Dean Martin was not an alcoholic. He put the alcoholic image on because guys saw him as a threat if he didn't. One celebrity I'm surprised you did NOT include is Dick Van Dyke, who has been very public with his struggle against functional alcoholism.
He could fake it, but it was also a real addiction for Dean Martin, as anyone who knew him would say, truthfully. After his son was killed in a plane crash, Dean Martin stopped trying to rein in his habit, and many thought he drank so much that he died of a broken heart, with drinking as his deadly crutch...
Perhaps he wasn't a raving alcoholic, but he (like all other celluloid stars) aggrandized alcoholism - alternatively lauding it, and portraying it as cute. The USA is almost as sloshed as the former East Bloc and Russia - when it comes to millions of sloppy drunks. There's nothing cute about being a drunkard. Zero.
As a addict who been clean for 10 years ,the phrase "Seamless blend his addiction to his daily life". really resonates. I never heard it phrased like that and I think that says it perfectly. You can't ever stop learning or fighting.
What about the english actor Oliver Reed ? I heard he would drink all day and even have drinking contest on the weekends. Peter O'Toole drank so much he had a lot of stomach problems. William Holden was a well known notorious alcoholic who later died in a drunken fall. Montgomery Clift drank a lot but I don't know if he was more a alcoholic or a pill addict. Jack Cassidy ( Father to singer David ) not only drank excessively he also died in a house fire after passing out with a cigarette in his hand. David Cassidy ( son of Jack) seemed to have become an alcoholic later in life and died from liver failure. Paul Lynde was most likely an alcoholic and he avoided a major scandal in the mid 1960's when his boyfriend fell out of a hotel window and died. W.C.Fields drank so much that his nose was enlarged and it had a reddish color that didn't go away. Rock Hudson was a well known alcoholic and even crashed his car into a tree during the mid 1970's and he walked away to avoid prosecution. What about Ava Gardner who was married to Frank Sinatra at one time. The two of them would go on huge alcohol binges and one time they shot out some window's in Indio, CA. Ava's health from drinking to much was one of several reasons why she died later in life. Judy Garland was an alcoholic but like Montgomery Clift she most likely took more pills than alcohol. Marilyn Monroe was a alcoholic and was even thrown out of the Cal Neva Lodge once which was partly owned by Frank Sinatra. Tallulah Bankhead last words supposedly were "Bourbon" She would hold parties for days at her home and even encouraged her guests to bring their own clothes so they could stay longer. Veronica Lake died in her late 40's due to alcoholism and her looks were clearly ravished. Frances Farmer was arrested for several DUI'S ( I don't know if that was the correct term used in the 1940's). Barbara Bates drank so much that when she was found dead one day she was unrecognizable from the pretty former actress. I'm sure there are other movie stars who had alcohol problems and thankfully there's much more rehabilitation centers and knowledge of alcoholism. I'm not putting down the actors/actresses for their unfortunate addiction's but highlighting that they are human just like the rest of us.
Richard Burton was horrified to find that he'd been charged for 43 bottles of vodka during a weekend stay at some hotel - he vehemently denied that he'd consumed that much over a weekend saying it would only be possible if Errol Flynn had been with him but since Flynn was dead it was not possible...
My Dad died at 68 from smoking menthol cigarettes AND the ones with the asbestos filters that called MICRONITE filters. I think it was the Army career he chose to endure.
80 years was above average life expectancy back then. Genetic factors have to be involved. 65 and cancer free myself. Smoke like a chimney some years. Quit completely others. You do you.
@@carolynBulldog5 Technically, ethanol _can_ be frozen, but considering it has a freezing point of around -114° C (roughly -174° F), Dean would have needed one hell of a powerful freezer! lol
Brooks was a heavy drinker but decided to quit for good, using his old habitat in his act very convincingly as is evident in his Dean Martin roast appearance’s
* @@astragreen ~> Nope! Foster Brooks was a tea-totaller BUT developed his drunk character by observing how others behaved at parties after a few too many drinks. Dean's onstage glass of Whiskey was really apple juice BUT I've read that he did begin drinking more heavily after the tragic death of son Dino Junior. 🙂
Maybe started that way but there are quite a few interviews and other instances where he is clearly absolutely sloshed later, alcohol is not an act that can stay an act.
@@pattidj4384 I see him hardly being able to speak a sentence without a slur... and he would fake that for every show? Two hours? His eyes are dim, come one. He's not faking it.
One story I read was he was too drunk to go on Dick Cavett so a big part of that show was given to the author of the " Exorcist " gave it the boost to make it into a movie and classic.
I can definitely sympathize/empathize with all of these people. I've been alcohol-free since Oct. 15th, 2013, just shy of my 51st birthday, and tobacco/nicotine-free for almost 8 years, after having been a 30-year, pack and 1/2 a day smoker.
Whatyousay: I never thought, and neither did anyone who knew me, thought I would quit smoking, but I did 19 years ago. It wasn't easy because I really liked it, apart from the obvious addiction. I look back and don't know how I did it, but I'm glad I did. It took tremendous willpower, and I also got some fake cigarettes. They looked like the real thing but couldn't be lit. That helped enormously with the habit itself and the mental withdrawal. Good luck to you.
It's a universal thing anymore. I'm black, and rather have the nword said when appropriate. ( Sidney Poitier movies, because Sidney's characters were strong enough to overcome it)
Now that smoking weed is legal in many States, many oldsters don't have a target to foist on others. So-called 'Killer weed' now contributes more to the sales tax coffers to overpay city managers and their ilk. Agreed! Alcohol is the worst drug of them all. Insidiously prevalent.
