Hey pallies, gotta tells ya that I loves this Dinoheader for the official Dinosite at the Bebo social networkin' pad. Whoever puts this Dinologo together knows that our Dino is appealin' to today's young mods in huge numbers.
So cool to find more and more of the youthful set comin' to know, love, and honor our Dino. Loves how the creator of this Dinomast has our great man surrounded by so many and so diverse youthful Dinoholics. Our Dino once spoke of wantin' "to put the accent on youth" and certainly the Bebo Dinopad is doin' just that.
Makes me so so Dinopsyched to see such devotion to our great man from today's up and comin' youngens. To visit the official Dinosite at Bebo, likes just clicks on the tagg of this Dinopost. Dinodevotedly, DMP
Hey pallies, likes one Dinodiscovery always seems to lead to 'nother Dinotreasure. yesterDinoday shared pallie Pete Emslie's way cool Dinotoon and Dinocommentary...and noticed that one of his commentors also does drawin's of the famous....so searched pallie Mike Giblin's blogg and found this cool Dinosketch to share with you.
Dinodevotion comes in many forms and loves to find artists who are sharin' their Dinolove through Dinoart....and again this is so so Dinointernational....our pallie Pete is from Canada...and today our Dinobro Mike is from the UK. To checks out Mike's blogg, Mike Giblin's Art Blog, just clicks on the tagg of this Dinogram. Dinosharin', DMP
March 03, 2009 TODAY'S SKETCHES
.......Dean Martin (one of my all-time favourites),..........
Hey pallies, Dinofest '09 is fast approachin' in Dinomecca....so how Dinoprovidential to find this cool Dinotrib to our Dino and his city of birth.
Thanks to pallies Gunnar and Sherry at the unique blogg Eccentric Roadside for sharin' their love of our Dino and some stellar pixs of Steubenville for all us pallies to take great Dinopleasure in. So so wonderful to find the name of our Dino bein' lifted up is so many Dinodifferent Dinoways....showin' the passion that people all over the planet have for our Dino, his life, his times, his legacy of cool.
So enjoys travelin' to Dinomecca through the eyes of Gunnar and Sherry. To sees all this in it's original Dinoformat, just clicks on the tagg of this Dinogram. Dinosharin', DMP
Monday, June 15, 2009 Dean Martin's hometown: When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie that's Steubenville, Ohio.
The one and only Dino, Steubenville's favorite son
The one and only Dino mural
Conveniently located next to Kroger's Supermarket
There's Dino fun to be had at the Steubenville Visitors Center
You're nobody til Tom Tom loves you
Dean Martin Blvd.
Dean Martin Blvd.
Steubenville has some first-class murals
Nobody was a cooler entertainer than Dean Martin. For decades he was everyone's favorite breezy, tux-wearing, skirt-chasing, pseudo-drunk crooner. He was the guy with the "who cares?" attitude that Frank Sinatra always tried to be like but was too intense a person to pull off. You would have expected him to have been from a swingin' cosmopolitan place like New York or Chicago, but he was born and raised in the unlikely industrial rustbelt town of Steubenville in eastern-most Ohio, not too far from Pittsburgh on the Ohio river. Wikipedia says "During its heyday in the period of the 1940s-60s, Steubenville was popularly known as "Little Chicago," a nickname that, on the one hand, evoked the city's prolific industry and downtown bustle, while on the other hand suggesting Steubenville's reputation for crime, gambling, and corruption." The town today is a hardscrabble yet earnest place, trying to beautify and better itself despite some hard times (and what smells like the fumes from a chemical processing plant in the air). It has Fort Steuben, a strategic camp from the post-Revolutionary era. It also has 25 beautiful murals painted on the outside of downtown buildings. Really nice ones. But Dino is still the main attraction here. His mural is the nicest and it's next to the Kroger's Supermarket, where everybody can see it. And they've renamed a stretch of Rt. 7, the main drag, Dean Martin Boulevard. It doesn't pass by glamorous casinos and nightclubs, though...just smoky power plants and rusty steel bridges, but, hey, they did the best they could. And if you're in the area this Thursday through Sunday (June 18-21), they're having their yearly Dean Martin Festival, which should be a gasser, pallie, a real gasser. Everybody loves somebody sometime. Posted by Gunnar and Sherry at 2:04 PM Labels: Dean Martin, Ohio, Stuebenville Ohio
Hey pallies, now here is one stellar Dinotrib to our great man. So grateful that cartoonist Pete Emslie put me on to his wonderful Dinotoon and this wonderful celebration of the life and times of our Dino at Pete's amazin' blogg Cartoon Cave (clicks on tagg of this Dinogram to goes there).
Loves not only how Pete has captured that Dinocool with his artistic ability, but also for his lovin' words 'bout our Dino. And I am indebted to pallie Pete for his kind words 'bout this here ilovedinomartin Dinoblog as well..."For the ultimate Dino site, check out Dino Martin Peters' blog."
So hopes all you pallies will takes the time to view this heartwarmin' trib to our great man and enjoys the Dinodifference for Dinosure. Dinodelightedly, DMP
Monday, June 15, 2009 Let's Drink To Dino!!
I've written on several occasions of my favourite singer, Frank Sinatra. More recently I did a caricature tribute to Bobby Darin. With today's subject of Dean Martin, I now complete the triumvirate of my favourite male singers. Yes, more often than not, one of these three legends is heard crooning from my stereo, as I still yearn for those wonderful years when the radio airwaves were ruled by Italian American baritones. Actually, I had hoped to write this tribute to Dean for his birthday on June 7th, but I'd been on vacation the week before and had no time to draw the caricature at that time.
I am of course a huge fan of The Rat Pack, not only for their music, but also for their breezy attitude and brash humour, so refreshing when compared to today's stifling (and in my opinion, unhealthy) "politically correct" sensitivities that seek to find offense in any off-the-cuff remark. As a cartoonist, I have no time for this latter day nonsense, and much prefer the freewheeling style of Frank, Dean and Sammy. The joke of course is that the Las Vegas routines of The Rat Pack were satirically puncturing the absurdity of ethnic intolerance, but did so through allowing Frank and Dean to behave like frat boys, getting in good-natured digs at Sam, who ultimately came off as both the sympathetic character and the most dignified, yet always somehow getting in a jab or two back at them.
