Dean Martin 1984 Friars' Man of the Year Coverage Good Morning America

Good Morning America's Kathie Lee Johnson (Gifford) covers the 1984 Friars' Man of the Year Roast of Dean Martin, including Sammy Davis, Brooke Shields, Ruth Gordon, and Garson Kanin.
Later, Dean sits down with David Hartman for a one-on-one interview.
Dean talks about
-being honored by friends at the Roast
-having a birthday party thrown for him by Princess Anne
-a recent incident at a gaming table in Atlantic City involving him
and Frank Sinatra
#ratpack #gambling #atlanticcity

[@davidmetcalfe2207]

The greatest all round entertainer of all time and a beautiful man.
Decent, smart, funny, family man and so much more.
God rest his soul.

[@marilynwagers786]

My very favorite singer of all time ❣️

[@usaneebeilles9510]

Great entertainer, he sure is. A beautiful human. Dean Martin.
Love the man and his music. Always have Always will.

[@dianeuecker5186]

Dean Martin was such a class act. He will always be one of my all-time favorite entertainers. Such a handsome man.🌹❤️❤️❤️

[@joenelson3037]

Sammy throwing some serious shade on Perry Como. Even Dean used to say “I go to Perry’s house for a cup of sleep.”

[@modernretroradio993]

Atlantic City screwed up by smearing Frank Sinatra re: that blackjack debacle.

[@xxxxyyyy7849]

Merci Dean ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@donaldperez7981]

First time I seen him being himself (being normal) without playing the roll of a Drunk etc.

[@timcarr6401]

There are lots of interviews in which he is being natural and not role playing.

[@G.M.1944]

Imagine as a card dealer picking a fight with legendary Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra in a gambling casino, lousiest P.R. move of the century for crying sake 🙈

[@NessaDotiktoknessahoangdooffic]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@robertshanks3674]

what a fun guy to have a drink with

[@felixthelmocevallosmorales41]

Dean Martin
07 de junio de 1917
25 de diciembre de 1995
78 AÑOS.

[@karenbell4145]

I always adored Dean Martin when I was a kid ❤. Now I wouldn't mind being in an elevator with him alone. He would have been age appropriate for me now. He was so multi-talented and handsome 😊 🎉 ❤.

[@akrenwinkle]

What neither Dean nor David Hartman would say- although they both knew it- was that Frank told the Korean-American female dealer: "You don't like it, go back to China." That's how he was. Of course, somebody will reply, "But he gave $8 million to such-and-such charity."

[@joenelson3037]

Yeah, I’ve always suspected that Frank’s public fondness for civil rights was more for show than based on any true conviction.

[@akrenwinkle]

@@joenelson3037 I think Frank's "Go back to China" remark, said privately but got out, tells infinitely more about him than his public schtick. Not that he was unusually terrible, but he was typical of someone born in 1915.