A classic clip taken during the heyday of these great entertainers.It was great to see Dean and Frank together joking around and having fun.I can imagine all the good times they had back in the day when they were at the peak of their abilities.What great talent.You don't see that caliber of entertainment anymore.I have seen Dean and Frank live in concert in Atlantic City back in 1980.Even though they were past their prime at that point,still they were wonderful to see.
That beard Dean was growing, was for " Bandolero" -------personally, my favorite role of Dean's. --------------And, the man should have kpet the beard--he looked good in it. ------------WolfSky9
Wolfsky9 Not ‘Bandolero’, pally...it states onscreen at the start of the clip that Dean had just come in from filming a Western with John Wayne...as ‘The Dean Martin Show’ was on in the 60s, that would be ‘The Sons Of Katie Elder’. His ‘Bandolero’ co-star was Jimmy Stewart, not John Wayne.
The guy Frank's referring to that got bleeped is Mitch Miller. Not only did he have a TV show called "Sing Along with Mitch" but he was the head of Columbia Records in the early 50's and dropped Sinatra from the label, calling him washed-up. Frank, never one to hold a grudge (lol), shows his disgust after mentioning his name.
I remember seeing 'The Sons of Katie Elder' in the movies during the summer of 1965. According to the Imdb the film premiered in July of 65. I think the video editor got it wrong, this episode is from the Fall 1966 season as the mystery voice lampons Franks singing 'Strangers in The Night' which of course was a hit song in the summer of 1966. Dean was filming the western 'Texas Across The River' which premiered in Novemeber 66 during the taping of this episode of his TV Show.
The movie that Martin was presumably filming at the time of this episode of his series was "The Sons Of Katie Elder" co-starring John Wayne and directed by Henry Hathaway. Martin made the film to fulfill his contractual obligations to Hal Wallis, who produced the Martin and Lewis films. This segment was probably made in 65 or 66, around the same time that Martin made the first of his Matt Helm movies.
The show started in 1965 but rio bravo was in 1959 and he did have a beard in Rio Bravo So when it said he just came in from a western with John Wayne it means that he just came in after making the movie the sons of Katie elder cause that movie was released in November 14 1965
I like that little notice was thrown up to let people know why he had the facial hair, shame people thought it was scruffy back then, I think he looks pretty good!
I think Sinatra didn't care about the jokes on Strangers in the Night because is well known he hated the song and he only sang it because he needed an big hit at the time.
J Market They both actually described themselves as more like brothers than just friends. When Dean died Frank even said; “Dean was my brother, not by blood but through choice. Our friendship has travelled down many roads over the years, and there will always be a special place in my heart and soul for Dean. He has been like the air I breath - always there, always close by.” And you’re right - people who knew them both always said that Dean was the only one who could say no to Frank and get away with it! But then, Dean was always his own man and ‘marched to a different drummer.’
In addition to being entertaining this clip was actually informative:I never knew that Sinatra had a contentious relationship with Mitch Miller.That last crack about Mitch's wife was a bit harsh but funny.
Based upon the time period, 1967, I assume that Dean Martin was either filming "Rough Night In Jericho" with George Peppard and Jean Simmons or Bandolero with Jimmy Stewart and Raquel Welch. Sinatra had completed work on Tony Rome and was about to film The Detective.
@lou1606 Rio Bravo was made in 1959 the variety show started in 65 the same he was makin Sons of Katie Elder with john Wayne, Bandelero was in 68 w Jimmy Stewart
The comment by Sinatra regarding a sing a long was presumably about Mitch Miller, who Sinatra despised, having been compelled to record inferior material by Miller while Frank was under contract to Columbia. The mystery voice was, of course, Bing Crosby, who co-starred with Sinatra memorably in High Society, and did several television specials with him.
dyjenjoeeil It was probably something Dean recorded for radio. Sounds like the way he sang in the 40's when he was singing like Bing. It sounds like a vibraphone is playing in the background, which I've heard many performers use for radio transcriptions in the 40's. I have a couple of recordings of Bing singing it, and while Dean could always pull off Bing, I still can tell when it's Dean. You are correct that it was never officially recorded by Dean.
It was Bing Crosby's 1940 Decca recording of his theme song, "Where The Blue Of The Night Meets The Gold Of The Day". - HIs second commercial recording of the tune which he opened all of his radio shows with. The joke is, that after no one recognizing Sinatra (Haha), Bing's was the only other American voice that would be as familiar to Americans watching the show as Sinatra's. BIng was the guy that both Frank and Dean wanted to "grow up to be" when they decided to become singers. - Dean Martin never recorded the song commercially.
Great Men. What would they come up with today about the Democratic Party. Nancy Polisi is licky Dean and Frank are not here. Just Three jokes from either one would destroy Polisi.
I started in 2010 and before with the promotion of this time with Sinatra, in addition to being an interpreter and with thousands of subscribers embarrassingly after having filled up with money because my videos and I collected a few, I closed it. A shame what they do without respecting my trajectory my editions nothing at all, as the song says ... luck
