Dean Martin
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The comedy team of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis in The Colgate Comedy Hour, NBC's live musical variety show that ran from 1950-55. In addition to comedy, singing, and dancing, the four classic episodes of the show hosted by Martin and Lewis feature choreography by Bob Fosse, and comedy sketches written by a young Norman Lear. Dean and Jerry's guests include Polly Bergen, Connie Russell, Dorothy Dandridge, and Helen O'Connell.
4) Airport
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Melodrama about a bomber on board an airplane, an airport almost closed by snow, and various personal problems of the people involved.
8) Rio bravo
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On one side is an army of gunmen dead-set on springing a murderous cohort from jail. On the other is Sheriff John T. Chance and his two deputies: one a recovering drunkard, the other a crippled codger. Also in their ragtag ranks are an unseasoned, trigger-happy youth and a woman with a past-- and her eye on Chance.
10) That's my boy
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That's my boy (1951): The greatest player from Ridgefiled College uses his influence to get his only son, an uncoordinated nerd, on the football team with comic results.
Sailor beware (1952): Seaman Melvin Jobes, allergic to kissing girls, gets the undeserved reputation o a great kisser and is pursued by amorous young females.
13) Jumping jacks
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Jumping jacks (1952): A Nightclub comic assumes the identity of another soldier so he can tour army bases in a revue with his ex-partner.
The stooge (1953): Bill Miller has happily carved out a modest niche as a singer in the off-off-vauderville circuit. But suddenly his act is big news when he teams with a manic comic. One sings, one clowns
14) Ocean's 11
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New Year's Eve in Las Vegas. Roulette wheels spin and the champaign fizzes. It's the perfect time to steal a kiss or a $25 chip. But for Danny Ocean and his 10 partners in crime, it's the perfect moment to steal millions. Danny devises a scheme to knock out power to the Vegas strip, electronically rig five big casinos vaults and raid them all at the same time.
15) Scared stiff
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Scared stiff (1953): Fleeing a murder charge, a busboy and a nightclub singer wind up in a spooky Caribbean island inherited by an heiress.
The caddy (1953): Although gifted golfer Harvey Miller is too bervous to golf in public tournaments, he acts as coach and caddy for friend Joe Anthony.
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What began as a ratings booster for the final season of The Dean Martin show in 1973 evolved into The Dean Martin celebrity roasts, a franchise of regular NBC television specials that targeted the biggest names in the world of entertainment and beyond. Many, many celebrities appeared as roasters, throwing zingers at the men and women of the hour.