The back of his head, where hair might be, was freshly shorn, and his features, which in dark or obscure moods can appear mottled and knotted, were at rest, projecting benevolent bemusement
Some of Martins other tours de force havent aged well, like the drinking jokes, some of the frat boy banter in the Rat Pack stage act, and the racial gags with Sammy Davis Jr., like carrying Davis to the microphone and saying, Id like to thank the NAACP for this wonderful trophy. But you hear him sing, relaxed as a puppy asleep by the fire, and you understand why Elvis Presley wanted to be Dean Martin
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