As reported a few days ago, it was on March 23, 1949 that our Dino legally finished his marriage with wife numero uno, Elizabeth Anne McDonald.  And, today is the anniversary of his legal partin' of the ways with wife numero duo.  It was on  March 29 in 1973 that our great man officially ended his marriage to Jeanne Biegger.

Dino has originally sought the divorce from Jeanne after he met, while playin' in 'Vegas baby 'Vegas, 21 year old Miss Gail Renshaw. Our most beloved Dino was stunnin'ly 'n swankly smitten by Renshaw, then servin' as Miss USA.

After 'bout six months that amore cooled, and at the point that our Dino's divorce was finalized, Miss Catherine Mae Hawn, a 24 year old beauty parlor receptionist was waitin' in the wings. Our Dino was engaged to Miss Hawn, who would become the third  Mrs. Dean Martin less then a month after our Dino's divorce was finalized from Jeanne.

Likes we truly does find it so interestin' that on the same day of the month of March, but 20 years apart our Dino's richly romantically crooned "Return To Me" in 1953 and then in 1973 legally made it clear that  he was not returnin' to Jeanne.   Likes it is always, always so great to remind ourselves of all these important dates in the life and times of our most most beloved Dino!  Dino-learnin' and growin', DMP



March 29, 1973  Divorce with Jeanne Biegger is final

On This Day In Dino-history: March 29,1953

Hey pallies, likes today  is likes 'nother very important day in Dino-history for more then one reason. This first Dino-post reminds us that on this 29th day of March in the year of our Dino 1953 one of our most beloved Dino's most beloved   musical hits, "Return To Me" was released. This is one of those amazin' Dino-classics that features our  Dino croonin' in both English and Italiano...so truly Dino-romantico....

Below via the magic of youtube is a tribute to our Dino featurin' "Return To Me."   Likes we can never ever gets 'nough of our great man...and so yearns for our Dino to return to us.....oh, to return to the days when Dino walked the earth. Enjoys rememberin' this detail of Dino-historial significance and enjoys the Dino-vid... Dino-only, DMP 

btw stay tuned for 'nother piece of Dino-history that took place on March 29 as well....





March 29, 1953 "Return to Me," one of Dean's biggest selling records, is released.

THE DINO CONCERT - THAT'S AMORE

Hey pallies, likes woo hoo dudes!  Likes when we opened up a google Dino-'lert last Saturday we were absolutely awestruck to find that some pallie  had done the deeply delightful deed of postin' on youtube what we humbly consider to be the bestest of best, coolest of cool compilation of Dino-croons from our King of Cool....the fantasticly fabulous, incredibly inspirational "Dean Martin in Concert That's Amore."

Likes released by the pallies at Capitol on June 5, 2001, we were hugely heartbroken when it feel outta release a number of years ago, this vibrant video has the choicest of choice croons by our most beloved Dino mostly chosen from marvelous moment from the Dean Martin Variety Show 'long with a few must earlier black and white vids.  Below is a listin' of all the sensational songs includin'  in this must view Dino DVD:

1
Almost Like Being in Love

2
That's Amore

3
You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do It)

4
Where or When

5
I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face

6
Old Man River

7
Pennies from Heaven

8
C'est Si Bon

9
Get Happy/Aren't You Glad You're You/Open Up the Door

10
Oh Marie

11
Somewhere There's a Someone

12
It Had to Be You

13
I Love Being Here with You/It's a Good Day/Manana Is Soon Enough

14
I'm in the Mood for Love

15
Young at Heart

16
Love

17
Memories Are Made of This

18
Houston

19
Bye Bye Blackbird

20
Blue Moon

21
I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter

22
Everbody Loves Somebody

23
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now

24
Pretty Baby

25
Carolina in the Morning

We tremendously thanks the Dino-holic who lovin'ly  put this up at youtube and encourages Dino-addicts everywhere to drink deeply of it while it is up at youtube.  We sez this 'cause everytime the vid has appeared before it has been taken down over copyright issues.  Of course, we remain devoted to the notion that one day these remarkable recordin's will return to print 'specially for new generations of Dino-philes to own and cherish.   Deeply deeply desirin' Dino, DMP

Danny G's Special Easter Sunday Serenade with Dino: "The Birds & The Bees"

Welcome back & Happy Easter. pallies! 

