Dean Martin (Dino Martini) Classic Hairstyles

Hey pallies, likes this is so so totally Dino-rad....from the blog "Hairstyle Fashion" comes this Dino-post featurin' one of our Dino's classic hairstyles. Knows that this has been featured here before at ilovedinomartin and there were likes 4 different Dino-pixs showin' the variances in how our Dino styled his hair (from the blog "Cool Men's Hair).

Interestin' thin' 'bout this post is that it actually is taken directly from this ilovedinomartin Dino-blog......it has the Dino-patter that likes I wrote when I posted the original post from "Cool Men's Hair."

Very cool to likes have my Dino-thoughts likes be posted with this stellar pix of our Dino....just never do knows where our Dino and ilovedinomartin is gonna shows up on the web. To view this in it's original format, likes just clicks on the tagg of this here Dino-gram. Dino-devotedly, DMP

Dean Martin (Dino Martini) Classic Hairstyles

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Dean Martin (Dino Martini) Classic Hairstyles



Hey pallies, I just gotta say, yes dudes,likes I just gotta say that I loves the many and varied new and different Dino-ways that the name of our beloved Dino is gettin' lifted up all over the world wide web. Today's Dino-discovery is from a way rad blogg tagged "Cool Men's Hair" where blogger SuwarnaAdi holds forth sharin' classic hair styles for guys of all ages and stages.

And, of course bein' like featured is this current post is our beloved Dino. Loves the quartet of large Dino-photos Mr. SuwarnaAdi has chosen to share while his Dino-commentary is brief and to the point, so likes our Dino. Our thanks goes to this dude for featurin' our Dino and his cool hair styles with his in-the-know readers. Never know just how our Dino will use such blog posts to bring more and more pallies to knowin', lovin', and honorin' our King of Cool. To view this post in it's original pad, just clicks on the tagg of this Dino-gram. Dino-sharin', DMP

Episode 71: Dean Martin Festival 2010

Hey pallies, great news all my Dino-devoted pallies! Our Dino-holic pallie noebie(Bri Noe) has recently put up his pod cast of his trip to Dino-fest 2010 in Stu-ville at his happenin' blog pad "The Comedic Genius Of Martin And Lewis."

So, likes if you clicks on the tagg of this Dino-post you will arrive at noebie's place and be able to access his sharin' of travelin' to Dino-mecca to be with all the Dino-faithful. Besides that pallies, you will note that Bri has a totally, totally impressive list of Dino-links for your Dino-perusin' as well!!!!

Loves that Bri chose to use likes my fav of fav Dino-pixs that he took on his Dino-journey....a pix of his young girlpallie Caroline diggin' our Dino hangin' out at the Kroeger store! Thanks noebie for all your efforts in honorin' our beloved Dino and spreadin' so much Dino-love 'round through sharin' your Dino-pilgirmage to the place of our Dino's birth and raisin' Dino-reportin', DMP



Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Episode 71: Dean Martin Festival 2010



This time around, we're visiting Steubenville, Ohio for the 2010 Dean Martin Festival.


Click here for the MP3, or subscribe for free at iTunes or Zune Marketplace.

Links

Dean Martin Festival Official Site

Upper Ohio Valley Italian Heritage Festival

Deana Martin Official Site

Naples Restaurant

The Spot Bar

Lauren Mascitti

Russ Loniello

Drew Anthony

Eric DeLauro

The Dean-O-Holics

David Iannandrea

Lou Martini, Jr.

Fort Steuben

American Legion

Dean Martin Scholarship Fund

Steubenville Police DARE Program

Bayberry House Properties

Froehlich's Classic Corner

Murals of Steubenville

YouTube Festival Collection

Flickr Set

City of Steubenville

Set Up at The Spot

The Rat Pack Is Back

All Of Me Video

Picture of Drew Anthony and Claudia

The Walters

St. Anthony's Church

Boyhood Footsteps of Dean Martin (PDF) - Steubenville CVB

Church of the Holy Trinity (Greek Festival)

Save The Grand Theater

For the good times......our Dino was, above all, a real doting father

Hey pallies, likes the Dino-love keeps likes flowin' all over the web. Today's Dino-post originated with our truly Dino-passionate pallie Kinezoe from Spain. From his blog, "No todo es kippel" comes "For the good times".....our Kinezoe's sharin' of likes his photo Dino-essay on our Dino as daddy-o.

