The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts: Frank Sinatra
by Greg Garrison
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Actor: Dean Martin, Frank SinatraDirector: Greg Garrison
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Subtitled
Running Time: 100 minutes
Published: 2001
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Publisher: Guthy-Renker Entertainment
Studio: Guthy-Renker Entertainment
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Movie Review: Frank Sinatra Roast a Classic
Summary: 5 Stars
In 1977, Dean Martin hosted the "Dean Martin Celebrity Roast" series (which ran on NBC Thursday nights in the 1970's and 1980's). Of the many roasts produced in this series, this episode is especially entertaining as it focuses on one of America's greatest crooners of all-time, Frank Sinatra.
The roasters are of course a who's who of the Hollywood Golden Age. I especially enjoyed a video clip of Sinata and Gene Kelly performing dancing routines in three of their movies from the forties and early fifties. Old Blue Eyes was an accomplished dancer! Old George Burns begins the roasting followed by Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Stewart, Dom Deluise and Jonathan Winters, Milton Berle, Flip Wilson, LaWanda Page and Redd Foxx. Peter Falk makes a "surprise" visit as Lt. Columbo (a bit long in my opinion). Ruth Buzzi appears as Gladys Ormfby and proceeds to wallop just about everyone on stage. Ernest Borgnine surprises everyone with a rendition of his role as "Fatso" in "From Here to Eternity". There are other "star roasters as well, including Telly Savalas, whom I never found particularly funny. Don Rickles is hilarious as usual and gives Sinatra a full kiss on the mouth!
It's all good (mostly) clean fun. There simply is nothing like it today. The Comedy Channel is too profane for family viewing, and comedians today feel the need to shock their audiences with profanity-laced "jokes". Not so with the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts. These are adult oriented shows, certainly, but the jokes and gags are camoflaged enough so that little ears are not offended.
Want to laugh until your belly aches? Get this in VHS or DVD!
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