Buona Pasqua!

 Man o man...what a BEA U TI FUL day this is!

 DEF I NATE LY my personal FAVE of ALL the holidays!

 Chocolate bunnies & Spiral hams...Easter egg hunts & leg o lambs!

What a day, my friends! 

 Dosen't get ANY better!

 It's a day of new beginings & a time to spread the Easter message!

 

Now pals...as a personal rule...I try to stay away from politics & religion...on our COOL COOL little blog. So...I won't start preachin' now! Ha!

 

Instead...how's 'bout just helpin' me spread some FUN FUN Easter cheer?! Sound good, pallies? Great!

OK...so which tune youse think will be just right to help spread some Eastery happiness?

 

Well...Today's Serenade NEEDS to be light & fun! 

I want a jam that's easy on the brain & soothin' to the soul!

 A real "Dino-esque" kinda silly little ditty! Haha!!!

That, my friends, is the kind of holiday & the kind of tune I love!

 Give me the simple life, mi amici. Sunday mornins' & a martini in hand...Pretty blue skies & a pretty girl in my arms! Hahaha!!!

Now that's livin'!

 

OK...let's think. Hmmm... HEY!!! I got it!

Let's Listen as Dean gives a lesson in LOVE 101!

 How's 'bout a little taste of "The Birds & The Bees"?!

 It's fun...it's lighthearted & silly.

Very Spring-ish! 

PERFECTO! 

 

Well, pallies...I gots some eggs to hunt & some drinks to drink!

 Remember to keep thins' light on the brain & easy on the soul!

 Keep Dean in mind...& have a BEA U TI FUL day, pals!

Happy Easter!!!

Let me tell ya 'bout the birds and the bees
And the flowers and the trees
And the moon up above
And a thing called 'Love'

Let me tell ya 'bout the stars in the sky
And a girl and a guy
And the way they could kiss
On a night like this

When I look into your big brown eyes
It's so very plain to see
That it's time you learned about the facts of life
Starting from A to Z

Let me tell ya 'bout the birds and the bees
And the flowers and the trees
And the moon up above
And a thing called 'Love'
(Yeah)

When I look into your big brown eyes
It's so very plain to see
That it's time you learned about the facts of life
Starting from a to z

Let me tell ya 'bout the birds and the bees
And the flowers and the trees
And the moon up above
And a thing called 'Love'

Let me tell ya 'bout the birds and the bees
And the flowers and the trees
And the birds and the bees
And the flowers and the trees, 'bout the birds

And the bees
And the bees
And the bees

Dean Martin and the Homeless

Hey pallies, likes sometimes the tag of Dino-related post simply grabs you by the heartstrings and won't let go.  Such is today's Dino-devotion taken from "Homeless In The Flathead," the blog of the
Kalispell, Montana  homeless shelter and transitional living program "Samaritan House."

Their October 21, 2014 post, "Dean Martin and the Homeless" accents our main man's main song, "Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime" and asks the powerfully provocative quire, "what if the phrasing was a little different and a space wedged itself between 'some' and 'body'?"

We find it mighty meaningful to have our Dino's famous croon helpin' us as the writer states, "examine how we look at people who make us uncomfortable."  Likes, we know that this prose really has made us both think and feel and ask ourselves how we might reach out to a "some body" in need.

We thanks the people at "Samaritan House" for liftin' up the name of our Dino, but even more for touchin' our hearts and callin' us to action for 'nother.  To checks this out in it's original source, simply clicks on the tag of this here Dino-message.  Dino-ever, DMP


Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Dean Martin and the Homeless

The old song croons, "Everybody loves somebody, sometime."

But, what if the phrasing was a little different and a space wedged itself between 'some' and 'body'? The whole idea would be wrecked because the concept changes as somebody becomes some body. And what looks like an autocorrect incident actually redefines the entire concept, forcing us to examine how we look at people who make us uncomfortable. Context is everything when we decide whether to treat people as bodies, just occupying space, or if we can remember they have a past, present, and future.

