1 00:00:04,720 --> 00:00:10,500 The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast, coming to you from the MGM Grand Hotel in the 2 00:00:10,500 --> 00:00:13,300 entertainment capital of the world, Las Vegas, Nevada. 3 00:00:13,720 --> 00:00:17,320 The glittering city of excitement and laughter provides the scintillating 4 00:00:17,320 --> 00:00:19,480 backdrop for tonight's star -studded roast. 5 00:00:19,760 --> 00:00:24,660 Ladies and gentlemen, from the Celebrity Room of the Grand Hotel, Dean Martin 6 00:00:24,660 --> 00:00:29,620 honors our man of the hour, Sammy Davis Jr., with tonight's guest, 7 00:00:30,560 --> 00:00:33,400 Freddie Prinze and Don Rickles. 8 00:00:34,410 --> 00:00:41,010 Phyllis Diller, Mitzi Russell, Danny Thomas, Milton 9 00:00:41,010 --> 00:00:47,610 Berle, Dionne Warwick, Wilt Chamberlain, Joey Bishop, 10 00:00:48,450 --> 00:00:55,390 Jan Murray, Frank Gorshin, Foster Brooks, Norm 11 00:00:55,390 --> 00:01:02,130 Crosby, and your Roastmaster, Dean Martin. And tonight's very special man 12 00:01:02,130 --> 00:01:04,190 hour. Sammy Davis, Jr. 13 00:01:23,970 --> 00:01:26,810 We're honoring Sammy Davis, Jr. 14 00:01:27,350 --> 00:01:29,510 And in recognition... 15 00:01:30,330 --> 00:01:36,210 Of one of the great black men of our time, even the NBC peacock is wearing an 16 00:01:36,210 --> 00:01:37,210 afro. 17 00:01:41,230 --> 00:01:46,370 Yet this is the biggest night in Vegas since Gladys Knight went to the crap 18 00:01:46,370 --> 00:01:48,370 table and lost two of her pips. 19 00:01:54,150 --> 00:01:57,110 The Sammy Davis story started in Harlem. 20 00:01:57,840 --> 00:02:03,020 His family was so poor when Sammy was born, they couldn't even afford a crib. 21 00:02:03,340 --> 00:02:06,860 Until the age of three, he slept in a hollowed -out watermelon. 22 00:02:11,380 --> 00:02:13,140 Wilp ain't coming towards me, is he? 23 00:02:15,860 --> 00:02:20,280 If you think Sammy's small now, you should have seen him when he was born. 24 00:02:21,150 --> 00:02:26,070 The doctor couldn't tell whether it was a boy, a girl, or a Jimmy Dean pork 25 00:02:26,070 --> 00:02:27,070 sausage. 26 00:02:31,870 --> 00:02:38,530 As a child of the street, Sammy was constantly the companion of bookmakers, 27 00:02:38,530 --> 00:02:44,230 thieves, ex -cons, and pickpockets, some of whom are on the dais tonight. 28 00:02:50,890 --> 00:02:51,950 he got was in Atlanta. 29 00:02:52,450 --> 00:02:56,930 As Sammy stepped off the plane he was met by the governor and a rope. 30 00:03:01,490 --> 00:03:07,790 Even the Ku Klux Klan took notice of Sammy. They voted him most likely to be 31 00:03:07,790 --> 00:03:08,790 next. 32 00:03:13,690 --> 00:03:18,890 He proved that a black man could eat in white restaurants, check into white 33 00:03:18,890 --> 00:03:23,510 hotels, date white women, and be carried away in a white ambulance. 34 00:03:27,730 --> 00:03:29,650 Ambulance. Not ambulance. 35 00:03:30,190 --> 00:03:31,190 Ambulance. 36 00:03:32,230 --> 00:03:34,810 I'm more black than you. You don't know that yet. 37 00:03:39,950 --> 00:03:45,750 Sammy's never denied his heritage. Even at elegant parties in the White House, 38 00:03:45,910 --> 00:03:47,650 he still drinks Ripple. 39 00:03:48,190 --> 00:03:49,490 from a jelly glass. 40 00:03:53,770 --> 00:03:59,390 And Sammy almost did a command performance for Prince Rainier of 41 00:03:59,390 --> 00:04:04,370 didn't perform that night because he was a little steamed that Princess Grace, 42 00:04:04,550 --> 00:04:07,850 she was wearing more jewelry than he was. That's why. 43 00:04:10,090 --> 00:04:15,450 Because you should have seen him when he came in tonight. 44 00:04:15,950 --> 00:04:21,470 He was wearing copper bracelets, coral rings. He looked like a pushcart in 45 00:04:21,470 --> 00:04:22,470 Tijuana. 46 00:04:26,650 --> 00:04:31,690 Today, Sammy is happily married thanks to his beautiful wife, Altaviz. They 47 00:04:31,690 --> 00:04:37,010 in Beverly Hills and have a German cook and a Japanese gardener. Last week, they 48 00:04:37,010 --> 00:04:39,170 got together and captured Sammy's house. 49 00:04:48,560 --> 00:04:52,380 I think the funniest guy in show business. I love him. Mr. Milton. 50 00:04:52,680 --> 00:04:53,680 Burrow. 51 00:04:58,960 --> 00:04:59,960 What a night! 52 00:05:00,920 --> 00:05:01,920 What a night! 53 00:05:05,120 --> 00:05:08,800 Look at Dino. He don't know where the hell he is. 54 00:05:09,860 --> 00:05:11,380 Happy, smiling, relaxed. 55 00:05:11,780 --> 00:05:13,320 He still thinks he's on every week. 56 00:05:19,970 --> 00:05:23,530 I came here for a roast and he's fried. 57 00:05:25,030 --> 00:05:26,610 This one's going to a crisp. 