Kinezoe shares some Dino-dotin' words and a bevy of perfect Dino-pixs mostly of our great man with his great boy and girl pallies. ilovedinomartin sez our thanks to our Dino-devoted pallie Kinezoe for spreadin' likes so much Dino-love at his pad and for helpin' his readers to grow in their Dino-knowledge and Dino-admiration.

Thanks pallie Kinezoe and likes keeps sharin' your Dino-addiction with others! To view this post in it's original format, just click on the tagg of this here Dino-gram to goes to Kinezoe's pad. Dino-diggin', DMP

miércoles 30 de junio de 2010

For the good times



Dean Martin was married three times throughout his life. With Betty McDonald, his first wife, had four children whose custody after divorce win it in 1949, after eight years of marriage. Ironies of life, would be Betty who have problems with alcohol at the time. From his second marriage, to Jeanne Biegger, the blonde who appears in these photos and more lasting relationship (24 years), would be three new stems. While the girl with Kathy Hawn, a receptionist at a beauty salon in Beverly Hills, take a last shoot (girl, to be exact). Three years this last marriage lasted. A total of eight children, three boys and five girls.

Because, despite the reputation of a womanizer who may have, which sometimes was just pure pose, our Dino was, above all, a real doting father. A father who did not hesitate to avoid any commitment to spend the day with his family. Here are a few snapshots of those good old days. Large family ...

Dino & Sophia

Hey pallies, likes our great pallie Otto Bruno is back with some more Dino-magic for his "Otto Bruno" blogpad readers. His current Dino-trib is some patter and Dino-clips from our great man's great flick "Kiss Me Stupid."

As I have often said before, our beloved Dino is always ahead of his time and certainly this classic Dino-flick is evidence of said Dino-thoughts. "Kiss Me Stupid" woulda be considered very tame by today's standards, but it 1964 it was totally darin' and rad in nature. We thanks our pallie Otto for continuin' to lift up the name of our Dino and share more and more Dino-treasure with is blog followers. Keeps lovin' our Dino pallies! To view this Dino-post in it's original format, just click on the tagg of this Dino-message. Dino-growin', DMP



Dino & Sophia

June 24th, 2010 | Classic Films, Italian America

For our Dino fans, here’s a couple of clips from the misunderstood (shall we say?) 1964 film Kiss Me Stupid. What I always found most amazing about this film is Dean’s willingness to parody his own character and portray himself in such an unsympathetic light. I think it probably said something about his sense of security with who he was as well as his trust in director Billy Wilder.

By the way, I always found it extremely amusing that this song from these two amateur songwriters was, in fact, written by George and Ira Gershwin. Now THAT, my friends, is what they call irony!

If you’re a Dean Martin fan, the movie needs no explanation so just enjoy the clips!

Capturing the real Dino style

Hey pallies, today's Dino-gram comes from the web presence of the "Tribune" in Welland Ontario Canada. Tribune staff writer Mr. Allan Benner shares this feature on Dino-emulator Mr. David Iannandrea, who took top honors in the Dino-impersonatin' contest held in Stu-ville durin' Dino-fest 2010.

Loves readin' Iannandrea's Dino-testimony of the competition and how he found his way to Dino-emulation. We say our thanks to Mr. Allan Benner for featurin' Iannandrea's Dino-tale and we express our Dino-appreciato to David Iannandrea for helpin' to spread Dino-devotion through his work for Dino.

BTW. pallies, as Dino-usual, just clicks on the tagg of this Dino-gram to read this Dino-prose in it's original format...and checks out the link in the article to goes to Mr. Iannandrea's pad. Dino-devotedly, DMP

Capturing the real Dino style

Posted By ALLAN BENNER , TRIBUNE STAFF



David Iannandrea, who won first place in a Dean Martin singing competition, will be performing during the Variety Nites by the Canal concert series on Wednesday at Merritt Park.

ALLAN BENNER Staff Photo


Winning first place was great, but it wasn't the biggest thrill David Iannandrea had last weekend.

The local crooner beat eight other Dean Martin impersonators for the top prize at the 15th annual Dean Martin Festival in Steubenville, Ohio, last month.

"It was the easiest $250 I made in my life. I sang for two minutes," he said with a laugh.