It's always struck me as pretty curious how Frank and Dean ended up as best buddies, as they are actually quite different in many ways. Whereas Frank was a political animal and very passionate about causes he believed in, Dean seemed to prefer not to get too involved and often couldn't work up much passion about something one way or the other. For example, it was Frank who was solidly behind getting JFK elected President, staging fundraisers and using personal clout to sway voters (infamously among the teamsters union). In contrast, Dean was merely along for the ride, showing up to perform at fundraisers more as a favour to Frank than due to any personal political motivation. He'd likely rather have spent the time on the golf course instead, or on his couch back home watching a western on TV.
In their Rat Pack concerts in Vegas, Dean was the court jester sent out first to warm up the audience through feigned inebriation, slurred jokes and humourously altered lyrics to some of his songs. When Frank emerged later for his set, it was a much more serious presentation of his song repertoire, with just the occasional glib aside to the crowd. Dean was certainly the more gifted comic of the two, with an easy humour and perfectly timed delivery. Frank often made remarks that seemed forced and weren't really very funny (except maybe to him). It is likely because of this less than comfortable approach that Frank was not as successful as Dean in hosting a TV variety show, having briefly tried and failed at it several years before Dean went on to a highly successful run with his own Dean Martin Variety Show that lasted for years on NBC. Frank was too intense for a weekly show, whereas Dean's easygoing style made him a natural host that viewers looked forward to spending time with.
There was a trade-off however, in that Frank has to be acknowledged as the more passionate of the two when it came to their recording careers. Frank could sing all manner of songs convincingly, whether it was a swinging, breezy number like Witchcraft, or a heartbreaking ode to rejection and loneliness like One For My Baby, or the wistful It Was a Very Good Year. Though Dean was a wonderful singer, his choice of song material always seemed to remain on the light and breezy side, as I really can't recall him singing anything of great emotional depth. He could sing romantic ballads, but never with the yearning that Frank could imbue them with. His forte seemed to be odes to the swinging bachelor life, with a martini and a babe always within easy reach, my favourite being his rendition of Baby, It's Cold Outside. Interestingly, although both Frank and Dean were proud of their Italian heritage, it was only Dean who included a lot of olive oil saturated Italian ballads in his song catalog, with Frank only dabbling in that genre with his 60s hit, Domani.
I suspect Frank in many ways not only admired Dean, but was likely a little envious of those traits that he himself lacked. It also seems that Dean was alone among Frank's friends in being able to say no to him, while still remaining in his good favour. Frank counted on his cronies hanging out with him and sharing some laughs at the bar until the wee small hours of the morning. Yet Dean was able to get away with often declining the invitation, instead heading back home to bed for a good night's sleep so he could be out the next morning for an early tee off time on the green. Though Frank was one to infamously hold grudges against those who wouldn't jump through his hoops, Dean seemed to be spared his wrath and perhaps was the only guy whom Frank actually admired for his contrariness. Maybe that's also how Dean's fans respond to him as well - as a guy they admire who always marched to the beat of his own drum, critics be damned. Here's to ya' Dino!
For the ultimate Dino site, check out Dino Martin Peters' blog.
(By the way, I dedicate this post to my ol' buddy in Ottawa, Jack Tremblay, another one of Dino's biggest fans. This one's for you, pallie!)
And finally, here's a clip of Dean at his playful best. Check out the part where he's waiting for his cue to resume after the backup singers are through - just priceless!
Hey pallies, likes here's a dude tagged Waldo at his blog "To Exist Is To Change," who havin' read some of Deepak Chopra's book, has come to the Dinoconclusion that Chopra is simply esposin' our Dino's philosophy of life...but then our Dino was always ahead of his time. When I left some Dinopatter for this dude, I told him how Nick Tosches' once described our Dino as "an American Buddha."
Certainly there is no better philosophy of livin' then our Dino's and cool to see this dude recognizin' it by readin' Chopra's tome. To read this in it's original format, just clicks on the tagg of this Dinogram. In true Dinophilosophy, DMP
Saturday, June 13, 2009 The Tao of Dean Martin? I used to try to live by a motto that went something like: "When faced when an important decision, imagine the two people you most respect in the world are in the room with you, and act accordingly." Now, I've certainly made some choices in my life - some rash, and some considered - that violated that ethic. But I've also made some choices and grown in some great ways when I ignored that idea as well. So which is the better guide: One's inner voice, or a set of ideals based on the behavior of those you admire?
Deepak Chopra,* in his book "The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success," advocates the following:
"Remain in the state of self-referral. This means remain established in the awareness of your true Self - your spirit, your connection to the field of pure potentiality. It also means not to look at yourself through the eyes of the world, or allow yourself to be influenced by the opinions and criticisms of others."
Taken literally, that is a bold approach to life. Is he suggesting that we should ignore the counsel of those who we admire? Should we hold to our own individual sense of wisdom or morality, even if it alienates those closest to us or isolates us from the community? Or is Chopra suggesting this on a micro, rather than macro scale? Should I refer only to my inner self when making mundane choices like selecting a new dry cleaner or choosing to wear flip-flops to a funeral, but heed the wisdom of the surrounding culture in larger issues, even if it impinges upon my sense of pure potentiality? I would hope that he is not advocating such hypocisy, yet in a dozen ways per day, we each make private choices that we might not if they were to be examined under the glare of public review.
Which brings me back to my original guidelines of making choices as if those you admired were critiquing your actions. Could that possibly be a valid approach? Assuming those two people whom I admire most aren't in the room when I make a decision, then I could only suppose what they might think or do if they were in my shoes. And those suppositions would be based on their relatively public persona: Since we usually don't usually have insight into the dozens of private choices that others make each day, can we really know with absolute certainty which way their moral compasses point?
