Did you ever have a song that you just can't get out of your head? For me, at least for today, it is Dean Martin singing, "It's a Marshmallow World." I have a snippet of Dean singing the song on a mid-70s, Bob Hope Christmas special. How can you tell that is an old special? Well - here is how you may know:
- They really don't make Christmas specials anymore. I mean, there are Christmas episodes of shows - but not really Christmas music specials.
- Dean Martin is still alive on video. I checked, and Dean Martin died on Christmas day in 1995.
- Bob Hope is still alive on video. Bob Hope died in July of 2003.
- Dean Martin is wearing a tuxedo. You don't see many guys wearing tuxes on television anymore. Sometimes you will catch one or two on Jerry Lewis telethons - but I don't even know if those air anymore.
- Lastly - Dean is smoking a cigarette while singing. You never see that anymore - at least on non-cable stations. They last guy that I can remember smoking a cigarette on TV (he wasn't singing, however) - was Don Johnson as Sonny Crockett.
I hope that you enjoy the video:
