May 24, 1974…The Last “Dean Martin Show” Aired On NBC
May 24, 1974…The Last “Dean Martin Show” Aired On NBC
To celebrate 9 years of first class television, in spectacular living color, here’s an hour’s worth of highlights from Producer/Director Greg Garrison, with a great, rarely seen 8 minutes of Jonathan Winters ad libbing his way through an attic (11:42).
There’s also Lena Horne, Goldie Hawn, Bing Crosby, Don Rickles, Ann Margret, Bob Newhart, Jimmy Stewart, Joey Bishop, Orson Wells, Dom Deluise, Glenn Campbell and more.
It was in the 9th season that the variety show began to morph into the “Celebrity Roast” shows, which ran another 10 years, at first on a weekly basis, and later monthly, and then as specials. Enjoy and share! -Bobby Ellerbee
Just for you, Perples Chermpiern. To cheer you up. Must’ve been hard being the “I’m teeeeeeeellin’!” taddletale kid who had no friends and for the life of hi…
There are 2 shows in my opinion were the greatest variety shows to ever hit television. Dean’s show and The Carol Burnnett Show. Burnnett’s show was more structured with skits and Dean’s show was more relaxed because of his stage abilities from night clubs. I would love to see more of these shows return.