For Iannandrea, the highlight of the two-day event held in Martin's hometown was a chance to sing for the late singer's daughter, Deana Martin, who regularly attends the festival.

"The look on Deana's face when she got to hear me sing live there -- it was just priceless. Her eyes were wide open.

"It was kind of a cool thing to be able to sing for the daughter of Dean Martin."

Iannandrea said he started his singing career as an Elvis Presley impersonator. But three or four years ago, after being told he sounded more like Martin than Presley -- even when he was singing Presley songs -- he decided to change acts.

"People kept saying, 'David, you sound like Dino.' I thought they were just saying it to be nice.

"It took me a long time to finally break down and buy a tuxedo and do the tribute. Dino was the coolest guy. I don't like copying anyone to be honest, but I had so many people tell me, 'I close my eyes and it's like Dean's in the room.'"

Even when singing country songs, people tell him he sounds like Martin -- "So what am I suppose to do?

"It's really cool. I don't even have to try to sound like him."

For a guy who decorates his office with German posters from Dean Martin’s Matt Helm movies

Hey pallies, likes I just loves to find Dino-love bein' expressed in more and more unique ways all over the Dino-sphere! Today's Dino-passion comes via the on-line presence of "The Jerusalem Post."

From an interview of "celebrated" Israeli movie director Avi Nesher by Miss Hannah Brown comes the Dino-discovery that Mr. Nesher is, in the words of Miss Brown, "a guy who decorates his office with German posters from Dean Martin’s Matt Helm movies." (btw, just to lets you know, I am deeply saddened by Miss Brown's dissin' words of our Dino's performance as Matt Helm...but this post is 'bout Mr. Nesher's Dino-devotion, not Miss Brown's poor taste.)

Now likes how Dino-brillant is that.....an accomplished Israeli movie director diggs our Dino so so much that he covers the walls of his office with Dino-decorations a la Matt Helm. Man, woulda I loves to see Mr. Nesher's Dino-homage decorations and likes to be able to speak to him 'bout his Dino-devotion!!!!!

I tried and I tried pallies likes to find some of dem German Dino-posters, but to no avail. If any of you dudes have any leads on where I mights finds some, please give a Dino-holler. Am sharin' just the first few paragraphs of the interview, and if you woulda likes to read more, just clicks on the tagg of this Dino-gram to goes to "The Jerusalem Post' pad to checks out the whole thin'. Dino-psyched, DMP






The Jerusalem Post

Once I was Avi Nesher

By HANNAH BROWN

06/25/2010 18:27



Celebrated director discusses emotional new film.
For a guy who decorates his office with German posters from Dean Martin’s Matt Helm movies (featuring the Rat Pack front man as a sleazier James Bond), director Avi Nesher talks a lot about redemption.

That’s just one of the contradictions about Nesher, and why it can be hard to characterize him and the impact he’s had on Israeli movies. Another is that while he dresses like a kibbutznik in casual clothes and flip-flops, his office is in a beachfront complex near Tel Aviv and features a terrace overlooking the Mediterranean.

Meeting to discuss his latest film, Once I Was, which was just released all over the country, he is excited about the movie and eager to talk. But the phone doesn’t stop ringing, and most of the calls concern details of the release. Asking his assistant to handle most of them, he takes a few, apologizing profusely, like a first-time director on the brink of success rather than one of the veterans...

Dean Martin Festival 2010 | Steubenville, Ohio

Hey pallies, I likes so so applaud our great pallie noebie (Brian Noe) on helpin' spread lots of Dino-patter 'round the web 'bout his Dino-pilgrimage to Dino-mecca for Dino-fest 2010. This post originates from Noe's web pad noebie.com and shares tons of Dino-info on this year's Stu-ville Dino-celebration as well as lots of lots of web pads connected to the entertainment at this year's Dino-gala. If likes you clicks on the tagg of this Dino-post you will gets to Bri's place and be able to makes lots of Dino-connections from there.

On of the coolest thin's of Dino-note is that there is an effort afoot to save the Grand Theatre in downtown Stu-ville with the hopes of creatin' a Dean Martin Museum that woulda be housed in the Grand. Read more 'bout this effort below.

