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Tag Archives: Dean Martin
Nick Tosches’ Dino Book
So I’m reading Nick Tosches’ Dino: Living High in the Dirty Business of Dreams and eventually I’ll have to post a ton of great quotes from it – I am loving it – but I just had to pull one … Continue reading
Competing Obsessions
— Dino: Living High in the Dirty Business of Dreams just arrived. — I have my Alexander Hamilton lecture tonight. I am truly torn. Hamilton’s gonna win, cause he pre-dates Dino – also, I bought tickets … but still … … Continue reading
Dino Drunk
“You’re not drunk if you can lie on the floor without holding on.” — Dean Martin Amusingly enough, he was probably the only one of those guys who actually wasn’t an alcoholic. But his drunky-drunk comments are always very funny. … Continue reading
Dean Martin’s Golf Commercial
I have Alex Nunez to thank for the link below – he put it in a comments section below somewhere – and I thought I would pull it out and point to it. It’s Dean Martin’s commercial that he did … Continue reading
Dean Martin: “If you think I’m going to get serious, you’re crazy.”
Seriously, if you’re looking for other more serious content – or at least a variety – you might have to come back in a couple months. To see how I’m doing THEN. Because now? I can’t stop. Nor do I … Continue reading
March 6, 1957: Dean Martin Goes Solo
Dean Martin opened his solo show at The Sands Hotel – on March 6, 1957. Everybody was there. He had split with Jerry Lewis the year before – and people had (wrongly) assumed that Martin might have a hard time … Continue reading
Dean Martin’s Face
Tracey sent me this image with a brief one-line email: The face is in direct opposition to everything else.
Dean Martin
I have no idea what Martin is doing but what I love most of all about this photo is the very real laughter on Frank and Judy’s faces. Look at Frank!! You can so sense the friendship between these three.
Photos of Dino
One of the funnest things about having a blog where all you do is write about your current obsession is that there are those out there who not only do NOT roll their eyes at you (because believe me – … Continue reading