Dean Martin 12/12/75 hilarious on The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson 1975

[@melodymakermark]

I was about 15 when this aired. One of the things I appreciate most about watching these clips is it reminds me of my dad, sitting in his recliner in his boxers with his alka-seltzer fizzing beside him, laughing at all these guys from his generation. I miss my dad, and I miss these times.

[@robertdavis4743]

Man that sounds like my dad too.

[@readmelancholystrumpetmaster]

What a wonderful post. God bless you

[@kathybouziane5269]

Yeah my dad watched from his recliner too in bvds and socks. Had one of those end tables with the magazine rack and attached early American style lampshade. He drilled holes on one side to hold his pipes and hung floss swords from the lamp switch. Had a bottle of Mentholatum and another of Tums. Mom just let him have his spot. And NOBODY was allowed to take any of his shit or sit there. (No problem since he sat in his underwear!) Grandkids were always trying to steal his fruit flavored Tums because they tasted like SweetTarts ! Sure miss him.

[@bluetickfreddy101]

Ditto bro

[@tmcge3325]

Yep....but it's gone forever!

[@dianalee3059]

I was blessed with a near 60-year career as a studio singer and one of my most favorite gigs was singing backup in an 8-voice group for six years on the Dean Martin TY Show. Dean was the greatest…kind, funny, treated everyone with respect and no star ego ever. I miss you, my favorite boss. Thanks for the memories ❤️❤️❤️

[@hypolyxa7207]

Thank you for sharing, Diana. Hope life is treating you well. :)

[@nickeyharry3605]

Deano was the absolute coolest cat. He had such charm and grace and mischievousness with a great smile, laugh and incredible voice. Plus he boxed for some years when he was young. How cool for you to have gotten to be around him at work and probably Christmas party event thing. Him, Clint Eastwood and Jimmy Stewart are class acts.

[@anjou6497]

Thanks for sharing that Diana, he was a man who melted my heart ! 💜⚘️

[@dinocrocetti2950]

Omg How lucky you are You must have had a great time ❤

[@Marcus_Berger1701]

I am born 1984. So Dean was not my generation. But often when i am in a bad mood i watch the Dean Martin show. It makes me smile everytime. Must have been a highlight for you Diana. Kind of envy you for that experience.

[@stukaman1162]

This is a flat-out brilliant performance by a man whose reputation for being drunk was carefully crafted and effortlessly executed. There will never be another like Dean Martin.

[@brucerosati9434]

The King of cool.

[@stukaman1162]

@@brucerosati9434 No, that was Steve McQueen. Dean Martin is a distinctly unique combination of a handsome crooner, a likeable drunk, variety show host, dancer, comedian, straight man and dramatic actor. Some people are some of those things, but there is no one else who is all of them like he was.

[@donalddennis2308]

I got bad news for you, Dean Martin was not acting, he was as drunk as a skunk.

[@stukaman1162]

@@donalddennis2308 And the proof (no pun intended) of your assertion comes from...where? And please, don't say, "Because it's obvious he's smashed." It's the brilliance of performers like Dean Martin that leads certain schmucks to draw the wrong conclusion. You better have a good answer, pal, or we'll just chalk you up as a well, a schumck.

[@crashburn3292]

Riiiight.

[@ugaais]

That is one smooth 70’s outfit Dean is wearing

[@cryptomarkla69]

I grew up watching Johnny Carson and boy I tell you, he was the best!

[@evangelinedouros9586]

My parents surprised me when I was in the 8th grade with reruns of the tonight show with Johnny Carson by now they are probably ruined due to playing the episodes over and over again

[@mikethomas2641]

Mark XRP LA Agreed.

[@rogerbrinker420]

I did too. I remember sitting on the couch with my grandmother watching

[@krisdoan2256]

You said a mouthful there. Nob ody like Johnny Carson!

[@cryptomarkla69]

@@krisdoan2256Why do you say that?

[@TroyandMilva]

Can never get tired of Dino! What an underrated entertainer! My favourite Dean story is where he would throw a party at his house...go to bed, while the party was still happening...pretend to be a neighbour and call the police about the noise. God Bless Dean Martin!

[@stevedandy973]

Johnny Carson WILL FOREVER BE the King of Late Night TV and his guests are LEGENDARY.

[@kathrynharper-seymour8062]

Amen! What an understatement ❣️

[@Monkmaster1969]

I'm 73, and I remember these talented gentlemen when celebrity meant something. Bob, thank you for what you did for us GI's, in too many wars.

[@damar1137]

hi.. do u mind if i ask you what did dean say that got censored?

[@davepollison4333]

@@damar1137 He said, "No fuckin' bullshit, I mean it!"

[@damar1137]

@@davepollison4333 thanks.. im not a native english speaker so i didnt catch it

[@ZippyThePinhead]

Thank you for your service, I do appreciate you, and all your fellow veterans. 🇺🇸🙏 My dad got to see one of Bob's shows during WW2, and was a fan till he passed.

