Flashback: Sammy and Dino — Generation Gap

This episode was originally released on December 14, 2021. Listen to help prep for the next episode of our new season, The Old Man is Still Alive. In the mid-1960s, 47 year-old Dean Martin proves he's still got it by knocking the Beatles off the top of the pop charts, and by launching his long-running TV show, which brought a version of his nightclub act into America’s living rooms every week. But his middle-aged drunk schtick sours as the decade of hippies and Vietnam wears on. Sammy Davis Jr has his own challenges, living up to the expectations of a new generation of activists--and he only makes matters worse by embracing Richard Nixon. After disastrously dabbling with Motown, Sammy records “The Candy Man” -- a silly novelty single that he hated, but which ended up saving his career. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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Flashback: Sammy and Dino — Generation Gap is an episode from You Must Remember This by Karina Longworth.

This episode is 84:56 long.

This episode was published on Mar 7, 2025.

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