Agree. Opioids receive all the attention, and yes, they are killing a Lot of people. But alcohol kills more, and has a greater economic impact. You just don’t hear about it because it’s legal. Alcohol doesn’t just affect the liver, it can do great damage to the heart and other organs as well.
Graham Chapman of Monty Python was also well-known, at least to the other Pythons, as being a drunk. He spent pretty much the whole filming of "Holy Grail" totally plastered. He vowed to himself that if they did another film and he had the lead, he'd get clean -- and he did. When he was chosen as the lead for "The Life of Brian", he got clean & healthy (you can see the difference between the two roles of King Arthur and Brian Cohen). Sadly, like Leonard Nimoy, his smoking (pipes) helped him shuffle off this mortal coil, kinda like a Norwegian Blue parrot.
I used to watch The Dean Martin Show as a kid, he had the best dancers on TV. He always opened with a glass of tan liquid and ice cubes in his hands, and acted very relaxed. But it truly was an act because when he was drunk he could not perform and he knew it. He was a professional.
My Uncle Don, whom I loved, was what I'd call a "congenial drunk". As a kid, I'd no idea he was drunk all the time while at his home. During the day, he was sober; he saved his drinking for evenings and weekends on his houseboat. Knowing now the truth of it, it's my educated and very informed opinion that Dean Martin was a drinker just like my uncle. They were both about the same age. Uncle Don's favorite kind of music was the type Dean Martin made. They existed in a time when drinking was a casual affair, just like smoking. My uncle was never mean, and was good to us kids. All the adults smoked and drank. It's just the way it was.
Agree with you. I'm a child of the 60's and everybody smoked and drank in my family. It was just the way things were. Family holiday gatherings going to 3AM were common. It's not like that anymore though. By 8:30, people are leaving. These are different times.
My stepdad drank scotch, but he was a great dad, had a great sense of humor, taught me many great things about life. To this day, whenever I hear a mourning dove "coo", it reminds me of him teaching how to do that with my hands.
I once worked on a film many years ago in Austria with Ava Gardner, she rearly turned up on set sober, she did like a drink. I also worked on a film with Ollie Reed. The one thing you didn't do with Oillie was to go to the pub with him at lunchtime. I remember shooting in a club on a Sunday morning, we were taking the camera gear inside. A production car pulled up and Ollie got out, he seemed a bit unsteady on his feet, and as he walked past us he pulled out of his overcoat pocket a glass of scotch! A couple of hours later he turned up set right as rain. He was a lovely man and a film legend.
I'm shocked to hear about Michael Landon's addiction to alcohol and cigarettes. In all three of his TV series, several episodes covered alcoholism and he starred in the most wholesome programs.
The pressures of success in any endeavor of life rarely allow for sobriety. I'm 23 years sober, and I'm unemployed, and homeless. People don't TRUST clear-headed people.
My Dad smokes. 77 and still cutting firewood and taking care of his cows. I really think the processed junk we call 'food' is the main culprit that conveniently gets tacked onto tobacco with excessive taxes. (Who smokes? The working and lower classes that pay the taxes.)
Mel Gibson anyone? He admitted his struggles, once stating he barely remembers filming THUNDERDOME. But he is still one of the best actor / directors in the business
Frank never represented anybody except himself. Don't blame your life on me just because I like to have a beer or two. I feel bad that you feel comfortable to say that.
The show was horribly manipulative. I know its heart was in the right place and there were some good episodes, but dear god it was sappy. Highway to Heaven was even worse. I hate shows that practically put a gun to your head to cry.
@@paulinegallagher7821 at least those shows pushed family values and positive messages. Not much these days even tries to do that. Quite the opposite actually.
You left out WC Fields. He was known for keeping a flask full of "orange juice" that he would sip throughout the day. There is an interesting story where one of the stagehands was either unaware or pranking Fields, leading to a famous quote: "Somebody put orange juice in my orange juice". ;)
The quote you attribute to Dean Martin was actually from Oscar Wilde in the 19th Century ''I feel sorry for a man that does not drink because when he wakes up in the morning, that's the best he is going to feel all day''
Thank you! hellwood got to her EARLY! Like the Satanists prefer to do. her co-star in the early years mickey Rooney was pilled up to crank those productions out. many others
@@briannichols4807 there are people who have COPD who have never smoked, and living past 80 is a longer than average life for most men, so I think it’s lame to blame smoking. It’s called the bondage of corruption.
@peacenow42 although smoking could have contributed, they say the rate of lung desease becomes similar among non smokers and those who quit after several years. There are other factors that can cause lung problems, including exposure to chemicals, asbestos (very common) and allergies.
Alcohol has resulted, either directly or indirectly, in the death, destruction and pain of an uncountable number of lives. It's a testament to the drugs effect as well as it's addictive properties that has made it the drug of choice for centuries.
Self-control is obviously not a matter in an alcoholics life. I drink, but only on the weekend with dinner. I enjoy it, but it does not control me nor consume my every thought. I do not go to bars and clubs, and I do not drink it on weeknights because I have a career which is much more important. For one DUI, I would lose everything that I have worked hard to achieve in the past 30 years.
Because Michael was so into the character of Pa' Ingalls who were depicted as a non drinker.. Or in other words that were 'pa inggalls not Michael Landon
There's a great book called Hellraisers. All about the drunken antics of Richards Burton and Harris, Peter O'Toole and Oliver Reed. Some GREAT stories in it.