[@selenaannesmith1604]

@@davepollison4333 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣good old dean

[@toddsalvati5694]

I mean seriously, Dean and Bob at the same time, this shit will never, ever be repeated. God I miss those days. this is absolute gold.

[@chuckwortman2081]

Well, considering they've both passed on, that is very accurate statement :-D

[@donnahalko1227]

I agree those were the days!!’

[@paulgay7625]

I'm 66.i remember watching Johnny all the time.He had the best of the best on.

[@dwightpowell6673]

I never watched Johnnie Carson...I would be in bed when his show aired.I don't think many black people watch Johnnie Carson

[@antonswart2756]

Just need frank and Don. Even Landon

[@MrVb66]

Is sad to think that all of these great personalities are no longer with us rest in peace

[@katrinkasanfranciscobayare7364]

Thanks for the Memories right

[@clarkhoefle7152]

They're all busy making the Lord laugh...

[@uncletio0428]

@@clarkhoefle7152 I seriously doubt that...foul language, alcoholism, fornication, adultery, etc, etc, etc...ah no!

[@uncletio0428]

1st Corinthians 6:9-11 (King James Version) - (Why is it that some people seem to have it all; fame, fortune, and appear to be on top...perhaps that's the only 'heaven' they'll ever know...)

[@deannewilliams6897]

@@uncletio0428 Why? Because they walk after the course of the world. They give their service to their flesh and this world’s evil. They relish in material things which one day will crumble into dust. Theirs is a citizenship under the wicked god of this world, and unfortunately are promised death and judgement as a result of their sin (l Corinthians 15:22 KJV). But they could have the promise of really “having it all.” They could be rich in “all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ” by being a member of the church, His body ( Ephesians 1:3; l Corinthians 12:27; Colossians 1:18 KJV). Instead of a citizenship here, they could receive a citizenship in heaven (Philippians 3:20 KJV). Saved as incorruptible and righteous through Jesus Christ with no death or judgement (l Corinthians 15:22 KJV) by believing the gospel of the grace of God revealed to Apostle Paul by the ascended Lord Jesus Christ (l Corinthians 15:1-4).

[@rattroll4803]

I was 3 years old.. still watch Johnny and Dean and Don Rickles to this day...nothing better to watch...miss them...

[@Paisly17]

Dean in character is one of the best acts ever performed 😊

[@chrismanteris9093]

Being drunk is a great act?

[@Paisly17]

@ he was never drunk it was an act and believed by gullible people like yourself

[@kystars]

@@chrismanteris9093 It was an ACT. He was never really drunk

[@uncledavedougherty]

I'm a 65 year old man. I remember this episode. I am a great Dean Martin fan. I give thanks for youtube in that it allows me to see again a kind of comedy long gone glimmering.

[@FredFlix]

I'm 62. Neither of us could have imagined KZbin back then.

[@sandramendocha3717]

My favorite . He's a mans man!

[@gpearson27]

56 year old checking in. Being able to watch any video you want by pushing a button, not in my imagination. What a great time to be alive.

[@ossarider]

+gpearson27 this is the only thing I've been addicted to on my life, can't stop!

[@pauldg837]

I remember watching this particular show as a 19 year old. And any 19 year old reading this now, I will guarantee you in 40 years time will be saying the same as I am today. WTF has all that time gone?

[@pamsullivan8627]

I worked with Dean briefly in 1972. He was charming, considerate, smart and always sober. I'll always remember him fondly.

[@mart_en]

You are quite good with the digital social networks. My mom wouldn't be able to chat on KZbin.

[@jeffreyandrews7179]

he doesn't

[@skygazer6898]

Pam Sullivan well he was definitely pissed here.

[@lorilaw2604]

No. Dean was always sober. It was an act. I loved him as a kid he was my favorite. I still love him and I'm sixty now. The great old time talent and comedians. Nothing but craP today!

[@b.atwater3904]

He was drunk and that's no joke and no act either. Drunken chainsmokers. Johnny was uncomfortable trying to understand Dean in his stupor. Not a fan at all.

[@fob1xxl]

Every once in a while I swing by here to watch this video again. I love Dean. What a genius. He always puts a smile on my face. Those were the days alright.

[@davy1972]

I do so also. There's quite a few now that I like to sit back and watch.

[@joe-vz6hx]

Nobody was as charismatic as Dean. Not just a "crooner," but one of the most underrated comedic talents ever, as was his show. I truly pity kids today and the crap they have choices of to watch now.

[@hayesman76]

Bob Hope had the best line of the night: “I’m just waiting for a bus.”

[@hayesman76]

Would love to know what was bleeped out.

[@TheLarryBrown]

My favorite was "Hey Doc! How's your severinson!"

[@kathybouziane5269]

That was great ! 🤣😂😅😁🤗

[@phyllisirwin5660]

Witty man Hope was & a bit deaf. Wonder if it was cuz of all his USO tours? I had a charity golf tournament & Bob Hope sat at my table & I laughed all thru dinner. Witty. What a humanitarian!