All us Dino-holics continue to await Bri's promised pod cast of highlights of the Dino-journey to Dino-ville. Thanks pallie Bri for showin' so much Dino-love and helpin' to fill others in on this cool celebration of our Dino in his town of birth. Dino-sharin', DMP


Dean Martin Festival 2010 | Steubenville, Ohio

June 23, 2010 by admin

If you’ve been following my Twitter stream lately, you probably already know that we spent much of last week in Steubenville, Ohio for the 2010 Dean Martin Festival. Steubenville was Dino’s birthplace, and it was a true pleasure to visit the town and see some of the places where he spent his childhood and youth.

I’m preparing a Podcast episode to recap the trip. In the meantime, you might find the following links of interest.

Dean Martin Festival 2010 YouTube Playlist - This playlist includes short clips that (my father-in-law) Ken Emling and I captured during the trip, as well as videos from other YouTubers at the Festival. I’ll continue to add videos to the playlist as I upload them or find them.

Steubenville Dean Martin Festival 2010 Flickr Set - This set includes pictures and videos taken by myself, Ken Emling, Caroline Emling (my mother-in-law) and my wife Claudia. Again, I’ll continue to add more over the coming week or so.

Here are the official websites of some of the great entertainers we met during the festival.

Deana Martin
Russ Loniello
Lauren Mascitti
Lou Martini, Jr.
Drew Anthony
Eric DeLauro
David Iannandrea
The Dean-O-Holics
Official Dean Martin Festival Site - This was where I first learned about the festival several years ago. Most of the photos on the site are from past years, but I suspect that they’ll have some posted from this year in the coming weeks.

Dean Martin Festival Facebook Group - Created by David Thomas Batchelor, this is a public group for fans of Dean Martin and the Festival. You’ll meet lots of nice people there.

The Spot Bar - This is where the evening entertainment took place during the festival. It’s the last bar still standing that was one of Dean Martin’s regular haunts. The story goes that he used to deal cards in the back room.

The Upper Ohio Valley Italian Heritage Festival - Organizer Frankie DiCarlantonio was one of the mainstays of the Dean Martin Festival this year as well. The Italian Heritage Festival is coming up in July, so if you didn’t make it to Steubenville last week, you might consider a trip out next month.

Steubenville Historic Landmarks Foundation Website - The Steubenville Historic Landmarks Foundation is working to save the Grand Theater in downtown Steubenville from imminent destruction. Dean Martin would have spent time there as a child watching Westerns, and as a young man dreaming of stardom. If the project comes to fruition there will be a Dean Martin Museum in the restored facility. Please consider a donation to the project via the PayPal button on the left side of their page, or by mailing a check to the following address.

Steubenville Historic Landmarks Foundation
c/o
Chase Bank
401 Market Street
Steubenville Ohio 43952

More information is on the site. You can also visit The Grand Theater Facebook Page for updates. The guy leading the effort is Scott Dressel, one of the proprietors at The Garrett House, an amazing bed and breakfast that was our home during the visit.

Here are a couple of other YouTube things. First, a clip from That’s Amore: The 10th Annual Dean Martin Festival. Also, a series of videos on Steubenville Memories.

I’ll be adding more information and links here in the coming days, so please bookmark this page and check back often.

Martin & Lewis and My Brother

Hey pallies, likes diggs this. Today's Dino-gram comes to us from our Dino-devoted Dean-ager Catie sharin' 'bout how she is helpin' gets her 5 year old bro turned on to our Dino. From the Dino-focused blogg "For The Good Times" (clicks on tagg of this Dino-post to goes there), our Catie shares how her little brother wanted to watch our Dino in "Bandelero" and ended up watchin' a couple of our Dino and the kid flicks.

Pallies, likes you just gotta checks out this wee one's Dino-quiries...likes totally totally rad! Hats off to our Dino-girl Catie for sharin' this true Dino-tale with us and for helpin' her little bro gets like completely Dino-connected at such a tender age. Keeps lovin' our Dino Miss Catie and keeps helpin' your flesh and blood gets into the total Dino-groove! Dino-amazed, DMP

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Martin & Lewis and My Brother



I know Im supposed to be studying and taking a break from the computer and all but I had to post this:
My brother asked to watch "A Dean Martin show" with me, "the one where hes the bad cowboy that robs the bank.." by that he meant Bandelero but my sister was watching my TV so I offered a replacement movie from my computer,Pardners (which other than Livin It Up is probably my favorite Martin and Lewis movie) I made sure to mention it was a funny cowboy movie and that Jerry Lewis was in it and he agreed.
I love the questions you get from five year old (most anyway) like:

