The Best Episodes of The Dean Martin Show

Show 246

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""Christmas with the Martins and Sinatras"" Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra's families gather together for a Christmas show.

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Music: --Dean Martin - ""Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter"" --Dean Martin and Ken Lane - ""S'posin'"" --Vic Dana - ""Ramona,"" ""Down by the Riverside"" --Mahalia Jackson - ""Just a Closer Walk with Thee"" --Kay Starr - ""Rock and Roll Waltz,"" ""My Favorite Things"" and ""Bluesette"" --Key Star and Dean Martin - medley: ""Silver Dollar,"" ""Money Burns a Hole in My Pocket"" and ""Wheel of Fortune"" --Soupy Sales - ""The Rain in Spain"" --The Swingle Singers - Bach's ""Salfeggletto"" and ""La Marche de Limoges"" Also: --Yonely (musical comedian) --Davis and Reese (comedy team) --John Byner (comedian)

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1968 Christmas Show --Dean Martin - ""I'll Be Home for Christmas"" and ""Marshmallow World"" --Dennis Weaver - ""The Marvelous Toy"" --Dean Martin with the Golddiggers - medley: ""Daddy,"" ""Trie Love"" and ""We Wish You the Merriest"" --Bob Newhart --Dom DeLuise Entire cast - ""Hey Li Ley, Li Ley Lo"" Entire cast - medley: ""Deck the Halls,"" ""O Little Town of Bethlehem,"" ""Joy to the World"" and ""Silent Night""

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Show #215

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Show #257

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Thursday December 27, 1973

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Music: --Dean Martin - ""Where or When"" --Dean Martin and Ken Lane - ""Melancholy Baby"" --Bill Cosby and Dean Martin - ""You Gotta Be a Football Hero""--Lucille Ball, Kate Smith and Dean Martin - Vaudeville medley: ""Give My Regards to Broadway,"" ""Wait till the Sun Shines Nellie"" and ""Yankee Doodle Boy"" (and possibly ""In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree"" and ""I Don't Care"")--Kate Smith - ""Climb Every Mountain"" and ""I Left My Heart in San Francisco"" --Big Tiny Little (pianist, with his band) - ""Caledonia""Also appearing: --Rowan & Martin

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Premiere Episode of The Dean Martin Show.Music:--Frank Sinatra sings ""Is It Love"" and ""September Song""--Dean Martin - ""Houston""--Jan & Dean - ""Little Old Lady From Pasadena""Also appearing:--Bob Newhart--Danny Thomas--Diahann Carroll--Steve Allen--Frankie Avalon--Joey HeathertonThe Sid and Marty Krofft puppets also appear.

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Senator Hubert Humphrey is roasted by Dean Martin and others. Scheduled guests include Senator Lowell Weicker, Foster Brooks, Gene Kelly, Ted Knight, Audrey Meadows, Nipsey Russell and Mort Sahl.

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Show #250

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Guests Leo Durocher Dizzy Dean Bobby Riggs Maury Wills Alex Karras Gene Kelly Chuck Connors

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Guests: Ella Fitzgerald, Johnny Mathis, The Young Americans, Shelley Berman, Gene Shelson

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Show #72 Music: --Dean Martin - ""I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face"" and ""If You Knew Susie"" --Lena Horne - ""I'll Plant My Own Tree"" and ""Some Day My Prince Will Come"" --The Andrews Sisters Also appearing: --Don Rickles (comedian) - recreates his nightclub act in which he pokes fun at celebrities in the audience. The audience includes Don Adams, Polly Bergen, Pat Boone, Barbara Eden, Joey Heatherton, Bob Hope, Rose Marie, Ross Martin, Ricardo Montalban and Danny Thomas.

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Music: --Dean Martin - ""Do You Believe This Town?"" --Goldie Hawn - ""Star"" --Dennis Weaver - ""Ya Got Trouble"" Also: --Dom DeLuise

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Show #247

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Show #61 - 3rd Season Premiere Music:--Dean Martin - ""Welcome to My World"" and ""The Birds and the Bees"" --Juliet Prowse - ""The Very Soft Shoes"" --Dean Martin, Jimmy Stewart and Orson Welles - ""Personality"" --Orson Welles and Dean Martin - ""Brush Up Your Shakespeare"" --Jimmy Stewart and Dean Martin - ""Ragtime Cowboy Joe""

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Music: --Dean Martin - ""Things"" and ""Welcome to My World"" --Joey Heatherton - ""You Came a Long Way from St. Louis"" and ""You Can Have Him"" --Joey Heatherton and Dean Martin - ""Just in Time"" --Buck Owens and the Buckaroos - ""How Long Will My Baby Be Gone?"" --Buck Owens and Dean Martin - ""I've Got a Tiger by the Tail"" and ""Love's Gonna Live Here"" Also appearing: --Orson Welles --Bob Melvin (comedian) --Professor Backwards (comedian)

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Guests: Truman Capote Rocky Graziano Ted Knight Anna Moffo Donald O'Connor Johnny Russell Jean Simmons Joseph Wambaugh

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Guests: Charlie Callas Carol Channing Kirk Douglas Lorne Greene Jack Klugman Cliff Robertson Telly Savalas

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Show 174

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Guests: Ralph Nader, Mort Sahl, James Brolin, Jack Klugman, Jane Withers, Steve Landesberg, Donna Fargo

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Show # 33 Music: --Dean Martin - ""My Heart Cries for You"" --Duke Ellington (with band) - ""Do Nothing till You Hear from Me,"" ""Don't Get Around Much Anymore,"" ""Mood Indigo,"" ""Caravan"" and ""Satin Doll"" --The Andrews Sisters - ""What Now, My Love?"" and ""That's How Young I Feel"" --The Andrews Sisters and Dean Martin - medley of Andrew Sisters songs. (Please see ""Recap"") --Lainie Kazan - ""Porgy, I Is Your Woman"" and ""I Loves You, Porgy"" --Frank Gorshin (with dancers) - ""The Riddler"" Also appearing: --Tom Conway

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Guests: Carroll O'Connor Barry Goldwater John V. Lindsay Robert Wood Redd Foxx Gene Kelly Mike Connors 'Mama' Cass Elliot Marty Allen

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Guests: Ronald Reagan Jack Benny Jonathan Witners Kris Kristofferson Rita Coolidge

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