As I get older I just find the hangovers get worse and slower to wear off, so it's not worth it. Half a bottle of wine or a few beers are okay for me though
To the Dean Martin comment when he was singing many thought the glass he had contained alcohol he said what it was ice tea which soothed his throat while singing
Dean was not a drinker.You would never, ever see him with a glass in his hand or cigarette during the time that he was partners with Jerry Lewis.After the breakup, he needed to reinvent himself.So it was suggested that he would put a glass in his hand and light up a cigarette so that he would look cool.It worked out so well for him that he didn't want to get rid of the act.Though it's been documented that he did have a glass of wine or two with dinner but that's about it. He needed to wake up early in the morning so that he would be able to play golf. Because that was his thing.
I've been watching all of the Little House on the Praire episodes recently. I'm halfway through season 7, and I don’t think I've ever seen Charles Ingalls take a single drink of alcohol. It's too bad the real Michael Landon wasn't more like his character.
Interesting to note,Carey Grant used LSD in a therapeutic setting to try & understand why his pathos towards women was so troubled. Another LSD therapy program seeker was 1 of the founders of A.A.=Bill Wilson who went to what is now the Ramakrishna monestary in Trabuco canyon Calif in the 1950,s to get help for his deep depression. This location was at 1 time a school for Philosophy founded by English broadcaster Gerald Heard.Aldous Huxley was also a teacher at this time in its history. Now half of the property,which was gifted by Heard, is a part of the Orange County parks system=O'Neil park & 100 acres is a monestary for the Ramakrishna organization.
Taylor found husband 8 in Rehab, last one. Fortensky, construction worker, lasted 5yrs, never working one day. 20yrs her Jr., he died in 2016 of melanoma. Taylor died in 2011, totaling his receiving more than $2mil by her Will & $ to get rid of him.
Frank Sinatra took extreme care of his voice, which he called his instrument. In anticipation of a recording session or an important show, he was known to abstain from cigarettes and alcohol for extended periods of time. These are not the actions of an alcoholic.
Good video, though Dean Martin should not have been included. Consider this though, if Hollywood had only ever employed teetotallers then how many films worth mentioning would ever have been made? Alcohol and creativity are closely linked. When was the last film worth mentioning ever made in Saudi Arabia?
I remember vividly when Richard Burton died in 1984. He had been on a vodka trip to the former Sovjet Union before he passed. I thought he was so handsome.
What is the photo at 2.33? Is the one on the left Dreyfuss as Quint? There is a clip of an irish television program where Dreyfuss declares how much he loved and admired Shaw. So why is Dean Martin here?. Could have had among the more obvious choices Errol Flynn, Peter Finch, Richard Harris, Lee Marvin, and the less obvious, Paul Newman. Surprises to me were Crawford. Landon, and Grant.
So the worst alcoholics still showed up to work, kicked ass and made great art? I'm not seeing the down side. Sure, cirrhosis is a hard way to go other than that they all had average or above health for their era.
Not seeing the down side? That's because you need to experience trying to work at anything the next day thinking you are 10 seconds away from tossing your cookies. Trying to work through a hangover is absolutely heinous! Of course usually by 6pm you feel better and ready to do it all over a again.
Dean Martin was not an alcoholic. He put the alcoholic image on because guys saw him as a threat if he didn't. One celebrity I'm surprised you did NOT include is Dick Van Dyke, who has been very public with his struggle against functional alcoholism.
Exactly , why did they put Dean Martin on this list in the first place !!
And Jackie Gleason.
I was surprised not to see Richard Harris.
He could fake it, but it was also a real addiction for Dean Martin, as anyone who knew him would say, truthfully. After his son was killed in a plane crash, Dean Martin stopped trying to rein in his habit, and many thought he drank so much that he died of a broken heart, with drinking as his deadly crutch...
Dean Martin drank cold tea on stage !!!
To lead off Foster Brooks was not an alcoholic. His timing in humorous skits was impecable and too diffcult to be drunk.
Yes, but he was a one trick pony. And the trick wore thin quickly. At least to me.
@@c.d.macaulay66 Using that bar, Don Rickles was a one trick pony. That wore thin on me.
Yes I believe that was mentioned. Duh
Really thin. @@CraigKnudsen
His was an act!
Can't believe that the word "LSD" was censored.
Yeah and by a cricket
Yep. And an ever increasing list like rape, racism, shit, human trafficing, genicide and many others, Thanks TH-cam for protecting us from the world.
Limited Shift Differential.
Thought it was a frog croaking. Censorship is alive and well. Pisses me off
@@NYHeeb I listened to it again I think you're right. It's a frog. Ha
Dean Martin doesn't belong on this list.
I loved Dean, but I always thought he had a buzz on. A little disappointed I guess, but I can deal with it.
Perhaps he wasn't a raving alcoholic, but he (like all other celluloid stars) aggrandized alcoholism - alternatively lauding it, and portraying it as cute. The USA is almost as sloshed as the former East Bloc and Russia - when it comes to millions of sloppy drunks. There's nothing cute about being a drunkard. Zero.
I don't think he was an alcoholic at all. From what I read it was all an act. @@brahmburgers
@@josephromance3908 No, he drank quite heavily.
@@josephromance3908 well that what was said in this video.
As a addict who been clean for 10 years ,the phrase "Seamless blend his addiction to his daily life". really resonates. I never heard it phrased like that and I think that says it perfectly. You can't ever stop learning or fighting.