And that leads the question of consequences. Chopra goes on the suggest that after embracing self-referral, we should "relinquish attachment to the outcome" and appreciate "the wisdom of uncertainty." He also suggests that we "let the universe handle the details." I don't think he means that we shouldn't care about the consequences of our actions, nor could he possibly mean that when faced with a choice, we should imagine everyone in the universe is in the room with us. I think that he's just trying to say to make your choices, stick by them, and let the chips fall where they may. If that sounds more like the wisdom of the Rat Pack than of Eastern philosophy, then so be it. If so, then it just goes to show how underrated Dean Martin really was.
* I've read exactly 78 pages of Chopra to date, and I still can't decide if there's any respectably original thought in his book, or if it's just fortune cookie wisdom. I'm leaning toward the latter. Posted by WaldoOC at 1:32 PM
Hey pallies, for any of you pallies that still doubt the power of Dino...you gotta read this from novelist Gayle Carline's blogg " the edge of the chair of literature." (clicks on tagg to goes there)
Just on Saturday, I Dinofound and Dinoposted a cool review of Miss Carline's murder mystery "Freezer Burn" that lifts up the name of our Dino. Well, as you will read, yesterday our Dino guided Miss Carline to search for Dinoblogs and not only did she comes to ilovedinomartin, but she found the review of her book...and the rest as they say is Dinohistory...so read on pallies o'mine.
Much thanks to Miss Gayle Carline for liftin' up the name of our Dino and for her very kind words toward ilovedinomartin.... Dinolovin', DMP
Sunday, June 14, 2009 Why I love Dean Martin I was doing my Blog Book Tour homework today, doing some Googley searches on blogs I might be able to guest on, when I found something WONDERFUL.
Hey pallies, in addition to the last Dinovid posted by our greatest of greatest pallie Dorota, is this supremely stellar Dinovid of 'nother small screen tribute to our Dino....featurin' our Dino's producer Greg Garrison, our Dino's girlpallie Deana, and Dino-costar Miss Angie Dickinson among others.
Likes the last Dinovid posted this Dinotrib touches me deeply and certainly makes me yearn for our Dino more then ever. Again, many thanks to Miss Dorota for her Dinodevotion to the cause of liftin' up the name of our Dino and helpin' more and more pallies to grow in their Dinopassion. Dinodevotedly, DMP btw, don't have a clue where or when this Dinoclip was created, any of you pallies have any Dinoknowledge on this?
Hey pallies, here is a new-to-me Dinovid posted recently at youtube by a Dinoholic's Dinoholic, Miss Dorota, who hails from Germany. Over the course of the last several years Dorotha has posted hundreds of Dinovids at youtube spendin' many, many hours of her time liftin' of the name of Dino and showin' her Dinopure Dinodevotion to our great man.
Because of copyright laws, Miss Dorota has often had her Dinoclips removed from youtube, but like the truest of true Dinoholic, each time the vids have been removed our Dorotha has patiently and every faithfully simply put them up again, usin' a different Dinotag.
Here is only of the latest of Miss Dorota's Dinotreasures to be shared.....television footage shared on the occasion of our Dino's passin'....the greater portion of it comin' from Entertainment Tonight. I was deeply moved as I watch the ET trib to our Dino and am so deeply indebted to our Dinoholic pallie Dorota for sharin' this with the larger Dinofamily of Dinoaddicts.
To view Miss Dorota's youtube profile, MrsDinoIsBack, just clicks on the tagg of this Dinogram. Dinoappreciately, DMP
Hey pallies, Dinoinspiration continues to be found all over the web. This mornin' found the cool Dinomention below at a site tagged "lbo-talk (Left Business Observer Talk-----clicks on tagg to goes there). A dude tagged wrobert speakin' on a thread 'bout Dali and Worhal and their personalities concludes his post with this Dinotale from Tosches how our Dino make it clear to the jer where he stood with our great man after the break up.
How cool that our Dino's actions makes wrobert "like him even more." How great to see more and more pallies liftin' of the name of Dino and speakin' of their Dinoadmiration.... Dinodiggin', DMP
Then there's Dean Martin talking to Jerry Lewis after their breakup. In the Martin biography by Nick Tosches he says the two were on a pier in Atlantic City and Lewis says to Martin that he thought what they had together was something like love. Martin told him, "to me you're nothing but a fucking dollar sign."
Funny thing is while your Dali story and the ones about Warhol leave me kind of cold, the Dean Martin story makes me like him even more.
Hey pallies, among yesterDinoday's new was how our Dino inspired a young Irish dude to writin' a song 'bout drinkin' and today we hear how our Dino is playin' a stellar role in a new detective novel tagged "Freezer Burn."
Thanks to blogger Harriet Klausner at "The Merry Genre Go Round Reviews" (clicks on tagg to goes there) we learn 'bout Miss Gayle Carline's debut novel that features a character tagged Benny Needles who diggs our Dino to the max...reads 'bout it below.
And if you wanna reads more 'bout how Miss Carline's prose features our Dino clicks on this link.. http://www.gaylecarline.com/freezerburn.html
Just makes me feel so Dinowonderful to see the varied ways the name of our Dino is bein' lifted up in so many and varied Dinoways....just more proof that no one ever was or ever will be as cool as our King of Cool... In lovin' Dinodevotion, DMP
Freezer Burn-Gayle Carline By harstan Freezer Burn
Gayle Carline
Echelon, Aug 2009, $13.99
ISBN: 9781590806074
Former cleaning lady Peri Minneopa is now a licensed private investigator though she does not carry a gun. She promised her lover Placenta Police Detective Skip Carlton that she would only work safe cases like background checks and taking photos from a distance of cheating spouses. Her latest case involves a client Benny Needles who is a Dean Martin fanatic seeking an ice tray in his freezer used by his hero with an autograph he doesn’t want rubbed off by the ice.
Instead she finds a severed hand with an expensive ring on a finger. Benni swears he has no idea whose hand it is, where the rest of the body is, and how it got into his freezer. Skip questions Benny and believes the frightened Martin aficionado is telling the truth that he is innocent and ignorant re the hand. They trace the ring to a homeless woman who admits she stole from a woman in a nursing home. It was supposed to be a copy of the Forever Roses ring to be auctioned at Christies in order for Kevin Conway to pay off his gambling debts. He had no idea that his ring was a copy and he wants to get the real ring back. So do other people; as someone steals it from the police evidence room. Peri goes after the killer, ignoring Skip’s warning about murderers’ murder, but soon understands what her boyfriend meant.
