More Dino-winter greetin' possibilities

Hey pallies, likes here is 'nother link for all youse Dino-holics who deeply desires to send Dino-winter greetin's to all your pallies.  From the 'net pad "123 Greetings" come 'nother remarkable resource for sharin' your Dino-seasonal passion with family and friends and best of all it is fantastically free to use.

Likes if you clicks on the tag of this particular Dino-gram you will be sent directly to "123 Greetings" where you will locate instructions for sendin' a Dino-seasonal musical e-card accentin' our most beloved Dino croonin' the lovely lyrics of "Silver Bells."  Likes what a great great way to raise the praise of our King of Cool with the swankest of swank selection a la Dino goin' out to everybody all your list.

We thanks the pallies at "123 Greetings" for makin' this Dino-card so readily available for Dino-philes likes we to help others get deeper and deeper in the Dino-groove!  Likes if any of youse pallies know of other pads that are offerin' this sort of Dino-op, likes please gets us a bit of patter!

We remain,

Yours in Dino,

Dino Martin Peters









Dean Martin - Silver Bells

Send Some Dino-seasonal Greetin's

Hey pallies, likes on this 16th Day of Dino-winter month, ilovedinomartin once 'gain  shares with youse some delightful  Dino-seasonal ecard possibilities courtesy of the pallies at www.dean-martin.de....a German Dino-devotional site.  Likes  gotta 'fess up that we ain't sure if this pad is still functional, but it's worth givin' it the ol' Dino-try.

We've shared this link and some cool Dino-seasonal graphics  for a number of years now,and we are thrilled to share it once 'gain with Dino-philes to use 'em for all your Dino-seasonal greetin's through out this most marvelous month  of Dino-devotion.  Likes even if  you can't get the e-cards to work, Dino-holics likes us canna copy the Dino-graphics shared here to create your own great great Dino-greetin's.

ilovedinomartin thanks the dudes at www.dean-martin.de for creatin' these and many other Dino-decorative images for other seasons as well. To checks this out in the original format, simply clicks on the tag of these Dino-thoughts. Keeps lovin', keeps sharin' our most beloved Dino!

We remain,

Yours in Dino,

Dino Martin Peters

It’s Dean Martin at his finest, all twinkly-eyed, the crackle of an open fire, a brandy in one hand, a cigarette in the other.

Hey pallies, likes it's still the 15th of December....just ten days to Dino-departure day, and when a few moments ago our pallies at "Twingly" blog search took us to 'nother potent piece of Dino-devotion, likes we can't resist gettin' it published right here, right now!  So, without further ado, we takes all youse Dino-philes to the magical musical blog, "LOST IN THE NOISE  -  PART JOURNAL. PART MIX-TAPE. PART COMMENTARY," where a pallie who obviously digs our Dino, tagged Mr. Russ Florence  hangs his hat.  Florence's brief bio states that he  "lives in Oklahoma City. When he’s not thinking about his wife, his son or the St. Louis Cardinals, he’s thinking about music."

Just yester-Dino-day Russ awesomely accented our Dino's wintry croon  "A Marshmallow World," usin' the intriguin' image of our most beloved Dino sportin' his Dino-buddha grin while makin' like Santa Claus.  Russ also included a bit of patter where he publicly declares that, " this may be my Official Song of Christmas 2016," and then, likes, goes on to share his wisely wonderful words that we have used as the tag of this Dino-report, " It’s Dean Martin at his finest, all twinkly-eyed, the crackle of an open fire, a brandy in one hand, a cigarette in the other."  Florence tops off his potent post with a youtube vid of our Dino croonin' 'bout marshmallows with a couple of his lovely ladies from the Dino-show.

We thanks Mr. Russ Florence for sharin' his Dino-adulation through this swank seasonal post, sure to bring many of his readership closer and closer to our Dino.  To checks this out in it's original source, likes simply clicks on the tag of this here Dino-gram.

We remain,

Yours in Dino,

Dino Martin Peters

december 14 — a marshmallow world, dean martin (1966)

After a sing-along with Luke on the way to school this morning, this may be my Official Song of Christmas 2016. It’s Dean Martin at his finest, all twinkly-eyed, the crackle of an open fire, a brandy in one hand, a cigarette in the other.

Martin and Lewis Show 49-12-19 Christmas Show

Hey pallies, likes prepares yourself for a lotta laughs this very 15th  Day of Dino-winter season as we takes you to the neatly nostalgia blog, "Fred Allen's Old Time Radio Home  -  Podcasts from my personal collection of old time radio shows," where Mr. Allen has shared the December 19, 1949 radio programme of the Martin and Lewis Christmas Show.

