TV-Spot van DEAN MARTIN - THAT'S AMORE

Hey pallies, liikes I coulda spends every moment of every Dino-day just surfin' for cool Dino-treasure over at youtube...that's what I was doin' when our Dino led me to this amazin' little Dino-mercial for the newest of the new Dino-compilations from Europe, "That's Amore."

Likes how cool to know that European tele musta be runnin' 'mercials to sell this stellar Dino-trib. The dude postin' this Dino-clip at youtube is from Belgium, so I am guessin' that the language of the vid is Belgian.

I likes finally found a non-internet supplier to order this swingin' collection that likes was created with the assistin' of our Dino's girlpallie Miss Gail. So I am likes Dino-psyched just anticipatin' the arrival of my newest Dino-treasure!

Likes just loves the fact that Dino-mercials such as this will brings tons of new pallies to knowin', lovin' and diggin' our beloved Dino! Dino-devotedly, DMP



TV-Spot van DEAN MARTIN - THAT'S AMORE (Best Of) - (P) & (C) 2010 Universal Music

TRACKLIST:
CD1:
1. That's Amore
2. Memories Are Made Of This
3. Everybody Loves Somebody
4. Somewhere There's A Someone
5. I Will / 6. I'll Be Seeing You
7. Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head - 2002 Digital Remaster
8. Send Me The Pillow You Dream On
9. Have A Heart
10. In The Misty Moonlight
11. The Birds And The Bees
12. Raining In My Heart
13. The Door Is Still Open (To My Heart)
14. Magic Is The Moonlight
15. King Of The Road
16. You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You
17. Besame Mucho
18. The Glory Of Love
19. I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face
20. You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want To Do It)

CD2:
1. Volare
2. Sway
3. Little Ole Wine Drinker Me
4. Gentle On My Mind
5. For Once In My Life
6. I Don't Know Why
7. Just A Little Lovin' (Will Go A Long Way)
8. I'm Not The Marrying Kind (Matt Helm's Theme)
9. C'est Si Bon
10. April In Paris
11. La Vie En Rose
12. Blue Moon
13. Always In My Heart
14. I Can't Help It
15. In The Chapel In The Moonlight
16. You'll Always Be The One I Love
17. Send Me Some Lovin'
18. Here We Go Again
19. Here Comes My Baby Back Again
20. You're The Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me

Dean Martin’s 1986 Rolls Royce Corniche Convertible

Hey pallies, likes I thought I was just doin' some random Dino-surfin' and likes our Dino directed me to this cool pad tagged "Hollywood Status: Automobiles Of The Famous." Our Dino loves his automobiles and likes the one pictured here surely musta been one of his favs.... a 1986 Rolls Royce Corniche Convertible.

Loves the style of this classic car.....so cool likes our King Of Cool who owned it. As you will read below you will gain some Dino-details on this hip and swingin' moblie....just gotta wonder if it has been snatched up by some Dino-devottee yet...likes if I only had the $125 thou to makes it mine! To view this in it's original source, just clicks on the tagg of this here Dino-gram. Dino-ever, DMP


Dean Martin’s 1986 Rolls Royce Corniche Convertible







The Rolls Royce is just a classic brand all around and the 80's held a great styling decade for the company. This Rolls Royce Corniche Convertible was bought in 1986 by Dean Martin who owned it until he past away in 1995. It was then bought by Ken Behring (former Seattle Seahawks owner). The car has only been held by these two owners and includes just 19,000 miles on the odometer. The car is sitting at the Auto Collections inside Imperial Palace off the Las Vegas Strip. The car is also for sale at $125,000.

....and the melody of "Sway," made famous by Dean Martin in 1953, slowly comes together.

Hey pallies, DINO IN BAGHDAD!!!!.....likes no matter wheres your goes....our Dino is there! Today's Dino-gram shares the stellar news that youngens of Baghdad's elite are strummin' their guitars to the melody of our Dino's "Sway."

How wonderful to learn that even the youth of war torn Iraq are gettin' to know, love, and share in the magic that is our Dino. We thanks Arwa Damon on CNN for sharin' this Dino-heartwarmin' tale with us at the online presence of CNN. And, if you clicks on the tagg of this Dino-report you will go to the original site where you can view a vid of the children of Baghdad strummin' to our Dino.

Our Dino truly speaks the international language of amore and likes the more amorin' the world gets, the less warrin' there will be and peace will be the Dino-result. So let's all do our part to spread the Dino-message of amore! Dino-lovin', DMP btw, as a little bonus, likes have included a Dino-trib-vid featurin' our Dino singin' "Sway."


Teaching Iraq's children the language of music, not war

By Arwa Damon, CNN

August 4, 2010 8:17 a.m. EDT


Iraq, Baghdad (CNN) -- Behind blast walls, barricades, and heavy security Nashat Majeed, a guitar instructor, gently coaches his young students.

"Three, two, one..."

Small hands strum, some awkward, others already on their way to dreams of being professional, and the melody of "Sway," made famous by Dean Martin in 1953, slowly comes together.

For around two months now, Nashat has gathered the children, aged between 11 and 15, at Baghdad's elite Hunting Club for twice-weekly guitar lessons.

"Of course music helps the kids psychologically, especially after everything that Iraq has been through," he told CNN. "Music is a rhythm, it's like day and night, life and death, it helps organize what is inside us."

Among his students is 13-year-old Mawj and her younger brother. Her father is an architect, her mother a university professor.

