Lot 15
Mercury Program, 1966, Dean Martin Comedy Hour Presentation Photo (8x10", professionally double matted and framed to 18x16") This unique color photo of Dean Martin and Bill Dana/Jose, the Reluctant Astronaut, is inscribed on the mat: "To Bill, You may 'plan to cry a lot'…but you sure make the rest of us laugh, Dino".
During the 1960's and 1970's, Bill was a favorite guest on all the major television comedy and variety shows including the Ed Sullivan Show, the Steve Allen Show, the Hollywood Palace and The Tonight Show, among others. This photo depicts an October 20, 1966 appearance of Bill, in his famed role as Jose the Astronaut, on the Dean Martin Show with the host, Dean Martin. For those of you too young to remember this time in history, you are looking at two of the kings of TV who, with their contemporaries, were "must watch" TV and who made the whole country laugh and forget their troubles. Extensive uniform toning on the mats, but a unique memento of bygone times.
Estimated Value $750 - 1,000.
Ex. the comedian Bill Dana/Jose Jimenez collection.
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