Likes it is fantastic fun to go back in time 67 years and listen to how much fun our most beloved Dino and his most beloved partner Mr. Jerry Lewis have in their classic comedy routines accentin' our Dino and Jerry's disappointment that " they haven't been invited to the mayor's Christmas Ball, but they still try to find a way to get invited."  Likes all the amazin' awesome antics this dynamic duo goes through tryin' to get into the ball brings the biggest of big Dino-buddha-grins to our faces!

And, our Dino coolly croons the classic Dino-wintry tunes, "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town," "White Christmas" and a bit of "Silent Night" in both English and Italian  as only our Dino can do it!  And, likes the episode closes with touchin' and tender thoughts from our Dino and Mr. Lewis wishin' their listenin' audience a Merry Christmas.

We thanks Mr. Fred Allen postin' this wonderful old time radio Dino and Jerry programme that certainly will brighten all our Dino-spirits!  To views this in it's original site, simply clicks on the tag of this Dino-post.

We remain,

Yours in Dino,

Dino Martin Peters

Martin and Lewis Show 49-12-19 Christmas Show

 Dean and Jerry are disappointed they haven't been invited to the mayor's Christmas Ball, but they still try to find a way to get invited. Dean sings "Santa Claus is Coming to Town," and "I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas."

Running time - 30:10 min

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Dean Martin, smooth on Xmas and so many other things

Hey pallies, likes it's still Day 14  of Dino-winter month and we's prepared yet 'nother Dino-gram for all youse Dino-philes that is likes proof positive that one never ever knows where Dino-seasonal devotion is goin' to show up next dudes!   Likes 'though faithful readers of ilovedinomartin knows that we does our very very best to stay a-politico, we have no problemo sharin' Dino-adulation from politico pads, and so, likes today we take you to the blog, "Political Forum Blogroll," which proclaims that it "is a non-biased, non-partisan political forum."

Well recently the discussion has come 'round to "Best Christmas Singer," and of course there is no way that some member of this forum ain't not gonna share their awesome appreciato for our most most beloved Dino.  And, likes so we get these wonderfully wise words on Dino-wintry croonin' that you will note below, "Elvis owned it, but Dean stole it away.   Dean Martin, smooth on Xmas and so many other things."

Likes we ain't sure what the scriber was referrin' to Elvis and Dino, but of course we knows that Presley simply idolized our Dino.  And, likes the smoothness of our Dino never has been, never will be in question.  We also ain't sure how the potent pix of our most beloved Dino and his most beloved partner, Mr. Jerry Lewis figures in this post, but we can never ever get's 'nough Dino-adulation...winter time...any time!!!!!

We thanks the pallies at "Political Forum Blogroll" for includin' Dino-seasonal thoughts in their pad, sure to help many of their remarkable readership turn deeper and deeper into Dino-devotees!  To checks this out in it's original source, likes clicks on the tag of this here Dino-message.

We remain,

Yours in Dino,

Dino Martin Peters


[PoliticalForum] Re: This shit gets real; Best Christmas Singer

 On Tuesday, December 6, 2016 at 10:37:05 PM UTC-6, Kamakazee wrote:
How hot is that? Wish I could have been there.  I know, you think it's gross, all you pagans do.

On Tuesday, December 6, 2016 at 10:34:12 PM UTC-6, plainolamerican wrote:



On Tuesday, December 6, 2016 at 10:31:03 PM UTC-6, Kamakazee wrote:
Bing Crosby, Mariah Something, Elvis (!), Nat King Cole (strong), Michael Buble' (hell no), Andy Williams, Dean Martin (very strong) Frank Sinatra (equally strong), Perry Como (last name that sounds kinda gay, not that there's anything wrong with it), Burl Ives (dark horse but strong for those that watch).


Elvis owned it, but Dean stole it away.

Dean Martin, smooth on Xmas and so many other things

.....and Dean Martin sings

Hey pallies, likes it's still the 14th day of Dino-winter season here at ilovedinomartin and we gots so so much awesome adulation of Dino-seasonal greetin's that we are simply startin' to have to double and triple up on Dino-grams to gets it all to youse before Dino-departure day.

So, here's a short and sweet Dino-entry to add to your Dino-seasonal delight.   Likes even those this Dino-devotion is only four words long with an accompanyin' snapshot....it is international in scope and brings back marvelous memories of  the sweet seasonal sort.   From the Swedish blog, "POPSLUG" comes the post, "... och Dean Martin sjunger," which translates into English as "and Dean Martin sings."

