Product Details

• Actors: Dean Martin, Bob Hope, Johnny Carson, Jack Klugman, Ruth Buzzi
• Directors: Greg Garrison
• Format: Color, NTSC, Full Screen
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Guthy-Renker Entertainment
• Run Time: 60 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000LXEYP8
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #49,513 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

The Best of the Dean Martin Shows, assembled by producer-director Greg Garrison, contains exclusive footage from the popular Variety Show series. Included in this irrestible blend of classic entertainment are many of Dean's celebrity guests over the years, including: Dean Martin, Bob Hope, Jack Klugman, Howard Cosell, Dennis Weaver, Johnny Carson, Ruth Buzzi, John Wayne

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23 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Garrison DVD Dated, January 18, 2008

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Red Wood "film producer" (Omaha, NE.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Greg Garrison Presents The Best of the Dean Martin Variety Show - Volume 5 (Five) (DVD)

This is a review of the complete 'Best of Dean Martin...' sets. I'm not critiquing any specific volume, so I apologize in advance that this review is found on every one. However, since my review is for all buyers and not just those of a certain volume, this seems necessary.
'The Dean Martin Show'(1965-74) was a favorite of mine as a child &, outside of the vaudeville slapstick, it still holds up pretty well. As for the packaging, however, Martin's longtime assistant, Greg Garrison, has edited this whole thing together with no consideration to content or style: on e. volume, excerpts from all nine seasons are poorly tossed together, with the jump from time periods being extremely jarring & the style of the show completely lost. Included are reminiscences from guest stars of the show, but these are poorly edited into the format, looking more like cheap quality early 80s videos. A friend of mine, who also likes 60s TV, was just horrified when he saw this mishmash.
So, basically, if you're someone who just wants to see the show and has no concerns on how you view it, these'll possibly be fine. Contrarily, if you have fond memories of the show and its style, which Martin worked hard on, you'd probably do better waiting for a better package. A season by season release, as most TV offers now, is long overdue.
The real culprit here is Guthy-Renker, who has the rights to the show. It's an extremely dated company that does this very same thing to all programs to which they received the rights, such as 'The Carol Burnett Show' & 'Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In'. I believe 'The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour' has had this same problem, but handled by a different mishandler.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great material, June 7, 2010

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James D. Crabtree "Doc Crabtree" (Fort Leavenworth, Kansas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Greg Garrison Presents The Best of the Dean Martin Variety Show - Volume 5 (Five) (DVD)

Some great skits in this volume, Dom Deluise and Jonathon Winters especially. The telephone skit has a lot of 60s icons crammed into it and is almost worth watching just for that. Lots of laughs but like other DVDs in this series it ends at a little less than one hour... right when it's starting to get good.

6 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Dean Martin Variety DVD, August 9, 2009

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Ell Thomas "Jean Fields" (Laguna Beach, CA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Greg Garrison Presents The Best of the Dean Martin Variety Show - Volume 5 (Five) (DVD)

I thought I was purchasing one of the "Dean Martin Roasts" when I ordered this item and was very disappointed that it was clips from Dean Martin's variety show. I thought the price was a bit high for what I got and didn't really think the clips were all that enjoyable. I will have to be more observant in the future before ordering an item.