58 00:05:31,410 --> 00:05:38,330 Sammy, you look great. You've taken 59 00:05:38,330 --> 00:05:39,330 off height. 60 00:05:41,930 --> 00:05:43,030 You look beautiful. 61 00:05:43,710 --> 00:05:47,630 I bring you greetings, Sammy, from all of my people, the Italians. 62 00:05:50,190 --> 00:05:51,830 If he can be Jewish, I can be Italian. 63 00:05:56,110 --> 00:06:01,770 And also, in honor of the many blacks on the dais tonight, the hotel didn't put 64 00:06:01,770 --> 00:06:03,010 any silverware on the table. 65 00:06:22,510 --> 00:06:25,470 have a feeling Chamberlain is going to dribble me all the way back to 66 00:06:31,090 --> 00:06:34,230 I didn't come here to talk to a tree. 67 00:06:36,870 --> 00:06:38,170 Just a little sap. 68 00:06:48,590 --> 00:06:49,970 Sammy, you look okay. 69 00:06:50,190 --> 00:06:51,190 Are you comfortable? 70 00:06:51,920 --> 00:06:53,020 Sitting the way you are? 71 00:06:53,260 --> 00:06:54,380 You're not, are you? 72 00:06:54,660 --> 00:06:56,140 Well, I can get you another phone book. 73 00:07:00,780 --> 00:07:05,620 It's good to be on the dais with my very good friend, Danny Thomas. 74 00:07:06,340 --> 00:07:10,260 Danny Thomas is the only comedian I know who gets written up in Watchtower. 75 00:07:14,540 --> 00:07:19,280 I saw Danny at the Dunes the other night. He did two performances, one at 8 76 00:07:19,280 --> 00:07:20,280 a midnight mass. 77 00:07:26,800 --> 00:07:28,020 talking about the biggies. 78 00:07:29,340 --> 00:07:31,360 Let's get back to one of the smallies. 79 00:07:32,980 --> 00:07:34,320 What'd you do with the sardines? 80 00:07:36,180 --> 00:07:42,700 This man, this man, this original model for the Oreo cookie. 81 00:07:47,840 --> 00:07:51,360 What a dancer. He danced with his father. He danced with his uncle. 82 00:07:51,620 --> 00:07:54,340 Until he was 35, he didn't know what a broad was. 83 00:07:59,530 --> 00:08:01,330 You took your glass. You getting tired, Sammy? 84 00:08:02,170 --> 00:08:03,890 Want to take a watermelon break? 85 00:08:06,350 --> 00:08:10,510 The reason I say that is because Sammy hasn't been feeling well lately. Last 86 00:08:10,510 --> 00:08:14,390 month, he had an operation on his throat, and they had a problem. They had 87 00:08:14,390 --> 00:08:15,950 roll him flour to find his mouth. 88 00:08:21,370 --> 00:08:23,790 It worked hard to get where he's at. 89 00:08:24,310 --> 00:08:27,690 At the pinnacle of his profession, he's a pro... 90 00:08:28,330 --> 00:08:30,970 He's a fighter. He takes advantage of every opportunity. 91 00:08:31,290 --> 00:08:36,210 And all I can say about Sammy Davis is give him an inch and he'll be four foot 92 00:08:36,210 --> 00:08:37,210 eight. Thank you. 93 00:09:06,700 --> 00:09:10,060 Sammy and I have been friends for really a long, long, long time. 94 00:09:10,540 --> 00:09:15,340 I met Sammy while I was playing basketball in Philadelphia against the 95 00:09:15,340 --> 00:09:16,640 Celtics, I believe it was. 96 00:09:19,380 --> 00:09:24,580 I scored 58 points that night, and Sammy was so excited that he ran up to hug me 97 00:09:24,580 --> 00:09:26,360 and crashed his nose right in my knees. 98 00:09:31,880 --> 00:09:35,340 Sammy told me how much he envied me, but actually, really, I... 99 00:09:35,610 --> 00:09:36,610 Envy you, Sammy. 100 00:09:37,270 --> 00:09:40,990 I was out there on the court really playing hard with Havlicek giving me a 101 00:09:40,990 --> 00:09:43,230 here and Bill Russell giving me an elbow there. 102 00:09:43,650 --> 00:09:47,790 There you were in the stands with two beautiful chicks getting all the good 103 00:09:47,790 --> 00:09:48,790 parts. 104 00:09:54,910 --> 00:10:00,290 When I really got to know Sammy, though, I found out really that he had a big, 105 00:10:00,330 --> 00:10:01,330 big complex. 106 00:10:01,450 --> 00:10:03,670 His complex was being short. 107 00:10:04,490 --> 00:10:09,290 And that's why Sammy never wears high Western boots. They cut him under the 108 00:10:09,290 --> 00:10:10,290 arms. 109 00:10:12,890 --> 00:10:13,890 Also, 110 00:10:15,090 --> 00:10:17,130 you'll never catch Sammy walking through Central Park. 111 00:10:17,570 --> 00:10:19,150 He doesn't want to be mugged by a pigeon. 112 00:10:34,730 --> 00:10:38,530 Did you notice while he was talking, nobody on the dais heckled him? 113 00:10:44,670 --> 00:10:50,250 Ladies and gentlemen, a funny young man who's taken the country by storm, Mr. 114 00:10:50,410 --> 00:10:51,410 Freddie Prince. 115 00:10:52,970 --> 00:10:53,570 Thank 116 00:10:53,570 --> 00:11:02,090 you 117 00:11:02,090 --> 00:11:03,090 very much, Dean. 118 00:11:05,230 --> 00:11:06,970 I've been watching you on TV for years. 119 00:11:07,490 --> 00:11:08,490 A lot of years. 