THE DEAN MARTIN CELEBRITY ROAST SET 2
Dean made a total of 54 of these "roasts", and
each one had a stellar cast of who's who from
the time period; actors, comedians, politicians,
military figures, sports figures and astronauts!
The humor here is pretty clean throughout, and
although dated, anyone who knows these people
will appreciate the humor!! Laugh on!!!!!
ROAST # 1: BETTY WHITE(B+)(May 6, 1978):
Roasters included: Peter Marshal(B), Georgia Engels(B), Phyllis Diller(A-),
John Hillerman(A-), Red Buttons(B), Bonnie Franklin(C), Lawanda Page(C+)
Jimmy Walker(B-), Rich Little(B), Dan Haggerty(B-), Foster Brooks(B+),
Ben Vegoda(B), Orson Welles(A-), Milton Berle(B+), Charlie Callas(B),
Allan Ludden(Betty's Husband)(B+) & Dean Martin(A)!!
ROAST # 2: GOV. RONALD REAGAN(A)(Sept. 14, 1973):
This is REALLY short!!
Roasters included: Jackie Vernon(B-), Phyllis Diller(B-), Dom Delouise(B-),
Pat Henry(B+), Mark Spitz(B-), Jack Benny(B+), Jonathan Winters(B+),
Nipsey Russell(B+), Nancy Reagan(B-), Don Rickles(A) & Dean Martin(A)!!
ROAST # 3: BETTE DAVIS(B)(Oct. 19, 1973):
Roasters included: Pat Buttram(B-), Kay Medford(C), Nipsey Russell(B)
Joyce Haber(C), Vincent Price(B), Army Archerd(B), Barbara Hellen(C),
Henry Fonda(B), Howard Cosell(B) & Dean Martin(A+)!!
ROAST # 4: MUHAMMAD ALI(B)(Feb. 19, 1976):
Roasters included: Howard Cosell(B), Orson Welles(B+), Freddie Prinze(B+),
Gabe Kaplan(B+), Tony Orlando(B), Gene Kelly(B+), Isabel Sanford &
Sherman Hemsley(C), Wilt Chamberlain(C), Red Buttons(B), Rocky Graziano(B-),
Georgia Engel(B), Floyd Patterson(C+), Foster Brooks(B-), Nipsey Russell(B), Herbert
Muhammad(Did Not Speak), Charlie Callas(B-), Ruth Buzzi(B), Billy Crystal(B+)
& Dean Martin(A)!!
ROAST # 5: GEORGE BURNS(A+)(May 17, 1978):
Roasters included: Gene Kelly(B-), Connie Stevens(C+), Red Buttons(B),
Dom DeLouise(B-), Ronald Reagan(B), LaWanda Page(C), Abe Vegoda(C+),
Jimmy Stewart(A-), Milton Berle(B+), Tom Dreesen(B-), Don Rickles(A),
Orson Welles(B), Phyllis Diller(B+), Jack Carter(C+), Ruth Buzzi(C+),
Frank Welker(C), Charlie Callas (C+) & Dean Martin(A)!!
ROAST # 6: ANGIE DICKINSON(C+)(Feb. 8, 1977):
Roasters included: Jimmy Walker(C+), Cindy Williams(B),
Earl Holliman(B), Red Buttons(B), Jackie Mason(C+),
Jimmy Stewart(A+), Joey Bishop(B), Skatman Crothers &
Lawanda Page(C+), Ruth Buzzi(B), Charlie Callas(Angie's
Double!)(C+), Orson Welles(B), Foster Brooks(B+),
Rex Reed(C+),Eve Arden/Kathy Rigby(Did Not Speak)
& Dean Martin(A)!!
ROAST # 7: TELLY SAVALAS(B+)(Nov. 15, 1974):
Roasters included: Angie Dickenson(B-), Don Rickles(A-), Dan
Rowan & Dick Martin(Did Not Speak), Ernest Borgnine(B), Phyllis Diller(B),
Shelly Winters(B-), Rich Little(B+), George Kennedy(B), Richard
Roundtree(C+), Howard Cosell(B-), Robert Stack(B-), Nipsey Russell(B+),
Alex Karros(Did Not Speak), Dom DeLouise(B), Peter Graves(B+), Foster Brooks(B),
Darren McGavin(Did Not Speak), Casey Kasem(A-) & Dean Martin(A-)!!
ROAST # 8: DAN ROWAN & DICK MARTIN(A-)(Mar. 25, 1974):
Roasters included: Joey Bishop(B-), Audrey Meadows(A-), Arte Johnson(B-),
Richard Dawson(C+), Nipsey Russell(B), Steve Lawrence(B+), Bob Newhart(B+),
Ruth Buzzi(C+), Foster Brooks(B+) & Dean Martin(A)!!
