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  • 1975-09-07T02:00:00Z on NBC
  • 45m
  • 1d 2h 45m (32 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Comedy
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast is a NBC television special show hosted by entertainer Dean Martin from 1974 to 1984. For a series of 54 specials and shows, Martin would periodically “roast” a celebrity. These roasts were patterned after the roasts held at the New York Friars' Club in New York City. The format would have the celebrity guest seated at a banquet table, and one by one the guest of honor was affectionately chided or insulted about his career by his fellow celebrity friends.

81 episodes

Featuring: Angie Dickinson, Robert Mitchum, Gov. Ronald Reagan

Special 2 Red Hot Scandals of 1926

  • 1976-11-09T03:00:00Z1h

Featuring Dom DeLuise, Abe Vigoda, Jonathan Winters, Hermione Baddeley, Georgia Engel, and The Golddiggers.

Special 3 The History of the Roast

  • 1975-09-07T02:00:00Z1h

Dean Martin's comedy/variety show

1975-09-14T02:00:00Z

Special 4 Behind the Scenes

Special 4 Behind the Scenes

  • 1975-09-14T02:00:00Z1h

Don Rickles interview

Special 5 Legends of the Roasts

  • 1975-09-21T02:00:00Z1h

Betty White Interiew

Style Editor Merle Ginsberg, Tony Danza, Angie Dickinson & Mitzi Gaynor discuss the many fashion styles of Dean Martin.

1975-10-05T02:00:00Z

Special 7 Ladies of the Dais

Special 7 Ladies of the Dais

  • 1975-10-05T02:00:00Z1h

1975-10-12T02:00:00Z

Special 8 The Art of the Roast

Special 8 The Art of the Roast

  • 1975-10-12T02:00:00Z1h

Special 10 Politically Incorrect

  • 1975-10-26T02:00:00Z1h

Clip Highlights

  • Waterfence Committee Hearings Sketch (Watergate spoof) - Dean, Dick Martin, Joey Bishop, Howard Cosell
  • Opening monologue - Dean
  • Group Marriage - Dean, Dick Martin, Joey Bishop, Howard Cosell, Audrey Meadows
  • Greatest Domestic Fights of the Century - Dean, Audrey Meadows, Howard Cosell
  • Next Case - Dean and Sandy Herdt
  • The Bar - Howard Cosell, Dick Martin
  • The Ravon Man - Dean, Ernest Borgnine
  • Opening Monologue - Dean
  • Novelty - Dean, Dom DeLuise, Carol Arthur
  • The Hold-Up - Dean, Ernest Borgnine, Dom DeLuise, Charo
  • Wig Shop - Dean, Ernest Borgnine, Dom DeLuise sing 'Personality'
  • The Bar #2 - Dean Ernest Borgnine, Dom DeLuise
  • The Divorce - Dean, Petula Clark, Bob Newhart
  • Of Mice and Men - Dean, Petula Clark, Bob Newhart, Nipsey Russell
  • Pet Cemetery - Dean, Bob Newhart
  • The Bar #3 - Dean, Bob Newhart
  • Lost and Found - Dean, Ted Knighrt, Burns and Schreiber
  • The Oldest Man - Dean and Tim Conway
  • The Baloons - Burns and Schreiber
  • Marriager Counselor #1 - Dean and Gail Materko
  • The Bar #5 - Dean, Ted Knight, Tim Conway
  • Bearing the Brunt - Dean, Howard Cosell, Kay Medford
  • Captain Tidy - Dean, Vincent Price, Sue Buckner
  • Cymbal Player - Dean, Howard Cosell, Sandy Hardt
  • The Bar #9 - Dean and Vincent Price
  • Kidde Library - Dean and Dan Rowan
  • Supermarket - Dean, William Holden, William Conrad, Dan Rowan
  • The Silent Spot - Dean and William Holden
  • Superman - Dean and Audrey Meadows
  • The Modfather - Dean and George Kennedy
  • The Bar #11 - Dean and George Kennedy
  • The Bar #12 - Dean, Foster Brooks
  • The Wedding - Dean, Gene Kelly, Ted Knight
  • There'll Be Some Changes Made - Dean, Ted Knight
  • Lingerie Shop - Dean, Audrey Meadows, Ted Knight
  • The Bar #10 - Dean, Ruth Buzzi * Hank and Charlie - Dean, Gary Burghoff
  • The Bar - Dean and Foster Brooks
  • The Kid's Last Bullfight - Dean, Buddy Hackett, Charles Nelson Reilly
  • The Husband and the Bachelor - Dean, Chuck Conners
  • Laughing Spot - Dean and 50 Girls
  • Next Case #12 - Dean, Deborah Pratt
  • The Bar #16 - Dean, Ted Knight
  • De-conditioning - Dean, Ted Knight
  • Next Case - Dean and Ruth Buzzi

  • The Bar - Dean and Ruth Buzzi

  • The Bar #13 - Dean, Foster Brooks
  • Next Case - Dean and Leslie Dalton
  • Frontier Doctor - Dean, Foster Brooks
  • The Bar #14 - Dean, Vincent Price
  • The Detective - Dean, Steve Lawrence, Sandy Herdt and Lee Hale.
  • The Bar #17 - Dean, Joey Bishop
  • The Patient - Dean Joey Bishop

Show #1102 Featuring: Foster Brooks, Jack Cassidy, Peter Graves and others

Barry Dougherty (Author and Friars Club Historian) on Roast History

David Bianculli (TV Critic, NPR's Fresh Air) on The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

Greg Evans (TV Critic, Bloomberg News) on The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

John McMahon (Former President of NBC Entertainment) on The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

Lee Hale (Celebrity Roasts Associate Producer) on The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

Merle Ginsberg (Senior Style Writer, The Hollywood Reporter) on Style Writing

Mike Gibbons (Executive Producer, The Burn with Jeff Ross) on Creating The Roasts

Roger Warnix (Celebrity Roasts Production Manager) on Starting Out With Dean

Van Alexander (Celebrity Roasts Musical Arranger) on Getting Started

Video series spotlighting memorable moments and roasts hosted by Dean Martin. "Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts" were periodic specials aired in the 1970s and 1980s, which roasted (or honored) such stars as Lucille Ball, Muhammad Ali and Johnny Carson; guests then recalled comedic moments they shared. Comedian Rich Little (a regular on the "Roast" specials) served as pitchman for the videos in a series of TV infomercials

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