They are part of Baghdad's dwindling elite, among the few families who could financially afford to leave but chose to stay.

"At the start, it was a tough decision, especially when things got really difficult in Iraq," Mawj's mother Sora said, referring to the worst years of sectarian bloodshed in the country.

"We though about leaving, but then we said, 'No, we should stay, and stay strong.'"

"When I play guitar, I feel like I am in a different world," said Mawj, smiling broadly. "A completely different world."

Nashat fell in love with music when he was Mawj's age.

"I used to have a small radio and I would listen to Voice of America," he said. "There was a daily music show called 'Top Ten Songs.' I used to listen to guitar music and I loved it."

He turned his passion into a profession, now playing at the Hunting Club and other venues around Baghdad. He says he never stopped, even during the days when carrying a guitar could mean a death sentence.

The militias and extremists that once ruled Baghdad designated anything musical as being "Western" and hence forbidden.

But today, he can -- amid tight security -- gather his students.

"We're trying to create a new environment for them," Sora explained. " ... They do know that they are living in Iraq, they know the circumstances of Iraq, but inside our home we try to help them relax and [live] in an environment that has music.

"We send them swimming twice a week, so we try to create a different environment," she continued.

These children are luckier than most their age -- they have an opportunity to escape.

Fifteen-year-old Osama wants to be a doctor, that is, if his dream to form a band and play on stage doesn't materialize.

He plays for his friends at coffee shops and parks, passing on Nashat's lessons.

Nashat says it's about teaching children the language of music rather than the language of war.

".......... but any cowboy ol' Dino played was great"

Hey pallies, always findin' the coolest blogs honorin' our Dino. Today's Dino-find comes from the on-line presence of USA Today and a pad tagged "Pop Candy: Unwrapping Pop Culture's Hip And Hidden Treasures." (To view, just clicks on the tagg of this here Dino-post.)

A dude tagged Jimmy C. shares his favorite classic cowboys...Lucas McCain, The Lone Ranger, Bat Masterson, Matt Dillon...and, of course, our Dino as Van Morgan in "5 Card Stud"...sayin': "any cowboy ol' Dino played was great."

Ain't it amazin' how many different ways that pallies are drawn to Dino-devotion...singin', jokin', and a huge variety of filmed performances includin' as Jimmy C. notes our Dino amazin' ability to play a boy of cows...

Likes reads Jimmy's commentary below and note that I have found and posted the stellar Dino-clip that he aludes to in his Dino-prose as well as a cool set of shots that I found on the web. Gotta says pallies, I never ever gets tired of readin' the astoundin' number of tribs to our Dino all over the Dino-web! Thanks to Pop Candy and Mr. Jimmy C. for liftin' up the name of our Dino and sharin' his unabashed Dino-admiration with others. Dino-sharin', DMP


Today's Pop Five: Jimmy C.'s favorite classic cowboys

Today's contribution comes from Jimmy C. in Raleigh, N.C.:

We used to play cowboys and Indians a lot as boys. Here are my Pop Five cowboys that I loved from the glory days of TV:

5. Van Morgan (played by Dean Martin), 5 Card Stud -- This is a movie, not a TV series, but any cowboy ol' Dino played was great. I like to quote the showdown scene when Martin confronts Robert Mitchum (who plays a preacher) about being the murderer. Mitchum had a gun hidden in a Bible. Martin: "If that's a Bible, start reading. If its not, you drop it."

...expect to see more robberies, gun claps, and body counts in ’40s and ’50s setting with Dean Martin’s “Ain’t That a Kick in the Head?” as the score.

Hey pallies, first of all we begins with a warnin' that today's Dino-gram contains some violence if you watch the vid below.

From the daily feature "Wake N' Watch" on Marc Ecko's Complex.com blog comes excitin' news that our Dino's classic tune "Ain't That A Kick In The Head" is the background score featured in the new videogame Mafia II releasin' August 27th.

How very savvy of the creators of this new action game to use our King of Cool's tune to accent there production. Thinks of the hoard of today's youth who may very well gets their first introduction to our Dino via playin' this vidgame. Can't you just see these pallies askin' each other...likes who is that dude singin'? And their quiry will lead them on a Dino-quest to true Dino-devotion.

Ain't it a kick in the head pallies how our Dino's legacy just keeps glowin' and growin' and likes bein' so enhanced by today's technological wonders! Dino-amazin', DMP


Wake N’ Watch: ‘Mafia II’ Teaser Trailer
8:00 am | Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010



Straight up, we’re very excited about Mafia II. Why? Not only did we receive a limited edition pistol lamp from the good folks at 2K, but also we just peeped the amazing trailer, which uses long tracking shots to showcase various segments of the game. While Mafia took cues from novels, films, and television series to create a romanticized underworld, part two will cover darker and more realistic themes. In other words, expect to see more robberies, gun claps, and body counts in ’40s and ’50s setting with Dean Martin’s “Ain’t That a Kick in the Head?” as the score. Check out the short yet highly entertaining trailer, and expect to drop some cash on August 27.

Tune in to Complex.com every morning at 8 AM for your daily “Wake N’ Watch” video.

Our Dino: A Mover and Shaker

Hey pallies, likes how cool is this....from the Amazon "Movers and Shakers" music list comes this breakin' Dino-news that currently our Dino's outstandin' al-b-um "DINO: The Essential Dean Martin" has gone from the rankin' of #1,059 yester-Dino-day to #201 this very Dino-day....an increase of 201%...nows likes how cool is that!

