Why Dean Martin split with Jerry Lewis, adored Sinatra and pretended to drink

New York Post ^ | November 18, 2021 | Doree Lewak

[Spacetrucker]

You wanna watch a Don Rickles at his absolute finest, go watch the video where Don suprised Frank Sinatra on the Late Show - absolute riot!

[nickcarraway]

You have to be real sober to pretend to be that drunk.

[Old Grumpy]

I will definitely watch the show. I always liked Dean Martin.

[whinecountry]

I heard he would not rehearse

You are correct, in fact that was written into his contract. Often he would be driving home while the remainder of his show was filming :)

[willk]

“Cab Calloway would top my list.”

I saw him perform at the Hollywood Bowl in 1990. I think he was around 84. I just could not get over how much energy he had.

[A strike]

” ... anyone who uses the word “bromance” should have an anvil fall on their head. “

!000 %

[Scott from the Left Coast]

Love, love, love Dean Martin. Great, great, great entertainer and the coolest voice of the era. To my dad, he was “Dino”. I will be watching.

[Varsity Flight]

Martin special: Singing: Blue Moon. Very special

“Blue moon you see me standing here alone....

[A strike]

Haven’t compiled my list yet, but, you’re way ahead of the curve.

[Varsity Flight]

Dean Martin. Blue Moon

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=Dean+Martin+Blue+Moon&&view=detail&mid=7CA96FD084AEC68408557CA96FD084AEC6840855&&FORM=VRDGAR

[mplsconservative]

bookmark. Welcome to FR.

[july4thfreedomfoundation]

His roasts have aired on the “Decades” channel as the Weekend Binge a few times.

Each episode had a disclaimer about how these roasts were taped in a different time, might offend some viewers, etc.

[LibertyWoman]

Humphrey Bogart started the Rat pack

[Beowulf9]

Agree with that.

[nickcarraway]

I agree he had a better voice than Sinatra. The problem is Martin would just sing what they put in front of him. Sinatra made sure he had great musicians backing him, great songs, great engineers. I don't see that Dean Martin ever did that, which is a shame.

Also, I would put NKC up there. He was also a great jazz pianist.

[Varsity Flight]

Agreed. NKC

[Luke21]

Just a great one. Never recovered emotionally from the loss of his son.

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

Good point. I agree about NKC. I remember my mother had a couple of his albums she would play on the hi-fi, so I got to hear a lot of him early on. Overall, that was a great time for that kind of music.

[mcshot]

And a follow-up: You can’t drink all day if you don’t start early.

[Jolla]

William Holden