"Deconstructing the Rat Pack" with Rick Lertzman

Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast

Starburns Audio

Visual Arts, Tv & Film, Comedy, Arts

4.8 • 3.9K Ratings

🗓️ 18 January 2021

⏱️ 99 minutes

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Summary

Entertainment historian and bestselling author RICK LERTZMAN ("The Life and Times of Mickey Rooney") discusses his new book, "Deconstructing the Rat Pack: Joey, the Mob, and the Summit" and joins Gilbert and Frank for a fascinating conversation about the heyday of nightclubs, the glory days of Las Vegas and the cultural impact of Frank, Dean, Sammy, Joey and Peter. Also, Uncle Miltie whips it out (again), Sammy Davis blows through a fortune, Pat McCormick tanks "The Joey Bishop Show" and Jerry Lewis runs afoul of Sam "Momo" Giancana. PLUS: Sheldon Leonard! Louis Prima inspires Ol' Blue Eyes! Don Adams "borrows" from Bob Newhart! Rick hangs with Moe Howard (and Bud Abbott)! And the unknown reason behind Dean and Jerry's split? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:33.9	Wherever you get your podcasts. Wow. I hated that. You sound like you're selling health insurance.
0:42.4	Yeah. That was bad. Like I like you're getting me part B Medicare stuff. I don't like any of that.
0:47.6	Adam, I don't know if you also forgot we son our buttholes. That's right. You don't say that as
0:53.2	the promo. We watched all the fast and furious movies in one week. How did that bet of the world?
0:58.8	Smart guy. Huh? Yeah. Remember when we just got super high and tried to take personality tests?
1:05.2	I'm trying to sell the pod dudes. You don't lead with that stuff. Well, what you should lead with
1:11.0	is that it's spelled G R A W L I X. That's the Grolux saves the world podcast. And it's available
1:19.3	wherever you get your podcast courtesy of the Star Burn's audio network. I think we messed up this promo.
1:32.5	Hi, this is Gilbert Gottfried. This is Gilbert Gottfried's amazing colossal podcast with my
1:50.1	co-host Frank Santopadre. In the hey days of Las Vegas and the nightclub era, nobody defined
1:59.9	cool. Quite like the rat back. Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr. Peter Lawford and Joey
2:09.3	Bishop were more than entertainers. They were members of showbiz royalty who lived fast,
2:18.1	party hard and left a lasting mark on American culture. 60 years ago today, the Phil Ocean's 11
2:28.8	debuted in theaters showcasing both the rat pack itself and the romanticized modern version of Vegas.
2:38.9	Here to commemorate that anniversary and tell us about the rat packs and dooring impact on
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