‘Put some whiskey in your water, sugar in your tea. What’re all these crazy questions, they’re asking me?’
A Hoyt Axton reference. Channeled through Three Dog Night. Very cool.
I take it back. Randy Newman wrote that song. Hoyt wrote "Joy to the World". Only the biggest hit of the DECADE.
@@c.d.macaulay66 🫡
Mama told me come. Who was the song by? I will guess three dog night but I'm not sure .
@@Richard-zc1cj Yes, Three Dog Night wrote it and had the big hit. Years later Tom Jones covered it and had a hit also!
i thought errol flynn would have cracked a mention here
Errol absolutely, also Richard Harris
Capt. Blood!
Yeah, Flynn was one of the worst...
What about the english actor Oliver Reed ?
I heard he would drink all day and even have drinking contest on the weekends.
Peter O'Toole drank so much he had a lot of stomach problems.
William Holden was a well known notorious alcoholic who later died in a drunken fall.
Montgomery Clift drank a lot but I don't know if he was more a alcoholic or a pill addict.
Jack Cassidy ( Father to singer David ) not only drank excessively he also died in a house fire after passing out with a cigarette in his hand.
David Cassidy ( son of Jack) seemed to have become an alcoholic later in life and died from liver failure.
Paul Lynde was most likely an alcoholic and he avoided a major scandal in the mid 1960's when his boyfriend fell out of a hotel window and died.
W.C.Fields drank so much that his nose was enlarged and it had a reddish color that didn't go away.
Rock Hudson was a well known alcoholic and even crashed his car into a tree during the mid 1970's and he walked away to avoid prosecution.
What about Ava Gardner who was married to Frank Sinatra at one time.
The two of them would go on huge alcohol binges and one time they shot out some window's in Indio, CA.
Ava's health from drinking to much was one of several reasons why she died later in life.
Judy Garland was an alcoholic but like Montgomery Clift she most likely took more pills than alcohol. Marilyn Monroe was a alcoholic and was even thrown out of the Cal Neva Lodge once which was partly owned by Frank Sinatra.
Tallulah Bankhead last words supposedly were "Bourbon"
She would hold parties for days at her home and even encouraged her guests to bring their own clothes so they could stay longer.
Veronica Lake died in her late 40's due to alcoholism and her looks were clearly ravished.
Frances Farmer was arrested for several DUI'S ( I don't know if that was the correct term used in the 1940's).
Barbara Bates drank so much that when she was found dead one day she was unrecognizable from the pretty former actress.
I'm sure there are other movie stars who had alcohol problems and thankfully there's much more rehabilitation centers and knowledge of alcoholism.
I'm not putting down the actors/actresses for their unfortunate addiction's but highlighting that they are human just like the rest of us.
Richard Burton was horrified to find that he'd been charged for 43 bottles of vodka during a weekend stay at some hotel - he vehemently denied that he'd consumed that much over a weekend saying it would only be possible if Errol Flynn had been with him but since Flynn was dead it was not possible...
I enjoyed this presentation. Thank-you. I was surprized that these heavy drinkers lasted till their 80's. Hope for me yet!
My Dad died at 68 from smoking menthol cigarettes AND the ones with the asbestos filters that called MICRONITE filters. I think it was the Army career he chose to endure.
80 years was above average life expectancy back then. Genetic factors have to be involved. 65 and cancer free myself. Smoke like a chimney some years. Quit completely others. You do you.
Dean's best line..."I don't drink anymore....Now I freeze it and eat it like a popsicle"...🤣🤣
I've used that quote before, but I didn't know who said it .... Thanks Dean
But Alcohol doesn't freeze!
@@carolynBulldog5 Technically, ethanol _can_ be frozen, but considering it has a freezing point of around -114° C (roughly -174° F), Dean would have needed one hell of a powerful freezer! lol
@carolynchilders2250 it's a quote from one of his comedy bits.
@@carolynBulldog5that proves that it was a joke
Foster Brooks and Dean Martin were not alcoholics; they were playing a character. Dean put apple juice in his glass.
I had no idea he was so wholesome. Makes me love him even more.
Foster Brooks was not a drunk. He never drank. It was a character.
Likewise with Dean Martin.
Yes !
I kinda don't think you watched the video since they said that.
Brooks was a heavy drinker but decided to quit for good, using his old habitat in his act very convincingly as is evident in his Dean Martin roast appearance’s
* @@astragreen ~> Nope! Foster Brooks was a tea-totaller BUT developed his drunk character by observing how others behaved at parties after a few too many drinks. Dean's onstage glass of Whiskey was really apple juice BUT I've read that he did begin drinking more heavily after the tragic death of son Dino Junior. 🙂
Maybe started that way but there are quite a few interviews and other instances where he is clearly absolutely sloshed later, alcohol is not an act that can stay an act.
I've heard it said that Frank Sinatra spilled more than Dean Martin ever drank.
Anyone with experience with alcoholics can tell Dean Martin wasn't sober...
@@fredrikjosefsson7262 I don't think so.
Sinatra? Drinking? Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat? Lol live frank Sinatra, not surprised, he was always "on"
@@fredrikjosefsson7262 Dean Martin was NOT an alcoholic and actually hardly drank.
@@pattidj4384 I see him hardly being able to speak a sentence without a slur... and he would fake that for every show? Two hours? His eyes are dim, come one. He's not faking it.
Yeah, you missed Oliver Reed and Richard Harris.