Peri is a strong willed person who once she makes up her mind nothing stops her; Skip can nudge, but not budge his obstinate girlfriend. She wants to prove to herself she is a P.I. by solving the case though she understands her first mission is to keep the eccentric Benny out of jail as she believes he is innocent. Her lover reluctantly supports her because he fears she will risk her life with or without him. The investigative story line is fun to follow with it ties to Dino and the romance between the cop and the rookie, who behaves somewhat like an amateur sleuth as she learns the ropes the hard way which enhances an enjoyable whodunit.
Hey pallies, Dinowisdom keeps aboundin' all over the web. Checks out this dialogue between a chick tagged Dagne and a dude tagged Adam at the "Infinite Potentials Series" site (clicks on tagg to goes there). Am just sharin' the brief portion that leads up to and supports our the quotations between our great man and Jack.
Loves to see how Adam (A) quotes a dialogue between our Dino and Mr. Jack Benny in this post on "Economic Order-Crisis-The Wheel of Opportunity." How cool of this dude to share a Dinostory to helps makes his point. The wisdom that our Dino and Mr. Benny share indeed does has such "infinite potential." In the midst of all the ups and downs of late, it certainly is crucial to turns to our Dino for guidance and support to see us through these hard times. Dinowisely, DMP
Economic Order-Crisis-The Wheel of Opportunity
D: Changing diapers isn’t necessarily pleasant but it is part of doing what one loves. The Process of all this changes one’s consciousness so that even the chores and tough stuff can become fun. Sort of back to the physical fitness model. The work out might hurt but somehow it hurts good. And you feel so good and energized afterwards…the shower can be delicious.
A: Dean Martin was driving into the Beverly Hills Country club and he ran into Jack Benny coming out. So Dean said , “Jack, how was golf today?” Jack answered in his classic dead pan way, “Well, the golf was so-so but the towels were wonderful”.
D: So, how does one achieve economic order? Lower one’s economic goals?
A: I’d rather say, one must set wise economic goals and learn to practice voluntary simplicity.
Hey pallies, Dinodevotion is poppin' up all over the web. Here is a Brit chick tagged Sandra featured on the cool Brit blogg "One Face For Everyday" by Miss Maxine Moss (clicks on tagg to go there). Miss Sandra proclaims as part of her bio that I'm a bit of a Dean Martin fan....!" \
How stellar to find this lady who has her Dinopriorties in the right Dinoplace! Just so groovy to find people from all stages and places sharin' their Dinopassion with the world! Dinodelightedly, DMP
10 June 2009 Sandra
"We've been married 20 years. 20 years today!"
Sandra is married to this town's local butcher and was working in the store when I asked to take her photograph. She also hates being photographed. I am always especially grateful and grovelly when people that hate it say yes!
"I'd love to see Liberty before I die. The Statue Of Liberty' If I can just do that..."
"I love to watch old black and white movies. The old films. I'm a bit of a Dean Martin fan....!" Posted by Maxine Moss at 21:10 0 comments:
Hey pallies, more Dinoproclamation from the Cleveland Plain Dealer...the newpaper that features Dinolovin' John Petkovic's column "After Dark." Read this cool trib to our Dino and keeps celebratin' our Dino's entrance into the world....The Day That Coolness Came To Earth...to reads this in it's original Dinoformat, just clicks on the tagg of this Dinogram. Dinodiggin', DMP
Martinis for Dino and musical theater: Thursday night specials by Plain Dealer Entertainment Editors Thursday June 11, 2009, 12:20 AM Today is Thursday, June 11, and here are The Plain Dealer Entertainment Editors' picks for having fun tonight.
Raise a glass - no, make that a wet bar, a liquor cabinet and a jar of olives - in honor of Dean Martin. Thursday, June 7, would be the 92nd birthday of the patron saint of John Petkovic's After Dark column. (OK, so it's four days later than the actual birthday, but it IS still Thursday.)
The legendary Dean Martin would be 92 years old.
The Steubenville native, born Dino Crocetti, tore it up when he moved to Cleveland in 1940. Formerly a two-bit blackjack dealer, he took the name Dino Martini and landed his first steady gig crooning for $35 a week at the Vogue Room of the now-closed Hollenden Hotel on East Sixth Street. Then came Hollywood, the Rat Pack and Vegas.
The legacy of the top-shelf entertainer, who died in 1995, is a mixed drink that's as smooth as it is fermented. So party with him, in spirit. Remember, he's the guy - or one of the guys - who reputedly said: "I feel sorry for people who don't drink because when they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're gonna feel all day." Dino, legend has it, was fond of the Gibson variation of the classic martini. Here's how to make one at home:
2 1/2 oz. gin (or vodka) 1/2 oz. dry vermouth 1 or 3 cocktail onions for garnish Shake with ice in cocktail shaker, strain into chilled cocktail glass and enjoy!
If you prefer to salute Dino at one of the Cleveland area's many happy hours, check out Petkovic's recommendations at cleveland.com/goingout and cleveland.com/afterdark
Hey pallies, Dinoinspiration continues to abound all over the Dinouniverse. Just found this cool post at hot press 'bout an Irish group tagged The Last Tycoons, whose lead singer Steve, has composed this cool song "The Dry Law" that is the lead single on their up-comin' debut album.
Read how Steve 'fessed up that the song was inspired by his readin' of a Dinobio...sounds to me pallies likes it was Nick Tosches' stellar Dinotome. How wonderful to hear this news 'bout this young up and comin' musician who has taken his inspiration from our Dino's life and legacy. Please clicks on the tagg of this Dinogram to goes to hot press so you can hear this amazin' song for yourself.
How wonderful to know that our Dino is such an inspiration to so many in so many places.... Dinodelightedly, DMP
'The Dry Law' by The Last Tycoons
11 Jun 2009
Have a listen to The Last Tycoons' lead single from their upcoming debut album, due out this September.
