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Deconstructing The Rat Pack
Joey, the Mob, and the Summit
| Author: | Richard A. Lertzman, with Lon Davis |
|---|---|
| Paperback: | 294 pages |
| Publisher: | Prestige Press (2020) |
| Avg. Rating: |  [ Unrated ] |
| ISBN: | 9781098341619 |
| In Print? | Yes |
The complete story of The Rat Pack, with the primary focus on member Joey Bishop. The behind-the-scenes history of his 1961 - 1965 sitcom THE JOEY BISHOP SHOW is covered in a few chapters, and discusses Joe Besser's costarring role. Bishop's late 1960s nightime talk show, which briefly featured Besser in comedy sketches in its early months, also has a chapter.
From the back cover...
"For twenty-eight consecutive nights in February 1960, a dusty town called Las Vegas became the epicenter of the world. All eyes were on the party happening at the Sands Hotel and Casino, the new headquarters for the Chairman of the Board, Frank Sinatra. Frank and his cronies Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Joey Bishop, and Peter Lawford -- better known as the Rat Pack -- galvanized the crowds in the showroom at night and shot a heist movie called OCEAN'S 11 during the daylight hours. What happened during those days and nights captured the public imagination and introduced to the world a new President, John Fitzgerald Kennedy. Sixty years later, the Rat Pack and the Summit still conjure up the excitement that was, and is, Sin City USA.
Deconstructing the Rat Pack: Joey, the Mob, and the Summit is based on countless exclusive interviews with Joey Bishop and the mobsters who used five entertainers to put Las Vegas on the international map."
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