[@maryryanroman2399]

@@hayesman76 Me, too!!!

[@stephenannese8228]

Two days till Christmas brought me here (12/2022)....and.....I was looking for Dean....I found him/lol.

[@claynails4391]

In the day when entertainers were entertaining. Today, instead of appreciating this genius the pc crowd would be hollering for a boycott because they smoked on air.

[@jenhall5232]

I sure do miss Johnny Carso, Dean Martin, Bob Hope. They have made me laugh for years. I could watch these comedians all day long. Miss those days.

[@efmutton]

There is NO way they will ever come close to having stars like what have appeared in this video.Simply the BEST

[@0217ldp]

Bob Hope: "I'm just waiting for a bus." rotflol

[@selenaannesmith1604]

So true and very sad

[@TallyTube]

God the longer it goes on the better it gets. I love it. They aren't promoting anything, they aren't fake interviewing with pre-interview questions, they aren't comedians doing their sets as fake-interviews...they're just shooting the shit, improvising, making it up, hilarious, awkward, weird, fantastic conversation. And Dean is definitely not "fake-drunk" here...he's always in control, even when drunk. He's unbelievable. What a gem.

[@br5448]

so true. The lack of promotion and then how now it is all promotion. Once upon a time the world was not gross

[@DonDraperism]

Dean said "That's fucking bullshit." I can't tell what Johnny said. Love these guys. When men were men.

[@michaelwestin8100]

He said Son of a bitch lol when i saw him say that i was like damn he didnt like that lol

[@guyfawkes9951]

It looks like he said more. I think he dropped an "F" bomb along with that "Son of a Bitch".

[@danielduran1718]

DonDraperism he said f-you dummy

[@randyhetlage9202]

you gotta come back more often you drunken son of a bitch ♡

[@2BESTdogBLUE]

Johnny said...... "You drunk S.O.B!!"

[@pixiejenkins]

Never seen a man more comfortable in his own skin than Deano.

[@Marcus_Berger1701]

I can't tell you how i envy Dean for that. Never met a man with more confidence yet on the same time being a nice polite man.

[@MyREDTAIL]

Always liked Dino Over Sinatra as a Singer & an Actor.? May he RIP. Loved his westerns with the Duke, that they made together.

[@michelebintliff3582]

MyREDTAIL I also am a bigger Dino fan...

[@RobTheNotary]

Dean always seem to be more approachable more at ease and more willing to embrace the public like he was just a regular guy I have to admit I did get to see Frank Sinatra perform at a concert in Houston Texas April 1985 at the summit I was with my mom

[@MK-xe1zd]

Greatest all around entertainer God ever created: Dean Martin.

[@songsmith31a]

I liked DM for his way with a song - but I don't see him reaching that peak of perfection Sinatra brought to his "In The Wee Small Hours" album. Like RobTheNotary, I got to see Sinatra in person - at a 1990 London concert here in the UK when his closing rendition of "New York, New York" sent the audience home knowing they'd witnessed a legend in action.

[@darrylwomack8283]

What was said at 12:42 ? F__k him ? Dino RIP. Gotta love him

[@RuffRyder_43]

“You’re not drunk if you can lie on the floor without holding on.” - Dean Martin

[@gregamerson9172]

Joe e Lewis was the originator of that holding on joke

[@stevesnellgrove1518]

He also said something to the effect of ..I feel sorry for people that don’t drink .. when they wake up that’s the best they will feel all day .😄

[@thegreenbird795]

Been there and done that..lol

[@davidrobbio9816]

Dean also said somewhere along the way that …scotch and carrot juice was his favorite drink …he gets drunk but he can see well …

[@reneleclerc6119]

If you're old enough to have been around - and old enough to be up - to watch this, join me in a tall, frosty glass of prune juice.

[@MotorcycleImaging]

Dean Martin was not a drunk by any means. This was his act. He was always drinking apple juice and never drank when he was performing, in fact he was always the first one home to be with his family.

[@timothy4557]

At least that's what he told the judge.

[@markharrington8988]

Dean and Foster were the most sober drunks to ever grace our screens, big and small. RIP to both.

[@toniwilson1579]

Mark Harrington ... Foster would always get Dean to lose it. I never seen Dean hold himself together when Foster was doing his act. He just loved Foster to pieces.

[@marine4lyfe85]

Even as a kid I knew Foster Brooks was acting, but it still killed.

[@777dannydan]

Red Skelton?

[@silentstorm2239]

Mark Harrington Otis from Andy Griffin Great !!!!!!!!

[@randycline1385]

Foster was acting, Dean was drunk.

[@heatherfellows2675]

Now that was entertainment! Absolutely brilliant! Never to be repeated or copied ever!

[@DENAANN1000]

The old Hollywood set a standard that will never again be seen.

[@patriciaschuren2834]

I watch this over and over, never get tired of it.

[@jeffcox9393]

Boy, it does'nt get much better than this one! It's so nice to stroll down memory lane once in awhile!!

