Backstage at the Dean Martin Show

Lee Hale

ISBN 10: 0878331700 / ISBN 13: 9780878331703

Published by Taylor Trade Publishing, 2000

About this Item

Signed. First Edition. Signed and inscribed by Lee Hale. 1st printing with full number line. Minimal wear. Pages are lightly tanning.

Seller Inventory # mon0003200914

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Backstage at the Dean Martin Show
• Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0878331700
• ISBN 13: 9780878331703
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Includes dust jacket.
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

The Dean Martin Show, with its big-name stars—such as Frank Sinatra, Jimmy Stewart, Lucille Ball, and John Wayne—glitzy production number, and often risque skits, for nine years owned Thursday nights at ten o'clock on television. But nothing about the show was as big a draw as its inimitable host, the breezy, roguishly handsome Dean Martin. Now Lee Hale, the show's musical director, and later producer of The Golddiggers and Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts, lets you peek behind the curtains at all the fun, friendship, and occasional star tantrums that went into making this top-rated variety program.

Reviews

Hale describes himself as the "Special Material by " writer, composer, and choreographer, not to mention stand-in for the star himself, for the 1960s and early 1970s television staple, The Dean Martin Show. In a book that captures the American variety-show era, Hale chronicles each year he spent on the show, with anecdotes about guest stars and various dilemmas and successes during tapings. He also gives an extensive history of the famous/infamous Golddiggers. Much is made of Martin's personality and his abilities as an entertainer who never needed to rehearse. Hale gushes at times about the star and many of his guests over the years, shouting sentiments at them from the page. Though Hale and Neely do a fine job of storytelling, this book is recommended only for fans and libraries with popular-culture or broadcasting collections.
-Lisa N. Johnston, Sweet Briar Coll. Lib., VA
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