DEAN MARTIN CELEBRITY ROAST, THE {MICHAEL LANDON} {1975} (TV)
Summary
One in a series of celebrity roasts, hosted by Dean Martin. This event's guest of honor is actor Michael Landon.
Highlights include: an introductory speech by Martin; Phyllis Diller making jokes about Landon’s attractiveness while denigrating her own; Ernest Borgnine making fun of Landon for his role on the television series “Little House on the Prairie”; Joey Bishop’s jokes about Landon’s role on “Bonanza”; Norm Crosby making jokes about the historical context of the programs Landon appears on; Euell Gibbons giving a speech about his wilderness experience and how it relates to Landon’s roles; a surprise appearance by Guy Marks portraying a film producer hoping to cast Landon in an upcoming production and doing a series of impressions; Jan Murray making fun of Landon’s “clean, wholesome” persona; Cliff Robertson joking about Landon’s lack of real-life experience with frontier life; Lorne Greene making a speech about his real-life friendship with Landon due to their roles as father and son on “Bonanza”; Martin appearing with Sid Caesar portraying “Boris Yavonovitch,” an acting coach; Amanda Blake comparing her role on “Gunsmoke” to Landon’s work; a surprise appearance by Victer Sen Yung as his character “Hop Sing” from “Bonanza”; Don Rickles making fun of Landon the other roasters and performing a humorous re-creation of a scene from one of Landon’s films; and a final speech from Landon. Commercials deleted.
(This is the first of two programs on this asset. For the second, “The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Michael Landon {1984},” see ACCNUM 127075).
Details
- NETWORK: NBC
- DATE: November 30, 1999 10:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 1:39:37
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: B:87566
- GENRE: Comedy
- SUBJECT HEADING: Comedy; Specials
- SERIES RUN: NBC - TV, 1975
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Greg Garrison … Producer, Director
- Lee Hale … Associate Producer
- Harry Crane … Writer
- George Bloom … Writer
- Tom Tenowich … Writer
- Milt Rosen … Writer
- Peter Gallay … Writer
- Sid Green … Writer
- Howard Albrecht … Writer
- Sol Weinstein … Writer
- Nick Arnold … Writer
- Jeffrey Baron … Writer
- Dean Martin … Host
- Michael Landon … Guest
- Don Rickles … Guest
- Lorne Greene … Guest
- Phyllis Diller … Guest
- Amanda Blake … Guest
- Sid Caesar … Guest
- Ernest Borgnine … Guest
- Joey Bishop … Guest
- Jan Murray … Guest
- Cliff Robertson … Guest
- Euell Gibbons … Guest
- Norm Crosby … Guest
- Guy Marks … Guest
- Victor Sen Yung … Guest