So nice to hear that!

That's awesome!

YOU were VERY Lucky! That's like a dream come true. Dean Martin was SO cool! Him and Elvis were/ are my 2 favorites. In my opinion the are the best singers and actors. LOVE their voices. Nothing or no one will EVER replace either! EVER!

Hey Diana!...You still rockin that Jackie Holme look?😍

Miss Lee, Thank you for sharing about your INCREDIBLY FABULOUS LIFE MEMORIES with all of us here on KZfaq. It's part of what once made American entertainment the BEST in the WORLD!!!

or Dean Martin hanging out with Buddy Ebsen?

But I do love Lee J Cobb!!!!!!

I know!

Well, Cobb could certainly dance. But honestly; his singing left something to be desired! LOL But his acting was SUPERB!

such a gorgeously bad baddie.

Multi-talented - as was Buddy Ebsen who came from the old Hollywood days, starring with the likes of Shirley Temple among others.

We get the joke.

Born in the 60s and must say I truly appreciate these nostalgic 📺 posts on KZfaq 😊

You're telling it straight up!!!

You are so right those were the days

Really you got that right. I can't believe it is the same person from the Exorcist but he can sing and dance very well.

@@stevemoore9509: I always saw him in westerns - sometimes as a judge or a sheriff. It was great to see him - and all the rest - dancing like this! .

Lee J.Cobb always seemed like an angry man in all of his movies, here is the first time I've seen him in a lighthearted mood.

@@janishart5128 Lee J.Cobb was my favorite in "Twelve Angry Men".

Recently (this past year) I had seen a KZfaq video of outtakes from old TV shows/movies and Lee J. Cobb was in one of them doing a serious scene and then laughing away at some mistake. One of the people who left a comment said that he was actually very funny and left a few examples in the comment. I would believe this. I always thought he was a very good actor and why not a fun likeable guy too? 😊💖

My momma NEVER missed it!

I miss these shows too

me too

Yea thuse were part of the Golden era of Hollywood. Unfortunately Hollywood has become sh**.

@@thewoodwardreport2806 man have you ever gotten this right

@@thewoodwardreport2806 oh no doubt!

Danny Kaye. I watched both their shows.

When that show aired, Dean Martin was 52, Buddy Ebsen was 61, Lee J. Cobb was 58, Jackie Vernon was 45, and Charles Nelson Reilly was 39. Yes, age is only a number, but those guys were still amazing. May they all rest in peace.

i had only seen nelson reilly on youtube hollywood squares never knew he did anything else. impressed. wish i could do that step. glad i saw this.

Good information! Thanks for posting!

Didn't realize Buddy lived that long! He's one of my favorites!

@@trevormiles5852 Reilly earned a Tony Award for featured actor in a musical for creating the role of Bud Frump in the original Broadway production of 'How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying'. He earned a second nomination (but did not win) for the role of Cornelius Hackl in the original 'Hello Dolly' with Carol Channing. He earned another Tony nomination as Best Director of a Play for the revival of The Gin Game, starring Julie Harris. And that's just the *beginning* of his resume.

@MTN Man Well did you watch Annie in December 2021? It can make a comeback but you have to tune in and support it if it does . Maya Rudolf , Martin Short , and Kenan Thompson did a little something a few years ago . The talent is out there , the public has to support it . Ratings go through the roof and you will see this again !

Everyone now is a bunch of no talent hacks

Oh yeh..... right up their with the dance steps of Michael Jackson. Not.

@@Eric-kc9zp there's as much talent out there as ever, but fewer people want to watch things like this on TV.

@@ericdaniel323 are you kidding? "Masked Singer"? Lip Sync Battle Shows? The only show I used to watch when it was in the early seasons was "Dancing with the Stars". Name a couple of good variety entertainment shows? Periodically I find myself watching reruns of "The Lawrence Welk Show"!

He was a joy i was surprised, but shouldn't have been. Great entertainers...

timothy bryant 12 angry men

Such a powerful performance in 12 Angry Men.

My favorite was Three Faces Of Eve with Academy Award winning Joanne Woodward.

Don’t forget Cobb played Paul Newman’s father in “Exodus”. Eva Marie Saint who co-starred with Cobb in “Exodus” as well as “On the Waterfront” is still living at age 97.

Hello, how are you doing?

123Heikki Not to mention style, and talent. Wonderful amazing talent, the likes of which we will, sadly never see again.

Yes, not like today where there is lots of class, most of it low

Yep. Anybody looks good in a Tuxedo.

Hi 👋 Jacqueline, how are you doing ?