With O'Toole , The Three Musketeers... 🥃🥃🥃
Dean Martin He was never a heavy drinker until late in life, when his son died.
True.
Robert Shaw: "I'm gonna need a bigger bottle!"
One story I read was he was too drunk to go on Dick Cavett so a big part of that show was given to the author of the " Exorcist " gave it the boost to make it into a movie and classic.
Cool.
Oliver Reed anyone?
Exactly who I was thinking of.
Yeah he was a guzzler so I hear.
I thought he would be number one'
No thanks.
Can't believe they left him out
I can definitely sympathize/empathize with all of these people. I've been alcohol-free since Oct. 15th, 2013, just shy of my 51st birthday, and tobacco/nicotine-free for almost 8 years, after having been a 30-year, pack and 1/2 a day smoker.
CONGRATULATIONS!!! I am trying to stop smoking. Was never into alcohol. Had a drink 4 times a year.
Whatyousay: I never thought, and neither did anyone who knew me, thought I would quit smoking, but I did 19 years ago.
It wasn't easy because I really liked it, apart from the obvious addiction. I look back and don't know how I did it, but I'm glad I did. It took tremendous willpower, and I also got some fake cigarettes. They looked like the real thing but couldn't be lit. That helped enormously with the habit itself and the mental withdrawal.
Good luck to you.
@@Ann-st8et I appreciate your encouragement. Thank you!!
CONGRATULATIONS!!!! I’m sure you feel like a different person and are much much happier.
Good for you
Why are you censoring the word lsd in regards to cary grant
You tube rules. He has no choice
It's a universal thing anymore. I'm black, and rather have the nword said when appropriate. ( Sidney Poitier movies, because Sidney's characters were strong enough to overcome it)
Because CricketD is a lot funnier!
it's wussyville is why
Of all the inappropriate things said these days, censoring LSD in this video doesn't make any sense.
Alcohol: hands-down, the worst drug in America!
Now that smoking weed is legal in many States, many oldsters don't have a target to foist on others. So-called 'Killer weed' now contributes more to the sales tax coffers to overpay city managers and their ilk. Agreed! Alcohol is the worst drug of them all. Insidiously prevalent.
Opioids.
Agree. Opioids receive all the attention, and yes, they are killing a Lot of people. But alcohol kills more, and has a greater economic impact. You just don’t hear about it because it’s legal. Alcohol doesn’t just affect the liver, it can do great damage to the heart and other organs as well.
Religion
Social media is the worst drug. Brings out the worst in people.
Leonard Nimoy; a drunk?: this assertion is highly illogical.
Not for hallucinating AI
Nimoy and Landon really shocked me
Had no idea.
Peace be with you Vulcan brother
He smoked a lot, too.
Brooks was NOT an alc. That was his schtick, his act. Just like Dean. And Dean was VERY good at it
Graham Chapman of Monty Python was also well-known, at least to the other Pythons, as being a drunk. He spent pretty much the whole filming of "Holy Grail" totally plastered. He vowed to himself that if they did another film and he had the lead, he'd get clean -- and he did. When he was chosen as the lead for "The Life of Brian", he got clean & healthy (you can see the difference between the two roles of King Arthur and Brian Cohen). Sadly, like Leonard Nimoy, his smoking (pipes) helped him shuffle off this mortal coil, kinda like a Norwegian Blue parrot.
This is about Hollywood actors though. As far as I know, Monty Python was a comic group from the UK.
I think GC was the real talent in Python, something about his madness was pretty real. Read his book, it's off the wall.
Robert mitchum should be on this list
I used to watch The Dean Martin Show as a kid, he had the best dancers on TV. He always opened with a glass of tan liquid and ice cubes in his hands, and acted very relaxed. But it truly was an act because when he was drunk he could not perform and he knew it. He was a professional.
Dean Martin never drank
@@joblow9752 That is what people who knew him said, that his drinking was part of the act.
My Uncle Don, whom I loved, was what I'd call a "congenial drunk". As a kid, I'd no idea he was drunk all the time while at his home. During the day, he was sober; he saved his drinking for evenings and weekends on his houseboat. Knowing now the truth of it, it's my educated and very informed opinion that Dean Martin was a drinker just like my uncle. They were both about the same age. Uncle Don's favorite kind of music was the type Dean Martin made. They existed in a time when drinking was a casual affair, just like smoking. My uncle was never mean, and was good to us kids. All the adults smoked and drank. It's just the way it was.
Agree with you. I'm a child of the 60's and everybody smoked and drank in my family. It was just the way things were. Family holiday gatherings going to 3AM were common. It's not like that anymore though. By 8:30, people are leaving. These are different times.
My stepdad drank scotch, but he was a great dad, had a great sense of humor, taught me many great things about life. To this day, whenever I hear a mourning dove "coo", it reminds me of him teaching how to do that with my hands.
My dad drank scotch and smoked Camels. He was a WW2 and Korea War vet and that's just the way it was.
I once worked on a film many years ago in Austria with Ava Gardner, she rearly turned up on set sober, she did like a drink. I also worked on a film with Ollie Reed. The one thing you didn't do with Oillie was to go to the pub with him at lunchtime. I remember shooting in a club on a Sunday morning, we were taking the camera gear inside. A production car pulled up and Ollie got out, he seemed a bit unsteady on his feet, and as he walked past us he pulled out of his overcoat pocket a glass of scotch! A couple of hours later he turned up set right as rain. He was a lovely man and a film legend.
