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#1 2007-10-19 16:20:41
- Coolidge
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Joey Bishop
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-bishop19oct19,0,5303785.story?coll=la-home-center
The last Rat Pack member standing is gone.
From what I've seen those guys wore a variety of styles...sometimes more on the trad side, sometimes the late 50s "Continental" look (per Esquire, anyway), sometimes more Italian. A well-styled bunch, generally. But foremost...they were cool.
And of course, the longevity of some of the Pack's members puts common parlance on the detrimental effects of heavy drinking, smoking, and womanizing at least slightly in question.
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#2 2007-10-20 00:48:24
- jack_sparrow
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Re: Joey Bishop
"However, it is we of the moderator corps that
ended up handling the hundreds of Post Reports your previous - and
legendary - trolling managed to generate."
#3 2007-10-20 22:03:06
- Marc Grayson
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Re: Joey Bishop
"‘The sense of being perfectly well dressed gives a feeling of inner tranquility which even religion is powerless to bestow." Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not." Oscar Wilde
#4 2007-10-20 23:03:31
- The_Shooman
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Re: Joey Bishop
The rat-pack were always well shod...many times in highend shoes. The J&M handmades and Artioli were some of the shoes that these blokes wore on their feet.
#5 2007-10-20 23:32:01
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Re: Joey Bishop
"‘The sense of being perfectly well dressed gives a feeling of inner tranquility which even religion is powerless to bestow." Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not." Oscar Wilde
#6 2007-10-21 01:45:45
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Re: Joey Bishop
I got drunk with him a few times in the late 70's; he was a friend of my buddy's father. He was a really great guy, an old school raconteur. He often ended his Rat Pack stories with the disclaimer, "If you quote me, I'll deny it." He worshiped Dino and didn't care much for Frank.
#7 2007-10-21 02:07:15
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Re: Joey Bishop
"I got drunk with him a few times in the late 70's" - Anything that begins this way is golden!
Great post, Tommy -
Best,
j.
"I like a bit of a cavort..."
#8 2007-10-21 08:20:44
- The_Shooman
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Re: Joey Bishop
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#9 2007-10-21 08:27:15
- The_Shooman
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Re: Joey Bishop
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#12 2007-10-21 17:03:34
- Marc Grayson
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Re: Joey Bishop
Interesting article from a few years ago about Rat Pack style embraced in the UK...
http://www.iht.com/articles/2002/01/26/rfedora_ed3_.php
"‘The sense of being perfectly well dressed gives a feeling of inner tranquility which even religion is powerless to bestow." Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not." Oscar Wilde