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==In popular culture== [[File:Dean Martin Rawhide 1964.jpg|thumb|right|Martin with [[Laura Devon]] in ''[[Rawhide (TV series)|Rawhide]]'' (1964)]] A number of Martin songs have been featured across popular culture for decades. Hits such as "Ain't That a Kick in the Head", "Sway", "You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You", "That's Amore", and Martin's signature song "Everybody Loves Somebody" have been in films (such as the Oscar-winning ''[[Logorama]]'', ''[[A Bronx Tale]]'', ''[[Casino (1995 film)|Casino]]'', ''[[Goodfellas]]'', ''[[Payback (1999 film)|Payback]]'', ''[[Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol]]'', ''[[Sexy Beast]]'', ''[[Moonstruck]]'', ''[[Vegas Vacation]]'', ''[[Swingers (1996 film)|Swingers]]'', and ''[[Return to Me]]''), television series (such as ''[[American Dad!]]'', ''[[Friends]]'', ''[[The Sopranos]]'', ''[[Mad Men]]'', ''[[House (TV series)|House MD]]'', ''[[Samurai Jack]]'', and ''[[The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air]]''), video games (such as ''[[The Godfather: The Game]]'', ''[[The Godfather II (video game)|The Godfather II]]'', ''[[Fallout: New Vegas]]'', and ''[[Mafia II]]''), and fashion shows (such as the 2008 ''[[Victoria's Secret Fashion Show]]''). [[Danny Gans]] portrayed Martin in the 1992 CBS miniseries ''[[Sinatra (TV miniseries)|Sinatra]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last=O'Connor |first=John J. |author-link=John J. O'Connor (journalist) |date=November 6, 1992 |title=TV Weekend; Sinatra: The Good, the Bad, and Mostly the Music |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/11/06/news/tv-weekend-sinatra-the-good-the-bad-and-mostly-the-music.html |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=December 26, 2016}}</ref> Martin was portrayed by [[Joe Mantegna]] in the 1998 [[HBO]] movie about Sinatra and Martin titled ''[[The Rat Pack (film)|The Rat Pack]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Rothman |first=Cliff |date=May 16, 1998 |title=Revisiting the Clan in HBO's 'Rat Pack' |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-may-16-ca-50155-story.html |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |access-date=December 26, 2016}}</ref> Mantegna was nominated for both an [[Emmy Award]] and a [[Golden Globe Award]] for the role. British actor [[Jeremy Northam]] portrayed the entertainer in the 2002 made-for-TV movie ''[[Martin and Lewis (film)|Martin and Lewis]]'', alongside ''[[Will & Grace]]''{{'s}} [[Sean Hayes (actor)|Sean Hayes]] as Jerry Lewis.<ref>{{cite news |last=Stanley |first=Alessandra |author-link=Alessandra Stanley |date=September 2, 2002 |title=Revisiting a Fabled, Doomed Partnership |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/02/arts/revisiting-a-fabled-doomed-partnership.html |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=December 26, 2016}}</ref> Martin is the subject of ''Dean Martin's Wild Party'' and ''Dean Martin's Vegas Shindig'', a pair of video slot machines found in many casinos. The games feature songs sung by Martin during the bonus feature and the count-up of a player's winnings. A compilation album called ''Amore!'' debuted at number one on ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' magazine's [[Top Pop Catalog Albums]] chart in its February 21, 2009, issue.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=No. 1 On The Charts |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W6e7tlhHmP0C&pg=PT2 |magazine=Billboard |volume=121 |issue=7 |date=February 21, 2009 |page=3}}</ref> In 1998, the [[MTV]] animated show ''[[Celebrity Deathmatch]]'' had a clay-animated fight to the death between Martin and comedian Jerry Lewis. Martin wins by whacking Jerry out of the ring. ''[[The Rat Pack: Live from Las Vegas]]'' has been a successful tribute show, featuring Martin impersonators, on stage in Europe and North America since 2000. The popular Las Vegas show, "The Rat Pack is Back" has played The Copa Room at the Tuscany Suites Casino for several years. The walk-up song for [[Francisco Cervelli]], a catcher for the [[Atlanta Braves]], is the Dean Martin tune "That's Amore". In [[DePatie-Freleng Enterprises|DePatie-Freleng]]'s animated theatrical cartoon series ''[[The Ant and the Aardvark]]'', the Ant's voice was performed by [[John Byner]] as an imitation of Martin.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://johnbyner.com/the-works/animated-voices/ant-and-aardvark-episodes/|title=John Byner» Ant and Aardvark Episodes|website=johnbyner.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Leszczak |first1=Bob |title=The Odd Couple on Stage and Screen: A History with Cast and Crew Profiles and an Episode Guide |date=2014 |publisher=McFarland & Co. |location=Jefferson, N.C. |isbn=978-0786477906 |page=31 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TPdWBAAAQBAJ&q=%22john+byner%22+%22jackie+mason%22+aardvark&pg=PA31 |access-date=December 26, 2016}}</ref> Martin appears as Matt Helm in [[Quentin Tarantino]]'s 2019 period piece ''[[Once Upon a Time in Hollywood]]''. [[Sharon Tate]] (played by [[Margot Robbie]]) goes to a cinema to see ''The Wrecking Crew''.<ref>{{cite news| last=De Loera| first=Carlos| date=July 26, 2019| title=Experience the L.A. captured in 'Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood'| url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2019-07-25/where-to-see-the-la-sites-of-once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood| newspaper=Los Angeles Times| access-date=April 22, 2020}}</ref>
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