Hi, who are you?
@@irishboer7124 - Why?
Did you get a kiss from Ava Gardner? I would have tried.
@@veltonmeade1057 She wasn't that drunk.
@@grannytakesatrip1128 You still should have tried. I would have tried, and had she slapped me, I could brag that "Ava Gardner slapped me", lol.
I'm shocked to hear about Michael Landon's addiction to alcohol and cigarettes. In all three of his TV series, several episodes covered alcoholism and he starred in the most wholesome programs.
Same
Alcoholism has nothing to do with morals. It is a disease.
The pressures of success in any endeavor of life rarely allow for sobriety. I'm 23 years sober, and I'm unemployed, and homeless. People don't TRUST clear-headed people.
I've learned to beware of people with wholesome public images. Rolf Harris for example.
@@John-k6f9k Tom hanks is another
Burton: The TOLL of his drinking had already taken its TOLL? 🤣🤣🤣
Yes, he was charged a double toll based upon his amount of drinking.
Bet he rocked those tollhouse cookies.
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I bet he did.@@TheBatugan77
Ask not for whom the drink tolls.
00:34 *I met Michael Landon on Malibu beach in 1986 and he seemed quite lucid to me - from the UK on a Stopover in LA to Hawaii*
*He's now on his Highway to Heaven - Hope he likes it !*
How can
Oliver Reed not be on this list?
No Errol Flynn or W. C. Fields.....
These kids who make these absurd little, zero attention span ditties,have never even heard of Flynn or Fields.
They're in a class by themselves.
@@petesaria-hf1xh Actually, John Barrymore (Sr.) attended that class _with_ them!
Spencer Tracey is a strange omission.
"Which claimed his life at the age of...83" Where did I put those ciggies??,
My Dad smokes. 77 and still cutting firewood and taking care of his cows. I really think the processed junk we call 'food' is the main culprit that conveniently gets tacked onto tobacco with excessive taxes. (Who smokes? The working and lower classes that pay the taxes.)
Agree...make it into your 80s & who the fuck cares what your chemical vices are.
George Burns smoked cigars till 100
Burns claimed scalding hot soup and cigars are what kept him going.@@Marc-x6r
@@tomservo5347 Are you as stupid as you want to be?
Mel Gibson anyone? He admitted his struggles, once stating he barely remembers filming THUNDERDOME. But he is still one of the best actor / directors in the business
Booz works for Some people. Mostly it Doesn't
@@james-xm6ub The cause of and solution to all of life's problems ...
Frank Sinatra was a mean spirited man and the alcohol even fueled it more,many stories of him being nasty to friends and fans
Frank's temper lost almost all of his friends during his lifetime.
little man syndrome
Frank never represented anybody except himself. Don't blame your life on me just because I like to have a beer or two. I feel bad that you feel comfortable to say that.
Sinatra always gave me that douschebag vibe...
@@dennisrphymurphy7929spoken like a drunken abuser
Man some of these drunks lived a long life- I mean look at Kieth Richards- lol.
Landon's work on Little House was amazing. To think he wss drinking during that is stunning. You'd never know. That show is still today fantastic.
But the fact that he died so young is not stunning.
The show was horribly manipulative. I know its heart was in the right place and there were some good episodes, but dear god it was sappy. Highway to Heaven was even worse. I hate shows that practically put a gun to your head to cry.
@@paulinegallagher7821 at least those shows pushed family values and positive messages. Not much these days even tries to do that. Quite the opposite actually.
@@haro82 I know. I don't like shows that a drenched in cynicism either.
@@paulinegallagher7821 tuffsht.
Dumb to include Dino and say he wasn’t drunk, that it was a pose. Also, nothing new here apart from a grating voice
Truth!
Leonard Nimoy didn't look like a drunk Shatner now could double for W.C.Fields. ah yes my little mud tur turtle dove.
Ha, just what I thought!
You left out WC Fields. He was known for keeping a flask full of "orange juice" that he would sip throughout the day.
There is an interesting story where one of the stagehands was either unaware or pranking Fields, leading to a famous quote: "Somebody put orange juice in my orange juice". ;)
GOOD STORY AND PROBABLY TRUE; THOUGH IN MOST VERSIONS I HAVE HEARD IT WAS PINEAPPLE JUICE.
You forgot W.C,Fields. He could out drink all of them.
Whaddya bout Peter O'Toole and Richard Burton?🍸🥃🍷
The quote you attribute to Dean Martin was actually from Oscar Wilde in the 19th Century ''I feel sorry for a man that does not drink because when he wakes up in the morning, that's the best he is going to feel all day''
W.C. Fields said that too
@@dangeroreilly2028Fields also said, "I never drink water. Fish fuck in it."
Oliver Reed......'Hold my beer'
Roger Dultry said Keith Moon and Oliver Reed had a drink off to see who could drink more - Moon won lol
You forgot Judy Garland
Thank you! hellwood got to her EARLY! Like the Satanists prefer to do. her co-star in the early years mickey Rooney was pilled up to crank those productions out. many others
Absolutely!
Well done, interesting and informative. Thanks!
Well, I'm glad to see Broderick Crawford and Spencer Tracy stayed off this list! God forbid anyone call these two guys drunkards.
Oh please! “ smoking killed him” …at 83?
He did die from COPD , and in one of the last photos I saw of him , he was hooked up to an oxygen hose . So I think his death was due to his smoking .
