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The episode roasting Bob Hope was the first special episode after The Dean Martin Showwas cancelled.
Rickles was a lifelong Democrat, so roasting Ronald Reagan must have been fun. The roast was taped in 1973, while Reagan was still governor of California.
This isn’t from a Dean Martin special, but it’s still funny, featuring two comedy legends who reached 90 years old. Lewis is still with us and turned 91 last month.
Frank Sinatra was Rickles’ target in 1978. Sinatra used to call Rickles “bullet-head.” Their careers often collided, since they both performed in Las Vegas in the 1960s. Aside from the following roast, there was a great moment on the Tonight Showwhen Rickles dropped by just to kiss Sinatra. As The New York Times notes, Sinatra is even credited with...
When Dean Martin was the “man of the hour,” Rickles hosted the episode. Below is the entire episode.
Martin loved to give his Rat Pack pals the spotlight… so they could be insulted. Here’s Rickles’ segment from the 1975 episode on Sammy Davids Jr.
In this one, Martin introduces Rickles as the “national distributor of hate.” Burns was 81 years old at the time the special was recorded and in the middle of a career renaissance. The former vaudeville star won an Oscar for 1975’s The Sunshine Boys.
Here’s that time Mr. Warmth roasted Mr. T… and wondered why on earth people were honoring Mr. T. He also tells Howard Cosell to his face that he’s annoying and needs to go away.
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The Dean Martin Show. The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast is an American series of television specials hosted by entertainer Dean Martin and airing from 1974 to 1984. For a series of 54 specials and shows, Martin and his friends would "roast" a celebrity. The roasts were patterned after the roasts held at the New York Friars' Club .
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- 54: 29 Specials, 25 as Dean Martin Show segment
- October 31, 1974 –, December 7, 1984
- NBC
S1 E8 - The Roast of Dean Martin. Watch on supported devices. February 27, 1976. 1 h 41 min. 13+. Roastmaster Don Rickles is joined by Muhammad Ali, Joe Namath, Tony Orlando, James Stewart and many more as they pay tribute to Dean Martin in this hysterical roast. Entitled.
Apr 7, 2017 · Rickles was big in Vegas, and he became a regular on the televised "Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts." He studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts intending to become an actor.
