More on the Dino Clip

From Tom Cohen…

Longtime reader, first time e-mailer (as they say). I'm a big Dean Martin fan who is unfortunately too young to have seen him perform in his prime. I've seen this particular video before (and yes, it is very sad) and it is indeed from Dean's last appearance on the Together Again tour at the Oakland Coliseum. Somewhere I have a tape with the full performance plus the press conference the Pack did at Chasen's to announce the tour.

You know, I never got to see Dean in his prime, either…at least not on a stage. I did see him taping his TV show a few times in what was arguably his prime. I wonder if the Greg Garrison estate or his company has much or any footage of outtakes and Dean screwing around on the set between (and sometimes during) a song or sketch. That was, as you might imagine, at least as entertaining as the actual show.

And this is from Brad Ferguson…

Despite Phil De Croocq's observation that the clip isn't from the "Together Again" tour, you see Sammy come out to perform at the end of Dean's set, and there's no big ooooh and aaaah of surprise from the audience when he does, as you might expect if this were a Dean show in Vegas, and Sammy just suddenly showed up.

I noticed that some of the camera shots were from the audience, and that the shot would be blocked by people getting up and down and walking past.

You said that the tour was supposed to culminate in an HBO special. I think HBO shot this earlier in the tour, on the cheap, just to see how the guys would look. I know HBO would do that sort of thing in preparation for the one-man shows they used to carry (Soupy Sales is one example I know about).

That sounds logical. It's hard to imagine anyone getting away with shooting a bootleg video at a Dean/Sammy concert, especially if Frank was also on the bill…although it has been done. Does Tom or anyone know for sure?