@@briannichols4807 there are people who have COPD who have never smoked, and living past 80 is a longer than average life for most men, so I think it’s lame to blame smoking. It’s called the bondage of corruption.
At age 83 old age kills you,period.Teach us to number our days,that we may hearken unto wisdom.Thanks.perspective@@kathybradbury
Yeah, I was gonna say, if you're battling your lifelong addiction till your eighties, I'd say you kicked your addictions ass.
@peacenow42 although smoking could have contributed, they say the rate of lung desease becomes similar among non smokers and those who quit after several years. There are other factors that can cause lung problems, including exposure to chemicals, asbestos (very common) and allergies.
No mention of Richard Harris?
Do you hear Richard Harris? Do you see Richard Harris? Do you smell Richard Harris? No? Then I guess there's NO RICHARD FKN HARRIS!
Or Oliver Reed?
@@TheBatugan77 You made me laugh out loud with this comment. Still giggling. P.S. Are you always like this?
"I'll drink to that.... :p 😂
Alcohol has resulted, either directly or indirectly, in the death, destruction and pain of an uncountable number of lives. It's a testament to the drugs effect as well as it's addictive properties that has made it the drug of choice for centuries.
"To alcohol! The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems." - Homer Simpson
Yes, it's been badly used at times. But think of the laughs and stories it gives us.
Self-control is obviously not a matter in an alcoholics life. I drink, but only on the weekend with dinner. I enjoy it, but it does not control me nor consume my every thought. I do not go to bars and clubs, and I do not drink it on weeknights because I have a career which is much more important. For one DUI, I would lose everything that I have worked hard to achieve in the past 30 years.
Chioce has everything to do with all this. Fuck self control.
@@thesoulthatburns Self-Control,,,is based on choice. And choice is,,,based on self-control.
There's an episode of Little House on the Prairie where Michael Landon forces a guy to stop drinking so that's weird. 🤔
Because Michael was so into the character of Pa' Ingalls who were depicted as a non drinker..
Or in other words that were 'pa inggalls not Michael Landon
That’s why it’s called acting
If Dean was really intoxicated, the FCC would not have allowed anything being broadcasted to go on the air.
WHO'S afraid of Virginia Woolf!!! WHAT A CLASSIC!!!!!
One of my favorite movies!
When you say "Melissa Gilbert", is there some reason you show Karen Grassle? Just wondering.
the AI is messing up
Oliver Reed was a Legendary Drunk and a Legendary British Actor. Lots of great stories there.
Why can’t they mention LSD ?
He's afraid of his video being taken down.
just part of ongoing defamation and plot against Something that could CURE many ailments of society
Because THC might get offended 😂
Disparaging LSD is gratefuldeadaphobic.
William Holden should be on that list.
There's a great book called Hellraisers. All about the drunken antics of Richards Burton and Harris, Peter O'Toole and Oliver Reed. Some GREAT stories in it.
Thanks for the tip. I'll check it out.
it is indeed a great book, wild guys
@@helpmaboabbThats a load of BulI I thought he went in the Field
No matter famous or not, drunken stories are always a bore to listen to. They are not even close to as funny or entertaining as the teller thinks.
@@kendallevans4079 you've obviously been heavily influenced by a less entertaining order of drunk than Harris, Burton, Reed & O'Toole.
The "we feel sorry for people who don't drink ..." quip belongs to Sinatra, not Martin, part of his concert patter.
Not true. I have seen the film clip of Dean doing a London concert saying that line.
What about Oliver Reed? He was well known for his hard drinking habits.
Booze just gives me a headache now. I don't bother with it anymore.
like all drugs it stops working and then all you get is the downside.
Saves you money.
As I get older I just find the hangovers get worse and slower to wear off, so it's not worth it. Half a bottle of wine or a few beers are okay for me though
wow didn't know Cary Grant used crickets for alcoholism therapy
😂
It's an amazing and wonderous time we live in. I'll never feed my lizard crickets again.
To the Dean Martin comment when he was singing many thought the glass he had contained alcohol he said what it was ice tea which soothed his throat while singing
His daughter claimed he kept apple juice at home to make it seem like he was drinking.
The muted word in Cary Grant segment is LSD.
That would be weird if someone couldn't figure that out.
I thought it was cricket therapy.
He often endorsed L.S.D. for it's Many, Many benefits! as do I. the Powers that be like the Chaos+Fear just fine.
@@alukuhito I had no idea what it meant.
Dean was not a drinker.You would never, ever see him with a glass in his hand or cigarette during the time that he was partners with Jerry Lewis.After the breakup, he needed to reinvent himself.So it was suggested that he would put a glass in his hand and light up a cigarette so that he would look cool.It worked out so well for him that he didn't want to get rid of the act.Though it's been documented that he did have a glass of wine or two with dinner but that's about it. He needed to wake up early in the morning so that he would be able to play golf. Because that was his thing.
Content owner: Why must you cut out the word "LSD"? It's not a dirty word, it's merely a chemical compound... big deal.
Sooooo ridiculous.
Possible liability issues. That would be my guess.
@@johncook30284 I'm sure that's the concern, but liable for what? Saying the phrase LSD?! Jesus...
It's called Woke?
it's part of the deep states plan to conceal the MANY Benefits of a Truly Wonderful drug that is often lied about
@@mus139 no. people who are "woke" wouldn't censor the phrase LSD, but people who are "sleep" would.
Foster Brooks hardly ever drank. Great acting
He was a former alcoholic, but didn't drink at all for the better part of his adult life.
@@petesaria-hf1xh I did not (hiccup) know that.