Our Dino's compilation al-b-um is currently at #17 on the Movers and Shakers list!!!! To verify this Dino-detail, likes just clicks on the tagg of this here Dino-gram. Keeps lovin' our Dino and keeps spreadin' the Dino-message of cool everywhere you Dino-can! Dino-delightedly, DMP


17. Ranking has gone up in the past 24 hours 201%

Sales Rank in Music: 351 (was 1,059 yesterday) Dino: The Essential Dean Martin

Sunday Serenade with Dino: "Turn The World Around"

Hey pallies, it 'nother Sunday and times for 'nother Sunday Serenade with Dino. Today's Dino-croonin' is of the love ballad, "Turn The World Around." Everytime I experience our Dino he has this way of turnin' the world 'round for me and makin' me just so so happy. And, certainly I does wish that all us Dino-philes couldn't turn the world 'round and return to the days when our Dino walked the earth. Buts likes so grateful for the marvels of technology that makes it possible to continue to enjoys the marvels of our Dino each and every Dino-day.

So likes enjoys our Dino serenadin' us with "Turn The World Around." Dino-marvelin', DMP





Dean Martin Show Sep. 28th 1972

Christmas In July With Our Dino: "White Christmas"

Hey pallies, likes on this last day of July, we again gets to chill out to 'nother Dino-winter-tune. This time 'round it is our beloved Dino singin' a likes totally groovy version of "White Christmas." Our Dino lends his unique style to everythin' he sin's, but it is none truer then with his version of "White Christmas."

Our pallie, Ky recently shared this Dino-detail with the readers of the ilovedinomartin Dino-dialogue group and I share it with all of you here....

"The story goes that Dean was singing White Christmas on one of his shows.
Irving Berlin happened to be there and leaned over to Greg Garrison and told him Dean`s is his favourite version of White Christmas.
Later Greg told Dean and Dean being modest was so taken by surprise."

Ain't it it coolest pallies that Mr. Irving Berlin, the creator of the winter-tune classic "White Christmas" digs our Dino's version to the most? So sits back and diggs the chillin' sounds of our Dino dreamin' of a "White Christmas." Dino-chillin', DMP

Christmas In July With Our Dino: "Marshmallow World"

Hey pallies, as the Dino-month of July likes windes down thoughts we oughta at least celebrates a little Dino-chillin' in the midst of the steamy conditions outside. Gotta 'fess up that I loves to listen to Dino-winter-tunes all year long...and my absolute fav of favs is our beloved Dino singin' 'bout a world filled with marshmallow....and this is my absolutely fav Dino-vid-version of our great man and the sticky stuff.....

So in celebratin' a bit of Christmas In July, here for your Dino-viewin' Dino-chillin' Dino-pleasure is our Dino singin' "Marshmallow World" in the hip, cool, and ever randy way that only our Dino can dos it! Dino-chillin', DMP

‘I’m closer to Dean Martin than Jimi Hendrix’

Hey pallies, likes today's Dino-love comes from the pages of the Providence (Rhode Island) Journal's online presence "projo.com." From the pen of the Journal's Pop Music Writer Mr. Rick Massimo likes comes his review of entertainer extraordinare Mr. George Thorogood. As you will read below, Mr. Thorogood is likes an all 'round entertainer....throughly good at his craft. And, likes who does George wanna be more compared to....well in his own words....‘I’m closer to Dean Martin than Jimi Hendrix’.

Ain't that just the coolest pallies....'nother of today's up and comin' modern entertainers who likes simply wants to be more and more likes our Dino! And, why not....'cause there certainly never was or ever will be anyone to wants to emulate more than our King of Cool.

Enjoys readin' this interview with George Thorogood and rejoicin' in his desire to become more and more like our beloved Dino. Thanks to Mr. Massimo for doin' this write up that puts the accent on our Dino. To read this in it's original format, as usual, just clicks on the tagg of this here Dino-gram. Dino-promotin', DMP

‘I’m closer to Dean Martin than Jimi Hendrix’

Thursday, July 29, 2010

By Rick Massimo
Journal Pop Music Writer

George Thorogood

Sure, he’s had the occasional hit single such as “Bad to the Bone,” “Who Do You Love?” or “Gear Jammer,” but George Thorogood has been putting together a career one night at a time in front of one audience at a time for more than 35 years. Some artists chafe at the adjective “workmanlike,” but Thorogood doesn’t; in fact, in interviews he’s usually aggressive in his modesty about his talents, using phrases such as, “I’m no genius,” and, “I’m seeing how many coats of paint I can put on ‘Johnny B. Goode’, ” to describe himself.

Indeed, in a phone conversation he says, “I only know three licks — but I know ’em cold.”

It’s as a live act, he says, that he and The Destroyers continue to evolve. “There are new ideas coming all the time, new jokes coming to me all the time, new songs to put in the set (he’s still in the early stages of touring behind last year’s “The Dirty Dozen” disc, which paired six new songs with six older, out-of-print tracks), as opposed to getting better on the guitar. I’m a guitarist second, an entertainer first.”

The success of his albums and singles gave people the wrong impression of what a Thorogood show promises, he says. “We were a good nightclub act. And then we put out these albums with all this guitar playing, and people were shocked when I walked out on stage and told a joke or used a little shtick. ‘Why is he making a joke about the bartender?’ They didn’t get it. I’m closer to Dean Martin than Jimi Hendrix .… People see me and say, ‘This guy’s a hell of an entertainer; plus, he’s not a bad guitar player either.’ Not the other way around.”

