"The Dean Martin Show" (1965) TV series 1965-1974

User Rating:

8.5/10   

Director:

Bill Colleran

Writers:

Paul Keyes (writer)
Arnie Kogen (writer)

Seasons:

4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | unknown

Release Date:

16 September 1965 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Music

Plot:

Dean Martin hosts with several different celebrities that have several sketches of improv that breaks down comedy, race, and sex all at of the same time.

Plot Keywords:

Variety | Character Name In Title

Awards:

Won Golden Globe. Another 20 nominations

Cast

Dean Martin

...

Himself - Host / ... (178 episodes, 1965-1974)

Also Known As:

"The Dean Martin Comedy Hour" (USA) (new title)

Runtime:

60 min (245 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:TV-PG

Filming Locations:

Stage 4, Stage 1, NBC Studios - 3000 W. Alameda Avenue, Burbank, California, USA

Company:

Greg Garrison Production

Trivia:

Throughout the run, Dean Martin never knew who would come walking through the door at the beginning of each show. This was to make it a lot funnier.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Maude: Maude and the Radical (#1.5)" (1972)

remarkable

At one time the most suggestive show on television, Dean's show not only commented on other variety shows (a form in decline even in the mid-sixties) but continued in spinoff form with the later 'roast' format, a homage to the Friars' Club affairs of society page legend. Dean was able to use his own singing, joking and acting in a situation that could lampoon the past, push the envelope in risk and still seem like good, semi-clean fun. Spontaneity (in short supply after the invention of videotape) was literally forced on the actors and crew by doing (consciously or not) what Jackie Gleason did or didn't do - he showed up minutes before airtime knowing the sketch but totally unrehearsed with the other players. Whatever happened, happened. When it was on the money, it was a high point in midcentury comedy.