The single mom in the grocery store.

The the older gentleman in the public library.

The middle-aged woman behind the register taking your order.

Do we view the homeless in our area as mere bodies that melt into the scenery and background? Sometimes it is difficult to adjust our vision and allow ourselves to see others as 'somebodies' instead of some bodies. I don't think we intentionally try to be calloused or mean-spirited but we become so accustomed to the homeless around us, we don't recognize them as people as much as we think of them as being props in the community. We lose sight to the idea of context; each person having their own story and deserving the recognition and dignity we give to others who aren't holding signs at intersections.

And I don't write this from a heightened sense of awareness or judgement. I would love to say this is something I don't struggle with, but that would not be entirely true. No matter who we are, stereotypes and predispositions often cloud our perspectives and we rarely realize it. We become inoculated with the conditions surrounding as we forget others are not statistics, but living, breathing individuals who have their own stories. Society conditions us to place worth on a person's accomplishments and not usually their innate value. We see people as bodies. But how many times have others been gracious to us in times when grace is the last thing we deserve? We are treated as somebody.

We can learn a lot from autocorrect and Dean Martin.

"Our mission is to fully serve Dean's existing fanbase while simultaneously introducing him to younger generations of fans who will undoubtedly respond to his timeless class and style."

Hey pallies, likes, likes have we gots noteworthy news for all youse Dino-holics 'round the Dino-universe!  Our pallies at google Dino-'lerts have drawn our attentionado to a news release  posted earlier this very Dino-day  at the "PR Newswire" and  shared by the folks at the Artist Legacy Group.

Likes as you will read below, the Artist Legacy Group, which is a Sony Music Joint Venture has just been " named as Global Brand Representative by The Dean Martin Family Trust."   All the cool details are contained in the powerful prose below, for your Dino-readin' pleasure, but  we will share just a sentence from the release to peek your interest..."On behalf of the Trust, ALG will source licensing opportunities and strategic partnerships for the Dean Martin brand across a variety of categories including--but not limited to--luxury apparel and accessories, food and beverage, fragrance and skin care, home décor and lifestyle goods."

This is just the beginnin' of even greater fame and fortune for our most beloved Dino and certain to bring tons more pallies into the Dino-fold.  We gotta 'fess up that we are most delighted by the deep devotion the folks at Artist Legacy Group are showin' for our Dino in boldly declarin' their Dino-assignment..."Our mission is to fully serve Dean's existing fanbase while simultaneously introducing him to younger generations of fans who will undoubtedly respond to his timeless class and style."

As we soon will begin the 100 year since our Dino's birth on June 7, 1917, we're sure that we  will soon hear thrillin' news from the ALG folks as they prepare for the centennial of our King of Cool's entry onto our planet.  To checks this out in it's original source, simply clicks on the tag of this here Dino-report.  Dino-always, ever, and only, DMP



Artist Legacy Group, a Sony Music Entertainment Joint Venture, Named as Global Brand Representative by The Dean Martin Family Trust
ALG to Source Licensing Opportunities and Strategic Partnerships for the Dean Martin Brand

10:15 ET from Artist Legacy Group

NEW YORK, March 24, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- The Dean Martin Family Trust has appointed Artist Legacy Group, a Sony Music Entertainment joint venture, to act as its global brand representative, it was announced today by ALG CEO Ashley Austin.

ALG will collaborate with the Dean Martin Family Trust to create and maintain cohesive licensing and branding strategies, ensuring the integrity of Dean Martin's singular persona as pop culture's ultimate "King of Cool."

On behalf of the Trust, ALG will source licensing opportunities and strategic partnerships for the Dean Martin brand across a variety of categories including--but not limited to--luxury apparel and accessories, food and beverage, fragrance and skin care, home décor and lifestyle goods.

Under the new arrangement, ALG is positioned to foster the growth of Dean Martin's trademark and personality rights--including his name, likeness and signature--in branded merchandise, endorsements and advertising campaigns.

