The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

These videos are records from some of the best days of our country. Nothing PC about it. People just laughed and enjoyed the comedy.

DVD was phenomenal. It was professional and a great thing to watch. I definitely recommend it.

These DVD's are hilarious. My favorite roaster is grump old Don Rickles and LaWanda Page who played grumpy old Aunt Esther on Sanford and Son. They are both hilarious and so is Nipsy Russell. Freaky old Phillis Diller makes a few appearances - sometimes she is funny and sometimes not. Seeing the old movie, tv and comedy stars that were popular in the 70's when I was in elementary school brings back memories of old rerun tv shows my parents used to watch when I was but a wee lad. They should have had Carol Burnett as a roaster = she would do all kind of crazy things on her show to get people to laugh and would laugh herself on live tv. Lucille Ball is on a few of the roasts and is funny also. You get to see a side of the comedians that you never saw before, like most of them are smoking and drinking and sometimes cussing on the stage at the roast - that is probably why they are all dead now - smoking and drinking got to them. These are funny to my family, but remember they are from the 70's before uptight political correctness and super hypersensitivity ruled the land like today so most if it would not fly today - but it is funny stuff from that era. Dean Martin looked drunk most of the time.

They don't make stars anymore like the ones you see and enjoy on these roasts. I was really hoping that the roasts for Frank Sinatra and George Burns would be on here but they are not. I could have lived without seeing a roast of Joan Collins. It's funny to see Dino's cigarette smoke floating around the presenters since Dean was sitting next to the podium during all of the roasts. The racial jokes are very uncomfortable and would never happen today, but this collectors edition does come with a warning about that very thing. Ruth Buzzi as the old lady Gladys is always hysterical....I can never get enough of that character. Rich Little is always excellent in his imitations and is one of the best entertainers at these roasts. Overall, an enjoyable set for the price.

I finally decided to buy a few of these Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts which I used to love watching. Of course, the old roasts used to have the all-time greats on the dais like: Jack Benny, Bob Hope, John Wayne, Rich Little, Ruth Buzzi, Milton Berle, Don Rickles, Red Buttons, and Phylis Diller. Of course, my favorite who used to be on the Dean Martin Comedy hour was Foster Brooks. I remember laughing like crazy even though I was very young, and watching Dean Martin laughing so hard that he was always crying when Foster Brooks did his little bit. The other thing about this first set that I watched had skits and sketches from the Dean Martin shows. My main memory of Dean Martin was him at the piano singing and then he did skits and have special guests drop in during his show. There are interviews of some of the people who did the roasts or give insight to the one and only Dean Martin. I think that's more entertaining on many of these DVD's when they have people/stars talk about what happened back in the 60's or 70's. I bought 2 versions of these roasts and hope they are different from one another.

The Dean Martin Roasts. What a memory! They started in 1974, Watergate era, and went on for years. It's go for broke as there is no woke in these comedy sketches - politics, race, insults, jabs - it's all fair game. And guess what, it's all funny and in good taste and all laugh at it and at each other and at themselves.You won't see any of this on TV today - it would be too inflammatory. And that's a shame.

Dean Martin was a great singer and dancer, but he was really best at comedic timing. This collection of roasts is terrific! Lots of laughs and even a tear or two. Well worth the investment!

The Everyone & Everything. Cunning Jokes delivered by clever wordsmiths. I do enjoy this old school pushing the limits of what they could legally get away with. All done with love and great humor. That doesn't mean that a few of these jokes don't hit a little too close to home! Love

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I have been after the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts for a long time but they have been unavailable in Australia. I searched and searched and found this fantastic compilation. It has 5 discs full of complete roasts from the 70’s. Watching the great stars of the time roast each other is priceless - much funnier than the roasts that Comedy Central puts on today. These aren’t contrived or fake - they genuinely rip into one another and roast each other and no one gets annoyed or offended. We can’t use some of the language they used in the 70’s, but no one gets off side or upsets - it’s just old time classic comedy. Don Rickles is at his nasty best and Dean Martin is so drunk in every episode he literally has trouble standing sometimes. Priceless. This is a great collection. I highly recommend it.

These are for my hubby as he loves these shows so as there for Christmas in his stocking mums the word

My dad loves this

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