120 00:11:10,130 --> 00:11:13,270 I heard all those stories about the way you booze it up. I just want to tell 121 00:11:13,270 --> 00:11:16,170 you, if you fall down tonight, I'm not picking you up because it's not my job. 122 00:11:23,410 --> 00:11:26,850 I'm proud founder Sammy Davis Jr., who overcame the prejudice against his 123 00:11:26,850 --> 00:11:29,650 minority background to become a superstar. 124 00:11:30,070 --> 00:11:31,250 It's not easy being Jewish. 125 00:11:34,140 --> 00:11:37,360 Being Puerto Rican myself, I have a special feeling for all minorities. 126 00:11:37,740 --> 00:11:40,360 Chicanos, Indians, Eskimos, Republicans. 127 00:11:45,960 --> 00:11:48,700 It's really strange because, like, Sam is a very special guy to me. 128 00:11:49,020 --> 00:11:51,940 He's a brother, which is not too thrilling for my mom. 129 00:11:53,720 --> 00:11:56,800 You can just hear her say, he's not your brother. That was not my job. No. 130 00:12:08,940 --> 00:12:10,900 except his people got there before we did. 131 00:12:19,400 --> 00:12:23,360 Stanley Summers was really dazzling to a kid just out of New York, like a 132 00:12:23,360 --> 00:12:28,200 fascinating sight, wearing a long white fur coat, rings, jewelry, high heels. 133 00:12:28,880 --> 00:12:30,960 I didn't know whether to ask him for an autograph or a date. 134 00:13:12,790 --> 00:13:14,010 Sammy took me under his wing. 135 00:13:14,590 --> 00:13:18,410 And he actually let me live in his big Beverly Hills mansion. 136 00:13:19,090 --> 00:13:21,650 And it was the best gardener's job I ever had. 137 00:13:26,930 --> 00:13:29,610 Real fun to stay in his house, man. A lot of fun. Because he has a screening 138 00:13:29,610 --> 00:13:32,510 room with a projector. And every night he'd show movies. He told me there were 139 00:13:32,510 --> 00:13:34,310 great classics of the silver screen. 140 00:13:34,890 --> 00:13:37,450 And monumental triumphs of film history. 141 00:13:38,060 --> 00:13:41,940 Such pictures like Ocean's Eleven, Sergeant's Three, Robin and the Seven 142 00:13:43,580 --> 00:13:46,360 And every picture, Sammy had the same line. Frank, can I get you a drink? 143 00:13:52,380 --> 00:13:55,220 Sammy is really upset. He ran out of minorities to represent. 144 00:13:57,800 --> 00:14:01,060 And he wants to be Puerto Rican. He said, would I please make him Puerto 145 00:14:01,060 --> 00:14:03,520 I said, be my pleasure. But you've got to trade in your Stutz Bearcat. 146 00:14:04,010 --> 00:14:07,290 For a 64 Chevy with pom -poms on the antenna, saints in the dashboard, and a 147 00:14:07,290 --> 00:14:09,010 little dog in the back window with his head going up. 148 00:14:10,610 --> 00:14:17,090 Yeah, it was hard picking up girls. 149 00:14:17,370 --> 00:14:20,630 But I went to Sammy. I said, Sammy, look, man, I'm in Hollywood, and I have 150 00:14:20,630 --> 00:14:24,310 women, man. I want you to fix it up for me. Would you please do it? And he said, 151 00:14:24,350 --> 00:14:27,410 all right, Freddie, tonight I'm going to fix you up with a star. 152 00:14:28,090 --> 00:14:29,090 I said, really? 153 00:14:29,210 --> 00:14:32,250 And that night at 7 p .m., the limousine rolled up, and I'm in my tuxedo 154 00:14:32,250 --> 00:14:33,209 waiting. 155 00:14:33,210 --> 00:14:34,730 And the door opens and there was the star. 156 00:14:35,630 --> 00:14:36,630 Mom's me, please. 157 00:14:38,230 --> 00:14:41,610 She said to me, she said, honey, you can keep them black guys because they's all 158 00:14:41,610 --> 00:14:43,610 chicken. What I need me is a hot Puerto Rican. 159 00:15:15,080 --> 00:15:18,320 As they say in Puerto Rican, I gonna read them to you. 160 00:15:21,080 --> 00:15:27,300 Here's one from your rabbi. Dear Sammy, it is now five years since you became 161 00:15:27,300 --> 00:15:28,300 Jewish. 162 00:15:28,780 --> 00:15:31,520 Come in next Tuesday for a booster shot. 163 00:15:37,540 --> 00:15:43,660 Here's one I think you're going to be very proud of. Dear Sammy Davis, we'd 164 00:15:43,660 --> 00:15:44,660 you to pose. 165 00:15:44,940 --> 00:15:49,540 For a nude centerfold in our magazine, sign the National Geographic. 166 00:15:54,360 --> 00:15:59,500 When we asked Sammy who he'd like to have on the dais tonight, he asked for 167 00:15:59,500 --> 00:16:02,100 two favorites, Hope and Crosby. 168 00:16:02,520 --> 00:16:06,920 Unfortunately, Hope Lang couldn't make it, but we do have Norm Crosby. 169 00:16:21,960 --> 00:16:24,400 Sammy Davis has been a source of insulation. 170 00:16:25,600 --> 00:16:32,380 People of all faiths, creeds, and ethical backgrounds that exist hither 171 00:16:32,380 --> 00:16:37,480 yon, pro and con, mothers and fathers, adults, adultuses, all people. 