Chivas Regal 15 year old on the rocks in my left hand and a Camel filter in my right as I watch this golden piece of nostalgia on my 85 inch led on a hot August night in 2023. I am feeling so good and this fills me with happiness unlike every single thing else they try to pass off as television these days. I was born in the wrong era.
October 5, 1965. That was 3 weeks before my oldest brother was born. Every woman in the audience wore a dress and every man was in a suit. And cigarettes were everywhere. We have improved in some ways, but deteriorated in others. This was an amazing snapshot it time. The Rat Pack were so charismatic and talented. Frank was a rock star. ❤
..I was 14 years old when this aired, my parents loved these guys especially being from an Italian family in Connecticut…audience clean shaven, jackets and ties and lovely women dressed lovely..no metal detectors at the entrance, I bet…no search for weapons, just a lit cigarette once in awhile, appropriate language that anyone could watch..a breath of fresh air..have Blessed Day..😊
I miss Dean and Frank. I love that they smoke on TV. Entertainment will never be the same without Johnny Carson and His famous guests. I am only 70, but I so appreciate these older gusts.
I was born at the tail end of both of their lives, but I must say that I feel utterly privileged to have occupied the earth with Frank and Dean for a few short years. What paragons of talent and creativity they were!
Joey Bishop approached my wife and I and talked to us like we were old friends but I never acknowledged that I was a fan or anything silly like an autograph. We parted ways and said good night. We were on our honeymoon and had the privilege to meet him and see Rodney live. I cherish those days and wish that things were more like then.
@@danielreichert2025 Nice to reminisce our good old days and celebrities we met along the way ! I met Telly Savalas Raymond Burr and almost encounter Dean Martin but just saw his vehicle with the license plate saying, "Drunky."
True talent....and check Frank out...no tracks behind his voice, no lip syncing, no back up dancers....all real raw talent ........this world will never see the likes of these legends again❤
@johnhere59: Yes.. It’s over. Makes me sad. I was telling someone earlier today, that I am so glad I grew up when I did - late 50s - early 60s. Had the greatest middle class childhood/adolescence ever. I feel very grateful that I have all of those memories.
This show saved my life. Downward spiral of emotions and the world changing this brought back the foundation I needed. Humility Friendship Comedy The rest is history We miss you Johnny Frank Dean Don
What talent! To so effortlessly entertain people! True class. I'd rather watch these two over and over than any comic, singer or entertainer out there today. Good clean fun!
Thanks for the memories. Dean and Frank were in a class of their own, played off each other perfectly. I wish Dean had also done a song, there's always RU-vid and there I go.
This is such a treat to watch. 😍 The friendship, the humor, the talent, the fun......nothing could ever compare. These guys were the epitome of class, style, and talent. We will never see/witness this kind of performance ever again. God bless these beautiful and talented souls. 💜🙏🏻💜
I always thought Joey Bishop was so underrated. A lot of people thought he was dull. Joey definitely wasn't in the same league as Dean Martin or Sinatra, but he held his own and managed to get some good laughs. I also think he had an awesome voice and showed a great deal of class wherever he was.
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they were all friends and Joey Bishop was part of the Rat pack with Sammy Davis Jr .
I simple love the off-the-cuff banter going on between these three! Joey and Dean were especially good at shooting off those witty wisecracks... I lost it at "Hey, where's that Johnny baby?" "It's back there", hahaha
I don't know how many people know this but Joey wrote much of the material the Rat Pack used on stage with their shows in Vegas and was considered the fifth member of the esteemed troupe.
Well, a lot of people smoked on TV in those days, not just Sinatra and Dean. Hell, even Walter Cronkite was smoking during the JFK assassination telecast. By that measure, about half the people on TV were cool.
And Most Importantly,! .. if we Properly Do Our Research,(!); a Bob Bernard Newhart *IS* Still With Us at the age of Ninety-Three Years Young as of this Correction !.. 😄😁😁😁🙂😊☺️😊☺️☺️☺️
Thank you for posting this, i sure hope i was around in that era. that time, Frank and Dean. Im from Argentina born in the 70s, and now in my older days i wish i had the opportunity to see Frank and dean live, just be around these folks. Amazing talent, class. Thank you Frank and Dean, and thank you Johnny
Once Dean & Frank were on stage, Dean had a drink in his hand and then asked Frank for a drink, Frank said you have a drink, Dean said “is that my hand”.
To those commenting that Dean Martin is drunk, it was an affectation he felt he needed to cement an image in the minds of the public. His attitude was if you wanted it straight you should buy his albums. He made a fortune doing it, too.
