Dean Martin hosts, with several celebrities as guests. There are musical acts and comedy sketches that break down comedy, racial, and sexual barriers all at the same time.
Cast:Dean Martin , The Dingaling Sisters , Ken Lane , Lou Jacobi , Michelle DellaFave , Sandahl Bergman , Kay Medford , The Golddiggers , Dom DeLuise , Susie Ewing , Helen Funai , Wanda Bailey , Marian Mercer , Jayne Kennedy , Tom Bosley , Bob Newhart , Norm Crosby , Dick Martin
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Sid Caesar and George Gobel are on hand for gags, along with a sexy song from Abbe Lane and a dazzling West Side Story medley from the Lettermen. Marguerite Piazza joins Dean for some Italian melodies. Musclemen David and Goliath appear.
Dean duets with guest Alice Faye on "You're a Sweetheart" then joins Eddie Albert on "Ballin' the Jack. Eddie solos "Don't Think Twice". Alice performs several numbers including "This Year's Kisses". All sing "A Couple of Swells".
Guest Marilyn Michaels does her impressions of famous female vocalists. A sketch about amateur talent involves the host and most of the guests.
Dean greets Joel Grey who does two numbers "Be a Clown" and "The Joker." Lainie Kazan sings "If You Go Away." Dean and Joel duet "Way Back Home" then Dean joins Phil Harris and Don Cherry in "Pass the Peace Pipe."
Dean's guest Bob Newhart does a comedic phone monolog giving instructions for disarming a bomb. Dom is Superman in a sketch with the other guests. Dean sings "Where or When" and a medley with Caterina Valente.
Dean is joined by Frank Sinatra and their respective families for the Christmas show. Dean and Frank do a medley of standards. Frank Jr and Dino perform "How Do You Talk to Your Dad." Tina and Deana sing "Do-Re-Mi."
Polly Bergen, Pat Cooper, Jackie Vernon, The Mills Brothers.
Dean listens as Buddy Hackett tells funny stories about his Europe trip. Rowan and Martin are spies in a comedic bit. Dean and Susan Barrett do a medley, then Susan solos "Strike Up the Band." Comic Barbara Heller sings "Forget Me."
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Dean's guest include his son Dino. Tony sings "Fool of Fools." Florence has two numbers "We're In The Money" and "The Continental." Dean duets with Dino on "Small Fry" then Dino is joined by Desi and Billy in "What A Shame."
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Dean Martin and his guests sing a medley of Patriotic songs including God Bless America, Yankee Doodle Dandy, You're a grand old Flag, and God's Country.
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George Burns, Orson Bean, Jack Gilford, Joey Heatherton, The Mills Brothers.
Dean croons "Green, Green Grass of Home." Petula Clark sings her hit "Don't Sleep in the Subway" then "You and I." Dean joins Petula for a duet. Peter Graves does a dance number to "Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries."
Host Dean Martin sings "Let the Good Times In." Sammy Davis Jr. covers "Wichita Lineman" then joins Dean in a medley. Paul Lynde portrays a piano player who deals with boiterous customers.
Dean croons "Where or When." Pat Crowley solos on "Always True to You in My Fashion" then duets with Dean on "Let's Do It." Michael Landon sings "Son of a Travelin' Man." Shecky does a monologue. Charles is a charm school salesman.
Dean sings "Second Hand Rose" and "Welcome to My World." Ann-Margaret performs a dance with billowing fabrics then a medley with Dean. Bob simulates a elevator ride. Bob and Ann-Margaret are shoppers for home furnishings, Dean their clerk.
Guest Barbara Anderson sings "Hello, I Love You, Goodbye" then joins Dean in a musical medley. Sid plays a far out music producer then teams with Alice who is a difficult wife. Gale portrays a stern exchange clerk in a department store.
Dean sings "They Won't Believe Me" then has Elke Sommer join him in a medley. Elke plays a little girl who teaches the boys to dance. Charles Nelson Reilly is a card salesman who deals with an indecisive customer.
Dean welcomes Peggy Lee who croons "Watch What Happens" then joins Dean in two medleys. Albert Brooks holds forth on stockbrokers. Dom is an inept talent agent. Then he portrays a detective who bumbles through a case.
Host Dean Martin croons "I Will" and "Hands Across the Table." Martin and guest Jimmy Stewart play customers at a dress shop discussing gowns much to the bewilderment of the clerk, portrayed by Dom DeLuise.
Dom DeLuise is an eager and annoying waiter in a restaurant skit . Jackie Vernon plays a first time tourist to New York City.
Paul Lynde plays an exasperated driver's license official. Peter Graves is a wig model. Lynde is joined by Kathleen Freeman as parents who have gone the hippie route.