ROAST # 9: SEN. BARRY GOLDWATER(B-)(OCT. 26, 1973):
Roasters included: William Conrad(C+), Norm Crosby(B+), Steve
Landesberg(C+), Carroll O'Connor(C), William Holden(C+),
Mark Russell(B-), Zsa Zsa Gabor(C), SSgt. Donald Rice(C+),
Dan Rowan(B) and Dean Martin(A)!!
ROAST # 10: SUZANNE SOMERS(B)(Nov. 21, 1978):
Roasters included: Lee Meriwether(B-), Red Buttons(B), Lorne Green(C+),
Audra Lindley(Mrs. Roper)(B-), Zsa Zsa Gabor(C+), Norman Fell(B-), Paul Anka(B-),
Milton Berle(B+), Dr. Joyce Brothers(C+), Lawanda Page(C), Tom Bosley(B-),
David Doyle(Did Not Speak), Rich Little(B+), Bernie Kopell(C+), Norm Crosby(B),
Jackie Gale(B), Ruth Buzzi(B-), Charlie Callas(B) & Dean Martin(A)!!
ROAST # 11: GEORGE WASHINGTON
(JAN LEIGHTON)(B-)(Mar. 15, 1974):
Roasters included: Dick Martin(B+), Martha Washington(Audrey Meadows)(B-),
Leonard Barr(Dean's Uncle)(B), Steve Lawrence(A-), Corbett Monica(B-),
Nipsey Russell(B+), Euell Gibbons(C), Henny Youngman(B+), Jack Carter(B),
Foster Brooks(B+) & Dean Martin(A)!!
ROAST # 12: DENNIS WEAVER(B+)(Apr. 27, 1976):
Roasters included: Milburn Stone(B+), Amanda Blake(B), Rich Little(A),
Steve Forrest(B), Zsa Zsa Gabor(C+), Shelly Winters(B+), Milton Berle(B+),
George Hamilton(Did not speak), Red Buttons(B+), Martin Milner(Did not speak), William Conrad(B),
Nipsey Russell(B), J.D. Cannon(C), Mike Connors(B), Georgia Engel(C+),
Peter Graves(B), Sheldon Leonard(Did not speak), Ruth Buzzi(C+), Jim Hutton(Did not speak) &
Dean Martin(Host)(A)!!
ROAST # 13: RALPH NADER(C)(Feb. 15, 1974)
Roasters included: Jack Klugman(B), Jane Withers(Played Josephine the plummer)(B),
Mort Sahl(C), Steve Landesberg(B-), Donna Fargo(C), Rich Little(As Richard Nixon)(A-),
James Brolin(C+), Ruth Buzzi(B), Jackie Gale(B-), Foster Brooks(B+) & Dean Martin(A)!!
ROAST # 14: GABE KAPLAN(B+)(Feb. 21, 1977):
Roasters included: Charro(B-), Johnny Bench(B), Milton Berle(B+)
Ed Bluestone(C+), Red Buttons(B+), Nipsey Russell(B), George Kirby(B-),
Howard Cosell(B-), Joe Garagiola(B), Billy Crystal(B), Abe Vigoda(B-),
Jimmy Walker(C+), Orson Welles(B-), Alice Ghostley(C)+, Liz Torres(C),
Charlie Callas(B+) & Dean Martin(Host)(A)
ROAST # 15: REDD FOXX(B-)(Feb. 21, 1977):
Roasters included: Joe Garagiola(B-), Steve Allen(B-), Abe Vigoda(B)
Slappy White(B+), Jimmy Walker(B-), LaWanda Page(C+), Isabelle
Sanford(C), Isaac Hayes(B-), Norm Crosby(Did not speak), George Kirby(B+),
Nipsey Russell(B-), Milton Berle(B+), Marty Allen(B+), Orson Welles(B),
Don Rickles(B-), Liz Torres(B-) & Dean Martin(A)!!
ROAST # 16: HUGH HEFFNER(B-)(Sept. 21, 1973):
Roasters included: Billy Baxter(B-), Howard Cosell(B), Audrey Meadows(B)
Jackie Gale(B), Dick Martin(B), Joey Bishop(B-) & Dean Martin(A)!!
ROAST # 17: ZSA ZSA GABOR(B)(Jan. 11, 1974):
Roasters included: Donald O'Connor(B), Charles Nelson Reilly(B), Sue Cameron(B-)
Corbett Monica(B-), Donna Fargo(C+), Lonnie Shore(C+), Ruth Buzzi(B-)
Buddy Hackett(B) & Dean Martin(A)!!
ROAST # 18: JACK KLUGMAN(B)(Mar. 17, 1978):
Roasters included: Connie Stevens(B-), Tony Randall(B+), Dick Martin(B)
LaWanda Page(C+), Don Rickles(B+), Joey Bishop(B-), Katherine Helmond(C)
Robert Guillaume(B-), Milton Berle(B), Abby Lane(Did not speak), Phyllis
Diller(Did not speak), Red Buttons(B), Foster Brooks(B), Ruth Buzzi(B-),
Dr. Joyce Brothers(Did not speak), Kay Medford(C+), Foster Brooks(B)
& Dean Martin(A)!!