A better time? Ehhh... In some ways, definitely. In a lot of ways, definitely not. I appreciate advancements in medicine, a more fair society to people of diverse backgrounds, plus safer (albeit uglier) cars. Although today, we have the rise of fascism, the greatest gap between rich and poor in over a century, mobs trying to steal fair elections...I guess it depends on what your metric is. If it's strictly late night talk shows....i might agree with you.
I think I was exposed to second hand smoke thru my iPad. Love Deano and Frank! All this needed was Sammy. I like how nobody was offended by jokes in the day. Frank, Joey and Dean played off each other so effortlessly.
I wear classical menswear and Mr. Joey's suit is spot on, especially the nice contrast seen between the red pocket square and light grey suit. A level of civility not seen with the younger cell phone obsessed generation 😢.
9:02 Dean's joke about Joey pitching was clearly a reference to Sandy Koufax (a Jewish pitcher) scheduled for Wednesday's game. Don Drysdale actually pitched that game. Sandy Koufax deferred in order to observe Yom Kippur.
I wish people acted and talked like this today. The people from 1900 to 1960 ( the music,the movies, the way we spoke and dressed) is the best version of humans this earth has seen now it seems like we are going backwards again
Best version of humans? Ridiculous. Those decades also witnessed two horrific World Wars and a global Depression. All caused by humans. Very, very far from perfect.
Just in this video alone, You can see how great was Frank Sinatra as a friend and as unique, kind and supportive human being...a true brotherhood on display here... 👍👍👍 🙏🙏🙏
I wish I had lived in an earlier era. In my opinion, life was better back then. The 1950s were a time when wives took care of household chores and cooking. People dressed up in fancy attire, and life seemed easier, especially within the nuclear family. At the dinner table, conversations were conducted politely, with each person taking turns speaking while others listened attentively.
Joey Bishop was really witty especially when Dean Martin keeps nagging him. But most of all, Frank just brings the tears right out of my eyes, when he sings the very last few bars, during the last verse of My Angel Eyes, especially when he says :" Excuse me, while i disappear" with such a soft mellowed voice. It just makes me want to cry. Thank! you for your magnificent! presentation, on the RU-vid channel. Johnny, Montréal, Canada 💗👍
This is so very much beyond legendary Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra were PERFECTION! Dean is in TOTAL CONTROL of his routine Frank knows how to fade out and charge in and be cool all the while Joey Bishop was Joey Bishop. It worked here. Was Ed drunk‽ The Legendary Lee Canady almost met Frank Sinatra backstage in Detroit, but his date embarrassed him too much, so he went home. It was a double date with a local, POWERFUL judge. Such a wild story (there are further details that some might think even crazier). I will pray for America. Please pray for me. God Bless you.
4:15// from what i have been told, dean martin did all his tapings on Sundays. so he could have the rest of the week to Golf, and do other gigs. /Dean is known for being able to Act, sing, Dance, and also be in tune with the audience a Total Package, perfect for any show
A time machine to an almost fairy tale age. Im european / bulgarian born in 1990 but 50's and 60's US has always been one of my favorite ages and places to daydream about - Ive always wished I could port to it and this does the job
not in a thousand years will we ever see a singer take the stage and perform a live song like Frank Sinatra just did in this video, had to replay the part 3 times
Everything about this - banter, humour, style ... even the adverts - is from another age. When Sinatra suddenly strolls onto the floor and sings live ( accompanied only by a piano)a song unknown to me up till that moment he shuts out everything including Dean's off camera joke and slips effortlessly into character giving a performance fit for the Smithsonian. What a gift he gave to us.
Frank and Dean the best EVER! THEY COULD SING,ACT, MAKE PEOPLE LAUGH, NEVER BEFORE NEVR AGAIN WILL YOU SEE THIER KIND OF TALENT AND CHARISMA RI.P. FRANK- DEAN YOU ARE MISSED!❤
Sammy Davis could sing, dance, act, impersonations etc. Frank, Sammy Dean and of course Joey bishop. Class acts. So glad I had the pleasure of seeing them multiple times.
As a young kid, I didn’t get the humor but, watching these shows now, takes me back to the time when it was such a secure feeling to lay in my bed and listen to my parent’s filling the house with laughter. Wonderful memories.
I was born 8 years after Dean died, 5 years after Frank. I never lived while they did, but as a current day 21 year old I admire their class, confidence, and poise. I wish that more people my age shared the same sentiment. They are Legends in my eyes!
This Tonight Show with Frank, Dean and Joey is just hilarious. They don't make shows like this anymore. I'm sure we are still so happy that we have these to still watch. Thank you to Johnny Carson Productions for sharing this with us.........................Betsy Basile