Thorogood says the show stays fresh for him over the years because he and his band can, and do, play different types of venues all the time. He has opened for huge acts such as The Rolling Stones and Bruce Springsteen who always play in stadiums, and he says he’s seen what that kind of consistency can mean to a band. “Some of those people didn’t care for that; they said, ‘Aw, it’s boring.’ I did not. Consistency made me better.…

“[But] I’ll be in a House of Blues one night and in a casino the next night, and the next night after that I might play a proscenium theater, and the night after that a rock festival. So I always have to be on my toes. I always said that if I got the same setup every night, like Springsteen or Mick Jagger or Steve Miller, I’d be the greatest rock entertainer, just like they are.”

He’s kept essentially the same band together for his entire 35 years in the business, and that continuity has allowed Thorogood to evolve his live act, a process he says continues to this day.

“Picasso never stopped painting; Van Morrison and Joni Mitchell never stopped writing. Because that’s what they are. I saw Rodney Dangerfield five times, and every time was better than the last time. Because that’s what he does. And I’m the same way.”

George Thorogood and the Destroyers and Cadillac Martini play Friday night at 7 the Nantucket Nectars Sunset Music Series, at the Newport Yachting Center, off America’s Cup Avenue. For tickets, call (401) 846-1600, ext. 2, or go to www.newportwaterfrontevents.com.

rmassimo@projo.com

Dean Martin. Found.

Hey pallies, likes just loves findin' more and more Dino-lovin' all over the web. Today we turn to the blog "middlesex MD" and a chick tagged Julie for likes some heavy duty Dino-devotion. Seems Miss Julie had a grandmommy-o who snagged her and her sisters some autographed Dino-pixs and Julie like recently unearthed her copy much to her delight.

As you will read she is one sold out pallie to our beloved Dino. Loves her Dino-patter and likes all the outstandin' Dino-vids she has chosen to share with her reader. Thanks Miss Julie for your unabashed sharin' of your Dino-smitteness and for helpin' others to come to know, love, and fall head over heels for our Dino!

To read this in it's original context, just clicks on the tagg of this Dino-post. Dino-awed, DMP

Dean Martin. Found.

July 27, 2010 by jujuridl

My libido woke up.

This week we shoveled out a room to make room for a new hobby. In the unearthing, my husband found my long-lost, autographed picture of Dean Martin:



Oh, be still, foolish heart!

My grandmother snagged two of these, one for my sister, and one for me, in Rome, when Martin was shooting there on location. She sent them to us when we were still too young to really understand what Dean could do for us.

But at the time, we were living on a naval base in the tropics, where it was hot, hot, hot. We spent most of our time in the base movie theatre, which had a sound track that ran the same songs over and over and over again between films. That track included “Everybody Loves Somebody, Some Time.” That voice could tease desire out of even a 10 year old. It turns out.

We fell a little in love then, but a lot in love later when we returned to the States and snuck around to watch Dean Martin on his television shows, and Dean Martin movies and listened even more to Dean Martin records. We have loved him ever since.

A quick quiz among a gathering of girlfriends suggests we are not alone. Dean still does it for a remarkably wide age demographic, doesn’t he? I know it included my mother, who would be in her late 70s now. And it extends to friends in their 40s…. I wonder if he could have ever known what lust he could inspire?

Anyway. Dean’s there for you on YouTube, whenever you want him. Here’s hoping he still works for you the way he does for me:

Especially for my sister:



That’s Amore:



Innamorata, sizzle:



Memories are made of this:



Medley with Petula Clark, oh melt:



This reminds me that I need a sequined pantsuit:



That’s just a sampling, friends. Happy memories…

'an dean martin should apologize t the rolling stones' - bob dylan

Hey pallies, likes wow dudes, today's Dino-gram is likes a totally rad read from the MOG pad from a dude tagged emscee (clicks on tagg of this Dino-post to goes there).
This Dino-centric message puts the accent on our Dino and his hip and with it comments to the Rollin' Stones on their appearance on "The Hollywood Palace" in '64.
You knows the Dino-drill pallies...it's that clip where our Dino shares his hipper then hip and groovier then groovy Dino-wisdom...

"Now.....somethin' for the youngsters. Five singin' boys from England who sold a lot of al-b-ums. Albums. They're called the Rollin' Stones. I'VE BEEN ROLLED WHEN I WAS STONED MYSELF. So, I don't know what they're singin''bout, but there they are at."

Never knew that Mr. Bob Dylan created a poem that featured our Dino...gotta say that I don't agree with Dylan's thoughts on our Dino apologizin' to the Stones...which I am certain he never did...and today I'm sure Bob Dylan as a Dino-devottee of today woulda retract dem words if he thought 'bout it. But, how cool to have Dylan include our beloved Dino in a poem on the back of one Bob's al-b-um covers! Loves learnin' more and more amazin' Dino-details of our great man!

And we also learn that our Dino and the Stones actually covered the exact same song...but of course as you listen you will discover that our Dino's version is so so much more with it then the Stones take. And, likes I just gotta mention how stellar it is to have that totally moddish pix of our Dino, Miss Ann, and his boypallie Dino Jr. and band to begins the Dino-message....

