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ClusterChuck
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The end of an era ...
« on: Oct 20th, 2007, 10:54pm » |
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I know I am showing my age here, but tough shit! LOL
Joey Bishop, the last of the five official Rat Packers died the other day ... sigh
They were quite the entertainers, and, in their day, they were VERY influential ...
Peter Lawford Sept. 7, 1923 Dec. 24, 1984 61
Sammy Davis, Jr. Dec. 8, 1925 May 16, 1990 64
Dean Martin June 7, 1917 Dec. 25, 1995 78
Frank Sinatra Dec. 12, 1915 May 14, 1998 82
Joey Bishop Feb. 3, 1918 Oct. 17, 2007 89
Most entertainers today don't hold a candle to those five!
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Re: The end of an era ...
« Reply #1 on: Oct 20th, 2007, 11:00pm » |
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Yes, you are showing your age.
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Re: The end of an era ...
« Reply #2 on: Oct 20th, 2007, 11:10pm » |
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Glad you brought him up, Chuck. Joey was one of my favorite comedians when I was a kid. He really made me laugh for some reason. A natural and an inspiration, I'll miss 'em.
Quote:| He served in WWII in the army and appeared on television as early as 1948, but it took a while before he caught on and became a major TV personality. A nitery specialist and opening act for a number of stars in the mid-'50s, he soon became a steadfast cog in the talk show, sitcom and game show circuits. A frequent and amusing guest panelist on "What's My Line?" (1950), the jug-eared jokester went on to guest-host on the "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" (1962) a record 177 times. He frequently appeared as a guest for Steve Allen and Jack Paar when they were hosts in earlier late-nite versions. |
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Don't know what happened to him, he disappeared from everywhere, even from the Rat Pack it seemed all of a sudden. (edit: found an answer)
Quote:| Bishop had previously met Sinatra when he served as the star's opening act. Writing material and serving as the emcee for many of the clan's Las Vegas shows in the 1960s, Bishop appeared in the "Rat Pack"-oriented movies Ocean's Eleven (1960) and Sergeants 3 (1962), but the straight-laced comedian later butted heads with the party-hearty Sinatra and split while the next film Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964) was in preparation. |
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Re: The end of an era ...
« Reply #3 on: Oct 20th, 2007, 11:21pm » |
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I'm old enough. I never saw them live though...mostly on Johnny Carson
No doub't the original "Ocean's 11" will be running somewhere soon. Hard to beat.
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Re: The end of an era ...
« Reply #4 on: Oct 21st, 2007, 9:28am » |
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RIP Joey.
And Deborah Kerr, too. She was stunning.
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