Scribed by a blogger tagged Fredrik, as you will see below, the image is of a little boy and little girl havin' fantastic fun with their mother makin' some sort of happy holiday treat....likely favorite cookies.  Likes, by the tag of this post, our Dino is addin' to these fine festivities by croonin' some seasonal tunes in the background.

Truly truly pallies it warms our Dino-hearts to see mother and children makin' marvelous memories workin' together and makin' our Dino an incredible integral part of the excitin' experience.  Likes as youse knows we are always totally totally thrilled to see more and more of today's youth bein' brought to Dino at a tender age.  Just knowin' that there are two youngsters in Sweden gettin' turned on to our Dino brings the biggest of big Dino-buddha grins to our faces!

We thanks Mr. Fredrik for sharin' this perfect post at his blog and witnessin' to the wider Dino-world a wonderful way to  make our most beloved Dino part of the seasonal action in whatever part of the world one happens to reside.  To checks this out in it's original source, likes simply clicks on the tag of this here Dino-message.

We remain,

Yours in Dino,

Dino Martin Peters

... och Dean Martin sjunger

Let's take a look at the 4th season Christmas installment of The Dean Martin Show from 1968.

Hey pallies, likes on this 14th  Day of Dino-winter-month we once 'gain share a sweet Dino-treat that we were directed to while simply pluggin' the words Dean Martin and Christmas into the ol' google search engine.  From the seasonal blog "Christmas TV History" comes blogger Miss Joanna Wilson's marvelous mix of pix and prose remarkably reviewin' the "Dean Martin Show Christmas (1968)."

Likes it is coolly crystal clear that Miss Wilson has put likes a terrific ton of  wonderful work into this post that includes over 24 screen caps and her interestin' insights to his special holiday edition of the Dino-show.  BTW pallies, this is the episode that the pallies at TIME - LIFE and Star Vista released on DVD in 2012 and is still available for purchase.

We invites to sits back and enjoy Miss Joanna Wilson's remarkable review of this extraordinarily   exceptional episode of Dino-seasonal fun and frolic, and likes we thanks Miss Wilson for her time and talent to bring this to the larger 'net Dino-community.  To checks this out in it's original source, simply clicks on the tag of this Dino-message.  And, if you wanna see clips from the show, we notice that youtube currently has a number of production numbers available for your Dino-viewin' pleasure.

We remain,

Yours in Dino,

Dino Martin Peters

Friday, June 10, 2016

Dean Martin Show Christmas (1968)



It's hard to think about Christmas without including holiday music. Recently, I wrote a review of the 1969 Christmas episode of the Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour and it was well received so I thought I'd write another. Anyone else a Dean Martin Show fan? Let's take a look at the 4th season Christmas installment of The Dean Martin Show from 1968.



The Dean Martin Show ran on NBC from 1965-74.

There seems to have been a resurgence of TV variety shows in the past couple of years. Not only have numerous retro Christmas TV variety show episodes and specials been newly released on DVD, including this 1968 Christmas episode of The Dean Martin Show, but the TV network GetTV aired quite a few holiday variety specials during December last year. I sure hope they repeat that trend in programming this year. There's still a wealth of Christmas variety entertainment from the past that hasn't aired on television in decades! Let me remind you about the 1968 Christmas episode of The Dean Martin Show.



Dino transforms into Kris Kringle.

The show opens with the show’s background singers dressing Dean Martin in a Santa Claus costume while they sing “Look At That Face" followed by “Be A Santa.” As the song continues, the number turns into a dance production of happy Santas.



Fear not--you're seeing that correctly. These dancing St. Nicks are each wearing a face mask.



I'm guessing that the creative decision to wear masks was made in order to attempt to give each Santa an identical appearance--without intending to scare viewers.

The dancing masked Santas are interrupted by short comedy sketches with this episode's guests: Dom DeLuise, Bob Newhart, and Dennis Weaver. The opening sequence comes to a close when Martin arrives center stage riding Santa's sleigh pulled by a gorgeous team of reindeer.



Dean's not afraid of a stage full of scary masked Santas.



Dean is filled with the holiday spirit.

Next, Dean Martin sings his signature holiday song "It's a Marshmallow World." He's relaxed and freely joking around during the song's performance. His female co-stars in this scene are dancing along side him--even pinching and tickling him--as he mugs into the camera and acts silly. The in-the-moment behavior creates a fun, easy-going, and fresh performance. Viewers can easily tell that the performance and song is taped live and not synced to a recording. An entertainer has to be a strong, confident performer to pull that off. And, Dean is smoking a cigarette while singing and clowning around. They don't make TV like this anymore!



