This gigantic gem of living history has been awesomely archived at the online home pad of UPI and is shared below for all youse Dino-holics to drink deeply from. Likes while none of us Dino-philes will be able to return physically to this incredibly important day in all of Dino-history, it is deeply delightful to take ourselves back to March 14, 1988 and read all 'bout what happened on that hugely historic night when our most beloved Dino, Mr. Frank Sinatra, and Mr. Sammy Davis, Jr. took the stage.
Likes it totally totally touched our Dino-hearts to read Mr. Leighty's delightful description of how the awesome audience of 15 thousand devotees absolutely ate up our Dino's antics......."Martin opened the show and did most of the clowning around, heavy with booze gags. As he climbed onstage with a slow, tipsy motion, took a sip from his cocktail glass, he looked at the audience and in a slurred tone asked: 'How long have I been on?' The joke brought down the house."
We here at ilovedinomartin are fully full of awesome appreciato that even 'though this noteworthy night of nights happened over 30 years 'go, the pallies at UPI have keep these ravin' review up for Dino-devotees to respectfully revel in, and continue their growth in knowin', lovin' and growin' in our one, our only Dino. To checks this out in it's original source, likes simply clicks on the tag of this here Dino-gram.
We Remain,
Yours in Dino,
Dino Martin Peters
UPI ARCHIVES MARCH 14, 1988
'Rat Pack' reunites for nostalgic tour
By JOHN M. LEIGHTY
OAKLAND, Calif. -- 'Rat Pack' cronies Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., and Dean Martin kicked off a nostalgic 29-city reunion concert tour in characteristic style -- crooning and clowning.
Sinatra, 72, Martin, 70, and Davis, 62, the hottest, wildest bunch in show business in their heydey, each received standing ovations as they took the stage Sunday night in the debut of their 'Together Again National Concert Tour.'
An adoring sold-out Oakland Coliseum Arena crowd of 15,000 is expected to be followed by other packed houses along their 40-performance tour that will reportedly net $500,000 a night. They open next in Vancouver B.C., March 15.
Tickets went for $30 and $40. Souvenir programs sold briskly at $10 each.
The three veteran performers -- backed by a 35-piece orchestra - sang their favorite songs separately, then took the stage together for a well-received finale of jokes, good-natured ribbing and medleys.
The three first appeared together 28 years ago at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas.
When Martin and Davis joined Sinatra for the close of the 2 -hour show, Davis told Sinatra he brought him a 'Golden Age Cocktail' made of Geritol and prune juice. 'It gets you going and keeps you going,' the 'youngster' of the trio said.
Davis also told Sinatra, 'You're still chairman of the board,' a reference to Sinatra's leadership in their old 'Hollywood Rat Pack,' a loosely organized group that included Humphrey Bogart, Peter Lawford, Shirley MacLaine, Joey Bishop, Tony Curtis and Sammy Cahn.
'I'm still chairman and we're still bored,' Sinatra joked.
Their fans, bedecked in gold chains and a smattering of minks and diamonds, would have none of that.
'The songs they played 20 years ago are still good now,' said Millie Jasmin of Alameda, who laughingly gave her age as 39. 'I know I get chills. I may even cry.'
Martin opened the show and did most of the clowning around, heavy with booze gags.
As he climbed onstage with a slow, tipsy motion, took a sip from his cocktail glass, he looked at the audience and in a slurred tone asked: 'How long have I been on?'
The joke brought down the house.
He then sang a series of spoofs like 'When You're Drinking' and 'Bourbon from Heaven.'
But people began yelling 'louder, louder' after Martin's song selections turned serious and his voice could not carry to the top of the Coliseum.
Davis said he hadn't been so nervous in 54 years of show business but provided some of the show's strongest singing with tunes like, 'I've Gotta Be Me' and doing a few dance steps, although he limped slightly.
Sinatra sang 10 tunes starting with 'Got the World on a String,' and ending with what he called his national anthem, 'New York, New York.' In between, the crooner known as Ol' Blue Eyes sang romantic oldies and belted out an enthusiastic 'Mack the Knife' to loud applause.
The tour also goes to Seattle, Chicago, Minneapolis, Detroit, Pittsburgh, Cleveland and several other stops before playing New York's Radio City Music Hall May 6-9. The tour plays Los Angeles July 7-10 before taking a break. It cranks up again Sept. 17 in Houston before going east to play in 11 more cities.
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My only wish is that Dino stayed on board to finish the entire tour. I thinks we woulda had TONS of cool cool footage to delve into & maybe some song changes from town to town. Awesome still!
Hey pallie, likes Danny-o, we hears you from a personal perspective, but the more we grow in Dino the more we desire what our Dino desired, and in the case of the "Together Again" tour his desire was to call it quits, and was our most beloved Dino way of doin' thin's, he most often did what he wanted to do. Keeps lovin' 'n sharin' our one, our only DINO!
I hear ya, pal. It wasn’t in his heart to continue.
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