Exactly 👍I loved the Dean Martin Show he had excellent talent on his shows.

Precisely. Back before mainstream TV became ghettoized.

For the record, Charles Nelson Reilly was a nationally-respected, very talented theater director and actor. He was definitely not a "camp comedian." He was an acclaimed director.

@@thefrontpage Charles Nelson Reilly had the moves going on there to the end. I don't know what Borscht Belt comic meant, but I saw an episode of Beverly Hillbillies where Buddy Ebsen did some Buck Dancing so smooth it looked like he was floating, so I went on a binge of any Buddy Ebsen dance movies, and he was phenomenal. He started in dancing. .What a talented man.

AMEN to that!

this was MORE reality tv than REALITY tv. this stayed with you the next day: "did you see...?" today, it's ALL disposable. just content - and NOT very good content at that.

Brilliant comedian talent back then

I maintain that a variety show would still be popular today. There is always talent, but it has to be given a chance to reach an audience.

@@brucekuehn4031 they had a 🚚 truckload of variety show during early to mid 1970s; they had lots of special entertainment talent ( people actors 🎬 singers ) 1950s/ 1960s/ 1970s;; ; I ❤️ sports they says current athletes are better than old athletes; Either argument; ok with me ;;; :but entertainers are different

1981OSNY So true. Dean didn't so much have a variety show, as a weekly party!

Back in the day Vaudeville and working the Borscht Belt was more than just a memory for many entertainers. It was what they did to learn their craft and separate them from those who never made it.

Bryan Wiley I remember. I was a kid. But I remember the Carol Burnett Show.

amen

@@ianhicks1350 You nailed it! Very well said.

You're right Bryan, the old entertainers were great, miss the old days.

I can't argue with that.

@baskerville Variety shows vanished with the video age of the 80s . Dolly Parton tried one in that era but it just didn’t work out . Bob Newhart said that they don’t work anymore after that . Well NBC did revive the TV musical with Carrie Underwood in Sound of Music in the last decade and it has lasted somewhat in spite of turbulent times derailments and Maya Rudolph , Kenan Thompson , and Martin Short did a little something a few years ago before Covid . The talent is there . Stuff like this could make a comeback . Make sure you tune in whenever it does . I always do .

Yes, it is lacking. The things that pass for talent are alarming.

[SIGH] that's the same old, tirsom whinhg. Time are always changing, and artists, cater, to what, the paying audience wats. Don't lilr it? Quit whinig, and spend your time and money to create the sort, of entertainment you prefer.

@@waswestkan, times are changing to what? Auto tune, rap, that isn't music, that's called rhyming, no playing of instruments, etc, etc. You need to spend your time on learning how to spell. Your generation is worthless for the most part.

Liked Charles too. 🙂💜✌️🤘

He's on every weekday on match game. 😊

Me too

Me too!!!!!

Thank you that's what I wanted to know.

That's because I don't think you can FIND 5 middle aged men with that kind of talent to put in one place today!

Hello Rhonda How are you doing today?

You're right. The girls were dressed like hippies though, again as you said, signaling the change right before our eyes.

Deeply insightful is your comment, Monique.

excellent comment monique

Actually when the end of the 70's came that's when shows like this began to become extinct.

Yes definitely 1969 fashion. My aunt was married in June 1969 and her bridesmaids' dtesses said 1969 all over them. What they worn back then is so different then today!

I truly miss shows like this!! At 62 there is NOT anything on worth watching!!!! I loved Dean Martin's show!!!!!

I was two when this was on but I love it, my dad dragged me up listening to this music rat pack and of course Tom Jones and Englebert Humperdinck, I sure miss my dad

Hello Lisa How are you doing today?

Hello Barbara How are you doing today?

Not everything, not by a long shot.

@@fosbury68 , that's what I immediately thought. Everything? Eh, hardly.

I agree!

Hello 👋 Lisa

Elvis wanted to be the black dean martin.

James Henderson you shouldn’t have been born!

@@anthonyjona7779 Who you talking too. No one by that name? Lol 😂

@@bettyschneider5268, that's because the person deleted his comment.

Had it in spades didnt he! He also owns Christmas music in my opinion. Too bad you cant someone like that back from the dead as Dino was super cool!

He was gay, that's why

@@TSquared84679 Now, why do you have to make an allegation like that? After an entertainer dies, people usually want to make up rumors about them. And even if he was, no matter what his personal shortcomings were, he was still a funny guy.

Hello 👋 Kathleen

Just a little aside.... George Raft who made a living playing gangsters, started out as a dancer. He danced with many partners, same sort of dancing style as Fred Astaire but especially did the tango.

