Dean
Martin. The night before he died Dean Martin
enjoyed the pleasures of red wine.
Dean Martins stand up routine was
laden with such pearls of drinking wisdom.
What can be said about Dean Martin
that hasn’t been said a thousand times before?
I could analyse his volatile relationship with the
irrepressible Jerry Louis. I could bang on about his
time with drinking legend Frank Sinartra and the rest
of the Rat Pack. I could titillate you with tales
of his drinking, and womanising, or bring you to tears
with a boring critique of his musical career. I could
detail his tragic demise after the death of his son
Dino Junior in 1987, and his death of respiratory
failure in 1995. No I shall talk of none of these
things. Instead I will pass on a pearl of wisdom I
learnt from the great man:
“If you drink, don't drive. Don't even
putt.”
Sound advice from a legend of drinking!
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