172 00:16:38,820 --> 00:16:45,060 Sammy has done more to combat artificial discrimination and desecration 173 00:16:45,060 --> 00:16:48,340 than Tiny Tim has done for the illegitimate theater. 174 00:16:56,620 --> 00:17:00,040 Negro heritage, he is deeply involved with his Hebrew faith. 175 00:17:00,520 --> 00:17:05,740 Sammy is the only man I know who eats soul food with sour cream, 176 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:10,819 who sips gin from a saucer, 177 00:17:10,819 --> 00:17:17,300 and who fully understands the timeless struggle for equality 178 00:17:17,300 --> 00:17:22,400 that has prevailed since the ancient Trojans attacked the Phoenicians and the 179 00:17:22,400 --> 00:17:23,859 lesbians and ruined them. 180 00:17:33,040 --> 00:17:34,040 in his humble beginnings. 181 00:17:34,440 --> 00:17:37,140 He started himself as a trio. 182 00:17:37,380 --> 00:17:43,520 And to this day, he always seeks insulation from those three wise men, me 183 00:17:43,540 --> 00:17:45,280 you Shaq, and to bed we go. 184 00:17:59,960 --> 00:18:02,120 Here's a dear friend of Sammy's. 185 00:18:07,649 --> 00:18:13,830 Singer Dionne Warwick. Like many young people, Dionne grew up listening to 186 00:18:13,830 --> 00:18:20,770 Sammy's albums. And when she was 18, she looked at her mother and said, Turn it 187 00:18:20,770 --> 00:18:21,770 off, I'll be good. 188 00:18:26,590 --> 00:18:31,410 Ladies and gentlemen, the lovely and talented and beautiful Miss Dionne. 189 00:18:45,320 --> 00:18:48,900 thrilled to be here to honor not only a great star, but someone I once dated. 190 00:18:50,120 --> 00:18:52,940 And that's no joke. I really did date Sammy Davis Jr. 191 00:18:53,860 --> 00:18:58,720 We had a lot in common. I started singing gospel at the age of six, and he 192 00:18:58,720 --> 00:19:01,040 started breaking the commandments at the age of seven. 193 00:19:09,980 --> 00:19:13,160 I'll say this to Sammy. He always knew how to make a woman feel tall. 194 00:19:13,560 --> 00:19:15,200 He just stood by her side. 195 00:19:22,120 --> 00:19:24,280 He sure is. 196 00:19:25,380 --> 00:19:29,240 I still don't know why Sammy went out with me in those days. I just wasn't his 197 00:19:29,240 --> 00:19:30,780 type. I wasn't sexy. 198 00:19:31,060 --> 00:19:32,120 I wasn't beautiful. 199 00:19:32,460 --> 00:19:33,580 I wasn't white. 200 00:19:50,930 --> 00:19:55,610 Sammy spent the first hour telling me all about his book, Yes, I Can. 201 00:19:56,050 --> 00:19:59,690 And I spent the rest of the evening telling him, No, you can't. 202 00:20:01,130 --> 00:20:05,830 And here he is at an age when his wife out to be says, I wish he could. 203 00:20:23,400 --> 00:20:30,100 People think of Joey Bishop as just a replacement for Johnny Carson. Now 204 00:20:30,100 --> 00:20:37,000 a lot of... That's... That's not true. We in show business know better. 205 00:20:37,180 --> 00:20:39,300 We don't think of him at all. 206 00:20:46,200 --> 00:20:47,200 Mr. 207 00:20:48,480 --> 00:20:49,560 Joey Bishop. 208 00:21:02,250 --> 00:21:03,390 your roast, Dean. I really do. 209 00:21:04,230 --> 00:21:05,230 It's fantastic. 210 00:21:05,670 --> 00:21:06,710 You get good laughs. 211 00:21:07,370 --> 00:21:10,330 You come out drunk, you breathe on the audience, and they'll laugh at anything. 212 00:21:14,890 --> 00:21:18,430 I go back with Sammy 25 years. 213 00:21:19,010 --> 00:21:22,510 Remember when you got your first $100 ,000, you bought a Rolls Royce. 214 00:21:23,350 --> 00:21:25,630 Then you bought something for your father, a chauffeur's cap. 215 00:21:34,730 --> 00:21:38,790 on something I'm sure they're not familiar with, and I know you'll attest 216 00:21:38,790 --> 00:21:44,330 this. I, and I alone, was responsible for Sammy Davis' conversion to Judaism. 217 00:21:45,010 --> 00:21:47,350 He wanted me to turn color. I said, go to hell. 218 00:21:52,150 --> 00:21:54,010 I got a bad back. I can't march. 219 00:22:02,570 --> 00:22:04,590 month, we were down south doing a benefit together. 220 00:22:04,910 --> 00:22:08,270 We got in your bus, and I said to you, you'll have to sit to the rear of the 221 00:22:08,270 --> 00:22:10,250 bus. Sammy says, I'm Jewish. And I says, get off. 222 00:22:18,170 --> 00:22:20,170 Just want to reminisce with you while they're honoring you. 223 00:22:21,070 --> 00:22:22,990 Remember the place down there for your conversion? 224 00:22:23,710 --> 00:22:26,650 You were going to synagogue, you didn't want to go alone, and you called me for 225 00:22:26,650 --> 00:22:27,850 Joey. Please. 226 00:22:28,440 --> 00:22:31,440 I've never been to synagogue in my life. This is my first time as a Jew. Can we 227 00:22:31,440 --> 00:22:35,180 go together? I said, what time, Sam? You said, 7 .30. I said, I can't make it. 7 228 00:22:35,180 --> 00:22:37,300 .30, Sam, but I'll meet you in synagogue at 8 o 'clock. 