[A]fter several appearances on television variety shows, Mr. Petrillo moved to Los Angeles, where he teamed up with Duke Mitchell, a singer who sang in the smooth-baritone style of Frankie Laine, Vaughn Monroe — and Dean Martin. They put together a nightclub act based primarily on their impersonations of the comedy team Martin and Lewis.
Based on that, the movie producer Jack Broder cast them in a low-budget comedy, “Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla,” opposite Mr. Lugosi. In the movie they played nightclub performers, stranded on a tropical island, who act very much like Martin and Lewis....
... Mr. Lewis’s eldest son, Gary, said: "When Sammy and the other guy played in that gorilla movie, I remember my dad and Dean saying, 'We got to sue these guys — this is no good.'"
See for yourself:
Bonus: Gary Lewis plays drums and sings.
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It doesn't look good. And what was a gorilla doing in the South Pacific?
Maybe I should watch to find out.
Thanks for that!
I'd forgotten that belts used to be used as underarm deodorants...
WV: roten, appropriately
Priceless.
--Lauren Bacall on Twitter:
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A pale imitation? Please.
Please, please Hold My Hand.
I saw that movie when I was a kid. I thought it was Jerry Lewis.
I will say that I have never taken advantage of the fact that I look just like Barack H. Obama. But kudos to Sammy Petrillo for using what God gave him.
vw: gulibi (heh)
The whole movie is on archive.org:
http://www.archive.org/details/BelaLugosiMeetsaBrooklynGorilla
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