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The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

Premiered: Sep 14, 1973 | 8 seasons | 85 episodes

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The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts 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. In 1973, The Dean Martin Show was declining in popularity. The final season of his variety show would be retooled into one of celebrity roasts, requiring less of Martin's involvement. For the 1973–1974 season, a new feature called “Man of the Week Celebrity Roast" was added to try to pick up the ratings. The roasts seemed to be popular among television audiences and are often marketed in post-issues as part of the official Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts and not The Dean Martin Show. After The Dean Martin Show was cancelled in 1974, NBC drew up a contract with Martin to do several specials and do more roast specials. Starting with Bob Hope in 1974, the roast was taped in California and turned out to be a hit, leading to many other roasts to follow.
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Name Character Episodes
Dean Martin Self - Host 85
Don Rickles Self 6
Milton Berle Self 6
Foster Brooks Self 6
Phyllis Diller Self 6
Rich Little Self 5
Nipsey Russell Self 5
Ernest Borgnine Self 3
Gene Kelly Self 3
James Stewart Self 3
Georgia Engel Self 3
Danny Thomas Self 3
Ruth Buzzi Self 3
Frank Gorshin Self 3
Howard Cosell Self 3
Orson Welles Self 2
Telly Savalas Self 2
Amanda Blake Self 2
Dom DeLuise Self 2
Shelley Winters Self 2
Bob Hope Self 2
Ronald Reagan Self 2
Jack Klugman Self 2
Peter Graves Self 2
Jimmie Walker Self 2
Jack Carter Self 2
Dick Martin Self 2
Lucille Ball Self 2
Red Buttons Self 2
Dionne Warwick Self 2
Zsa Zsa Gabor Self 2
Isabel Sanford Self 2
Sid Caesar Self 2
Ginger Rogers Self 2
Jan Murray Self 2
LaWanda Page Self 2
Wilt Chamberlain Self 2
Jack Benny Self 2
Freddie Prinze Self 2
Peter Falk Self 1
John Wayne Self 1
Michael Landon Self 1
Milburn Stone Self 1
Henry Fonda Self 1
George Kennedy Self 1
Sherman Hemsley Self 1
Sammy Davis Jr. Self 1
Harold Gould Self 1
Eve Arden Self 1
Darren McGavin Self 1
Neil Armstrong Self 1
Earl Holliman Self 1
George Burns Self 1
Don Knotts Self 1
Angie Dickinson Self 1
Shirley Jones Self 1
Robert Stack Self 1
Harvey Korman Self 1
Lorne Greene Self 1
Eva Gabor Self 1
Martin Milner Self 1
Chad Everett Self 1
Richard Roundtree Self 1
Jackie Gleason Self 1
Charo Self 1
Juliet Prowse Self 1
Audrey Meadows Self 1
Sheldon Leonard Self 1
Gale Gordon Self 1
Mike Connors Self 1
Julie Kavner Self 1
J.D. Cannon Self 1
Ed Asner Self 1
David Groh Self 1
Steve Forrest Self 1
Scatman Crothers Self 1
Jim Hutton Self 1
Alex Karras Self 1
Art Carney Self 1
William Conrad Self 1
Vivian Vance Self 1
Charlie Callas Self 1
Sheila MacRae Self 1
Jack Albertson Self 1
Tony Orlando Self 1
Dena Dietrich Self 1
Henry Kissinger Self 1
Redd Foxx Self 1
Gary Morton Self 1
Dan Rowan Self 1
Mickey Mantle Self 1
Totie Fields Self 1
Jackie Mason Self 1
Rex Reed Self 1
Hank Aaron Self 1
Jesse White Self 1
Nancy Walker Self 1
Billy Graham Self 1