Well, that brings our look at The Martin & Lewis Show to a close. Incidentally, we’ll be staying with this energy next month. I mentioned earlier that Dean made films with The Rat Pack. Frank Sinatra was also a member. Some people called Frank the leader. Some others have incorrectly attributed him as the founder of this crew.

But, our focus in Breaking Walls episode 140 will spotlight the true creator of The Rat Pack. Next time on Breaking Walls, we focus on Bogie, and Bacall too, when we spotlight the unsung radio career of Humphrey Bogart.

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The reading material for today’s episode was:

• On The Air — By John Dunning

• Dean & Me: A Love Story — By Jerry Lewis

• Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime (Especially Himself): The Story of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis — by Arthur Marx

• Network Radio Ratings — By Jim Ramsburg

• Marilyn Monroe: The Biography — By Donald Spoto

As well as articles from:

• Billboard

• The Cleveland Plain Dealer

• LIFE Magazine

• The Los Angeles Times

• The New York Times

• Variety

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On the interview front:

• Jack Benny and Virginia Gregg spoke with Chuck Schaden. Hear these interviews at SpeakingofRadio.com.

• John Gibson spoke to Dick Bertel and Ed Corcoran for WTIC’s The Golden Age of Radio. Hear these full interviews at GoldenAge-WTIC.org.

• Both Frank and Nancy Sinatra Jr. spoke with Larry King.

• Marilyn Monroe spoke with Dave Garroway for NBC’s Monitor in 1955.

• Both Martin and Lewis spoke with Cedric Adams for WCCO in 1952.

• Dean Martin spoke with Edward R. Murrow in 1958 and with Randi Oakes in 1984

• Jerry Lewis spoke with Sam Denoff for The Television Academy in 2000.