I've been watching all of the Little House on the Praire episodes recently. I'm halfway through season 7, and I don’t think I've ever seen Charles Ingalls take a single drink of alcohol. It's too bad the real Michael Landon wasn't more like his character.
Though Dean hardly drank, he did begin drinking after his son Dino was killed.
They needed AA on movie sets
"Pour some whiskey in your water sugar In your tea. What's all these crazy questions your asking me?"-Three dog knight.
Why do the blurp out the part where Kerry Grant recieved LSD therapy but can say Joan Crawford used Coke ?
Interesting to note,Carey Grant used LSD in a therapeutic setting to try & understand why his pathos towards women was so troubled.
Another LSD therapy program seeker was 1 of the founders of A.A.=Bill Wilson who went to what is now the Ramakrishna monestary in Trabuco canyon Calif in the 1950,s to get help for his deep depression.
This location was at 1 time a school for Philosophy founded by English broadcaster Gerald Heard.Aldous Huxley was also a teacher at this time in its history.
Now half of the property,which was gifted by Heard, is a part of the Orange County parks system=O'Neil park & 100 acres is a monestary for the Ramakrishna organization.
ones a Cure the other a downfall addiction
I think who ever decided to beep out ‘lsd’ must have been drunk at the time
Taylor found husband 8 in Rehab, last one. Fortensky, construction worker, lasted 5yrs, never working one day. 20yrs her Jr., he died in 2016 of melanoma. Taylor died in 2011, totaling his receiving more than $2mil by her Will & $ to get rid of him.
Frank Sinatra took extreme care of his voice, which he called his instrument. In anticipation of a recording session or an important show, he was known to abstain from cigarettes and alcohol for extended periods of time. These are not the actions of an alcoholic.
What's up with the cricket noise when saying LSD???
just more Censorship of a viable alternative to what ails Mankind! think "Reefer Madness". it's a smear.
W.C.FIELDS "WHO PUT PINEAPPLE JUICE, IN MY..PINEAPPLE JUICE"
Bill started out as a juggler, later when he became famous as a comedian he juggled the spirits
@@james-xm6ub I have a book about him that my stepdad bought back in the early 1970s. He left home in his early teens.
Joan Crawford was creepy. that movie mommie dearest was almost as scary as the exorcist bro.
“His preferred drink of choice,” “the toll… had taken its toll.” Who wrote this drivel?
AI. Needless to say, it also supplied the narration
Good video, though Dean Martin should not have been included. Consider this though, if Hollywood had only ever employed teetotallers then how many films worth mentioning would ever have been made? Alcohol and creativity are closely linked. When was the last film worth mentioning ever made in Saudi Arabia?
Dean Martin and Foster Brooks were not alcoholics.
I want some of what you're smoking
Why can’t someone with blue eyes be an alcoholic? Very odd thing to assert.
I remember vividly when Richard Burton died in 1984. He had been on a vodka trip to the former Sovjet Union before he passed. I thought he was so handsome.
He had masses of natural charm, was cultured, widely read and intelligent. And, of course, there was always the Voice.
Died at 57 and looked 77
just impressed ---------------- I like a beer or two ------ wish I could manage that ............ and be a movie star //// university teacher .......
Why censuring the word LSD ?
Substitute Willian Holden for Dean Martin for accuracy.
What is the photo at 2.33? Is the one on the left Dreyfuss as Quint?
There is a clip of an irish television program where Dreyfuss declares how much he loved and admired Shaw.
So why is Dean Martin here?. Could have had among the more obvious choices Errol Flynn, Peter Finch, Richard Harris, Lee Marvin, and the less obvious, Paul Newman.
Surprises to me were Crawford. Landon, and Grant.
That person is the son of Shaw.
@@petermoss2588 Ah. Thank you.
Joan Crawford lost her looks very young due to the ravages of alcohol, same with Judy Garland. At 47, garland looked more like a 64 year old.
Who left tea in my whiskey?
Lots of made up nonsense here
En fait ce serait plus simple d'avoir une liste des acteurs qui ne boivent pas
Errol Flynn is missing
Dean Martin's real vice was cigarette smoking MORE so THAN drinking...
Smoking killed Spock at 83? Those Vulcans always had it good.
He died from COPD.
It's not who left whiskey in my tea, it's who left tea in my whiskey.
If I can live to 83 and smoking like Spock that would be fine with me!
Oh! And you would be miserable. I wouldn’t wish that for anyone.
Nimoy could've lived a lot longer (look at his co-star, William Shatner).
You wouldn’t be saying that at 82.
Damn! 4 packs a day.. unfiltered?!? Yeah that'll do it.
So the worst alcoholics still showed up to work, kicked ass and made great art?
I'm not seeing the down side.
Sure, cirrhosis is a hard way to go other than that they all had average or above health for their era.
Not seeing the down side?
That's because you need to experience trying to work at anything the next day thinking you are 10 seconds away from tossing your cookies. Trying to work through a hangover is absolutely heinous!
Of course usually by 6pm you feel better and ready to do it all over a again.
You're very generous with Dean Martin.. 🙂
What! No Oliver Reed?
Damn Joan Crawford had some serious eyebrows lol.
Im allergic to alcohol. I get nausea and headache from small amounts of it.
Been sober for 23 years now, but I still remember a great joke, I`m allergic to whiskey, I break out in handciffs.
@@webman1956 Respect to you sir. I tried to use alcohol but i never found joy in it. So im sober too.