A bluesy lament on prohibition, 'The Dry Law' offers a taste of what we can expect from the Dubliners' debut long player.
As lead singer Steve says: "I quit drinking and started to write a song about it." And although he was off the booze just a month, it seems the dry spell helped inspire him, along with a certain Rat Pack crooner: "I was reading a biography of Dean Martin at the time and there was all this stuff about him working in speakeasies and casinos as a kid, surrounded by all these gangsters. So I just put the two things together and made up this story about it."
Hey pallies, so loves to learn of others who have come under the Dinoinfluence and made it big....well here is part of an article tagged "Insult queen Lisa Lampanelli comes to San Diego" by Scott Marks of San Diego News Netwark site (clicks on tagg to read it all).
How cool to hear this Lisa chick proclaim that her one and only influence to the top was the Dean Martin Roasts. Am likes kinda confused why she doesn't just come out and say that our Dino was her one and only mentor 'cause what woulda the roasts be without our Dino...and who knows hows to cracks the jokes better then our great man?!??!
Anyway greats to see yet 'nother example of how our Dino has shown the way to yet 'nother entertainer. Dinoawed, DMP
The 47-year-old insult comic, whose main stock in trade is ripping apart taboos, wanted to make one thing perfectly clear from the start: “Nobody influenced me.”
So much for throwing out a list of possible comedic mentors for the Queen of Mean to pass judgment on.
“You might as well stop now,” she interjected. “I didn’t even watch comedy until I started in the business. Basically, the thing that influenced me most was the Dean Martin roasts. I used to watch those on NBC with my family, so that’s what I thought comedy was all about. You know, making fun of people. They liked you, you liked them and everybody was happy at the end. So I never watched stand-up at all.”
Hey pallies, likes this is the coolest....just found this great Dinopatter on the blogg rundangerously's post celebratin' our Dino's birthday (clicks on tagg to goes there).
It's a message of pure Dinodevotion written by a youngen who boldly proclaims..."i am only twelve and love evrything you did." Ain't that just the Dinogreatest. With pallies likes this our Dino's life and legacy will certainly continue forever. Loves to find more and more of today's youth who are sold out to our Dino. Dinowarmed, DMP
happy birthday dean. i am only twelve and love evrything you did. listening to your voice right now.
Hey pallies, had wanted to post this in honor of our Dino's day of birth...but likes was unable to find it at youtube on the Day That Coolness Came To Earth...so as sorta a belated Dinotrib I share these cool "home vids" of our Dino that are featured on the double disc deluxe package of "Dean Martin: Forever Cool."
Loves seein' these candid home movies of our great man backgrounded by two of our Dino's greatest tunes...."Memories Are Made Of This" and "Return To Me." So we extend the Dinocelebratin' of our Dino's day....indeed every day is a day to celebrate the life and legacy of our great man. Enjoys pallies, and remember, truly only Dino matters... Dinodevotedly, DMP
Hey pallies, from the blogg Carbolic Smoke Ball....News Unencumbered By The Facts(clicks on tagg to goes there) comes this amazin' bit of satire written by Judge Rufus Peckam 'bout the jer bein' toppled by our new prez a la France. This is so funny pallies, and couldn't resist postin' this 'cause of the Dinoref. And just have to include a Dinopix of our Dino and the jer showin' affection for each other.... Enjoyin' the Dinodif with you, DMP
French Topple Jerry Lewis Statue, Declare Obama “Greatest American”
PARIS - Obama-mania swept The City of Lights on President Obama’s first visit to France, and thousands of cheering Parisians lined the River Seine to catch a glimpse of America’s superstar head of state.
The ecstatic crowd worked itself into a fevered frenzy as the President’s motorcade approached, then hordes of revelers suddenly broke through police barriers and charged into the square surrounding iconic Notre Dame Cathedral where they toppled the statue of American slapstick comedian Jerry Lewis, who is revered in France.
“Obama is now the greatest American!” shouted a man in the crowd.
Others compared Mr. Lewis unfavorably to Mr. Obama: “Obama never would have split up with a gorgeous man like Dean Martin!” screamed one gay man.
Some displayed signs calling for Mr. Obama to replace Mr. Lewis as host of this year’s charity fundraising telethon for the Muscular Dystrophy Association.
The President did little to quell the French adulation for him, or the criticisms of Mr. Lewis. An aide said that Mr. Obama plans to deliver “a major address” next week calling for “a reevaluation” of Mr. Lewis’ talent in which the President plans to take the beloved comic to task “for his frequent lapses into sentimentality, and his tendency to let gags go on far too long.”
Hey pallies, found this cool retellin' of this Dinostory as part of the prose "Marriage Hollywood Style" at the blogg "TV show channel, tv guide, tv links, tv online." (To checks out the whole blog post on Hollywood marriages clicks on the tagg as usual)
It's the familar Dinotale how our Dino never wanted to have parties at his pad while married to the Jeanne. Loves how our Dino called the cops to get the partiers outta his place.
But this story always gives me Dinopause, 'cause after our Dino cuts the ties with the Jeanne he took to the disco scene 'specially The Candy Store Discotheque where he was seen with his young amores...specially Cathy with the candified K. So am includin' the recently found Dinopix of our Dino and Miss Cathy dancin' away at The Candy Store.
Gotta 'fess up that I does loves to see the changes in our Dino's lifestyle once in freed himself from the Jeanne....he became more and more his cool, hip, and swingin' self. Dinodelighted, DMP
"Sometimes even a little partying is too much. When Dean Martin announced that he was divorcing his wife Jeannie he joked," She'll get the house. Doesn't matter. I could never find it anyway." One sore point during their union was Dean's unwillingness to have any company over, his main concern was getting up early to play golf. One time Martin reluctantly acquiesced to his wife's request to have a social gathering at their house. At ten pm Dean excused himself and went upstairs to his room. A half hour later Jeannie knocked on his door," Dean come out! The police are here." An apologetic officer explained that they had received several calls about another loud obnoxious party at the Martin household. "But we never have parties," said Jeannie. "Never mind that Jeannie. You heard the officer. OK, everybody out." The next day after rising early and playing a nice round of golf, old Dino confessed to her that he had made the phone calls using several different voices."