We sez our thanks to emscee dude for this provocative as well as evocative Dino-post...and for helpin' this Dino-holic and probably many others learn more Dino-details. Dino-growin', DMP


'an dean martin should apologize t the rolling stones' - bob dylan

Artist:The Rolling Stones/Dean Martin/Dino, Desi & Billy



Dylan wrote that in one of the poems on the back of the 'Another Side of Bob Dylan' album, and it was obvious at the time what he was referring to, but someone buying that album now (are the liner notes still included in the cd package? maybe not) might be in the dark.

Back in the olden days, when rock artists appeared on TV, it was usually (except on American Bandstand-type shows) on network variety shows, where they were given a token slot for the youngsters (you've seen the clips of The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show even if you're really young, so you have some idea). So to see The Rolling Stones in 1964, you might have to watch The Red Skelton Show (did that man ever do or say anything remotely funny, ever?) or Hollywood Palace.

When The Stones first appeared on Hollywood Palace, the guest host was Dean Martin, who made a series of tasteless, condescending wisecracks about the band. This is a sample:



Well, I don't know if Dean ever apologized t the Rolling Stones, but Dylan was right, he should have, 'cause not many months later, his son Dean Martin Jr was in the pop-rock group Dino, Desi and Billy, who did some Stones covers ('Satisfaction,' 'Get Off My Cloud') and some Dylan ('Mr. Tambourine Man,' 'It Ain't Me Babe' - from 'Another Side of Bob Dylan'!! -- and 'Like A Rolling Stone,' funny on so many levels), and protest songs such as this:



Not only that, but Dino and The Stones even covered the same song, Arthur Alexander's 'You Better Move On' (posted here the other day by Randy Newman).





What I said the other day about everything being connected? Here you have proof.

On July 25, 1946, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis began their partnership

Hey pallies, loves to see more and more mentions of how our Dino and the kid appeared as a duo the first time on July 25, 1946. This particular Dino-mention is short and sweet, but so much loves this pix of our Dino and the jer tht likes I just had to post it. This particular Dino-report comes from the pad "Digtriad" and their feature "Today In Entertainment History." As ever, to view this in it's original format, just click on the tagg of this Dino-gram. In our Dino, DMP


On July 25, 1946, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis began their partnership as a nightclub song and comedy act with a performance in Atlantic City. They split up in 1956.

Yesterday In Dino-history: July 25, 1946 our Dino and the jer stage their first show together

Hey pallies, likes so so sorry that I didn't gets this posted on the 64th anniversary of the Dino-date of our beloved Dino and the jer stagin' their first show together as a team. We say our thanks to the pallies at ABA DSS.com for rememberin' and honorin' our Dino and the kid on this oh so important day in Dino-history. To view this in it's original format, just click on the tagg of this Dino-gram. Dino-rememberin' and Dino-honorin', DMP

This Day in History July 25

206th day of 2010 - 159 remaining

Sunday, July 25, 2010

MARTIN & LEWIS DAY



Crooner Dean Martin and comedian Jerry Lewis staged their first show as a team this day in 1946 at Club 500 in Atlantic City, NJ. Actually, the two had met while performing -- separately -- at the Glass Hat in New York City and decided to try an ad-lib act together. The rest is entertainment history.

The duo went from earning $350 a week to $5,000 a week in under eight months, with Martin playing the romantic straight man opposite Lewis as his goofy, unpredictable partner. Ten years later, the curtain came down on their final team performance at the Copacabana in New York. Over that decade, the zany two made seventeen movies including My Friend Irma, That’s My Boy, The Caddy, Pardners, Jumping Jacks and The Stooge.

Dean Martin went on to become a recording star (Memories are Made of This, Return to Me, Everybody Loves Somebody), movie star (The Young Lions, Rio Bravo, Sons of Katie Elder, the Matt Helm series) and host of his own TV variety show, The Dean Martin Show. Lewis pursued a solo career in Hollywood as comic lead (The Sad Sack, Cinderfella, The Nutty Professor); director (The Bellboy, The Errand Boy, The Patsy, Family Jewels, Which Way to the Front); producer; teacher (USC); and consummate entertainer. It would take 20 years for the two to speak publicly with each other again.

Martin died December 25, 1995. Lewis continues to set records in fund-raising during his annual Stars Across America! Labor Day Telethon for the Muscular Dystrophy Association (he has been chairman of the MDA since 1950). The Las Vegas resident continues to make nightclub appearances and returned to the stage in the Broadway revival production of **** Yankees in 1996. Critics called his performance as the Devil, a rip-roaring success.

Sunday Serenade With Dino and the jer: "Two Lost Souls"

Hey pallies, in honor of yesterday's anniversary of our Dino and the kid makin' the split in both their work and personal relationships, Sunday Serenade features the duo singin' "Two Lost Souls." The clip comes from the November 13, 1955 episode of the Colgate Comedy Hour, the very last time our Dino and the jer appeared on this landmark television programme.

"Two Lost Souls" comes from the Broadway musical "Damn Yankees," which years later Mr. Lewis would star in on the great white way.

Very interestin' that "Two Lost Souls" was likes the very last song Martin and Lewis sang as a team on the little screen. Even near the end of their partnership the amazin' chemistry between our beloved Dino and the jer continues to likes shine through...in many ways the song describes their decade long journey of fame and fortune and most importantly as soul mates.... Enjoys "Two Lost Souls" pallies! Dino-soulfully, DMP





Dean Martin - Jerry Lewis Colgate Comedy Hour Clip

Martin took one aisle away from the floor; Lewis took the other.