"Catie, Why..H-how did you get to like Dean Martin so much when you weren't even born yet?"...I could write a book on that question but I remembered it was a five year who asked so my reply: "..um well you remember Frank Sinatra, Dean Martins friend? Well hes a really good singer..and actor but hes really a singer- I listened to him alot then I found DM and he sung better, and was funny, and a really good actor, and..well he's really cool right?"
He nodded..a little later he said something like, "You listen to Frank SinatrO?", i was like "no because theres no such thing as frank sinatrO"..he gave me the weirdest look..."cause his names Frank SinatrA..."Oh :)"

Then he asked "How does he be so funny?" about Jerry Lewis "Well he just stays silly and trys to have fun and it turns out to be funny."



I can safely say he loved it and right as it was over we watched You're Never Too Young, again, until his bedtime. He really loves Jerry and likes Dean alot but hes only five and the attention span of a five year old really doesn't work with Dean's comedy but I'm confident when he gets a little older he'll like Dean alot more when he can understand his humor. He obviously already likes him as a cowboy and his music.

Its funny, when he first saw Dean as Dee Bishop in Bandelero as a bad guy he was really confused because he thought it was real! I had to explain to him, again, that it was a movie and how actors pretend and that Dean Martin wasn't really a bad guy he was nice and just pretending. :)

This week.. I would like to spotlight a fun blog: I Love Dino Martin.

Hey pallies, was just searchin' the web for somethin' of Dino-note to likes shares with all you Dino-holic pallies when I came 'cross this stellar post from one of our newer pallies Dawn at one of her great bloggs, "Noir and Chick Flicks."

Wanna thanks our Dino-lovin' pallie Dawn for likes puttin' the accent on ilovedinomartin and our mission of liftin' up the name of our Dino and gettin' the Dino-legacy shared as Dino-far and Dino-wide as possible. Pallies likes Dawn certainly helps us acheive our Dino-mission to the Dino-best of our abilities!!!!

It certainly warms my Dino-heart to know that others also share in the Dino-desire of makin' our Dino known, loved, and celebrated!!!! To view this in it's original format, just clicks on the tagg of this here Dino-gram. Dino-delightedly, DMP


Tuesday, June 15, 2010
To Classic Movie Fans:





Every couple of weeks, I enjoy spotlighting others blogs that have caught my interest.. This week.. I would like to spotlight a fun blog: I Love Dino Martin.

Dino Martin Peters, Is a dude who totally digs Dino Martin...the coolest, hippest, and randiest dude to ever walk the face of this planet. Long live our Master of Hip, our King of Cool, the one, the only DINO!!!!!

Sexiest Dads of Yesteryear: Dean Martin and Sons

Hey pallies, likes how Dino-rad is this....from our pallies at LIFE comes this cool trib to the "Sexiest Dads of Yesteryear." The entry for our Dino is of our great man and his boypallies Dino Jr. and Ricci.

Our Dino's namesake is flexin' his muscles, while our Dino shows such such encouragement to his beloved boypallie with Ricci in awe of the bondin' bein' shown between the father Martin and boypallie Martin Jr.

To view this in it's original format, likes just clicks on the tagg of this Dino-gram. Thanks to our pallies at LIFE for sharin' the sexiest daddy-o there ever was hangin' out with two of his prodigy. Dino-diggin', DMP

Sexiest Dads of Yesteryear

Dean Martin and Sons



Dino compares muscles with one of his sons in 1958, as another looks on. The Rat Packer was a father of eight -- ain't that a kick in the head?

at the site of dino's childhood home

Hey pallies, here's 'nother great pix from Dino-fest 2010 in Dino-mecca.....our Dino-devoted pallie noebie (Brian Noe) standin' on the very spot that our Dino was birthed....319 South 6th Street in Stu-ville. Such a deep deep tragedy that they tore down the home that our Dino was birthed and raised in...it certainly oughta been on the national register of historic sites.

