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Scope and Content Note
Entertainer Dean Martin's Celebrity Roast debuted as a segment on the Dean Martin Show in 1973, continuing as a series of television specials from 1974-1984. The collection consists of 8 scripts featuring comic roasts of Ronald Reagan, Hugh Hefner, Ed McMahon, William Conrad, Bette Davis, Barry Goldwater, Wilt Chamberlain, and Joe Garagiola.