Hey pallies, my Dinobro Keith over at his cool blogg The Dino Lounge has also posted a stellar trib to our Dino for rememberin' his birthday (clicks on the tagg of this Dinogram to goes there).
I had selected the first part of his Dinotrib to share will all the Dinoholics here. It includes a groovy drawin' of our Dino that I had thought of postin' here at some Dinotime and I thinks that pallie Keith was truly Dinoinspired to share it in remembrance of On The Day That Coolness Came To Earth.
So thanks pallie Keith for all you do to lift of the name of our Dino and 'specially for this amazin' trib to our great man in honor of his b-day. Dinoawed, DMP
Monday, June 8, 2009 Celebrating Dean Martin's Birthday Yesterday, June 7th, was the 92nd birthday of Dean Martin. Happy Birthday to the King of Cool himself. Dino is definitely the coolest cat to ever live. There's never been anybody quite like him. Dino's one of a kind. I wish I just had a small percentage of the cool and hip swagger that Dino possesses. I would be a happy and content fella then. Dean Martin epitomizes what it means to be cool. He is the very definition of it. While many of us try to be cool, it oozes from Dino naturally. It's always been effortless with him. I raise a toast in honor of my favorite entertainer of all time. Cheers!
I came across this picture by Drew Friedman. I thought it would be great to share it with my pallies here.
Hey pallies, likes here is 'nother great trib to our Dino by a true lover of our Dino tagged Rundangerously (to see his blog, just clicks on the tagg of this Dinogram). This dude has quite the credentials listed and loves his choice of a Dinopix and a great Dinotrib Dinovid set to the tune "Ain't That A Kick In The Head."
So so Dinodelightful to see pallies from all ages and stages and all walks of life liftin' up the name of our Dino On The Day That Coolness Came To Earth. Dinohappily, DMP
happy birthday dean martin, 92 years old in heaven today
dean martin was born 92 years ago today, june 7, 1917 - and died on christmas day, 1995, at the age of 78. i am a huge fan of dean martin - both of his years with jerry lewis and then his solo career after their breakup. his music has long been a staple of my ipod playlist (favorite martin song, "ain't that a kick in the head").
check out this great slide show with photos of dean, to the soundtrack of "ain't that a kick in the head." for rat pat fans, that's the song dean sings at the sahara during the original "ocean's eleven" film.
Hey pallies, I so digg the way this dude Samuraifrog has lifted up our Dino at his cool blogg "Electronic Cerebretony" (clicks on tagg of Dinogram to go there.
In honor of our Dino's birthday, this guy has no only spoken of his Dinolove, but has shared a stellar Dinoclip of our Dino singin' "You Belong To Me." Don't think I have ever seen this particular Dinovid before and it has such such meanin' for true Dinoholics likes you and I....as we have been welcomed into our Dino's world...indeed we belong to Dino..and likes what comfort is there in knowin' that...
So Dinopsyched to see so many honorin' our Dino in so many cool ways On The Day That Coolness Came To Earth... Dinodelightedly, DMP
Sunday, June 07, 2009 Song of the Week: "You Belong to Me" Dean Martin was born today in 1917, so I thought it was finally time to put him up on a Song of the Week. "You Belong to Me," from 1952, is one of my favorite romantic songs; it very nearly brings a tear to my eye. I'm not sure where this film clip is from, and the sound isn't the best it could be, but as is so often the case with Dino, the performance is flawless.
Hey pallies, for the next few, am goin' to try and post some of the various ways that bloggers have chosen to honor and celebrate our Dino on his day of birth...
Here's a blog tagged This Nashville Sound (clicks on tagg of this Dinogram to go there)...who celebrates how groovy our Dino does country music...who besides our Dino could sings so many styles of music all perfectly?!!??!??!?!...NO ONE. Thanks to TNS for liftin' up our Dino on his day... Dinosharin', DMP
Sunday, June 7, 2009 TNS Happy Birthday Wishes To Dean Martin
TNS wishes crooner Dean Martin a posthumous birthday wish. He would have been 92 today. While he is most celebrated for his pop music with the rest of the Rat Pack, he recorded two albums of country music on the Reprise label in the early 60’s and sang with Ricky Nelson in the John Wayne classic Rio Bravo in 1969. See that performance below…
Hey pallies, my honorin' and rememberin' of our Dino will not be complete without the postin'of one of my most fav of Dinosongs...."Welcome To My World"....
I am so grateful that our Dino has extended his invite to all his true pallies to enter into his world and to become more and more like him...but we could never ever have been welcomed to our Dino's world if he had never first entered our planet on June 7, 1917....
So on this date when we mark our Dino's birthday, we celebrate The Day That Coolness Came To Earth and we say our thanks to our Dino for consentin' to walk 'mong us and showin' us the only way to true cool....for offerin' us his personal invite to come into his world....the world where cool rules.... Thanks Dino for comin' to us and for invitin' us into your world.... Dinodevotedly, DMP
Hey pallies, to those of us who loves bein' tagged Dinoholics, we truly knows our Dino as "Mr. Wonderful." So seems very Dinoappro to share this stellar pix of our Dino and Miss Gail Renshaw...at the time Miss USA.
Learns from a closer readin' of Nick Tosches' stellar Dinobio, "DINO: Living High In The Dirty Business Of Dreams" that this photo was taken when our Dino was asked to a promo shot with Miss Gail while he was playin' 'Vegas. Obviously our great man was smitten by Miss Gail 'cause he invited her to have dinner with him and one of his daughter and after that they became an item and our Dino cut the ties with the Jeanne.
So on this day that we honor and remember our Dino...On This Day That Coolness Came To Earth...we again proclaim our Dino to be Mr. Wonderful and we pledge to continue to work to proclaim his life and legacy to the comin' generations.... Dinodiggin', DMP
Hey pallies, likes no Dinoclip gets posted more often at ilovedinomartin thens our Dino's one and only MTV vid, "Since I Met You, Baby." The celebration of our Dino's entry into the world just wouldn't be complete in this dude's heart without the sharin' of this amazin' Dinoproduction 'cause truly "since I met you Dino," I am a different guy all together.