[@frankzito1660]

My dad knew Dean from back in the mid-50s. Said he was a great guy. Extremely nice and like others have said, always sober...

[@butcho7492]

The greatest ever. You’ll never see this kind of talent again.

[@GrammyTapDancing]

How I miss these times I'm so thankful that I grew up in the best time and didn't even know it

[@deanrobbins7823]

Same m8!

[@thedawei20]

me too

[@alan30189]

Same here. Younger generations don’t have anything that compares to this. They’re all watching the Kardashians and Jersey Shore repeats.

[@GrammyTapDancing]

@@alan30189 so agree

[@deanpd3402]

I had no idea how good we had it back then. Not that I complained or anything, I just had a great time playing sport, working, going out to the beach, movies, live music with friends. Living a good life but just didn't realise how great a time it was.

[@williamswanfeld38]

By far the most ENTERTAINING INTERVIEW i have ever watched,when you watch this group your watching the best.. Thanks for posting

[@margerodney9073]

Dean is good looking man

[@ajwrites57]

Hard to imagine these fellows are no longer with us. Thank you God for these shows on youtube. Thanks FredFlix.

[@kellycaviness4850]

Dean makes me happy♥️just as simple as that. I love Dino so much

[@depaola63]

The genius can play the fool, but the fool cannot play the genius ! "

[@CHDean]

Mmm

[@Eve-hb]

Who said that?

[@CHDean]

If all else fails, try the Bible.

[@Eve-hb]

@@CHDean A riddle huh ? Okay

[@CHDean]

@@Eve-hb Maybe?

[@shannonmcdowell336]

This is why Johnny was and is the alltime master. Every minute is gold

[@robertreilly8485]

Shannon McDowell 555

[@rondmc44]

Dean was an all around talent, comedy, actor, singer, loved him!

[@ernesto2491]

you think thats comedy? wow sad. thats just an alcoholic being an alcoholic

[@jonburrows8602]

@@ernesto2491 Get educated schmoe, it was an act. You probably believe reality shows are unscripted too.

[@alanfeldman6241]

Could only watch in small doses. Jerry Lewis carried him! Of course he blossomed when they split. Sadness about his son was his downfall. That was truly horrible.

[@ABCABC-hn1xw]

You forgot alcoholic

[@skygazer6898]

rondmc44 Dean was a piss head

[@mariogiresi6792]

Watching this makes me depressed. Those days were really special. Staying up with my folks every Friday night to see Johnny and all the boys, the smoking and drinking, the comforting sound of my parents laughing. You can't match that kind of talent today. There was a real sense of freedom back then that Genx and the Millenials will never be able to experience because of the enslaving, stifling PC we have created for ourselves in this brave new world. Oh well, it was fun while it lasted.

[@FredFlix]

Well said.

[@bethbartlett5692]

- I feel your thoughts...

[@ruthafritap]

Well, that enslaving, stifling PC brought me--a Gen X--here and taught me all about these wonderful performers.

[@FredFlix]

Well said.

[@jhillestad]

Gen X ? seriously.... I watched Johnny Carson all the time growing up and I'm Gen X ... you have the wrong generation - its millennials and Gen Y

[@kirsteni.russell5903]

Watched another video on Dean Martin today, and my impression of him in that is borne out here--aside from being a great singer and a spot-on actor, he had a laid-back persona that brings out so much humor! Won't be another like him in my lifetime, I'm sure.

[@jimkreider9997]

Dean Martin, from what I've heard just used drinking as a "schtick" but never really drank all that much. Loved his show.

[@kepckatherinec805]

I used to wait, very excited, to see which “mystery guest” would pop out from behind the scenes on Dean’s show. Good times!

[@frankwoz6945]

Johnny was and still is the king of late night. No one comes close, and to see Dino and Mr. Hope on the same show...... how cool, classic.

[@jasjas-rm9kc]

If you were lucky enough to be around back then, you'll remember these shows. A+++

[@KMN-bg3yu]

As a boy I recall occasionally being allowed to stay up late in order to see a celebrity on Carson. In 2019 I can't think of anyone I would stay up past 1030 to see

[@barefootcontessa3112]

KMN 0341 can’t think of anybody I’d even turn the tv on for 🤔

[@edfeger4214]

I agree

[@joshboy88420]

Dave Chappelle is the only one I can think of

[@selenaannesmith1604]

I couldn't agree more

[@pherfinionp3571]

It will never be that way again and that is why it is so special to those of us who remember it like it was yesterday. These men were role models who shaped our lives in small, large and ways we are not even aware of. Despite all the troubles of the time, we could always relax and get a much needed reality check by watching Carson at the end of the day. We knew it wouldn't last forever and now 40 years later we wake up with the realization that "forever" is here. The younger generation today does not know what they have missed and you can't tell them. That is their loss and that is the tragedy of being reminded of what "we", the old Frankie/Annette generation have lost over the years. Thanks guys for making it special.

