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Sleeve Notes
If there’s a shread of truth in the rumor that’s got all Hollywood chattering, Dean Martin is going back to Houston, a city in Harris County, Texas.
If this is true, then it is important that we know something about these two cities or singers, as the case may be. In order to make the assimilation of knowledge fun, we have made it into a contest which we call …
The Who's Bigger — Dean Martin Or Houston Texas? Game
| Category | Houston Texas | Dean Martin |
| Average Number of Children | 2.87 | 7.0 |
| Best Phobia of All | Being overlooked. "Did you know we have the biggest Methodist church in the world?" they ask. | Won't ride in elevators since getting stuck between floors twice. "They won't get a third crack at Dino" he says. |
| Best Fact to Pass Off Lightly | Some people there own a land-locked battleship. | He has a putting green in his basement. |
| Given Name | Buffalo Bayou. | Dino Crocetti |
| Favorite Monument | 570' San Jacinto Monument, the world's tallest stone structure. | The Sands Hotel, the world's stonedest tall structure. |
| Most Famous Saying | "If I owned Texas and hell, I'd rent out Texas and live in hell." - Gen. Phil Sheridan | "I feel sorry for those folks who don't drink, 'cause when they get up in the morning, that's as good as they're gonna feel all day long." |
| Most Southerly Point | NASA | The Springs. |
| Most Famous Teen Group | "The Housteens." In the Shamrock Hotel's Normandy Room, they dance and sip Cokes, in evening dress, under a Paris mural with a lighted street lamp. | Dino, Desi and Billy. |
| Favorite Car | Red air-conditioned Cadillac with silver antler hood ornament. | Custom Dual Ghia and a pair of motor bikes. |
| Major Port | Port of Houston, second only to Port of New York. | Any brand. |
| Biggest Break | 27.5% tax write off on gross income on oil wells. | Quitting boxing to go on stage with his Bing Crosby imitation. |
| Last Big Snowfall | 1926. | 1931. |
| Biggest Addiction | Eating barbeque, cooked from the top down so the juices will seep through it. | Watching television starting at ten in the morning, while sitting on the couch in pajamas with a white monogram on his pocket. |
| Greatest Honor | To be an honorary sheriff and carry a badge and ride horses on occassions. | Breaking 70 at Bel Air |
| Liquor Policy | No club may sell hard liquor. | Open door. |
| Loftiest Contribution to Well Being of Mankind | The Houston Natural Gas Odorizing Co. trains blood hounds to detect leaks in gas pipe lines. | Co-starring in film musical "My Friend Irma Goes West" with Marie Wilson, John Lund, and Jerry Lewis. |
| Most Stimulating Little-Known-Fact | 95% of all football cleats are made in Houston. | He was once a croupier. |
| Biggest Import | Water (Houston, the nation's 2nd largest sea port, is 50 miles from the ocean). | Scotch. |