Comedian Bob Newhart doing what he does best--creating an awkward conversation.

This is followed by Dean joining Bob Newhart in a comedy sketch about an embarrassed man awkwardly asking to return a gift toupee at the department store during Christmas time. Dean repeatedly breaks character laughing during the sketch. It's comedy gold.



The wardrobe budget for this episode must have fallen short--The Golddiggers perform without pants.

Next, the lovely Golddiggers take center stage and sing "Santa Claus is Coming to Town." Then Martin joins them and together they perform a medley of the standards "Daddy," "True Love," and "We Wish You the Merriest."



Dino surrounded by The Golddiggers.

In another comedy sketch, Dom DeLuise plays a policeman giving Santa Claus a parking ticket.  This is immediately followed by another sketch with Dean and Dom playing two hobos on a park bench at Christmas.



This episode was filmed thirteen years before DeLuise and Martin would share the screen again in the movie Cannonball Run.



Martin and Lane frequently perform a song together on The Dean Martin Show.

Dean returns to the set to join pianist Ken Lane to sing "Jingle Bells." This is followed by surprise guest Bob Hope who emerges from the closet to exchange comedic barbs with Dean. The closet gag with a surprise guest is another recurring element on The Dean Martin Show. DeLuise returns once more for another sketch--a pantomime bit about an unruly office holiday party.



Bob Hope is well-known for his own NBC Christmas TV variety specials.



DeLuise plays an office worker whose coffee is spiked with alcohol during the office Christmas party.



Dino shares a few on-screen moments with the cast & crew's children. The kids are hilariously unpredictable!

The musical finalé brings Martin, the guest stars, The Golddiggers, the background singers and dancers, and the children of the cast and crew together. Dennis Weaver sings “The Marvelous Toy” accompanied by the children who play along with simple instruments such as whistles and tambourines.



Tom Paxton wrote "The Marvelous Toy" song, however Peter, Paul, and Mary's version may be the most familiar.



The Golddiggers are dressed in orange. DeLuise, Weaver, Martin, Newhart, and pianist Lane are in the center.

Together the cast sings a medley of “Deck the Halls,” “Joy to the World,” and “Silent Night.” On a children's playroom set filled with toys, we hear Martin sing the heartwarming song “Christmas Is for Kids.”



Martin solos on the beginning of "Silent Night."



During the song "Christmas is for Kids," the camera pans across a roomful of toys on display. This segment is an eyeful for viewers like myself who crave to remember the hot toy trends of 1968.

"Christmas is for Kids" serves as a segue for Dean Martin to introduce a charity toy drive he's involved with. After he announces that more than $100,000 worth of toys have been donated to hospitals and orphanages across the country, Dean identifies a hospital in his hometown of Steubenville, OH as one of the locations. This is followed by more video clips of his celebrity friends announcing 39 more locations across the country where the toys will be donated.



Celebrities including George Burns name hospitals and orphanages in cities from coast to coast to receive toy donations.

The long segment of celebrity video clips is impressive. In addition to Martin, hospital and orphanage recipient announcements are made by George Burns, William Holden, Tony Bennet, Vince Edwards, Gale Gordon, Phil Harris, Dom DeLuise, Charles Nelson Reilly, Nancy Sinatra, Johnny Carson, Bob Newhart, Glenn Ford, Glen Campbell, Greg Morris, Raymond Burr, Kay Medford, Peter Graves, Don Rickles, Lorne Greene, Petula Clark, Barbara Feldon, Dennis Weaver, Rowan & Martin, Dan Blocker, Roy Rogers, Joey Bishop, Michael Landon, Jim Nabors, Diahann Carroll, Andy Griffith, Frank Sinatra Jr., Red Skelton, Paul Lynde, Kate Smith, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Jimmy Stewart, Jack Benny, Bob Hope, and Lucille Ball. One can only hope the overwhelming endorsement of the toy donations inspired viewers at home to give generously at holiday time that year as well.



Jimmy Stewart is one of the celebrity announcers as well. I think a great many needy children were made merry at Christmas in 1968.



It's chaos under the closing credits as gifts are handed out to everyone on stage!

The show closes with the group singing "We Wish You a Merry Christmas." Toys from under the Christmas tree on set are handed out to the cast and children while the closing credits roll on-screen.



Recognize the little girl sitting on Santa/Bob Newhart's lap?