[@cslt1956]

Roll models?? Hardly and not by a long shot! It is well known that Dean and Johnny were womanizers and hard drinkers, especially Dean. And Dean was already smoking pot while he and Jerry Lewis were still together. These guys may have been funny but absolutely were not role models. Sometime read Dean and Me by Jerry Lewis. You'll learn a lot.

[@peterpherfinion6671]

MaryMac I'm not the one who needs to "learn a lot, toots"! It was well known that Dean's act of being a drinker and carouser was just that, an "act". Every public figure of every time in history has their own bumps and barnacles, the fact remains that they largely kept it to themselves and which was only made public after some tell all publication years and years later. People had the courtesy and ethical moorings not to trot it out for sensationalist purposes like they do today which serves no purpose other than the almighty dollar. I "read a book once"...my gawd, what a weak statement! Rock Hudson's homosexuality was an open secret in Hollywood but was generally unknown outside the trade (same with Paul Lynde and both Darin's from Bewitched). George Reeve's dalliance with a mob bosses wife wasnt known until 30 years after his death. Problem is, you've been sold a bill of goods that no one, regardless of argument, will ever change your mind or enlighten you. Like I said, I was there, I was lucky and fortunate enough to know some of these people personally and can only tell you not to believe everything you read unless you get the information from a variety of sources including the primary. Besides, they were MY role models, and although they obviously weren't yours, I find your disrespect of me and what "I think and believe" as cowardly and tasteless befitting the troll you probably are. Get a life and stop butchering things of which you have no idea of what your speaking about. Grow up!

[@jimmime]

@@peterpherfinion6671 Thank You,for the memories. Well stated.

[@marilyncatalano6478]

I love love LOVE Dean Martin. He can really crack himself up. Another National Treasure sadly gone.💔💕

[@georgereese7238]

Dean is buried in a simple crypt near Marilyn Monroe that says DEAN MARTIN (cant remember date of birth except it was in 1917): 1917 - December 25, 1995 "Everybody loves somebody sometime"

[@lisamiller8174]

He was the best!

[@jasoncowell5133]

...yeah, he died alone and penniless. Pity noone missed him then.

[@lisamiller8174]

@@jasoncowell5133 not quite. At the time of his death, his estate was valued at $30 million (in today's dollars).

[@Danny-ju2ip]

I loved how Johnny had his guests on and let them be the center of attention. Today its too much about the hosts being the center. Those were great late night shows !

[@jjosport]

I think the biggest testament to this clip is the fact that in all of the comments about it, there are no thumbs down. Not a one. I've seen a child get a pony and someone gave it a thumbs down. Dean Martin was the coolest of the cool. Bob Hope's timing was awesome and Johnny, well, he was Johnny and he will never be repeated.

[@FredFlix]

Actually, this has gotten 13K thumbs up and 1K thumbs down.

[@Loveoldies50]

I loved Dean Martin. What a great guy! How blessed are we that we live in a time when we can still see and hear these wonderful entertainers. They will never be forgotten. I wish I could hear what they bleeped near the end!

[@brucecarpenter8640]

Watching Dean Martin and the gold diggers with my dad,God I miss him. Sitting in his chair drinking his tab and sharing his doo dads. Wonderful times.

[@photomanwilliams4147]

Interesting how Dean played the drunk so well, of course the people around him played along. After his death many of his fellow performers open up to the truth he drank very little. Dean often used apple juice as it had the look of a strong drink. One of the give a ways, the same jokes such as when he looked around and said "how all these people get into your room" were part of his well rehearsed routines. Jerry seinfeld told a story about when he was just getting started in the business, and had to follow dean as a guess. Before going on the two talked a bit back stage and Dean was stone sober, Jerry was amazed how easily he sled into the tipsy guest while in the interview.

[@violetdreams1799]

you are quite correct

[@nancyhowell4505]

Jerry Signified? Seinfeld?

[@susantunbridge4612]

Dean did not rehearse anything. He'd memorize lines for a movie, but that was about it. Ten years playing slapstick comedy with Jerry Lewis gave him all the improv experience he needed, and he was always very good at it. Not as overbearing as Jerry Lewis, but often funnier.

[@kerrybennett4236]

My sorry funny my mom and I and were on a flight to Paris. Sh e said what would you happy if we went if went down ? Weird question but I said I would be with Robert Redford with Willie singing. She said John Wayne with Dean Martin singing.

[@lawrencetaylor4101]

What a classic segment that can be treasured forever.

[@AlfieP-ob5ww]

Watched this a a youngster! Great TV, Dino!’

[@robedmunds7163]

Dean was popular a little before my time, but such a fan, a great nice guy.

[@mikedevlin803]

When I cook Italian/ Dean is singing in the backround and everything tastes better!

[@Joker-zh5yg]

Yo me too!

[@robbinbanx7439]

thats amore

[@garyviehe9365]

When I cook Italian, I listen to Pavarotti. If I listen to Dean, I always put to much wine in the sauce.

[@MrSmartass89]

Very well put, Mario. It's sad to know all of those individuals have passed away. It's even worse to know that there are no replacements for them. Fun while it lasted.

