|
His
talent for acting, singing, comedy and living life to the
fullest has secured his place in history as an
entertainment
icon!
 After
an enormously successful film and music
career throughout
the fifties and mid-sixties, Dean embarked upon a
relatively
new medium- television. The Dean Martin Show
began on September
16, 1965, in which one of the segments, a celebrity roast,
became wildly popular. Who better than "The Main
Man" himself
to publicly shower his legendary celebrity friends with ribbing
insults and embarrassing stories.
The
Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts became a fast
favorite with
television audiences and soon evolved to become
its own network
series. At the time Dean Martin had one of the
largest contracts
between a network and a star.
The
Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts were a fixture on
the NBC Thursday
night lineup from 1973 to 1984. In those 11 years, Dean
and his panel of pals successfully ridiculed, embarrassed
and made fun of legendary stars like, Frank
Sinatra, Lucille
Ball, Sammy Davis Jr. and Dean Martin himself, to
name a few.
|