Hey pallies, likes today is a very very important day to remember in our Dino's history. It was on July 24, 1956 that our beloved Dino and the jer parted ways after exactly 10 years of teamin' up as the greatest comedy duo in all of history.

There are likes many many great posts 'round these Dino-parts to read mucho info on the who, what, when, where, why and how of the break-up. Today we feature some heart-felt insights 'bout our Dino and the jer's last night together from the blog "Frontier Net."

From the writings "The Copacabana, An Illustrated History" by Kristin Baggleaar (clicks on tagg of this here Dino-gram to goes there) comes some deep details of our Dino and the kid's swan song.

So, sit back and reflect on the meanin's of this most bitter-sweet day in all of Dino-history. Gotta 'fess up pallies, likes for years I didn't have any appreciato for Jerry Lewis what so ever, and felt that the split-up was exactly what Lewis deserved.

But, ever since readin' Jerry's tome "Dean and Me: A Love Story," I have grown in my understandin' and appreciation of just how much Jerry loved, and still loves our beloved Dino! In fact, I have become likes totally totally jealous of Jerry Lewis...because he got to spend 10 intimate and glorious years with the coolest person ever...and got to know our Dino better then any other person alive ever has or ever will. What coulda be more wonderful then that! In fact, I remember in readin' in Tosches' outstandin' Dino-bio that Jerry was jealous of the Jeanne and the Jeanne was equally jealous of Jerry...and who could blame 'em...they each wanted our Dino for themselves...and don't we all feel the same Dino-way?!?!?!

Anyway, on this special Dino-day in Dino-history we remember the legacy that our Dino and the jer had together, and see this endin' as a hugely important new beginnin' for our great man. Dino-rememberin', DMP




The Copacabana

An Illustrated History by Kristin Baggelaar
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By summer 1956, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis officially announced that they were breaking up as a team; however, together they were committed to one last engagement at the Copacabana. Perhaps because it was the last time they would ever work together, Martin and Lewis' final two-week stand at the Copa did a record-breaking business.

The diminished floorshow space was a tribute to their draw and mass impact. The Doug Coudy production numbers were curtailed as the acts, including the personable dance team of Conn & Mann, were stage waits for the headliners. Martin & Lewis worked with smoothness and no apparent personal friction despite all the press about their rift, but some dissension was evident with their Pardners bit, a cafe trailer for their soon-to-be released Paramount film of the same name. To their professional credit they played it straight, with Lewis foiling for Martin's crooning, and likewise, Martin foiling for his partner's clowning. While both were well received, it was felt that solo or team, the impact was not as resounding as in the past until their final night. Every celebrity in Manhattan was in the audience to witness the pair's swan song of one of the greatest comedy acts in history. They pulled out every schtick in their comedy bag for the star-studded crowd, from squirting seltzer down Milton Berle's shirt front to cutting off Monte Proser's necktie. The sophisticated cafe crowd wouldn't let them quit.

The final moments of the last show of their farewell engagement at the Copa on a hot Tuesday night, July 24, 1956, are pressed indelibly in the minds of those who were present. Martin's face was impassable, cool to the end. They finished with the final crescendo from Pardners: "You and me, we'll be the greatest pardners, buddies, and pals!" They joined hands for a last bow. Martin hugged Lewis. The audience exploded in an emotional uproar. Jackie Gleason jumped up and grabbed the mike, wiped away a tear, and said, "Folks, this can't be allowed to happen." The audience roared its approval, but Martin & Lewis just shook their heads, no. It was over. There was no encore. Martin took one aisle away from the floor; Lewis took the other.

Dean “Tex” Martin

Hey pallies, today's Dino-thoughts comes from a blog tagged "Streetlight Santa Cruz Blog." A pallie tagged Cat, who musta works in the "Streetlight Records" shoppe, recently got in a copy of the classic Dino-al-b-um Dean "Tex" Martin. Loves how they shares some of the liner notes that are likes so full of Dino-devotion as well as the amazin' Dino-cover pix. Ain't our man the greatest with his country look!

Thanks to Cat for sharin' this Dino-treasure with us and likes we are totally certain that this Dino-treasure will finds a great home with some Dino-holic. As usual, to veiw this in it's original format, just clicks on the tag of this Dino-post. Dino-discoverin', DMP

Dean “Tex” Martin

July 19, 2010



by Cat

How amazing is this? You’ve heard of the country-pop crossover, but back in the day, the pendulum swung the other way for Dean Martin, as he made himself a little country album y’all.

Country Style came over the counter the other day, and despite the temptation to pass on it due to condition, we couldn’t do it. I imagine it will probably end up on someone’s wall; or in the bathroom; or…you just never know with these things.

Here are some of the highpoints of the album notes:

“Dino down home? Why not? The Delta hasn’t been the same since his trip down south in Down Yonder.”

“When you have taste and charm, grace and feeling, you’re a stranger to no one.”

“Sometimes serious and sometimes comic, the result is always Dino (I mean Tex).”

“So look out pard. Better hide the chitlins and stash Ellie Mae.”

“There’s a paisano loose in your hills, wearing a Stetson, followed by a gang of guitar-plunkers in Sy Devore suits and Dodger baseball caps and headin’ your way.”