Again, we thanks our great Dino-enthralled pallie noebie for sharin' so Dino-well his Dino-pilgrimage to the land of our Dino. To view this pix at it's original flickr site, just likes clicks on the tagg of this here Dino-gram. So, lookin' for some more Dino-prosin' and pod Dino-cast by noebie himself. Dino-anticipatin', DMP

to our beloved Dino on Daddy-o Day

Hey pallies, likes when I was growin' up as a Dean-ager I so so wanted to have our Dino as my daddy-0....likes whata coulda be better then livin' in family Martin and havin' our King of Cool as your old man.... What an amazin' priviledge it woulda be to grow up in the presence of our Dino and have him as your role model. I was so jealous of Dino Martin Jr. not only havin' our great man as his daddy-o, but also carryin' his legacy through his name.

You can absolutely see how devoted our Dino was to Dino Jr. and Dino Jr. was devoted to his daddy-o in this great vid from the Dino-show that often gets featured here at ilovedinomartin.

To our beloved Dino on Daddy-o Day.....thanks for bein' such a lovin' father and role model not just to your children, but to youth from one generation to the next who continue to gets to know, love, and honor your presence in their lives. Dino-longin', DMP

Noebie's twitterin' from Dino-fest

Hey pallies, likes here is 'nother pix from our pallie noebie's Dino-journey from his flickr pad. Well below you will find all of noebie's tweets from his twitter pad (clicks on tagg of this Dino-post to goes there).

Not only can you read all of noebie's tweets, but you can see a small pix of our Dino-devoted pallie and we learn the followin' details 'bout him....

Name Brian Noe
Location Mattoon, Illinois, USA
Web http://noebie.com...
Bio husband, papa, writer, trippy cowpunk and podcaster...cocktails anyone?

So likes if you wanna read some first-hand accounts of our pallie noebie and company's Dino-trippin' goes for it pallies. Again, thanks so much noebie man for lettin' us all pallies tagg 'long with ya on your Dino-pilgrimage to Dino-ville! Dino-devotedly, DMP






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Your lists: and grammy has her picture on the front page of the steubenville herald examiner this morning (at deana's book signing) - w00t!
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Hey pallies, likes as promised, here is our pallie's noebie's patter 'bout Dino-fest at his stellar blog, "The Comedic Genius Of Martin And Lewis." Gotta 'fess up that I wasn't able to gets the vid there copied here...but you can either clicks on the tagg of this Dino-gram to goes directly to noebie's post or copy the link posted where the vid is 'sposed to be and go directly to noebie's flickr vid page to view it there.

You will note that noebie has also included links to his page of Dino-pixs from the fest and well as comments at his twitter pad...I've yet to checks that out. So, again thanks pallie noebie for sharin' with the Dino-world your Dino-adventures in Dino-ville for the 2010 fest in honor of our beloved Dino! In our Dino, DMP


Friday, June 18, 2010

Direct from Steubenville

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We're enjoying a wonderful time in Steubenville at the annual Dean Martin Festival. You'll find occasional (almost) real time reports over on Twitter, and my most recent uploads of pictures and videos on this Flickr set.

I'll also be putting together a podcast episode in a week or so with a full recap and some audio from various events here. In the meantime, enjoy this short video from Deana Martin's book signing this afternoon. She is gracious, beautiful and (like her father) a natural wit.

Posted by Noebie at 1:09 PM

presenting dean martin!

Hey pallies, our Dino is just so good to his devoted pallies....was just askin' Dino this mornin' 'bout leadin' me to somethin' Dino-worthy to share 'bout Dino-fest 2010...and likes whens I got on the web this mornin' and checked out the google 'lerts lo and behold there was this cool link likes to a pallie's flickr collection of pixs from this weekend's Dino-festivities!

The pallie who's great pixs you can likes view by clickin' on the tagg of this Dino-gram is none other then our Dino-devoted pallie noebie of blogger fame "The Comedic Genius Of Martin And Lewis." You knows our noebie...he's like the dude who podcasts many of the ol' Martin and Lewis radio programmes for our Dino-listenin' pleasure.

So then, likes I thought I woulda checks out noebie's blogger pad, and likes there he has a vid clip from Dino-fest and some Dino-patter as well. The next post will feature our noebie's post at "The Comedic Genius Of Martin And Lewis."