"ALG will work closely with the Trust to pursue licensing and branding initiatives on behalf of Dean Martin, complementing the projects that the Trust is currently developing," said Austin. "Our mission is to fully serve Dean's existing fanbase while simultaneously introducing him to younger generations of fans who will undoubtedly respond to his timeless class and style."

"The Dean Martin Family Trust is very excited to be working with ALG to continue spreading the excitement and debonair lifestyle of one of the world's most versatile and beloved entertainers," said Laura Lizer, Trustee of the Dean Martin Family Trust.  "His charisma and masculine style has bridged generations and continues to make him the definitive 'King of Cool.'"

Sony Music Entertainment ("SME") and Artist Legacy Group, LLC ("ALG") entered into a groundbreaking joint venture agreement in October 2015. The venture, which operates under the ALG name, engages in all business aspects of artist brand management including licensing, branding strategy and merchandising. ALG provides artist and estate brand management services to Legacy Recordings and other front line SME labels while remaining open to opportunities outside the SME eco-system.

This new arrangement is the next step in Legacy's existing relationship with the Dean Martin Family Trust; in January 2014, Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, in partnership with the Dean Martin Family Trust, acquired the singer's legendary Reprise Records catalog and began remastering titles for a major ongoing reissue project. The Dean Martin Reprise catalog acquisition included all the recordings Dean made during his extraordinary creative tenure (1962-1974) at Rat Pack pal Frank Sinatra's Reprise Records label. The Nashville Sessions, the album Martin cut for Warner Bros in 1983, was also included.

SOURCE Artist Legacy Group

I will hear Dean Martin sing and I will remember.

Hey pallies, recently our pallies at google sent us a Dino-'lert that directed us to the Brit blog pad of the "Penarth Times" when columnist Miss Alison Powell holds forth with her prose under the tag of "Penarth, the sea, life and me."  Alison's current joyful jottin's "The Tale in the Tune" accents how  "music is an integral part and punctuates, highlights and illustrates so many key moments in our lives."

Likes to illustrate her thesis, Miss Powell shares personal experiences with a trio of performers, the first of which is none other then our most beloved Dino.  As you will read below, hearin' our main man croon a tune always reminds Alison of her father and particular details of his birth.  This is 'nother excellent example of the many many times that ilovedinomartin has shared similiar tales of other pallies for whom hearin' our most beloved Dino sing brings back the sweetest of sweet memories of loved one....truly truly 'nother remarkable reminder of the touchin' 'n tender transformin' power of our Dino!

We sez our thank you very much to Miss Alison Powell and all the pallies at the "Penarth Times" for accentin' our one and only Dino in this wonderful way.  Below we share only a few brief paragraphs that directly relate to our Dino, but if you clicks on the tag of this Dino-gram, you will be able to read Miss Powell's text in full at the original site.  Dino-rememberin', DMP

COLUMN: Penarth, the sea, life and me
by Alison Powell



Rebecca Lord / 04:02 Thursday 17 March 2016 / News
The Tale in the Tune by Alison Powell

IT IS a well-trodden truism that tunes can tell a tale. Music forms the background and sometimes, the foreground to our lives.

Whether it is the song that was number one the day you were born; the first dance at your wedding; the theme to your favourite film or the playlist at your funeral; music is an integral part and punctuates, highlights and illustrates so many key moments in our lives.

It is evocative of time, place and person. If I hear Dean Martin sing I am instantly driving around the countryside where my dad was born, having various places of historical interest and the tiny house where he was born, pointed out to me.

I may roll my eyes, I may have heard it all countless times, but in years to come, when perhaps he will have passed, I will hear Dean Martin sing and I will remember.

On This Day In Dino-history: March 23, 1949

Hey pallies, likes today is 'nother memorable day in the life and times of our most beloved Dino. It was on this date, March 23, in the year of 1949 that our Dino's divorce to his first wife Elizabeth Anne McDonald was finalized.

The marriage had produced four prodigy for our Dino...Stephen Craig (born June 29, 1942), Claudia Dean ( born March 16, 1944), Barbara Gail (born April 11, 1945) and Deana (Dina) (born August 19, 1948).