[@gltyrebiter8112]

All the 'Great Ones' from when we were kids are gone now. Even Tim Conway is gone. Jackie Gleason, Art Carney, Red Skelton, Milton Berle, Jack Lemmon, Jerry Lewis, Henry Fonda, Larry Hagman, Walter Matthau etc. etc. And if they're not gone they're REALLY old. The only actor I can think of from the 50's & 60's who's STILL on TV today is David McCallum. Norman Lloyd & Kirk Douglas are older and still around but no longer active. Bob Newhart is still here, too. God bless them all!

[@Makeme809]

I miss this kind of entertainment. Johnny was one of a kind and so were the actors.

[@bthor76]

What you're seeing here is three professionals who make it look so easy.

[@craigroberts6439]

Including Ed, 4 incredible legends sitting there together. Wow, none of them talking about politics.

[@777dannydan]

Yep to this thread!!

[@MrSuperbombastik]

Carson set the standard that NO ONE can live up to.

[@dericksuapaia]

MrSuperbombastik dude, no joke. I just feel that the tonight show should just be done by someone who’s more natural at talking to people and improvise.

[@playfuljaydog1528]

Joan Rivers should have "inherited"his sjow, not Leno

[@michaelburgess6810]

Jimmy Kimmel comes close. And he's a good guy. Johnny was a prick.

[@markdibbles7301]

Haleluya

[@vincentdefeo5917]

Johnny carson was the best!!! I use to beg my mother and dad to let me stay up to watch the show and my father use to tell me ok but dont complain when you got to get up for school tomorrow, or. Ill let you have the belt

[@thejimdoherty]

I love the " How have you been, Joey." What many people may not remember is that Joey Bishop also had an ABC late-night talk show opposite Carson for several years. Knowing that makes Dean's opening line funnier.

[@lindashelley3635]

thejimdoherty I thought he was referring to the fact that Joey Bishop often substituted for Johnny when Johnny had time off from the show. This was often joked about by other guests as well, and even by Joey himself. When Johnny had his 10th anniversary show, Joey came on and said; “This is not really your 10th, it’s your 6th and my 4th!!”

[@toniwilson1579]

Linda Shelley ...me too Linda. It is a well knew fact that Joey Bishop was a regular guest host for Johnny. Also Dean was a close friend.

[@m.e.d.7997]

@@toniwilson1579 Joey was very funny and quick.

[@lonesomelou4188]

And who was Joey's sidekick?...Anyone?...That's right...Regis Philbin!!!

[@patrickmccarron5059]

9:10 - lol - little did Johnny know that Dean Martin was dressed 10 years ahead of their time. By 1985, Dean's outfit was all the rave.

[@tomwolfe9331]

Dean Martin was a class act! He was cool, he was witty,he was one of a kind,and he didn’t give a damn, he was his own man!

[@chirelle.alanalooney8609]

Yes exactly, you are so right. I was also thinking that the songs "My Way" should have been given to Dean Martin to sing, because he did everything his way, and he didn't take any guff off of anybody, and that includes Frank Sinatra, because Dean wouldn't take any of Sinatra's stuff, if you know what I mean.

[@billtaylor4224]

Johnny Carson was the last true king of late night.

[@lancelotlink3907]

Agreed Carson was the best IMO. Even Leno says that he was just a fill in guy for Carson that happen to last for 20+ years. Leno knows Carson was the last of the great late night hosts. Man I miss it.

[@patmctallica3522]

only stupid to say so!!!!

[@conniemcfeely4115]

RIGHT ❗❗❗

[@remmymafia3889]

I understand that I'm certainly biased when I say Johnny Carson was the standard of late night talk shows. Being born in 1955, he came into my orbit when I was maybe 10/11yrs old. Watching these KZbin and nostalgic channels now, that show reruns of the shows, what really stands out with Carson, was his innate ability to 'lightly' poke fun at whomever was the president, which is the way it should be. But now? It's really kind of sad what passes as late night talk. I don't watch the shows of course, as my generation as long gone out of the limelight, but the articles I'll see online, that comment on the vitriol that these late night hosts now exhibit on a nightly basis. It's really kind of sad.

[@acerothstein4755]

He was not "The King". He was "The Only". And there was no internet, etc. Stars HAD to go on his show for publicity. That's why it seems so cool. Most couldn't stand Johnny Carson. The women especially since they had to 'put out' on the side to get on the show. Known fact.

[@riddlr6358]

Ohh how I loved Carsons show. Watched it all the time growing up. Wonderful, fresh, real and extremelly entertaining. Can't find that anymore. Those were truly magical special times.

[@juno2013]

How I miss those days! Simply best of the best. Dean Martin = class.

[@christianpersson4956]

I love that Bob puts his hand on top of his drinking mug to protect it from any ashes coming from Deans ciggarette :D (One part of Deans act was to put his cigarette ashes a little bit everywhere and especially in peoples drinks lol )

[@toniwilson1579]

icetech6 ... About 8 years before this air ... Bob Hope and Dean and George Gobble was on. To make a long story short Dean put his ashes in George drink. It a must see tonight show. Just google tonight show Bob Hope and Dean, George Gobble and you can find it on youtube.