Dean welcomes guest Glenn Ford who explains body language. Charles Nelson Reilly plays first a fussy doctor then a reluctant human cannonball. Barbara Feldon is a very magnetic nurse.
Dean greets his friend Frank Sinatra who performs a seven song medley. There are two skits one about blind dates, the other finding a mate through computers. Everyone joins in to imitate famous entertainers.
Dean croons "Georgia Sunshine" and "How Deep is the Ocean." Bob Newhart does a monologue on appetites. Kay Medford draws laughs as pianist Lane's mother. Martin and Dennis Weaver are firemen who must rescue a large woman.
Dean Martin solos on "Someday" and "For the Good Times." Guest Miss Carroll sings "Fire and Rain." Charles Nelson Reilly tries to sell Dean an assortment of unusual fruit. A wedding mix-up involves Ronnie Corbett and Ronnie Barker.
Dean welcomes Marty Feldman playing a mountain climber who's starstruck. Then Marty is a cab diver who dislikes pedastrians. Ronnie Corbett and Ronnie Barker do a bit on income taxes. Dean sings " It All Depends on You."
Wayne Newton, Rip Taylor, Paul Lynde.
Dean's lunch is investigated by Raymond Burr playing a food inspector. Bob Newhart does a bit about police lineups and discusses football's beginnings. Elaine Stritch portrays a lingerie saleswoman. Dean sings "It's the Talk of the Town."
Dean performs "Last Summer" and "Party Dolls and Wine." Reporter Charles Nelson Reilly interrupts a crime to get an interview. Eva Gabor plays Snow White encountering cop Dean. "I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate" is offered by the Ding-A-Lings.
Dean croons "Red Sails in the Sunset" and "Release Me." Dean and Dom DeLuise do their version of Caesar's assasination. Phil Silvers is a cemetary plot saleman in a comedic bit.
Dean greets Barbara McNair who sings "Something's Coming On." Dean plays a recruit for Art Carney's Satan who is not very good at his job. Art portrays a nagged husband trying to write an important historical document.
Urbane Dean is taken advantage of by rural hick Jonathan Winters. Paul Lynde has discord with Kay Medford about community property. Paul is a wealthy man in love with Marian Mercer. Dean sings "The Small Exception of Me."
Dean and his guests portray people involved in a sex change operation. Dean croons "I Don't Know What I Doing." The Ding-A-Lings join Dean as he sings "Way Down Yonder."
Dean is proprietor of Rent a Husband with Carol Channing as a customer. In a barber shop skit the new trends in autos are discussed. Dean and Carol, on roller skates, join together to sing "Brand New Key."
In the primary bit Dean Martin is in charge of a liquor store that Ernest Borgnine and Dom DeLuise are attempting to rob. Dean leads a discussion of Hollywood doings at a barber shop. Dom portrays a bumbling knife thrower.
Johnny Carson gets the Dean Martin Celebrity Roast treatment.
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Richard Roundtree and the Ding-A-Lings due a production number based on "Shaft." Dom DeLuise portrays Dominic the Great Chef. Dean sings "Red, Red Robin."
Governor of California Ronald Reagan is roasted by Dean Martin and his friends.
Playboy founder and entrepreneur Hugh Hefner is the subject roasted.
The subject roasted is William Conrad, formerly radio's Marshal Dillon on Gunsmoke, currently starring on television's Cannon.
Today is the Celebrity Roast with Bette Davis.
The subject roasted is current Republican senator Barry Goldwater, formerly the losing candidate in the 1964 Presidential race.
"Tonight Show" host Johnny Carson is roasted by Dean and his friends.
Legendary basketball Hall of Famer Wilt Chamberlain is the subject roasted.
The subject roasted is current Democrat senator Hubert H. Humphrey, formerly the losing candidate in the 1968 Presidential race.
Tonight is the Celebrity Roast: Carroll O'Connor.
Celebrity Roast: Jack Klugman and Tony Randall.
The subject roasted is Leo Durocher, Hall of Fame manager of baseball's Brooklyn Dodgers and Houston Astros.
Today is the Celebrity Roast with Truman Capote.
Mr. Warmth himself, Don Rickles gets a taste of his own medicine in this installment of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roast. Also featured are Joey Bishop, Foster Brooks, Nipsey Russell, and Bob Newhart among many other comedy legends.
Left wing crusader and activist Ralph Nader is the subject roasted.
The subject roasted is Jack Benny, legendary comedian of vaudeville, radio, and television.
The fanciful roast of a historical figure, in this case George Washington, victorious general and first President.
Legendary baseball Hall of Famer Hank Aaron is the subject roasted.