229 00:22:37,540 --> 00:22:39,440 And you said, I'll be sitting in the third row. 230 00:22:40,580 --> 00:22:43,320 Like, if he didn't tell me where he's sitting in synagogue, I ain't gonna find 231 00:22:43,320 --> 00:22:44,320 him. 232 00:22:53,740 --> 00:22:56,260 So, for heaven's sake, throw a white skullcap so I'll spot you. 233 00:22:58,760 --> 00:23:00,040 He was never so embarrassed in my life. 234 00:23:00,240 --> 00:23:03,740 His first time in synagogue, the rabbi walked out. Sammy jumped up and 235 00:23:03,740 --> 00:23:04,740 here come the judge. 236 00:23:39,660 --> 00:23:42,980 when you can't beat him, you might as well join him. And he went and became a 237 00:23:42,980 --> 00:23:43,980 Jew. 238 00:23:46,340 --> 00:23:50,120 Now that he can live high on the hog, the rabbi won't let him eat a pork chop. 239 00:23:54,680 --> 00:23:59,280 They say that the truest way in which you could reveal a man's personality and 240 00:23:59,280 --> 00:24:02,220 character is the manner in which he relates to his children. 241 00:24:02,600 --> 00:24:05,760 So I asked Sammy, I said, Sammy, are you a good father? 242 00:24:06,220 --> 00:24:11,230 For example, on holidays, like, say, for christmas do you play santa claus for 243 00:24:11,230 --> 00:24:16,710 your kids he said the kids too hip for that i see when your kids don't dig 244 00:24:16,710 --> 00:24:19,770 claus he said they don't believe no white man is gonna ride 245 00:25:28,560 --> 00:25:31,920 is a mirth maker, and Sammy is a soul of loveliness. 246 00:25:32,160 --> 00:25:37,000 And there they were on the beach. Sammy was riding the water skis, and Don in 247 00:25:37,000 --> 00:25:40,340 the hot sun was sweating in his boat, pulling Sammy Davis along. 248 00:25:40,660 --> 00:25:41,860 I had to yell at him. 249 00:25:42,060 --> 00:25:43,060 I said, Hey, Rick! 250 00:26:08,400 --> 00:26:10,620 The hotel always makes me laugh. 251 00:26:10,840 --> 00:26:13,120 The adorable Miss Phyllis Dillard. 252 00:26:25,200 --> 00:26:30,140 It's so nice to be here at the MGM Grand Hotel, but I wish they hadn't put me in 253 00:26:30,140 --> 00:26:31,140 room 13. 254 00:26:31,600 --> 00:26:33,420 13 is very unlucky for me. 255 00:26:33,720 --> 00:26:34,820 My bust size. 256 00:26:43,100 --> 00:26:44,940 and I wasted the whole afternoon. 257 00:26:45,300 --> 00:26:46,540 I took a beauty nap. 258 00:26:52,820 --> 00:26:55,780 Sammy, you know, you really are the total performer. 259 00:26:56,160 --> 00:27:00,160 Last night I saw your act at a club downtown, down the strip, and you're 260 00:27:00,160 --> 00:27:00,999 too much. 261 00:27:01,000 --> 00:27:04,580 That audience was moved from laughter to the brink of tears. 262 00:27:05,420 --> 00:27:07,180 While you were on, they doubled the minimum. 263 00:27:14,120 --> 00:27:18,620 up from the ghetto to become a star, and he has everything that goes with it. He 264 00:27:18,620 --> 00:27:23,760 wears custom -made clothes, expensive jewelry, drives two foreign cars. 265 00:27:24,160 --> 00:27:25,980 Sammy has earned his success. 266 00:27:26,280 --> 00:27:27,860 He just hasn't paid for it. 267 00:27:44,520 --> 00:27:48,400 in Mississippi he told the bus driver that he wanted to be on the front of the 268 00:27:48,400 --> 00:27:50,420 bus so the driver tied him to the bumper 269 00:27:50,420 --> 00:27:57,200 this man believes in 270 00:27:57,200 --> 00:28:02,080 equal opportunity Sammy has a white gardener a white maid and a white 271 00:28:02,080 --> 00:28:05,300 and he's also got a black secretary to make sure they don't steal 272 00:28:15,180 --> 00:28:16,940 you can make your life even more meaningful. 273 00:28:17,240 --> 00:28:18,300 Go into politics. 274 00:28:19,240 --> 00:28:22,640 Nobody understands the need of blacks, nor do you do. 275 00:28:22,980 --> 00:28:27,060 Sammy, I want you in the White House. Then I want you to replace Kissinger 276 00:28:27,060 --> 00:28:28,060 Cary Grant. 277 00:28:28,320 --> 00:28:32,520 And every time you send Cary Grant abroad, be sure it's me. 278 00:28:37,880 --> 00:28:41,900 And whatever office you run for, I'll be your running mate. You know, they say 279 00:28:41,900 --> 00:28:44,540 that politics makes strange bedfellows. 280 00:28:44,830 --> 00:28:46,830 And we'd be about as strange as you could get. 281 00:29:06,070 --> 00:29:07,190 Thank you, sweetheart. 282 00:29:07,410 --> 00:29:08,450 It's all right with me. 283 00:29:13,290 --> 00:29:14,630 bit of Cary Grant, that's all. 284 00:29:15,450 --> 00:29:16,810 I need a sweetheart. 285 00:29:19,410 --> 00:29:24,770 You may ask, what is Jan Murray doing on a roast for Sammy Davis? 