This is a quick read from Tales of the Casting Couch by Marty Allen.
Tag Archives: Allen and Rossi
When it was Big News that the Landmark Hotel in Las Vegas Would Have 27 Floors
Seems quaint today that it once made international news that the Landmark Hotel in Las Vegas was going to have a casino on the 27th floor. Of course Allen and Rossi were part of the big story.
Allen & Rossi Reported as a Comedy Team Who Shuns Television – What a Difference a Decade Made!
Check out this story from the Miami News 1960 by Dick Kleiner.
Something tells me that when television came calling they did not have to ask Allen and Rossi twice if they wanted to go on. The duo went on to perform on Ed Sullivan, What’s My Line, and Garry Moore show multiple times just to name a few. By the end of the decade the duo had made over 100 appearances on television.
If television called today Steve Rossi would be there!
Steve Rossi: King of the Paramount Pictures Lot
Earl Wilson’s article about the king sized treatment Allen & Rossi received while filming The Last of the Secret Agents in 1965. They had lush dressing rooms on the same block as Elvis, Natalie Wood, and Kirk Douglas. Phone lines at the studio were answered “Hello Dere” and even the commissary got in the act by offering a lunch special inspired by the duo.
“Allen & Rossi ‘Hello Dere’ Special – Cheeseburger and macaroni”
It’s the biggest build up for a couple of clowns seen here in years!