In case you’re still reading, and genuinely interested in this little cultural tidbit, here is the track listing:

1. I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry
2. Face in a Crowd
3. Things
4. Room Full of Roses
5. I Walk the Line
6. My Heart Cries for You
7. Any Time
8. Shutters and Boards
9. Blue, Blue Day
10. Singing the Blues
11. Hey, Good Lookin’
12. Ain’t Gonna Try No More

Categories: Just For Fun, You've Gotta See This Tags: vinyl, Dean "Tex" Martin, album covers, You've Gotta See This

Pit Boss: Dean & The TV Set

Hey pallies, likes thanks to our pallies over at "Blue-Eyes.com" we gets 'nother wonderful installment of Pit Boss by Mr. Ed Walters. You're gonna love this Dino-riffic tale of our beloved Dino showin' the hugeness of his generous heart.

Gotta 'fess up that I loves to read these Dino-remembrances from his time in 'Vegas, Baby, 'Vegas and hearin' first hand accounts of just how wonderful our King of Cool is. Thanks to "Blue-Eyes.com" and Mr. Walters for sharin' these heart-warmin' Dino-tales with us. To view this in it's original format, just click on the tagg of this here Dino-gram. Dino-hearted, DMP




Pit Boss: Dean & The TV Set

by Ed Walters on July 21, 2010


Pit Boss Wednesday at Blue-Eyes.com.

Today’s installment is among the funniest of the entire series of Ed’s Pit Boss posts. This one never fails to make me laugh. – RA

It’s around 1967 or so. Dean is starring in The Copa Room at night. I’m on the day shift in the Casino. On my break I go to see the guys in the Dealers room. This is the room where the dealers go on every break to rest or eat. It is located at the end of the long hallway that goes between the showroom and the kitchens. The entertainers all come in the back way through this hall. It leads out to the pool and grounds. The famous steamroom and Health Club you read about is next to the pool.

So it’s afternoon and I go to the dealers room to see how the Dodgers are doing in the World Series. I’m standing in the doorway, watching the game with the dealers and the waitress who serves them.

It’s tough to watch because the TV keeps screwing up. This is before cable, so the picture keeps going in and out. I’m about ready to leave when Dean comes up behind me. He watches it for awhile. One of the dealers keeps hitting the side of the TV to straighten out the wiggles.

Koufax throws a ball. Then another ball. One dealer yells “Koufax is going wild.” Dean says “Stop hitting the set. Your throwing the ball off.” Everyone laughs.

Dean starts walking out, down the hall. Dean says, “Eddie, get a TV that works, something in the modern age.” He heads out. He had been rehearsing something in the showroom. Yes, he did rehearse once in awhile. He was actually in much more command of his material than people think. I’ll talk about that another time.

Next day, I come in around noon to start the shift. Dealers comming in from their break are smiling and talking about the big, new TV that is now in the dealers room.

I check into it. Front desk tells me, Dean Martin came to them this morning and asked one of the bellhops (he knows them all, they know him) to go with him. They take the Sands station wagon and Dean asked, “Where do you get TV around here?” Guy says “I know a place.” Dean, says, “Let’s go there.”

The bellhop who went with Dean tells me the story of Dean going in the store and like only he can says to the salesman. (Can you picture, Dean saying this?)

“You got TV?”

“Do they get baseball?”

“What size do I need for baseball?”

The salesman, astonished this is Dean Martin is doing everything to be helpful. He asks Dean, “Do you need an antenna?”

Bellhop asks Dean if they should get an antenna. Dean tell him to get whatever he needs.

The salesman brings over a nice big antenna with all the rods sticking out. Dean is looking at each antenna stem (whatever you call it) Dean says to the salesman, ” Which one is for baseball?”

The poor salesman is just not sure if Dean is serious or not.

I’m laughing out loud listening to the bellhop tell me this. A typical Dean story.

The salesman gives Dean the bill, Dean laughs and says “Oh, you want money too!”

On the way out of the store, the salesman finally get enough courage to ask Dean, “Are you Dean Martin?”

Dean says, “No.” and walks out.

So later that day, I’m back watching the game and Dean comes by. All the dealers give him a standing ovation. He had been playing golf and just wanted to make sure it has been set up as he asked.

The game is going well. The Dodger pitcher is doing well. You hear strike and strike etc. One of the dealers says to Dean, “He’s pitching good, right Dean?” Dean says “Of course, he can see the plate now.” Everyone laughs. The waitress thinks Dean is serious, and asks “Really, did the TV make a difference?” He replies, “Yes with all those squiggles, he couldn’t see the plate. Now he can.”

He smiles at me and starts heading out of the room. He purposely bumps into me. Says “Get back in the Casino, before they rob the place.” I laugh and yell back, “Where you going?”

He answers, (picture Dean, golf slacks, golf sweater, beautiful tan, and that wonderful smile and in that drawl we all know, says,)

“Hey buddy, I just saved the World Series. This is hard work. I need to go and get some rest.”

He laughs and is out the door to get some rest before the first show of the evening.

Yes, the dealers and all of us at the Sands really loved Dean.

We still do.

If you didn't know I am an unabashed Dean Martin fan.

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Dean Martin

If you didn't know I am an unabashed Dean Martin fan.

You see as a youngster of the 80s the norm was to listen to popular music, watch 80s teen films and go with the trend. I had no idea the 80s happened. I had no reference to popular culture. My attentions were towards school which I liked but wondered into creative dreamland, while being woken up with blackboard dusters imprinted on my chest.

Films were also a big part, but I tended to watch Martin & Lewis, Abbott and Costello, Presley, and Martial Arts films my Father would rent for me and my brothers as I was heavily into Karate, also participating two nights a week.

