Deana Martin on the Legendary Dean Martin
The Leonard Lopate Show | Jun 7, 2011
Deana Martin talks about her father, the legendary entertainer Dean Martin. The newly released DVD box set “The Best of the Dean Martin Variety Show” features hundreds of guest segments, sketches and musical performances from the show, which ran on NBC from 1965 to 1974, and included guests such as: Orson Welles, Jimmy Stewart, John Wayne, Duke Ellington, Rodney Dangerfield, George Burns, Tony Bennett, The Andrews Sisters, and Woody Allen. A hardcover book and 2-CD collection titled Cool Then, Cool Now and two collections of Dean Martin’s music, “Classic Dino: The Best Of Dean Martin” and a re-release of the Platinum-certified “Dino: The Essential Dean Martin” are forthcoming.