ROAST # 19: ED MCMAHON(B)(Sept. 28, 1973):
Roasters included: Pat Buttram(B), Jackie Vernon(B-), Dionne Warwick(B-)
Steve Landesberg(C+), Charro(C-), Jack Carter(C+) & Dean Martin(A)!!
ROAST # 20: REDD FOXX(B)(Mar. 1, 1974):
Roasters included: Norm Crosby(B), Slappy White(B), Audrey Meadows(B-)
Joey Bishop(B), John Barbour(B-), Nipsey Russell(B+), Jeannine Burnier(B-)
Rich Little(B+), Demond Wilson(B), Jackie Gale(B) & Dean Martin(A)!!
Specials on discs:
Disc 1:
Featurette: Ladies Of The Dias: Pretty good!!(B+)
Interviews:
Phyllis Diller: OK! (A)
Ruth Buzzi: (B)
Shirley Jones(B):
Tony Danza(A):
Sketches:
Bearing The Brunt: Dean, Howard Cosell & Kay Medford(B)
Captain Tidy: Dean, Vincent Price & Sue Buckner(B)
Cymbal Palyer: Dean, Howard Cosell & Sandy Herdt(B-)
The Bar #9: Deann & Vincent Price(A)
Disc 2:
Featurette: Beauty And The Beast(Ruth Buzzi & Muhammed Ali)(B)
Interviews:
Angie Dickinson(B)
Carol Burnett(A)
Disc 3:
Featurette: Roast In Hell: Politicians Under Fire(B)
Interviews:
Ruth Buzzi(B+)
Sheila Kuehl(Former Cal. State Senator)(B)
Bonus Comedy Sketches From The Dean Martin Show:
The Detective - Dean, Steve Lawerence, Sandy Herdt & Lee Hale(A+);
Kiddie Library - Dean And Dan Rowan(B);
Supermarket - Dean, William Holden, William Conrad & Dan Rowan(C+);
The Silent Spot - Dean and William Holden(B)
Disc 4:
Bonus Comedy Sketch From The Dean Martin Show:
Next Case #13 - Dean And Lee Nolting(A)
Disc 5:
Interviews:
Jimmy Walker(B+)
Abe Vigoda(B+)
Fred Willard(B+)
Bonus Comedy Sketches From The Dean Martin Show:
Next Case #15 - Dean And Ruth Buzzi(A-)
The Bar #15 - Dean And Ruth Buzzi(B-)
Disc 6:
Bonus Comedy Sketches From The Dean Martin Show:
Little Tin Box - Dean, Howard Cosell, Dick Martin & Joey Bishop
Opening Monologue - Dean(A)
Group Marriage - Dean, Dick Martin, Joey Bishop, Howard Cosell & Audrey Meadows(B)
Greatest Domestic Fights Of The Century - Den, Audrey Meadows & Howard Cosell(B-)
Next Case - Dean & Sandy Herdt(B+)
The Bar - Dean, Howard Cosell & Dick Martin(B)
The Bar - Dean & Foster Brooks(B-)
The Kid's Last Bullfight - Dean, Buddy Hackett & Charles Nelson Reilly(C)
Disc 7:
Interview:
Tony Danza(A)
Comedy Sketches from The Dean Martin Show:
The Ravon Man: Dean and Ernest Borgnine(B)
Opening Monologue: Dean(B)
Novelty - Dean, Dom DeLuise & Carol Arthur(B)
The Hold Up - Dean, Ernest Borgnine, Dom DeLouise & Charo(B)
The Bar #2 - Dean, Dom DeLouise & Ernest Borgnine(B)
The Bar #13 - Dean & Foster Brooks(B)
Next Case - Dean & Lezlie Dalton(B+)
From a reviewer at IMDb.com:
It's hard not to laugh at the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
even the infomercial has more laughs than any episode of
the dreadful Friends(I totally disagree with this!!! RP)
or Will & Grace. Dean Martin and friends
poke fun at each other and themselves. In these videos, you
will see stars like Jackie Gleason, Johnny Carson, Dean Martin,
Muhammad Ali, Lucille Ball, Bob Hope, and so many others
who are no longer with us. It is hard to imagine the loss art
of being a celebrity. Maybe they had problems with drinking,
sex, drugs, but they still maintained a sense of dignity and
apparent happiness to their fans. These celebrities like
Bob Hope, Ali, and Carson are still with us but there are
so many who are not with us anymore. Dean Martin deserved
to be remembered as the father of the roasts. Rest in Peace,
Dean, we still miss you! - (sylviastel@aol.com)