Likes waitin' in the wings was beauty queen Miss Jeanne Biegger, who tied the knot with our Dino just a few short months later.   Likes it likes  always always so so great to grow in our knowledge of all these Dino-details.

 Keeps lovin' and learnin' 'bout our most beloved  Dino!
Dino-always, ever, and only,  DMP

March 23, 1949 Betty and Dean's divorce is final

The Dinos Together Singin' "Small Fry" on the Dino-show

Hey pallies, likes as yesterday was the 29th anniversary of the untimely death of our most beloved Dino's most beloved namesake boypallie Dino Jr., likes we thoughts it was 'bout time for ilovedinomartin to do a reprisin' of one of the greatest moments from the Dean Martin Variety Show....our Dino and his boypallie doin' such a cool croonin' rendition of "Small Fry" that aired on March 21, 1968 durin' season three of the Dino-show.

The love between father and son is crystal clear as these two terrifically talented singers share some fun patter back and forth...pallie to pallie...... We have always 'specially loved this cool conversation between father and son:

Dino:         Every parent starts wonderin' about this w hen his kids reach a certain age.
Dino Jr.:    I understand.
Dino:         Do you think I'm a square?
Dino Jr.:    Are you kidding?  All us hip kids think you are the hippest old person around.

It is truly truly bittersweet to watch father and son showin' such awesome adulation of each other when  knowin' now that our Dino's heart would be forever broken upon the tragic death of Dino Jr.  Likes pallies enjoy  these marvelously magical moments between the Dinos as share "Small Fry."

On This Day In Dino-history: March 21, 1987

Hey pallies, likes  it was 29 long years 'go on this day,  21 March 1987, our Dino's  most beloved boypallie, Captain Dino Jr., while pilotin' a Guard F-4 Phantom fighter jet for the California Air National Guard, crashed the plane in California's San Bernardino Mountains during a snowstorm. Dino Jr. and his Weapons System Officer, Ramon Ortiz, were both killed in the crash.  Truly it is the saddest and most somber day in the life of our most beloved Dino.

Likes his incredible Daddy-o, Dino Jr. was a renaissance man of extraordinary talents.....singer, actor, tennis pro, pilot. Dino Jr. was destined to become heir apparent to the throne of our King of Cool, but likes that was so so tragicly cut short by the crash of the jet on that darkest of dark days in the life of our Dino.

The demise of Dino Jr. began the demise of our Dino himself. Our great man simply lost the will to live without his prodigy by his side. Truth be told, probably the only man that our Dino looked up to was his beloved namesake Dino Jr.

Below is a picture of Dino Jr.'s gravesite and a bit of information on Dino Jr. and the location of the grave. We thanks the pad Seeing Stars for this picture and information. To checks this out in it's original format, as usual, just click on the tag of these Dino-reflections. Also included below is a brief footage  of the memorial service for Dino Jr.  Dino-sadly, DMP



The Grave of Dean Martin Jr.

Dino, the son of Dean Martin, part of the 60's pop band "Dino, Desi, and Billy." An Air Force Captain, he was killed when his plane crashed into a mountain; buried at the huge military National Cemetery in Los Angeles, California. His grace is against the south fence bordering Wilshire Blvd, in Section 419, grave P-28.

Danny G's Sunday Serenade with Dino: "One More Time"

Welcome  my pals!
Welcome to Spring!
Haha!! We made it!
Yes...I knows what youse is thinkin'. "Are youse crazy, Danny G.?!!!" "This is Spring?!" Hahaha!!!
I know...I know!
 But...answer me this, pallies!
 Who was a bigger joker than our pal, Dean?
 He loved a laugh!
I'm SURE he had his hand in more than a few pranks!
This is nothin' more than Mother Nature's little way of sayin', "Ah ha...Gotcha!"
 What better way to remind us not to take life too seriously...than to throw a wee bit of the white stuff at us...one more time?!
Hey!
 Wait just a singin'-swingin' minute!!!
That woulds be the PER FEC TO Serenade to set the stage for this prank of pranks...& get us jammin' on this "farewell to Winter" Sunday Serenade!!!
"One More Time"!
 Hahaha!
 I'm just LOVIN' the irony here, pals!
 Man o man...what a tune!
 SO SO much fun in this one, pallies!
 Just keep this diddy on REPLAY all day!
 Youse'll forget all 'bout the weather!
Believe me, my friends...this IS Spring...Dino-style! Ha!
 Never one to sweat the small stuff...Dean would get such a laugh on a day like this!

