Dean Martin and the Wonderful Whimsical Whatzit!

John McElwee of Greenbriar Picture Shows fame (go there now) has just posted this photo of the extremely cool and funny Dean Martin opening gifts on his forty-third birthday surrounded by his way fabulous guests Shirley MacLaine, Elvis, and Jerry's arch-nemesis, producer "Iron" Hal Wallis. As you can see, Dino is opening a very cool gift. Shirley certainly thinks it's cool!

BUT WHAT IN THE NAME OF GOD IS IT??

On first glance, I believe it to be the multispacial neutronic accelerator, or MNA, that Dean has needed to complete the extremely groovy time machine he's building in his ultra-cool underground bachelor pad! His face beams with anticipation as he realizes that he'll soon be whizzing through time to meet and become well acquainted with fine, foxy ladies from the past and future! Happy Birthday, Dino!