Kiss Me, Stupid

Crooner Dino is played by Dean Martin, in a role where he essentially is playing himself. Dino is asked at one point in the film what he thinks of the new rock group The Beatles, and he replies in a derogatory manner, with the script imitating Martin's feelings about the band in real life. Dino is then told that they are the new sound and that Dino's sound is obsolete. Ironically, and in reality, soon after the filming of this movie began, Martin recorded his soon-to-be signature song, "Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime," which knocked The Beatles' "A Hard Days' Night" single from the Billboard #1 spot in August 1964, one month after filming wrapped on this movie. Martin therefore became the second easy-listening performer to achieve a #1 Billboard single after The Beatles arrived in America. The first was Louis Armstrong with "Hello, Dolly" in May 1964. Both did this by usurping the Beatles themselves from the top chart position.

After Orville's wife digs under his sweatshirt for a pen while Johnny is playing the piano, the sound of the piano distorts as if the sound tape slowed down for a second.

There is an American version and a version released outside the U. S. of Kiss Me, Stupid. Deemed too sexually charged for U.S. audiences, the scene with Dean Martin and Felicia Farr in Kim Novak's trailer was reshot for American release.

Featured in E! True Hollywood Story: Dean Martin (1999)