Great to see just the core of the Rat Pack. Sammya's impressions were the center piece of the entire show. And this was the golden age of impressions; most stand-up comics did impressions.
@soapbxprod Thanks! The sharpness is astonishing, I've never seen film of Martin and Lewis live or the Rat Pack (except for the St. Louis show, of course) with such crystalline clarity. I noticed that during a Martin and Lewis appearance, the camera operator switched lenses for a close-up of Lewis singing.
Oh!! I didn't know who he was trying to do! Thanks for clearing that up for me. And I agree it was great when he began the Barrymore bit and Dean fell off the stool! Hysterical!!
Thanks for watching- you might enjoy this silent footage of Elvis and Liberace at the Riviera in November 1956: ua-cam.com/video/nPxNnV_VMjw/v-deo.html
+Bedeborah Thanks for tuning in! Lots more clips on our channel- we're also selling a 3 DVD set of all the 1960 and 62 Summit shows, including all the songs that we cannot upload to UA-cam (due to copyright)...
Wish I was there that night. I was born in the wrong time. Wish the boys were still around in their prime. Oh wait, they would be considered, racists, woman haters and looked down on because they smoked. Forget it, just move me back to 1960.
@soapbxprod I've never seen a similar close-up in any of the Vegas Rat Pack footage, perhaps because there so many of them moving around so much that the camera operator just threw up his hands and left the wide-angle lens in all the time. I'm not complaining, though. Lewis said he sat in the back and watched one of their shows once with Martin not realizing it and concluded that Martin's experience with club comedy drove their shows; Sinatra had basically only sang in live appearances.
90% of the Rat Pack show is made up of the material that Martin & Lewis brought to the stage, especially Lewis. And Sammy ALWAYS played Jerry. As if he were there with them.
***** TRUE THAT! I hate that things these years are no where near as HILLARIOUS or ROFLMAO funny as Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr. & Joey Bishop aka the Rat Pack
Liz Blue And they did it in tuxes- or Sy Devore suits! :) If you look on my channel page, you'll find lots more clips for Frank and the Boys from the '60 and '62 Summits, as well as a lot of other very rare clips of Sammy, Martin and Lewis, and our exclusive interviews with many legends of the era...
As a suggestion, for the upcoming theatrical film biography of Sinatra in production and to be directed by Martin Scorsese, what about Robert Downey Jr. to play Sinatra? He has the acting chops, as evidenced by his Academy nominated portrayal of Chaplin, he has a similar physical stature and he is better casting than Leonardo DiCaprio.
The purity of the act. That useless Joey Bishop and the absolute nothingness of Peter Lawford aren't there to suck up the core act's oxygen. But the impression thing is just tedious and none of them are any good. Even Samya's and he was supposed to be so great at it.
Dean Martin...great singer!!! Eternal...the best singer!!!
Great to see just the core of the Rat Pack. Sammya's impressions were the center piece of the entire show. And this was the golden age of impressions; most stand-up comics did impressions.
Dean Martin always looked like he was having the best times. Even his Roast Show he would laugh his head off... He was the best....
@soapbxprod Thanks! The sharpness is astonishing, I've never seen film of Martin and Lewis live or the Rat Pack (except for the St. Louis show, of course) with such crystalline clarity. I noticed that during a Martin and Lewis appearance, the camera operator switched lenses for a close-up of Lewis singing.
It would of be nice if nexflix can do a movie about them .
Oh!! I didn't know who he was trying to do! Thanks for clearing that up for me. And I agree it was great when he began the Barrymore bit and Dean fell off the stool! Hysterical!!
Wondrous! Very clear film. Magnificent!
Ring A Ding Ding Happy New Year every1
Sammy's Brando was amazing!
The greats and the grand sands hotel now long gone but i bet they are still enjoying a good laugh in the lounge
I love seeing them do "Sam's Song"! :D
Thanks for watching- you might enjoy this silent footage of Elvis and Liberace at the Riviera in November 1956:
ua-cam.com/video/nPxNnV_VMjw/v-deo.html
Went & watched it and it enjoyed it very much - thank you for sharing!
You mean "Deans song" 😂
Boy, those boys were talented. Love'em!!
+Bedeborah Thanks for tuning in! Lots more clips on our channel- we're also selling a 3 DVD set of all the 1960 and 62 Summit shows, including all the songs that we cannot upload to UA-cam (due to copyright)...
THE GRATEST.
Wish I was there that night. I was born in the wrong time. Wish the boys were still around in their prime. Oh wait, they would be considered, racists, woman haters and looked down on because they smoked. Forget it, just move me back to 1960.
YEAH, BABAY! I was born in Feb 1960, when this was happening... Viva Louis and Keely... VIVA JAZZ!
@soapbxprod I can imagine! I've never seen stage film of the Rat Pack so clear and that's on youtube!
7.28 Best part of the song! Unique as well ;)
Dean watching Sammy doing Marlon Brando stone cold sober
Kings of Vegas👑
@soapbxprod I've never seen a similar close-up in any of the Vegas Rat Pack footage, perhaps because there so many of them moving around so much that the camera operator just threw up his hands and left the wide-angle lens in all the time. I'm not complaining, though. Lewis said he sat in the back and watched one of their shows once with Martin not realizing it and concluded that Martin's experience with club comedy drove their shows; Sinatra had basically only sang in live appearances.
90% of the Rat Pack show is made up of the material that Martin & Lewis brought to the stage, especially Lewis. And Sammy ALWAYS played Jerry. As if he were there with them.
At about 2:25, Dean's expression makes him look kind of creepy lol! LOVE these guys! Wish I could have been alive when they were in their heyday!
Trinity4h Maybe he was thinking of when Jerry did the same impression of Brando on one of their CCH shows years before....
I wonder if this was the first ever performance of Sam's Song? They certainly don't look too familiar with the material lol!
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Now it's a. . ... I can't!!!!!
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Liz Blue These three... Seagram's Talent Contest and Olympic Drinking Team Gold Medalists! AHAHAHA! The best... nothing since has ever come close...
***** TRUE THAT! I hate that things these years are no where near as HILLARIOUS or ROFLMAO funny as Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr. & Joey Bishop aka the Rat Pack
Liz Blue And they did it in tuxes- or Sy Devore suits! :)
If you look on my channel page, you'll find lots more clips for Frank and the Boys from the '60 and '62 Summits, as well as a lot of other very rare clips of Sammy, Martin and Lewis, and our exclusive interviews with many legends of the era...
***** OMG
+Liz Blue Ring a ding ding! :)
Tre fuoriclasse irripetibili
Grazie! :)
As a suggestion, for the upcoming theatrical film biography of Sinatra in production and to be directed by Martin Scorsese, what about Robert Downey Jr. to play Sinatra? He has the acting chops, as evidenced by his Academy nominated portrayal of Chaplin, he has a similar physical stature and he is better casting than Leonardo DiCaprio.
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I would certaily pay no matter how much to see some 3 silly guys fooling around aimlessly
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The purity of the act. That useless Joey Bishop and the absolute nothingness of Peter Lawford aren't there to suck up the core act's oxygen. But the impression thing is just tedious and none of them are any good. Even Samya's and he was supposed to be so great at it.