Dean Martin random trivia

Much of the "booze" that he drank on stage during his famous "Rat Pack" performances was really apple juice. (Son Dean Paul Martin spilled this secret, after the variety show ended production, stating that his father couldn't have performed if he'd really drunk that much liquor.) Starred (with Jerry Lewis) on NBC Radio's "The Martin and Lewis Show" (1949-1953). When 20th Century-Fox fired Marilyn Monroe as his co-star in "Something's Got to Give" and then attempted to replace her with Lee Remick, he reminded the studio that he had contractual approval of his co-star, and refused to continue the project without Monroe. His act of loyalty eventually got Marilyn re-hired, but she died of a drug overdose before shooting on this never-finished film could resume.