Sharp-eyed viewers may recognize a few familiar faces in the crowd of children in this episode. A beautiful and confident little girl in a blue dress captures the camera's attention several times. She's sitting on Bob Newhart's lap in a comedy sketch at the beginning of the episode. She's also quite visible during the finalé as she hugs Dean Martin, and corrects Dennis Weaver about the order of the instruments within his song.



She tells Dennis Weaver that the whistles in his song come before the tambourines!

Hold on to your hats--that's a four year old Melissa Gilbert (from Little House on the Prairie and many TV movies). What is she doing on Dean Martin's Christmas episode? Her grandfather is Harry Crane--a head writer on The Dean Martin Show.



Recognize him?

Another adorable child in the crowd draws attention to himself when he won't stop laughing! Dean Martin asks him "Have you got a favorite singer?" The little boy replies in the negative--and just keeps laughing!  I think that cute blonde boy is two year-old Peter DeLuise, the son of comedian Dom DeLuise. (Peter eventually starred on 21 Jump Street and now directs TV).



Weaver sings to the young DeLuise too.

Many TV variety shows have incorporated the cast and crew's family and children into the Christmas episodes. I've seen it on done by Lawrence Welk and his Champagne Music Makers, Glen Campbell, Johnny Cash, Andy Williams, Sonny & Cher, the King Family, and others. Isn't it revealing and personal for entertainers to share their loved ones with TV viewers at Christmas time?

 

The Gifs O Dino: Marshmallow World

Hey pallies, likes here it comes, ready or not pallies, our fourth accent on Dino's croonin' of "A Marshmallow World on this 13th Day of Dino-winter Month!!!!!

We here at ilovedinomartin are always always searchin' for more and more wonderfully wondrous ways of highly, hugely homagin' our most beloved Dino.  While most of our time is spent on sharin' others deeply deep devotion of our Dino, and we gotta 'fess up we don't find the time often 'nough  to offer our own purely personal passion for our one and only Dino.

But, likes last year durin' Dino-winter season as the days grew  closer and closer to the twentieth anniversary of our Dino's departure from our presence on December 25, 1995, we just needed to share with all youse fellow Dino-holics our simple and  hopefully special way of solemnly  showin' our absolute awesome appreciation for our King of Cool.

Likes for  a ton of time we've  had the deepest of deep  desire in  our devoted Dino-heart to create a series of gifs sharin' an entire Dino-croon made up of a plentiful plethora of short moments...mostly five seconds in length.  Our desire in doin' so was to absolutely  accent each and every nuance of our great great man's beautifully bountiful body movements.   From every fascinatin' facial expression includin' our Dino's extremely expressive eyes (likes who can ever resist his glorious glance?!?!?!?!?!)....to the wonderful  ways he gracefully gestures with his ever present Kent cigarette in hand, we knew a series of gifs would  capture him in the coolest of cool ways possible.

And pallies, like it was a beau-ti-ful breeze of a decision on which Dino-croonin' vid that woulda be the swank subject of extra effort for Dino.   Likes what coulda be better then the  December 15, 1974 vid ver-si-on of our King of Cool croonin' "Marshmallow World" on a Bob Hope Christmas special?
None to our Dino-notion!  Here we find our most beloved Dino outfitted in  his extremely elegant tux with omni-present  Kent smoke in hand, sittin' on his green velvet throne, surrounded by all the seasonal trimmin's includin' delightfully  decorated Christmas tree inside and  swank snowman on the outside.

In 1974, at age 57,  we believe our Dino was at the absolutely awesome zenith of his coolest of cool career.  Dino was cooler, hipper, and randier then ever.  Always wantin' to put the accent on the youthful action of the day, Dino had surrounded himself with youthful ladies and gents....currently married to twenty something Miss Cathy Hawn, who he met while clubbin' at the coolest of cool Candy Store Discotheque.  When he wasn't wearin' the tux, he was often found sportin' the moddest of mod fashions....on the golf course, in segments of his variety show, and as swank swinger extraordinare, makin' the nightlife scene wherever the action was.

We think our Dino croonin' 'bout marshmallows is where it is at dudes, and it is our proud privilege to  once 'gain share, on this 13th day of Dino-winter month, the twenty six---count 'em---twenty six gifs of our one and only Dino's sensational seasonal song, "Marshmallow World."  First, the original vid, and our Dino-gift of gifs follows.  Likes we hopes it brings you as much pure pleasure as it has brought us in creatin' it!   Likes, be a love, and sends us some patter 'bout what youse think!

We remain,

Yours In Dino,

Dino Martin Peters