286 00:29:25,830 --> 00:29:28,490 As little as possible, we all know. 287 00:29:31,030 --> 00:29:33,370 Would you please welcome Mr. 288 00:29:33,590 --> 00:29:34,590 Jan Murray. 289 00:29:47,820 --> 00:29:50,260 this whole night, and I want to tell you something. This whole evening is a big 290 00:29:50,260 --> 00:29:53,220 farce to me. Everyone's standing up here and they're talking about Sammy Davis 291 00:29:53,220 --> 00:29:57,000 Jr. is this, Sammy Davis Jr. is that, and there is no Sammy Davis Jr. 292 00:29:57,320 --> 00:30:01,480 This man is a composite of everybody and everything he's ever seen in his life. 293 00:30:01,700 --> 00:30:03,640 Remember years ago when he came back from England? 294 00:30:04,680 --> 00:30:06,720 Suddenly he was Sir Samuel of Watts. 295 00:30:12,400 --> 00:30:15,220 How long do you think Sammy was in England? 36 hours. 296 00:30:17,160 --> 00:30:19,680 He was at the airport trying to get his jewelry past a metal detector. 297 00:30:25,980 --> 00:30:28,940 Who do you think he became this week? I'll tell you, you'll never believe 298 00:30:29,160 --> 00:30:32,240 You know, as you all know, this man is now starring across the street in one of 299 00:30:32,240 --> 00:30:36,040 the major hotels in the world. And I went to see his show last night. Now, 300 00:30:36,040 --> 00:30:39,680 closing number, you'll never believe the gall, the temerity, the audacity that 301 00:30:39,680 --> 00:30:43,920 Sammy Davis has to walk out on the stage with a slouched hat, a finger in his 302 00:30:43,920 --> 00:30:47,320 raincoat. A cigarette in his mouth, and he sang my way. 303 00:30:49,080 --> 00:30:50,560 What was he doing? 304 00:31:12,300 --> 00:31:15,940 Frank Sinatra. I went backstage after the show. I said, Sammy, how can you do 305 00:31:15,940 --> 00:31:18,900 that song? That's Frank's song. It was written for him. It's his life. 306 00:31:19,160 --> 00:31:22,260 Sammy said, that's a lie. That's my song. It was written for me. It's my 307 00:31:22,400 --> 00:31:23,400 All right? 308 00:31:23,420 --> 00:31:26,500 Folks, I went out and got a copy of the song. Here it is, My Way. 309 00:31:27,320 --> 00:31:29,500 Let's see if this is Sammy's life. All right? 310 00:31:30,040 --> 00:31:31,540 Here's the exact lyric. All right? 311 00:31:31,840 --> 00:31:34,100 And now the end is near. 312 00:31:34,560 --> 00:31:35,840 So far, you're right, Sammy. 313 00:31:40,330 --> 00:31:43,190 Saw your act last night. Your voice is flatter than your nose. 314 00:31:47,010 --> 00:31:51,810 And now we go back to the song. And so I face the final curtain. That part is 315 00:31:51,810 --> 00:31:52,810 also true, Sammy. 316 00:31:53,190 --> 00:31:56,270 So now if you ever find out you're doing this song, it'll be curtains. 317 00:31:57,070 --> 00:32:00,570 You make one call, you wake up tomorrow morning with the head of a watermelon on 318 00:32:00,570 --> 00:32:01,570 your bed. 319 00:32:07,120 --> 00:32:10,600 life that's full. I've traveled each and every highway. Now, that part, I admit, 320 00:32:10,700 --> 00:32:14,700 that is Sammy's life. He did travel each and every highway, but on the back of 321 00:32:14,700 --> 00:32:15,700 the bus. 322 00:32:19,060 --> 00:32:21,620 You know, to this day, Fred McMurray doesn't know who stole his wallet. 323 00:32:26,040 --> 00:32:29,320 You know, Sammy, the last time you had cash in your hand is when you bought 324 00:32:29,320 --> 00:32:30,560 freedom from Scarlett O 'Hara. 325 00:32:50,120 --> 00:32:56,940 Now I'd like you to meet the magnificent impressionist, the man of a thousand 326 00:32:56,940 --> 00:32:58,940 faces and a thousand voices. 327 00:32:59,160 --> 00:33:01,580 He is beautiful, Mr. 328 00:33:01,800 --> 00:33:02,980 Frank Gorshin. 329 00:33:05,020 --> 00:33:06,020 Hey. 330 00:33:13,460 --> 00:33:17,700 Nice to be here tonight to roast Mr. 331 00:33:17,900 --> 00:33:19,080 Sammy Davis Jr. 332 00:33:19,870 --> 00:33:21,830 The world's only dancing fudgicle. 333 00:33:29,050 --> 00:33:34,410 Everybody knows that you're a great actor, you're a great singer, you're a 334 00:33:34,410 --> 00:33:37,170 dancer. I love everything you do. I love to watch you show up. 335 00:33:39,930 --> 00:33:43,490 But you do your impressions all wrong, Sammy. 336 00:33:43,690 --> 00:33:46,650 Well, when you do Richard Burton, if I were Richard Burton, I'd really be 337 00:33:46,870 --> 00:33:47,870 Upset! 338 00:33:53,100 --> 00:33:54,240 I've been humiliated. 339 00:33:56,260 --> 00:34:01,940 Degraded. Fully besmirched by this... This... Brillo pad with legs. 340 00:34:12,300 --> 00:34:13,500 I do my best. 341 00:34:14,460 --> 00:34:19,360 I say, is this the dagger I see before me? The handle toward my hand? 342 00:34:19,920 --> 00:34:21,120 I don't say. 343 00:34:31,850 --> 00:34:36,750 George C. Scott from his great Oscar -refusing role of General Patton. 