BEST OF THE DEAN MARTIN ROASTS, THE (TV)
Summary
A compilation of clips from various installments of “The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts,” a series of celebrity roasts hosted by Dean Martin.
The clips feature highlights from the roasts of comedian Bob Hope, talk show host Johnny Carson, boxer Muhammad Ali, actor Jackie Gleason, comedian Jack Benny, actor Michael Landon, actress Lucille Ball, and Martin himself. Highlights include: Martin, George Burns, Bob Newhart, Jonathan Winters, Rich Little, Barry Goldwater, and Jack Benny, making jokes about Carson, and Carson’s own comments; Martin, Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Stewart, and Don Rickles making jokes about Hope, including remarks from Hope himself; Martin, Freddie Prinze, Red Buttons, Billy Crystal, and Howard Cosell poking fun at Ali, including comments from Ali; Burns, Stewart, and Little making fun of Benny, featuring a speech from Benny; Martin, Lorne Greene, and Guy Marks making fun of Landon, featuring a speech by Landon; Martin, Hope, Milton Berle, Totie Fields, Vivian Vance, and Rickles making fun of Ball, including remarks by Ball herself; Rickles, Orson Welles, Paul Lynde, Goldwater, Angie Dickinson, Stewart, John Wayne, Joey Bishop, and Hope making fun of Martin, with remarks from Martin as well.
Details
- NETWORK: N/A
- DATE:
- RUNNING TIME: 1:02:45
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: B:76267
- GENRE: Comedy
- SUBJECT HEADING: TV - Comedy
- SERIES RUN: N/A
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Greg Garrison … Producer, Director
- Lee Hale … Associate Producer
- Harry Crane … Writer
- Howard Albrecht … Writer
- Nick Arnold … Writer
- Mike Barrie … Writer
- Jeffrey Barron … Writer
- George Bloom … Writer
- Bill Box … Writer
- Stan Burns … Writer
- Bill Daley … Writer
- Stanley Daniels … Writer
- Peter Gallay … Writer
- Sid Green … Writer
- Terry Hart … Writer
- Don Hinkley … Writer
- Norm Liebman … Writer
- Larry Markes … Writer
- Mike Marmer … Writer
- Jim Mulholland … Writer
- Milt Rosen … Writer
- Tom Tenowich … Writer
- Sol Weinstein … Writer
- Muhammad Ali
- Lucille Ball
- Jack Benny
- Milton Berle
- Joey Bishop
- Foster Brooks
- George Burns
- Red Buttons
- Ruth Buzzi
- Truman Capote
- Art Carney
- Johnny Carson
- Wilt Chamberlain
- Howard Cosell
- Billy Crystal
- Angie Dickinson
- Phyllis Diller
- Totie Fields
- Henry Fonda
- Redd Foxx
- Jackie Gleason
- Barry Goldwater
- Billy Graham
- Lorne Greene
- Sherman Hemsley
- Bob Hope
- Hubert Humphrey
- Gabe Kaplan
- Michael Landon
- Rich Little
- Paul Lynde
- Guy Marks
- Dean Martin
- Sheila MacRae
- Audrey Meadows
- Bob Newhart
- Tony Orlando
- Freddie Prinze
- Ronald Reagan
- Don Rickles
- Cliff Robertson
- Isabel Sanford
- Doc Severinsen
- Jimmy Stewart
- Vivian Vance
- John Wayne
- Orson Welles
- Jonathan Winters