actor, chef, comedian, writer, director, and magician Dom DeLuise has died.
during a long career, Dom was ascociated with some of cinemas most enduring comedys. One of his characters, Dominick the great, became one of the great comedy magic acts off all time.....
from wiki....
TV producer Greg Garrison hired DeLuise to appear as a specialty act on the popular Dean Martin show. DeLuise ran through his "Dominick the Great" routine, a riotous example of a magic act gone wrong, with host Martin as a bemused volunteer from the audience. Dom's catch phrase in broken Italian dialect, No Applause Necessary, Sava to the End. The show went so well that DeLuise was soon a regular on Martin's program, participating in both songs and sketches. Garrison also featured DeLuise in his own hour-long comedy specials for ABC. (Martin was often just off-camera when these were taped, and his distinctive laugh can be heard loud and clear.)
it's worth hunting out the clips of this act on youtube, because they are seriously funny, and a fantastic lesson in how to do comedy magic.
r.i.p...