344 00:34:38,510 --> 00:34:44,650 If the battle gets tough, we find ourselves in the miserable position of 345 00:34:44,650 --> 00:34:45,650 to retreat. 346 00:34:46,310 --> 00:34:49,270 Well, I want you to remember these few simple words. 347 00:34:50,170 --> 00:34:51,710 Teach, do your... 348 00:35:20,430 --> 00:35:21,770 this man -tan Moishe Dayan. 349 00:35:28,250 --> 00:35:31,010 My big scene with Deborah Carr from Hero Tenet. 350 00:35:32,610 --> 00:35:33,830 He did it like this. 351 00:35:49,480 --> 00:35:50,800 You'll have to go back to your husband. 352 00:35:51,480 --> 00:35:53,960 I found myself another woman I love very much. 353 00:35:54,740 --> 00:35:55,740 Who is she? 354 00:35:56,000 --> 00:35:57,000 Who is she? 355 00:35:58,700 --> 00:36:05,100 Who is she? 356 00:36:07,320 --> 00:36:09,420 Did the name Ruby Petonia mean anything to you? 357 00:36:30,480 --> 00:36:34,500 that I get to introduce someone who's in worse shape than I am. 358 00:36:36,880 --> 00:36:43,880 Here's the distinguished chairman of the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce, Mr. 359 00:36:44,100 --> 00:36:45,140 Buster Fuchs. 360 00:37:11,020 --> 00:37:15,980 standing here and I'd rather imagine you're surprised that I am. 361 00:37:20,160 --> 00:37:24,520 The last time you and I were side by side somebody stepped on my tongue. 362 00:37:33,740 --> 00:37:36,160 Alien jump. Alien jump. Folks. 363 00:37:45,350 --> 00:37:51,090 G. Martin has a, without a doubt, the warmest heart in show business. 364 00:37:52,270 --> 00:37:54,370 And you would, too, if you drank Sterno. 365 00:38:11,690 --> 00:38:14,990 Ask me to 366 00:38:14,990 --> 00:38:21,530 tell you 367 00:38:21,530 --> 00:38:22,630 something. 368 00:38:24,370 --> 00:38:29,910 We don't mind if you have parties in your room with a lot of scantily dressed 369 00:38:29,910 --> 00:38:36,050 girls running around, but please have a little consideration for your neighbors 370 00:38:36,050 --> 00:38:38,670 and also for me. 371 00:38:40,560 --> 00:38:42,000 Sam, please cover up your keyhole. 372 00:38:48,620 --> 00:38:54,100 On behalf of the citizens... On 373 00:38:54,100 --> 00:39:01,280 behalf 374 00:39:01,280 --> 00:39:04,920 of the citizens... On behalf of the citizens... On behalf of the citizens... 375 00:39:04,920 --> 00:39:10,540 behalf of the citizens... 376 00:39:13,850 --> 00:39:15,930 Superstars, Sandy Duncan Jr. 377 00:39:24,870 --> 00:39:26,010 Sandy Duncan. 378 00:39:27,850 --> 00:39:32,570 Where would Las Vegas be without you, Slammy? Slammy? 379 00:40:07,280 --> 00:40:08,520 you think you are. 380 00:40:15,320 --> 00:40:22,280 Whenever you play Las Vegas, many people benefit financially. 381 00:40:22,920 --> 00:40:27,760 And may I add a finer bunch of girls you couldn't ask for. 382 00:40:52,940 --> 00:40:56,240 The excitement you create in an audience is incredible. 383 00:40:57,680 --> 00:41:04,580 There they sit, spellbound, wondering if someone in your entourage is 384 00:41:04,580 --> 00:41:05,780 ransacking their room. 385 00:41:12,580 --> 00:41:18,980 Dancing for pennies to that magnificent moment when Frank Sinatra phoned down to 386 00:41:18,980 --> 00:41:22,740 the lobby and said, Send the colored kid up to dance while I shave. 387 00:41:50,000 --> 00:41:57,000 You know, Sammy Davis is always singing, what kind of fool am I? I'll tell you 388 00:41:57,000 --> 00:42:02,520 what kind of fool Sammy is. He asked me to invite Don Rickles here tonight. 389 00:42:04,880 --> 00:42:11,600 Sammy, you asked for him, and you got him. Ladies and 390 00:42:11,600 --> 00:42:17,980 gentlemen, here's the man whose sense of humor is as twisted as Carl Malden's 391 00:42:17,980 --> 00:42:18,980 nose. 392 00:42:32,710 --> 00:42:33,750 Sammy, you people rust. 393 00:42:36,870 --> 00:42:42,490 It's a wonderful treat to be able to, this wonderful black man, Sam, I kid 394 00:42:42,510 --> 00:42:45,790 we know each other a lot of years, really. And I love the black people. We 395 00:42:45,790 --> 00:42:48,130 you people, I swear, because no Jew's going to make up a train. 396 00:42:54,190 --> 00:42:57,210 My kid, Sammy, you're a black man. I took a guess. 397 00:43:03,720 --> 00:43:05,280 into a bucket of M andM's, I'll tell you. 398 00:43:09,820 --> 00:43:13,240 To you, my good friend, Freddie French, who's your buddy, and we need the Puerto 399 00:43:13,240 --> 00:43:18,320 Rican people, I quote the grades, the words of a great Puerto Rican, Manuel 400 00:43:18,320 --> 00:43:20,420 Gertezas, who said to me in New York, do you want more coffee? 