Rat Pack

Although Sinatra called the group "The Summit," the moniker Rat Pack, a nod to the original Rat Pack made up of Humphrey Bogart and his celebrity pals Judy Garland, Sinatra and others, was what stuck.

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Connecting more dots, I think he thinks he's in the Rat Pack where women are "broads", the liquor always flows and Frank is in the Big Room at the Sands.

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Jamie Foxx, who won an Oscar playing Ray Charles, who could and did sing everything (not to mention virtually creating the genre of r&b) but isn't exactly a Rat Pack era big band singer.

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After all, Capus has a whole network to fix, a number of bigots and insensitive advertisers to fire, not just one pop culture dinosaur whose humor went out with Rat Pack jokes about Sammy Davis, Jr.

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The effect is retro chic, reminiscent of Rat Pack leader Frank Sinatra.

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What's particularly troubling about this current Frankfest is that it seems to position Sinatra as an icon built on the brassy image of the swinging Rat Pack leader.

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What about the super hot Steve Calabresi - did his rugged Rat Pack good looks influence his views on federalism?

Bad hair day. Ann Althouse 2007

Mr. Bishop, the stone-faced comedian who found success in night clubs, television and movies but became most famous as a member of the boisterous Rat Pack, has died at his home, his publicist said Thursday.

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TONY COX, host: Sammy Davis jr. began his career in black vaudeville, but he ended it an international star, a member of the famed Rat Pack, a favorite of gossip magazines, and a guest in the White House.

'Photo by Sammy Davis,' Scenes in Black and White 2007

As I said above, just delivered the second Rat Pack, and I'm working on the follow up to a book called THE PICASSO FLOP, which will be out in Feb. These are Texas Hold 'em mysteries I'm writing with poker analyst-actor-former tennis star Vince Van Patten.

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