Results: The Rat Pack
Published on 08/26/2018
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The Rat Pack -- just the words bring back memories of Vegas in the 60's, and a group of entertainers that made their mark individually and collectively in the entertainment world. When we think of the Rat Pack, the names that come to mind are the big five -- Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr, Dean Martin, Peter Lawford and Joey Bishop. So, some of these interesting facts about the Rat Pack may surprise you. Which of these did you already know?
Originally, the Rat Pack was a group of friends formed in New York, in the 50's, centered around the group's leader, Humphrey Bogart. The original members included Errol Flynn, Nat King Cole, Mickey Rooney, Jerry Lewis and Cesar Romero.
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Nobody's sure where the "Rat Pack" name came from, but most likely it originated with Bogart and Lauren Bacall living in a neighborhood called Holmby Hills, so their house and the original group were sometimes called the Holmby Hills Rat Pack.
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Later, after Bogart died in 1957, the Rat Pack became associated with the big five above in the question. The group didn't call itself the Rat Pack, though. They used "The Summit" or "The Clan."
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The Rat Pack had several "associate" members, called "Rat Pack Mascots," including Marilyn Monroe, Angie Dickinson, Shirley MacLaine, Lauren Bacall, Juliet Prowse and Judy Garland.
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The Copa Room at the Sands in Las Vegas, was considered the "home" of the Rat Pack. The Sands was opened in 1952. The Venetian now stands on the former site of the Sands.
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When a member of the Rat Pack would be scheduled for a performance, the rest of the Rat Pack would turn up for an impromptu show. The multi-talented performers sold out almost all of their appearances, and visitors would stream into Vegas. Hotel-casino marquees were known to tease the Rat Pack's appearances. For example, the Sands marquee read: "Dean Martin, Maybe Frank, Maybe Sammy."
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Peter Lawford was John F. Kennedy's brother-in-law. Kennedy would sometimes hang out with the Rat Pack in Vegas, and when they did, they referred to themselves as the "Jack Pack." A falling out between Sinatra and the Kennedys about Sinatra's links to the mob got Peter Lawford kicked out from the group.
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The first movie all five Rat Pack members appeared in together was "Ocean's Eleven." It was released in 1960.
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The Rat Pack recorded five live albums together, including "The Rat Pack Live at the Sands" in 1960.
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A biopic, The Rat Pack, made by HBO in 1998, starred Ray Liotta as Sinatra, Joe Mantegna as Martin and Don Cheadle as Davis, dramatizing their private lives and, in particular, their roles in the 1960 presidential campaign of John F. Kennedy.
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Knew all
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Knew none
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I have no idea who the Rat Pack was
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In a play on the name Rat Pack, the Brat Pack is a nickname given to a group of young actors who frequently appeared together in teen-oriented coming-of-age films in the 1980s. First mentioned in a 1985 New York magazine article, it is now usually defined as the cast members of two specific films released in 1985—The Breakfast Club and St. Elmo's Fire—although other actors are sometimes included. The "core" members are considered to be Emilio Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall, Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy, Demi Moore, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald, and Ally Sheedy. So which did you prefer?
The Rat Pack
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Neither
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Actually liked both
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Not familiar with either of these groups
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Now, rats all over the world were probably thinking, "Hey! We're not a pack! We're a mischief!" I guess Rat Mischief wouldn't have had quite the impact. How many other groups of animals did you know were called what they are called?
Knew it was a mischief of rats
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Colony of mice
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Troop of monkeys
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Romp of otters
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Labor of moles
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Parade of elephants (this is my favorite!)
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Pandemonium or company of parrots
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Band of gorillas
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Tower of giraffes (really!) but if they are moving, it's a jenny of giraffes
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Zeal or dazzle of zebras (also herd but zeal and dazzle are so much cuter)
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Unkindness or conspiracy of ravens (that's interesting)
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Knew all of them
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Knew none
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