401 00:43:44,200 --> 00:43:45,220 Look at this wonderful day. 402 00:43:45,500 --> 00:43:47,940 Frank Borsh in his whole life as Burt Lancaster. 403 00:43:48,300 --> 00:43:50,980 Joey Bishop, who passed away and wasn't told about it. 404 00:43:53,920 --> 00:43:57,500 Will Chamberlain, I say from the bottom of my heart, you can move into my 405 00:43:57,500 --> 00:43:58,500 neighborhood any time you want. 406 00:44:00,460 --> 00:44:01,419 Black giant. 407 00:44:01,420 --> 00:44:02,420 Can you imagine this guy? 408 00:44:02,540 --> 00:44:04,080 Standing in front of the keys. 409 00:44:13,960 --> 00:44:15,000 I kid you, Wilton, why? 410 00:44:15,440 --> 00:44:16,480 Because you could hurt me. 411 00:44:22,180 --> 00:44:27,020 You better know this is too fast for you, Dean. I'll make you feel at home. 412 00:44:27,280 --> 00:44:28,280 Youngstown, Ohio, right? 413 00:44:29,000 --> 00:44:30,080 What's that town you come from? 414 00:44:30,620 --> 00:44:31,620 Steubenville. Why, that's better. 415 00:44:46,800 --> 00:44:48,700 kid, but now, Milton, I say this from my heart. 416 00:44:49,260 --> 00:44:51,020 Show business in your life. 417 00:44:51,380 --> 00:44:52,780 Thyself be thee with your new book. 418 00:44:53,080 --> 00:44:54,680 Love thee and know thyself, Milton. 419 00:44:55,300 --> 00:44:56,340 He's old. He understands. 420 00:45:01,460 --> 00:45:05,660 I have based my whole humor on laughing at bigotry. I laugh at Wilks Haven. Ha, 421 00:45:05,700 --> 00:45:08,080 ha, ha, ha, ha. But if you don't laugh back, it's not funny. 422 00:45:10,020 --> 00:45:12,240 I laugh at the blacks, the whites, the purples. 423 00:45:12,700 --> 00:45:13,700 Mostly the blacks. 424 00:45:18,000 --> 00:45:20,440 and who said after the Muhammad Ali fight, was I down? 425 00:45:25,220 --> 00:45:26,800 Let me taste that, Sam. 426 00:45:27,500 --> 00:45:31,480 To the black people, remember the words of a great Negro, Johnson Jones, who 427 00:45:31,480 --> 00:45:34,360 said in Biloxi, Mississippi on a Saturday night, if the... 428 00:46:02,760 --> 00:46:03,678 That's right. 429 00:46:03,680 --> 00:46:05,220 Look who became the priest. 430 00:46:13,360 --> 00:46:16,500 Now you're Catholic and I'm a Jew and Sammy, you're black. 431 00:46:16,840 --> 00:46:17,840 I'm sorry. 432 00:46:23,380 --> 00:46:26,220 Remember the words of a great Negro. I say that honestly. 433 00:46:26,440 --> 00:46:30,100 All peoples are alike. We are all working. You live in my neighborhood. I 434 00:46:30,100 --> 00:46:31,220 in yours. Right, Sam? Right. 435 00:46:31,470 --> 00:46:32,470 Are you crazy? 436 00:46:39,670 --> 00:46:40,850 It doesn't matter. 437 00:46:41,050 --> 00:46:42,310 It's what's in your heart. Right, Sam? 438 00:46:42,750 --> 00:46:43,750 Be proud. 439 00:46:43,770 --> 00:46:45,030 Brothers, we kiss, we hug. 440 00:46:46,130 --> 00:46:47,210 Any black on my lips? 441 00:47:08,810 --> 00:47:11,670 One time he met his wife, Altaviz. 442 00:47:11,930 --> 00:47:16,570 She was a struggling young dancer in his nightclub act. 443 00:47:17,410 --> 00:47:23,610 Altaviz, Altaviz, could you marry someone with a simple name like Zephyr? 444 00:47:27,330 --> 00:47:34,270 Ladies and gentlemen, here's a surprise for our man of the hour. I'd like to 445 00:47:34,270 --> 00:47:36,570 bring on Sam Lee, lovely wife. 446 00:47:52,220 --> 00:47:56,680 I've heard almost every word that you people on the day have said about my old 447 00:47:56,680 --> 00:47:57,680 man. 448 00:47:59,480 --> 00:48:02,220 And all I can say is, right on. 449 00:48:06,760 --> 00:48:11,140 kid, Sammy, but I'll have you know that he's personally created jobs for a lot 450 00:48:11,140 --> 00:48:14,120 of people nobody else would hire. His tailors. 451 00:48:22,120 --> 00:48:26,960 Ladies and gentlemen, now's the moment that I wait for every night. 452 00:48:27,620 --> 00:48:30,580 I'd like to present my numero uno. 453 00:48:30,980 --> 00:48:32,380 My Mr. Wonderful. 454 00:48:32,900 --> 00:48:34,020 My husband. 455 00:48:58,350 --> 00:48:59,350 Thank you. 456 00:49:00,670 --> 00:49:07,350 I would first of all like to thank a man that I love very, very much for giving 457 00:49:07,350 --> 00:49:08,850 me this honor. 458 00:49:11,370 --> 00:49:12,510 Mr. Dean Martin. 459 00:49:22,690 --> 00:49:26,410 One of the great joys of being 45 years in this business. 460 00:49:27,500 --> 00:49:31,720 is to have people who love you make fun of you. 461 00:49:32,540 --> 00:49:34,580 That is one of the great joys. 462 00:49:34,840 --> 00:49:41,200 Because the day they don't make fun of you, that means they don't give a damn 463 00:49:41,200 --> 00:49:43,960 about you. I thank you. 464 00:49:45,500 --> 00:49:47,480 That's it. Thank you very much.