So on this day of our Dino's birth, The Day That Coolness Came To Earth, I wanna again proclaim the amazin' difference that our great man has made in my life...and I want to humbly honor and thank our Dino for all that he has done to help me and all true Dinoholics reach toward coolness....coolness that only our Dino can offer...
Thanks for comin' to be the way of cool Dino!!!!!! Dinolongin', DMP
Hey pallies, found these four vids on youtube of some Dinodevoted Dinolovers who made the Dinopilgrimage to our Dino's burial spot on his birthday in 2008 to honor our great man and raise a toast in Dinotribute to our Dino's life and legacy.
How wonderful to see others who loves our Dino likes this to honor him on his day of birth. Dinoforever, DMP
Hey pallies, here is a Dinoclip of how our Dino was honored on his 66th birthday by the Brits.....Dino was in London at the time to play the Palladium...so wonderful to see how everybody loves our Dino....rememberin' our Dino on his day...The Day That Coolness Came To Earth............ Dinodevotedly, DMP
Hey pallies, likes let's the Dinocelebratin' begin in honor of our Dino's date of birth....The Day That Coolness Came To Earth...
Thanks to our pallie Mark over at the Pop Culture Fan Boy blogg (clicks on tagg of this Dinogram to go there) for honorin' our Dino on his day....knew the time of our great man's birth, but likes did not know the location of where our Dino entered the earth...so glads to have learned this important Dinofact...
Will be doin' more Dinopostin' then usual in hopes of honorin' our Dino in the very best Dinoway that I can...'cause truly, only Dino matters... Dinohonorin', DMP
1917 - Dean Martin, singer, radio and motion picture actor, television variety show co-host and host, and Capitol Records artist, first as part of the team Martin and Lews with Jerry Lewis and then as a solo act, is born Dino Paul Crocetti at 319 South Sixth Street, Stubenville, Ohio at 11:55 pm
Hey pallies, always loves to hear more stories of how our Dino has helped turned other pallies lives 'round. On the eve of our Dino's 92 birthday I am so thrilled to share with you part of a story 'bout comedian Richard Pryor written by Stefan Kanfer for The City Journal (clicks on tagg of this Dinopost to read it all.)
Reads all 'bout how our Dino helped transform Mr. Pryor's life just by sittin' and watchin' him perform at the Aladdin Club....seems that our Dino was like the genie in the bottle for Richard. It is so amazin' to read more and tales of how our great man has transformed so so many lives just by bein' his amazin' Dinoself.
Truly wonderful to be able to share this Dinotransformational story as we begin to celebrate our Dino's date of birth...June 7, 1917....known 'round these Dinoparts as "The Day That Coolness Came To Earth." Dinotransformed, DMP
Early on, Pryor patterned himself after the reigning black comic, speaking politely, telling middle-class jokes, doing impressions of businessmen and tourists. To audiences, he seemed a Bill Cosby satellite—one reason why he continually found work, but also why star status eluded him. And then one night in Las Vegas, things changed forever. “There was a world of junkies and winos, pool hustlers and prostitutes, women and family screaming inside my head, trying to be heard,” Pryor remembered. “The longer I kept them bottled up, the harder they tried to escape.” He peered out at the audience at the Aladdin, spotted Dean Martin at a front table—and suddenly experienced what he would call “my nightclub epiphany.”
I asked myself, “Who’s he looking at, Rich?”
I couldn’t say.
I imagined what I looked like and got disgusted. I gasped for clarity as if it was oxygen. The fog rolled in. In a burst of inspiration, I finally spoke to the sold-out crowd: “What am I doing here?”
Then I turned and walked off the stage.
In the dressing room my agent was hysterical, incredulous. How could I have walked off? “Do you know what you did?” he screamed. “Do you know what this means?”
“No, you’re the agent. You tell me.”
Then I heard those famous words. “You’ll never work in this town again. Did you hear me? You will never work in this town again!”
Hey pallies, makes me so so very Dinohappy to know that Dinobashes are bein' scheduled all over the world in honor of our Dino's birthday on Sunday, June 7.
Thanks to Barbara Mitchell of the Portland Trib for sharin' info on Tony Starlight's third annual Dinotrib....does loves how Miss Mitchell speaks so stellarly of our Dino...."Martin’s musical prowess was always matched by a stellar comedic flair...."
So hopes all you Dinoholics will have some sort of Dinocelebration wherever you reside in the Dinouniverse...be sure to keep the focus on our great man as we celebrate his life and legacy on the day of his comin' into the world. To view this in it's original format, as usual, just clicks on the tagg of this Dinogram. Dinocelebratively, DMP
Weekend Music! By Barbara Mitchell The Portland Tribune, Jun 5, 2009
Dean Martin Tribute Ratpack genius Dean Martin is celebrated in all his glory at Tony Starlight’s third annual Dean Martin Tribute. Saturday’s show is divided into two halves – the first a nod to Dino’s uproarious Dean Martin show, complete with special guest appearances and the second celebrating his hugely entertaining Vegas act. Sunday is a best-of combining both sets, and you can upgrade to an all-you-can-eat-spaghetti dinner for an extra $10. Martin’s musical prowess was always matched by a stellar comedic flair, so these shows will be entertainment experiences you won’t want to miss.
8 p.m. Saturday, June 6 and 6 p.m. Saturday, June 7, Tony Starlight’s, 3728 N.E. Sandy Blvd., 503-517-8584, $15
Hey pallies, our Dino's 92 birthday is comin' in just a few and loves to again see Cleveland Plain Dealer Reporter John Petkovic lift up the name of our Dino and spread the message of a cool Dinotribute at a pad tagged Sneakee Pete's in honor of our great man b-day.
Loves how Mr. Petkovic has tagged our Dino as " the patron saint of partying" as well as "the patron saint of this column." Certainly our pallie Johnnie "gets Martin" and is doin' his Dinopart to spread the Dinomessage of cool as Dinofar and Dinowide as he can.