Let's ALL try to embrace that light-hearted & carefree Dino-swag that made him the COOL COOL guy he was!
A little snow ain't stoppin' this GREAT GREAT season from comin', pallies!
SPRING IS HERE!!!
 We HAVE made it, my friends!
 Soak in EVERY Dino-lovin' day & try...like me... to slow it down! It goes WAY too fast!
Don't forget...REPLAY all Day!
Enjoy!

Play me that tune one more time, one more time, one more time
It makes me cry every time for the time she was mine
We used to sit hand in hand near the band it was grand
This is the song we would sing the waiter would bring two glasses of wine

It brings back a sweet memory so please play for me that tune one more time
(Play that tune I love the most)
(Then please join me in a toast)
We will make our glasses clink to my broken heart we'll drink

(We will have one more and then)
(Play that tune for me again)
You can bring her close to me with that meleody
(Play me that tune one more time, one more time, one more time)

Play me that tune one more time, one more time, one more time
It makes me cry every time for the time she was mine
We used to sit hand in hand near the band it was grand
This is the song we would sing the waiter would bring two glasses of wine
It brings back a sweet memory so please play for me that tune one more time

10 things you may not have known about Dean Martin

Hey pallies, likes thanks once 'gain to the good folks at google Dino-'lerts we goes 'cross the seas for yet 'nother international piece of Dino-remembrance.  Seems that our Dino's youngest boypallie Ricci is takin' his Dino-show to Dartford, England, performin' at Dartford’s Orchard Theatre on April 20.

To help promote Ricci's performance, Miss Jim Palmer, Leisure editor of the "News Shopper" has prepared the prose "10 things you may not have known about Dean Martin as his son prepares to perform in Dartford" to prepare locals for this huge homagin' of our most beloved Dino by Ricci James.

We are guessin' that probably we will be treated to a published interview with Ricci before the show date, but for now we gets to enjoy sharin' 10 Dino-facts. Likes as we peruse the list, we didn't find anythin' new to our Dino-knowledge or probably yours, but we did find at least a trio of little errors in the list and likes we are wonderin' who 'monst  youse pallies will locate 'em and note them through a bit of patter to us here at ilovedinomartin?

While we found nothin' noteworthy from this post, as well as a few minor errors, we are still powerfully pleased to share it with youse and we sez our thanks to Mr. Jim Palmer and all the pallies at the "News Shopper" for keepin' the Dino-light glowin' ever Dino-bright through their promotional efforts of  Ricci's comin' Dino-show in the fine city of Dartford.  To checks this out in it's original source, simply clicks on the tag of this here Dino-epistle.  Dino-always, ever, and only, DMP

10 things you may not have known about Dean Martin as his son prepares to perform in Dartford



Dean Martin's son Ricci will perform his hits in Dartford

Jim Palmer, Leisure editor

 In a career spanning six decades, Rat Pack singer Dean Martin performed to millions of fans worldwide and was a star of the cinema, television, radio and stage.

He died on Christmas Day in 1995 but since 2003, his youngest son Ricci has been travelling the globe keeping his father’s legacy alive under the name Dean Martin Jnr.

Ricci performs his father’s classic hits in a show loaded with music, personal photos and humorous anecdotes.

Ahead of his performance at Dartford’s Orchard Theatre on April 20, here’s 10 things you may not know about Dean Martin…

Dean Martin was born Dino Paul Crocetti in Ohio in 1917. His father Gaetano was an Italian barber.
Martin spoke only Italian until he started school aged five.

As a teenager, he fancied himself as an amateur boxer and had the name Kid Crochet.

Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis first performed together in Atlantic City in 1946 and it was such a disaster they nearly got sacked after the first show. They went on to make 17 films together over the following decade.

Martin has his own TV show – The Dean Martin Show – that ran for 264 episodes from 1965 to 1974. He famously only worked one day a week on the show and the cast had to rehearse with a stand-in.

He made more than 100 albums and recorded more than 600 songs.

He was married three times and had eight children, including Ricci, who was born in 1953 to second wife Jeanne Biegger.

In 1976, Martin sold his Bel Air mansion to Tom Jones for $500,000.

According to Imdb, Martin appeared as an actor in 67 movies including Robin and the 7 Hoods and Ocean’s 11.

Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jnr, Joey Bishop and Peter Lawford never referred to themselves at ‘The Rat Pack’. The preferred ‘The Clan’ or ‘The Summit’.

they featured the top stars in entertainment of their era: Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Jr., Dean Martin.....

Hey pallies, likes we constantly  continue to be amazed at the many and varied ways that our most beloved Dino continues to make his powerful presence known even these 20 years after his departure from our planet.  Today we take you to the entertainment page of the blog "BUSINESS INSIDER" where Mr. Jason Guerrasio, an entertainment reporter at BI, scribes the post tagged "Burt Reynolds says the reboot of his hit 'Cannonball Run' needs one thing to be successful" reports on Warner Bros havin'
"plans to make a "Cannonball Run" reboot."

Likes as youse pallies will recall, our most beloved Dino's last two feature flicks were the Cannonball
franchise...."Cannonball Run" in 1981 and the "Cannonball Run 2" in 1984....both huge money makers with our Dino playin' his ever cool, hip, and randy self with the help of Mr. Sammy Davis Jr..

Well, Mr. Guerrasio in impartin' the news has coolly chosen to use to promo pixs from the Cannonballs...and likes of course both powerfully potent poses feature our one and only most beloved  Dino....keepin' his fantastic face before John Q Public.  Also included is the original trailer accentin' our Dino, in priestly attire,  wantin' "to bless" Miss Farrah Fawcett.  Likes we will be excited to follow all the details as production starts on the reboot of the Cannonballs.

ilovedinomartin expresses our thanks to Mr. Jason Aguerrasio and all the pallies at "BUSINESS INSIDER" for sharin' this news with us and 'specially for choosin' to awesomely accent our Dino in breakin' the news.  Dino-delightedly, DMP


Burt Reynolds says the reboot of his hit 'Cannonball Run' needs one thing to be successful

Jason Guerrasio



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(L-R) Dean Martin, Roger Moore, and Burt Reynolds in "The Cannonball Run."


Warner Bros. has plans to make a "Cannonball Run" reboot, with "Get Hard" director Etan Cohen writing and directing it, as Deadline reports.

The classic 1981 comedy and its sequel starred Burt Reynolds and an all-star cast playing characters who are competing in an illegal cross-country road race. Both films were big box-office hits, directed by "Smokey and the Bandit" director Hal Needham, and they featured the top stars in entertainment of their era: Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Jr., Dean Martin, Roger Moore, Jackie Chan, Dom DeLuise, Shirley MacLaine, and Merilu Henner, to name a few.

As Reynolds told Business Insider on Wednesday, that's just the trick to making the new "Cannonball" a success: casting as many big names as possible.



(L-R) Burt Reynolds, Dean Martin, Shirley MacLaine, Sammy Davis, Jr., and Frank Sinatra in "Cannonball Run II."


"You have to be able to get a lot of people nobody thinks you can get," he said. "That's what we really had fun doing, getting those people."

Reynolds, who's currently doing press for "The Bandit," looking back on the making of "Smokey and the Bandit" (it'll air on CMT later this year), said he hasn't been contacted to be in the"Cannonball" reboot. But he understands why Warner Bros. wants to make it.

"It made a lot of money," he said of the original franchise. "But you have to have fun. With Sinatra, we just let him have fun and then you just go with it. And he did have a good time [making the film]."

If the studio takes Reynolds' advice, it will be fun to see what A-list celebrities they're able to collect for the reboot.

Watch the trailer for the original "Cannonball Run" below.