@ mitchell goldman A lot of show biz types are more well rounded talented than elitist minded people think or know they are . Many of them started out doing some song and dance in theatre because it is a known fact that if you can hoof a little and carry a tune you can get more work . Check out Jake Gyllenhall, Natalie Wood’s non dubbed in voice for West Side Story . Even macho man Robert Conrad could sing . All of this brought to me by the You Tube era

It's called a triple threat these days- singing, dancing & acting.

Find the movie captain January with Shirley Temple. They dance together. Jackie Vernon was The voice Of Frosty the Snowman. I still tear up when I think frosty has died yeah Yeah I'm still 12 I gotta tell you. Is there anything close to a variety show anymore or some of the talk shows And America's got talent.. We need them back.

@@scribe56 Yeah, but Captain January was in the 30s. That's what the person was talking about, that Buddy wasn't dancing for years afterwards. He did a lot of singing and dancing when he was a young man.

Cobb dancing? Yes! Singing, not so good.

Certainly NOT his "Match Game" wife Brett Sommers.

I think he was in the OBC of Bye Bye Birdie. He was Dick Van Dyke’s understudy.

I don't think he was ever a stand up comedian. I know he was a trained Broadway actor... song and dance.

@@GiftSparks He was famous for being Bud Frump in "How to succeed in Business without really trying" on Broadway

He was a true performer. Very talented and funny and a really good actor.

CT

Very very true!!

I am a tap dance teacher. I adore Lee J. Cobb. Not known for being a hoofer but he wasn’t afraid to try.

The rest came along during the rock and roll era? PLEASE! Lee J Cobb was around since the late 30's and was pretty famous in the 40's. And Dean Martin was a smash when he was teaming with Jerry Lewis in the late 1940's!

@@retroguy9494 I stand corrected.

@@christophermorgan3261 Thank you! 😁

Wasn't it the aluminium in the costume that caused the problem?

I know these comments are 2 & 3 years old, but Buddy actually breathed in some paint flakes from his make-up and was hospitalized, forcing them to replace him with Jack Haley. There is footage of him and Judy doing a number called "The Jitterbug", but it was not re-shot with Haley because he was not the dancer that Buddy was.

@@robbarbieri8676 That is fine. Thanks for the information. looked up on Wikipedia and found out that Buddy's voice can still be heard in the movie and sound track: Ebsen turned down Louis B. Mayer's offer of an exclusive MGM contract, and Mayer warned him that he would never work in Hollywood again. Nonetheless, MGM cast him as the Scarecrow in its 1939 film The Wizard of Oz. Ebsen then swapped roles with actor Ray Bolger, who was originally cast as the Tin Man. Bolger wanted to play the Scarecrow, and Ebsen did not object to the change. Ebsen had recorded all of his songs as the Tin Man, attended all the rehearsals, and begun filming. However, he soon began experiencing body aches, muscle cramps, and shortness of breath, eventually leading to a lengthy hospitalization. Doctors determined that he was suffering a reaction to the aluminum dust used in the Tin Man makeup, and he was forced to leave the production.[9][10] Ebsen recalled in an interview included on the 2005 DVD release of The Wizard of Oz that the MGM studio heads did not believe that he was ill until he was ordered back to the set and was intercepted by an angry nurse. Ebsen was replaced by Jack Haley, with the makeup quickly changed to a safer aluminum paste. MGM did not publicize the true reason for Ebsen's departure; even Haley was not told until much later. Haley re-recorded most of Ebsen's vocals, although Ebsen's Midwestern accent can still be heard on the soundtrack during several reprises of "We're Off to See the Wizard", with the enunciated "r" in the word "wizard", as opposed to Haley's Boston accent. Ebsen's recording of the Tin Man's solo "If I Only Had a Heart" is included on the deluxe edition of the film's soundtrack, while a still photo recreation of the sequence featuring shots of Ebsen as the Tin Man was included as an extra with all VHS and DVD releases of the film since 1989. For the rest of his life, Ebsen complained of breathing problems from his involvement in "that damned movie" I always loved that movie and would have been great with Buddy in there. TAKE CARE!

@@tonytrotta9322 Thanks for the information!

@@robbarbieri8676 You are welcome - Thanks again for your info. Very interesting. Take care!

Let's try anyway❤

Hello 👋 Marguerite

Ebsen could knock it out of the park in his younger days: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ZpedgLln0rSVmIk.html

@@bdwaggoner Buddy was a fantastic dancer, love those movies from the 30's and 40"s.