[@curtisfoy6735]

Infinitely more entertaining than anything on late night currently.

[@lauriefrancisco1084]

If only Johnny's couch could talk! Man, the people he had on that show! So great to have these videos and the multipack compilation that was put out several years ago so we can relive late night brilliance! And apropos of nothing, I love Dean's outfit -- beige sweater and pants with an off-white jacket! And sometimes they leave in the old commercials. Crazy!

[@Rogers_Ranger]

i love u kept the commercials in

[@MikeM275]

This might be the first time I saw Johnny actually lose control of the show....hilarious.!

[@skiprocker5751]

Dean walks out with a drink and cigarette. This was reality TV.

[@halwakka504]

Except that he wasn't really drunk, it was a schtick... about as realistic as today's reality TV. He's legit hilarious and super talented though.

[@sandythomas921]

@@halwakka504 No he was really drunk, his face was red af. He was letting us know right at the beginning on purpose though.

[@RamblinRose-hh3rz]

He faked his boozing & he knew enough to include his face getting a lil red. Probably used a heat lamp for a bit.. He also golfed ALOT. So he may have been golfing the day before or.

[@Tazzy5]

@@RamblinRose-hh3rz They all hung out down here in Palm Springs!

[@georgegiustiniani7990]

@@sandythomas921 - sorry Sandy, but you don't know what you are talking about. Dean Martin use to call the police on his own wife to break up parties at his house so he could go to sleep. He golfed six days a week when he could. He was home for dinner with his family every night when he wasn't on the road in concert or doing movies. So don't call people drunk unless you actually know the people you are talking about and not just what you read on the internet or in People Magazine.

[@ATHikers]

My how I miss these people

[@locob3]

George Devine waayyy better than what we have today as far as so called entertainers

[@anatolehresent4882]

George Devine xi vocation a d, w

[@ernestkinas5973]

You're not alone....

[@LeoWuerde]

It was exactly my 15th birthday...we don`t see that in Germany that time, but I was always a fan of Dean Martin in Rio Bravo and his wonderful songs....I miss my dad too, and that is exactly the stuff to remember those days, when I had my parents beside me and the world was much better back then. Why is there no timemachine ????...for sure I would never come back in this unsupportable.. horrible present....

[@andrewlowther9819]

Fantastic stuff and thanks for sharing it. I must have been out that night. Like so many, once we were in our late teens and early twenties watching this show with our dads, it now means so much to see these, sometimes for the first time.

[@alan30189]

Johnny was so quick-witted. He got him right back on his jacket comment. “This is a nice outfit if you have a chicken takeout stand.“ 😂🤣😂🤣

[@keithglenn8897]

At this point, Dean was 58-year-old n semi-retired. This episode is legendary because he has bob hope there. They work well with each other. Johnny, being around dean over 15yrs at this point, understood his humor n does great with dean as well. So, dean is in his comfort zone right here. He's just chilling but being candid while being funny. He is worth over 20 million here with a place in the hills n single. All he does at this point is play golf n host the roast 3-4x a year. Bob is the real BIG $$$! Here, he's worth around 200 million (over 1billion today). Oil profits with Bing Crosby fueled the EPIC rise in net worth. Bob Hope was the greatest entertainer of the 20th century; performing for 70 years! He is an American Institute. Bob Leslie townes hope was a founding pioneer of comedy. Johnny Carson is the greatest late night talk show host EVER!!! His format was genius.

[@johnstewart6366]

Bob Hope, at some point, was the second largest property owner in the State of California, and reportedly worth somewhere around $800 million. Several sources have said he was never married to the woman who he represented as his "wife" Dean's reference to seeing Angie Dickinson backstage almost caused Johnny Carson to swallow his upper lip, because he was having an "affair" with her at the time.

[@michaelchilcott2408]

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[@luckyirvin]

these guys know how to slay an audience... my ribs my ribs

[@cats0182]

Yes. Carson WAS the undisputed "ringmaster" of the Tonight Show "circus". But look at the "acts" he had to work with. It was a unique time with unique talent. That kind of talent is no longer around. I wonder if Carson would be able to replicate what he did back then given today's crop of celebrities?

[@bdj9542]

Bob Hope was a no talent POS. A malignant mole on the face of American showbusiness of that time. The guy who would show up on opening of a gas station, as long as cameras are there

[@gabespetit1006]

Other than my Father...Dino was the smoothest cat to ever walk this earth. Too bad times gotta change.

[@YokoshimaSTAR]

I am so glad some people still search and upload those. THANK YOU

[@sdcoinshooter]

I ha e watched this probably 50 times and I still laugh every time.

[@craigconley1872]

Love Dean!!!! Great interview!! Good old days!!

