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Archive for the ‘Dean Martin’ Category

July 25th, 2008

Dean Martin c. 1964

I stand by the fact that I was just born in the wrong era.
It makes me think about things like reincarnation and stuff sometimes, when I think about how drawn I am to the music and the lifestyle of the 40s, 50s, and 60s… I know, it’s weird, but it really makes me wonder.
Here’s […]

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July 23rd, 2008

Repost: Dean Martin, Queen, and My Trip To Italy

Okay, so here’s proof that I’m a weirdo in having been a fan of this stuff since I was a kid. It also goes to show you how music can unite people in the most wonderful of ways. Grab an espresso and relax, this one’s cute.
When I was 15, I was a foreign exchange student […]

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June 6th, 2008

Allan Sherman, Dean Martin & Vic Damone - I Hate The Beatles

From The Dean Martin Show, Oct. 7, 1965. They sing “I Hate the Beatles” (to the tune of “Pop Goes the Weasel”) and other parodies by Sherman. This is really great, and what I call PURE ENTERTAINMENT. It’s awesome… simply awesome.

“Bella… Bela Lugosi” BWAHAHAHA!!!
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March 23rd, 2008

Dean Martin Quote: What drove him to drinking?

The funny thing is that I could swear I read somewhere that Dino was never TRULY drunk.
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March 1st, 2008

Video Week - First YouTube Result for Dean Martin

I don’t remember if I’d written about this story before, but the first search result today for Dean Martin in YouTube gave me “That’s Amore” and every time I hear that song, I’m reminded of my silliness as a teenager.
I went to Italy for a summer exchange program when I was 16, and one night, […]

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December 4th, 2007

EMI plans to extend the Mambo Italiano with Dean Martin

Well, I know that this news is dated a year ago - and a couple things here mentioned have already happened (ie. the duet with Martina McBride on “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” and the bit about Robbie Williams) but it’s still pretty neat to read the rest of this…
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November 19th, 2007

Joe Mantegna has rights to Dino’s biography

Actor Joe Mantegna, who played Dean Martin in HBO’s “The Rat Pack” bought the rights to Dean’s biography back in September of 2006, supposedly to make a movie of the famed crooner’s life.
“Mantegna and his producing partner, Danny Ramm, bought the film rights to Memories are Made of This, a biographical memoir written by Martin’s […]

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October 24th, 2007

Drunk Airline Pilot - Dean Martin & Foster Brooks

This cracked me up from the very beginning… “Schenectady” is about 15 minutes down the road from me, and when people use that city in a joke, it just is too hilarious to me. I didn’t know much about Foster Brooks until getting into Dean Martin and the “clean comedy” of the era - simply […]

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September 20th, 2007

Dean Martin and Lena Horne - Just The Two Of Us - Video

I’m still waiting for someone to buy me that video subscription (or even just a few individual DVDs) to the Dean Martin Variety Show archives (including the roasts, of course). I love this stuff, and yes, I know this is more 60’s and less “classic crooner” (especially with Miss Horne involved) but I think this […]

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September 17th, 2007

NBC Universal sues for Dean Martin Show DVD rights

Studio says producer sold rights it didn’t own.
NBC’s complaint alleges that many of the episode excerpts belong to the studio—and not Greg Garrison Productions. The studio says it owns the copyrights to 235 episodes. “Material portions of at least 86 episodes of The Dean Martin Show owned by NBCU have been copied and included on […]

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