My musical background also had nothing to do with the 80s. I listened to 'Golden Oldies' on my Mother's car stereo, at home to Creedence, Joe Cocker and Janis Joplin on her Cassette tape and to horse races on my Father's car stereo. At my grandparents house I would listen to Dean Martin, One of my Grandmothers favourite.

He is my favourite singer, The baritone voice, the charisma in the words and the easy flow music that has stood the test of time. People think of Dean Martin as the fellow who sung 'That's Amore' that Italo-American song of the 50s, but Dean is much more than that. To me, he is the coolest cat that ever lived.

'Motivation is a lotta crap' -Dean Martin-

By far my most used quote, he is right, Human's only do things as they need to be done, not for a motivational reasoning. If I have to do something, then I just will...OR....won't. It is simply your choice, or mine.

It just displays the man's easy way at looking at life, from the music he chose to sing and how he did. If you listen to live recordings of Dean, you will truly understand what I mean. First and foremost he was an entertainer and one of the funniest comedians I have ever seen, bar, Jerry Lewis.

Many may not know but Mr. Martin was nominated for 4 Emmy's and 5 Golden Globes with one win, for his hit show "The Dean Martin Comedy Hour" which I have seen many episodes and they are hilarious. The show ran for 9 years from 65-74 and Dean signed the biggest contract at NBC ever. You see the man was loved and would attract guest like Orson Welles, John Wayne, Jimmy Stewart, Frank Sinatra, Bob Hope, Milton Berle, Geroge Burns, Bing Crosby...etc...you name them, chances are they were on it.

The laid back attitude is a treasure to have, something only a few years ago, I prided myself on. When I am at most happiest or in need of a cheer up, you will hear the tunes of Mr. Martin blaring through my house...Oh with myself trying to keep up with his Royalty.

I want for one day to be able to incorporate his music within a short film of mine. His music appears on more than 150 films and TV of note. I looked into using his music once, but it was a maze...but who knows...one day.

Anyhow, if you havent heard of the man, please do so, it won't let you down, get a Capitol recording, or a live recording from the Sands Casino, or a Rat Pack recording, or watch an episode of The Dean Martin Show, or a Celebrity roast and you will know what I am talking about...

A man who could sum up love in one verse, then make you laugh at it, then make you think - true! then make you sing it ALL day long. I'll leave you with this one;

"How lucky can one guy be,
I kissed her and she kissed me.
Like the fella once said,
Ain't that a kick in the head"



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The Cartoon Cave: Ricci Martin

Hey pallies, likes today's post comes from our talented cartoonist pallie Mr. Pete Emslie and his fun blog "The Cartoon Cave." A few ago our pallie Pete took a great deal of time to respond to one of the Dino-posts here askin' the provocative quire...
"Who had more talent frank sinatra or dean martin?" Wanna first sez my thanks to Pete for insightful and passion response...and likes if you haven't read it yet, I certainly woulda 'ncourage you to goes back to the July 12 Dino-gram to likes do so.

Today's post from "The Cartoon Cave" (clicks on tagg of this Dino-gram to goes there) shares a great pix of our pallie Pete and our Dino's boypallie Ricci together after a perform of Ricci's Dino-trib where Pete got to meet and greet Ricci and give Ricci his stellar Dino-toon that Emslie created of our beloved Dino.

How timely is this Dino-event considerin' that ilovedinomartin just put the accent on Ricci this past Dino-week as Ricci shared his Dino-groove with Festa Italiana in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. btw pallies, any of you dudes gets the opportunity to catch Ricci durin' the fest?

Thanks Mr. Pete Emslie for sharin' your Ricci encounter with us and glads to know your great impression of Ricci and his amore trib of his Daddy-o! Dino-embracin', DMP
Saturday, July 17,

Ricci Martin



A few weeks ago I put up a few pics taken on my vacation in Las Vegas with my Mom. We saw three shows while we were there, but only one of them I quite liked, the other two I found a bit disappointing. These were smaller shows, not featuring the big name headliners. Although in my opinion, Vegas headliners sure aren't what they used to be, as I really had no great inclination to see any of the name performers who are currently playing there. I sure do wish I'd seen Vegas back in the day when Frank, Dean, Sammy and all of their contemporaries held court. I reckon I was born too late.

Ironically, though, just several days after returning home from vacation, Mom and I went to see an entertainer at Mississauga's Stage West dinner theatre that would be a terrific choice to see headlining a show in Vegas. Ricci Martin is the son of Dean Martin, and for a few years now he has been doing a really lovely tribute to his famous Dad on stage, singing many of Dean's big hits accompanied by a small band. Don't misunderstand, though, as he's not attempting to impersonate his Dad in any way, like you see in those Rat Pack tribute shows. Ricci is blessed with a fine singing voice that is uniquely his own, and so his interpretations of Dean's songs are not trying to compete with his memory.

This was the third time that Ricci had performed here, and so I've also gotten to know Tony Busseri of ARB Productions who is the fellow who has brought in not only Ricci Martin, but other terrific performers I've gotten to see like Bobby Rydell and the legendary Al Martino. Thanks to the generosity of Tony and his business partner Stan, I was able to go backstage after the show to present Ricci with the caricature I did last year of his Dad. I know Ricci was quite thrilled with the gift and was kind enough to pose with me for a photo. We were able to chat for awhile about Dean, Frank and that Golden Age of entertainment that I love so well. I really hope Ricci will come back to perform for us again here in Mississauga, and I heartily recommend his show if he plays in your area too!