Dean Martin's roasts were legendary. Hilarious and unpredictable, they featured all the popular celebrities of that time. When they aired, families gathered in the living room, the old three-channel, tube television was fired up (quite often several minutes before the program started in order to give the TV time to warm up), and for the next hour, you were entertained. Most of the jokes were clean (this was, after all, the 60s-70s) with an occasional innuendo towards a more racy joke, made all the more funnier because it was just clean enough to get past the censors. The shows have aged well, still funny today even 40+ years after they're original air date.
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From a time before all the "political correctness" took over and television comedies were actually funny. Comedians back then could do their acts without people being "offended" by everything that was said. Good clean "funny" comedy, something that's hard to find on TV today. Ah yes. The good ol' days.
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What an amazing trip to the past. Many reminders of the people who built the tv business. One laugh after another. Show one of these the next time you have company. If i could rate this set higher than five, i certainly would.
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I really enjoy watching these DVD's as it brings me back to my youth when I watched them live on TV. The stars involved were the one's I grew up with and it seems so long ago. The shows at that time were considered a little risqué but were really good clean fun. Yes there is smoking and alcohol involved but that was normal for that time period but the humor is clean and mostly poignant for the times.
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I was elated to purchase this collection at an incredible price. Dean Martin was one of my all-time favorite entertainers as a singer, comic and actor. As the emcee of these fantastic shows he showed his versatility to please an audience.
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