There's a statue of Jimmy Stewart in the Hollywood Wax Museum, and the statue talks better than he does.

This prompted a battle between Martin and NBC censors who insisted on more scrutiny of the show's content. He was the host of the successful television variety program The Dean Martin Show (1965–1974) and subsequently The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts (1974–1985). formed the legendary Rat Pack so called by the public after an earlier group of social friends the Holmby Hills Rat Pack centered on Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall of which Sinatra had been a member.

Dean Martin (born Dino Paul Crocetti; June 7 1917 – December 25 1995) was an American singer film actor television star and comedian. He was the host of the successful television variety program The Dean Martin Show (1965–1974) and subsequently The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts (1974–1985).