But for this very Dino-moment enjoys these two pixs snapped by noebie at Dino-fest 2010 in Stu-ville. The second is truly my fav....his young girlpallie Caroline lovin' on our Dino... Thanks noebie for likes sharin' your Dino-pilgrimage with all us Dino-holics who ain't been able to journey to Dino-ville. Dino-reportin', DMP



presenting dean martin!



little girls love dean

Our Dino and company summitin' with "The Birth Of The Blues"

Hey pallies, one of ilovedinomartin's most devote Dino-holics is Mr. Andy Lim from Singapore. Yester-Dino-day Mr. Lim kindly sent me a link to view a clip of our Dino singin' "The Birth Of The Blues" at The Summit with the frankie, the Sam, and Johnny Carson. That stellar Dino-performance is below shared below.

You gotta watch our Dino grinnin' and swingin' to the beat...and then takin' the spotlight, immediately takin' a prat fall, and makin' Dino-inquiry, "Am I safe?" One thin's for sure, you just never know what our Dino is goin' to do next!

ilovedinomartin thanks our grand pallie Andy for callin' this Dino-clip to our attentionado. And, likes pallies, to visit Andy at his pad, "Singapore 60s Andy's Pop Music Influence," just click on the link of this Dino-post. Dino-appreciatively, DMP

Our Anniversary Trip To Steubenville (Part Two)

Hey pallies, as promised, here is the second half of our pallie Miss AOW's show and tell of her Dino-pilgrimage to Dino-ville with Mr. AOW for Dino-fest 2007. So kind of Miss AOW to let us share her Dino-tripin' with all us pallies here at ilovedinomartin.

Dino-fest 2010 begins tomorrow in Stu-ville and will be lookin' for some Dino-commentary on this year's Dino-celebration as well.

Thanks Miss AOW for lovin' our Dino and sharin' your Dino-devotion with all us dudes here at ilovedinomartin. And, again, I share with all you pallies Miss AOW's request to pass on to you....." I'd appreciate a mention of the fact that I'm primarily a political blotter at http://alwaysonwatch2.blogspot.com/ , but take frequent breaks from politics to keep up with nostalgia about our Dino. Oh, for the good ol' days of Dino!"

ilovedinomartin tries it's best to say a-politico, but knows that some of you pallies musta have a leanin' toward this sorta bloggin'...so likes please check's out Miss AOW's action. And, as usual, to view Miss AOW's Dino-presentation at her "AOW's Photos," just click on the tagg of this Dino-post. Dino-sharin', DMP








Next to the sign which marks the site of Dean Martin's birthplace stands a duplex. When I was in Steubenville in 2002 for Dean Martin Day, I met Francesca Monaco, who lived in one of these residences (the one on the right, I think).

Ms. Monaco saw me taking pictures of the site of Dean Martin's birthplace and came out her door, saying, "Are you a teacher? You walk like a teacher." We proceeded to converse for nearly a half hour. Ms. Monaco had been Dean Martin's teacher when he was in 10th grade! She was only a few years older than he; back in those days, when an aspiring teacher graduated from high school, in order to certify as a teacher, she didn't have to attend college, but only take a summer's worth of certification courses. I asked Ms. Monaco what kind of student Dean was, and she told me that he was quiet and intelligent, though he didn't apply himself in school.

Another interesting factoid I gleaned from Ms. Monaco, from a family of several girls: Dean's mother, a seamstress, made all her sisters' wedding dresses.

I have no idea if Ms. Monaco is still living, but the duplex where I met her is still standing:



Francesca Monaco informed me that the Crocettis lived only a few years in the house in which Dean was born. She directed me to another house in a better part of town, further from the railroad track. In this house, Dean's father worked as a barber on the first floor, and the family lived upstairs. I'm not sure if the following picture is exactly the correct address, but even if not, the building looked like this:




Sheer cliffs, showing lots of evidence of iron in the rust coloring, rise from the Ohio River on the West Virginia side:



The iron in the geological formations led to the establishment of the steel-mill industry in Steubenville. In the background of this picture, you can see the railroad track for the trains and the smokestack from one of the steel mills. I took this picture not far from the site of the previous photo:



In addition to being Dean Martin's hometown, Steubenville is famous as "The City of Murals." Here are two of those murals:

Our Anniversary Trip To Steubenville (Part One)

Hey pallies, likes all you Dino-holics knows that Dino-fest 2010 will take place on June 18-19 in Dino-mecca, Stuebenville, Ohio. Thousands of Dino-devotees will make the pilgrimage to our Dino's pad of birth to celebrate the legacy of our King of Cool. Gotta 'fess up that likes I have never ever been able to visit Stu-ville or the Dino-celebration, but oh so yearns to one day trip to the land of Dino.

