Charismatic Cool and Tipsy Nonchalance

Joe Scalissi does happen to fit the bill, down to the pinkie ring and ever-present scotch on the rocks. If you watch YouTube videos from 1965 as I did, you’ll see he also has the charismatic cool and the tipsy nonchalance that could set an entire room at ease, everyone ready for the next laugh and content with nursing a martini in the event of a ballad. This guy was a comedian. Who knew that the crooner of “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” was such a funny lush. Make no mistake, he was funny in the 1960s-Mad-Men-humor — perhaps not thoroughly #MeToo disinfected — but funny just the same. Apparently Scalissi is “internationally known” for his Dean Martin, having performed from Dubai to Vegas to Ontario for the past 20 years.

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