To read this in it's original format at Cleveland.com, just clicks on the tagg of this Dinogram. How wonderful to see the Dinolegacy continuin' to Dinogrow and Dinoglow!!!! Dinodiggin', DMP
Dean Martin tribute at Sneakee Pete's in honor of the late star's 92nd birthday: After Dark by John Petkovic / Plain Dealer Reporter Thursday June 04, 2009, 10:00 AM Associated Press
MEMORIES ARE MADE OF DINO: Raise a glass or six in honor of the patron saint of partying. Sunday, June 7, is Dean Martin's 92nd birthday.
Everybody loves somebody sometime. But everybody loves Dino all the time.
(If you find someone who doesn't, spill a drink on 'em.)
Raise a glass -- no, make that a wet bar, a liquor cabinet and a jar of olives -- in honor of Dean Martin. Sunday, June 7, is the 92nd birthday of the patron saint of this column.
The Steubenville native, born Dino Crocetti, tore it up when he moved to Cleveland in 1940. Formerly a two-bit blackjack dealer, he took the name Dino Martini and landed his first steady gig crooning for $35 a week at the Vogue Room of the now-closed Hollenden Hotel on East Sixth Street.
Then came Hollywood, the Rat Pack and Vegas. They all came with a ton of hangovers.
But memories are made of more than this.
The legacy of the top-shelf entertainer, who died in 1995, is a mixed drink that's as smooth as it is fermented. Yes, he epitomized snazzy shtick and mastered the tipsy stumble, but he also had the kind of croon that made them sing along with martinis in the air.
I bet Dino is still partying up there in that Great Big Martini Lounge in the Sky. So party with him, in spirit.
On Saturday, June 6, Rick and Sharona will perform a full-blown big-band show that reprises the Live at the Sands gigs that made Dino and the Rat Pack famous.
It takes place at Frankie's Pub and Pasta/Sneakee Pete's, 35700 Lakeland Boulevard, Eastlake. The $35 ticket includes dinner at 6 p.m. Showtime is 8:30 p.m. Call 440-510-0087.
Hey pallies, loves how new Dinoinformation is always Dinorisin' up....from the Bleacher Report site (clicks on the tagg of this Dinogram to goes there) comes this bio of Lord Hughey Windsor-Sanchez, who proudly proclaims that he was road manager for our Dino...gonna leaves Lord Hughey some Dinopatter and sees if I gets any Dinoresponse.... Dinolearnin' and Dinogrowin', DMP
Lord Hughey's Bio
I was born in ano domini 1919, in Hell's Kitchen, New York City. To royal blood, of the highest esteem. My mother was a maid to the British Royal family, on their excursions to The Big Apple, and I am their seed.
After the gunning down of my pappy in '38, over a vig disupute with the Gambinos, we fled over the river to New Jersey, which I call my home. The vig was 2% pappy, not 1.5%. Why oh why.
My life has been full, and fruitful. I was road manager to Dean Martin for much of my prime, and spent wonderful times with Dean, Sammy and Frank. The stories I could tell you.
My interest in life now is sports, and the writing of sports. Taking in e-mails from all over the world, offeriing my insight to the goings on of pro football.
I count many players, coaches and owners as personal friends, and was quite a name in the Lounge Scene of '82. Great times.
I will be publishing letters received, and my insightful replies, for your education, excitement and entertainment.
Hey pallies, the name of our Dino continues to be lifted up all over the globe...here's a Lebanese dude tagged Nicholas who has shared our Dino's signature tune at his Lebanese politico blogg "My Journey" (clicks on the tagg of this Dinopost to goes there). Indeed everybody needs to takes our Dino with them on their personal journey and if everybody followed our Dino...there'd be no more war, just huggin' and kissin'....Dinostyle... Glads to see the Dinomessage bein' proclaimed Dinofarther and Dinowider then Dinoever.... Dinolovin', DMP
Hey pallies, here's a steller pix of our Dino at home...relaxin' by the pool with his pooch...loves it pallies...loves to keep Dinosearchin' for more and more great pixs of our great man.....enjoys pallies.... Dinolovin', DMP
Dean Martin Dean Martin, American singer, film actor and comedian, photographed at home in California in October 1974. (Photo by Lichfield/Getty Images).
Hey pallies, so sorry that I didn't find this soon 'nough to gets this Dinogramed yesterDinoday....but how cool to know that it was on May 31, 1951 that the Dino and the jer flick "That's My Boy" made it to the bigg screen. Thanks to the "Hollywood Outbreak" for sharin' this piece of Dinohistory with us....visit 'em by clickin' on the tagg of this Dinopost. Dinolearnin', DMP 31 May 2009 Filed under: BREAKING NEWS, NEWS OF THE DAY
On this day in 1951, PARAMOUNT PICTURES released THAT’S MY BOY. Directed by HAL WALKER, this story of a scrawney nerd who makes the college football tean was just an excuse to get DEAN MARTIN and JERRY LEWIS up on the big screen.
Hey pallies, likes I am always so so Dinodelighted to learn of others who wanna know more 'bout our Dino, his life and his times...so am so thrilled to find that a dude tagged Ryan J. Rusak at his blogg tagged "Inside Ryan's Head" has shared his Dinodesire "to read a top-notch biography of Dean Martin this summer." (To view Ry's blogg, just clicks on the tagg of this Dinogram.)
Wells of Dinocourse, I certainly needed to Dinorespond to this Dinoquiry and spoke to pallie Ry 'bout the bestest of the best Dinobios, likes of course Tosches' stellar Dinotome, "DINO: Living High In The Dirty Business Of Dreams." Such a great retellin' of the Dinolegend for Dinosure.
Likes I needs to gets out my copy of "DINO" for some pure Dinopleasure as Dinowell...can never ever gets 'nough of our Dino and certainly never gets 'nough of Tosches' amazin' Dinobio. One of the ways I plann to celebrate our Dino's day of birth is to gets diggin' into Tosches' Dinostory. So likes how all all you pallies beginnin' to prepare for celebratin' our Dino's birthday in just a few? Dinodiggin', DMP
8. Diversions, part 3: I’d like to read a top-notch biography of Dean Martin this summer. Not a gossipy, typically Hollywood one, but a well-researched one. Anyone have any suggestions?