In preparation for honorin' our Dino this weekend, our wonderful pallie Miss AOW has invited ilovedinomartin to share some pixs and commentary from the pilgrimage that she and Mr. AOW made to Stu-ville for Dino-fest 2007. This is the first part of a two part Dino-post that Miss AOW shared at her AOW's Photos Blog (clicks on tagg of this Dino-gram to goes there).

When graciously sendin' me the info to get's this Dino-post created, Miss AOW made this request, " I'd appreciate a mention of the fact that I'm primarily a political blotter at http://alwaysonwatch2.blogspot.com/ , but take frequent breaks from politics to keep up with nostalgia about our Dino. Oh, for the good ol' days of Dino!"

We at ilovedinomartin are delighted to honor Miss AOW's request and invite all of you pallies to checks out her politico thoughts. Am hopin' that Miss AOW will be doin' some Dino-specials for ilovedinomartin this summer...'specially hopin' that she might shares with us her take on our Dino's politico leanin's.

Thanks to Miss AOW for sharin' her pixs from Dino-mecca and looks for part two of her Dino-adventure very soon here at ilovedinomartin. Dino-delightedly, DMP








Our Anniversary Trip To Steubenville (Part One)

The following are two of the sights on Dean Martin Boulevard (Route 7), as one first approaches Steubenville:





The house where Dean Martin was born is no longer standing, but the lot is marked:



Dean Martin's home church, the church at which he was christined, was St. Anthony's of Padua. In the left foreground of the second picture below, you can see just a portion of our Mustang GT convertible. The weather was perfect, and we had the top down the entire time we were in Steubenville.

Dean's home church today looks as it did when Dean was baptized:





One of the reasons that we went to Steubenville this year is that we knew that Tom Stevens would be appearing. Of course, there will never be another Dean Martin, but, in my opionion, Tom is the best of the Dean impersonators. Deana Martin herself says that her seeing Tom makes her do a doubletake:



You can learn more about Tom Stevens HERE.

Dino-competition

Hey pallies, likes found this new 'net pad tagged "ibeatyou" with some cool Dino-action of some rad Dino-competition. Clicks on the tagg of this here Dino-gram and you will lands at "ibeatyou" where you will be able to vote for your fav Dino-vid.

I just couldn't resist enterin' our Dino's amazin' vid of "Since I Met You, Baby" in this Dino-contest and of course woulda loves to have all you pallies support my Dino-choice, but likes whatever Dino-clip yous votes for....our Dino is always the winner....and of course, that simply is as it Dino-oughta be!\

You will note that currently "Since I Met You, Baby" is likes in FIRST PLACE!!!!!

Thanks to the pallies at "ibeatyou" for creatin' this Dino-competition...and likes alls I can say pallies is VOTE DINO!!!! Dino-changed, DMP



DEAN MARTIN
ONE VIDEO. ONE ENTRY. NO REPEATS.

Comments From Jayme Wing, The Vid Editor of our Dino's "Since I Met You, Baby"

Hey pallies, likes y'all knows how much I loves to explore the internet for more and more Dino-knowledge for all us pallies Dino-edification. Well, this very Dino-weekend I was able to uncover some way cool Dino-information 'bout the creation of our Dino's one and only music vid, "Since I Met You, Baby."

Among the youtube comments made 'bout "Since I Met You, Baby" are two from the very video editor that was responsible for the Dino-creation. Jayme Wing is the creative genius behind this historic Dino-vid and you can soak in his Dino-reflections below.
Does have a personal message sent Mr. Wing's way in hopes that he may just consent to do an interview here at ilovedinomartin so that we can learn even more 'bout the makin' of this amazin' Dino-event. To view Mr. Wing's comments in their original format, likes just clicks on the tagg of this here Dino-message. Dino-researchin', DMP




My name is Jayme Wing and I am the editor who created this video. I did all the offline and on line editing and all the matte effects and design. It contains my trademark red dot. This video was done in the mid 1980's. All of the effects you see in this video were done using an analog video switcher while playing back multiple 1" video tape machines. We did not have any software based effects. This video was shot on video tape instead of 16 or 35mm film.

Some of the effects you see in the video were created to mask camera exposure problems and other issues. It took about a month to make this video. Man, I had a great time making this video. Thanks Dino!