[@kitkatkatorrie1982]

Love these guys💜miss these days…..I grew up watching these guys

[@ErichLRuehs]

Holy crap on a stick, FredFlix, you kept the original commercials in! You are the man! P.S. Johnny, Bob & Dino ROCK

[@ossarider]

Great acting...you can tell he's actually stone cold sober here because his timing is absolutely perfect. He's smooth, sauve, funny and engaging. You can learn a lot from guys like Dean Martin

[@1881art]

He was the best all around, comedy, acting and oh that smooth voice. Miss Dean and Johnny.

[@ossarider]

+Man Whodrinksbeer he is stone cold sober. I know whereof I speak. You don’t. Successful comics don’t drink before their performance. Their timing would be off. You can tell after he makes a couple of supposedly drunken quips he stops for a few seconds and then laughed like it’s an in joke. Dean Martin drank, but never to excess

[@ernesto2491]

that last statement is just so sad within itself

[@ernesto2491]

have u hung out with drunks? my family is full of them and this is exactly how they act. who are u?

[@swmita]

@Man Whodrinksbeer " I don’t get why people feel the need to defend his drinking or not drinking". I think it's no so much the need to defend his drinking or not, but the fact that it is part of his comedic routine, so naturally people call it into question, which really compliments Dean Martin's Comedic style. Some of the best comedians sometimes keep their audience guessing, is it an act or for real? Andy Kaufman had that they same problem, and by problem I mean that as a compliment. They were good at what they do, hard to tell when they were acting or really be just as they were proporting to be.

[@Electrolux1111]

He was a master of a straight man comic as well. If he was drunk he would not have such great control of the situation in front of millions of people.

[@mikelincoln8395]

J Electrolux What control! Hes all over the place. Wake up

[@RG-pg5nm]

These guys are priceless it was worth stayjng up to watch Johnny Carson. They definitely dont have people this funny on late night now,there is no compatison

[@fob1xxl]

Pure MASTERS at their craft. Thank God we were lucky enough to have them !

[@CAPERKELLY]

Dean Martin wasn't drunk; that was part of his act. One reason TV seemed special back then was because there was very little of it. We were out playing or doing chores most of the time. TV was new and growing, so it still had an element of magic to it

[@Tommy2shoe811]

CAPERKELLY at this time of his life he was, my dad worked in television in the 70s and they had shoot Dean’s tv specials over several days. He was drunk during pretty much every one of his celebrity roasts. He’s playing drunker than he is prolly but he’s definitely drunk. The last 20-25yrs of his life he had issues with alcohol and pain pills.

[@jdg5468]

@@Tommy2shoe811 yeah,cant fake that!

[@selenaannesmith1604]

No he liked a drink and a smoke that was the times

[@HansOhnerass]

playin Lego at my father's feet while he howled with laughter. Now I am!... 'Thanks for the memories'... :)

[@JudyinAL]

I was 15. Love watching the Late Show.

[@handsome-brute2666]

I love the 1975 commercials#memories

[@ErichLRuehs]

Just me, or is there nobody today that comes anywhere close to these three guys?! Where has all the true and genuine talent gone?!

[@swakks]

You nailed that comment Erich, I can’t watch any of the so called “Tonight Shows”. They all stink on ice!!!

[@kevinbent4696]

Ahhh, the good old days when talk shows had real stars on. Unlike today's no talents.

[@christicrenshaw2772]

Kevin Bent very true

[@leond4994]

at least they are sober. why didn't Dean get help? he had powerful friends

[@Marsbonfire007]

Kevin Bent Even if they were drunk off their ass like Dino.

[@ylekiote99999]

So you can be a star without talent? What's stopping you?

[@ImaWarmFuzzy]

Well, they All are too busy trying to destroy our President to be funny

[@03dodgepu]

I was ten years old and I watched this episode with my dad....I thought he was going to die from laughing too hard...its still just as funny 😂😂😂

[@michaelnivens6267]

Rest in peace - true legends of the entertainment industry

[@itstheburnz]

I bet Johnny prayed for guests like Dean... the show took on a life all it's own.. rolling..

[@donmanion125]

Gosh. Dean Martin was hammered. Never be able to do that now. Comes on the show with a drink and a cigarette. Oh, the good ole days.

[@cgaskill13]

Don Manion I read that Martin was putting on a act much of the time.

[@CanMav]

It was an act Don

[@ebrooks24711]

good ole days of lung cancer..which both died of.....

[@d.g.s.7699]

@@CanMav I don't think so in this one (another poster figured out that Carson said "you drunk S.O.B. jokingly at the end of the segment).

[@ebrooks24711]

@C. Buck Hyres Dean Martin died of lung cancer and emphysema. Johnny from emphysema ,which is so much better and totally unrelated to smoking. ugh

[@MicheleHuffman-d8c]

No one could ever put on a show as funny as this now days. Bob and Dean play off each other perfectly. I always have loved Dean. That velvety voice, handsome good looks and a great sense of humor. I thought it was so cool that he had a wife and kids at home waiting on him. What a great dad. We never missed Dean's show. This was one of Johnny's best shows. Love you forever, Dean. 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