The Two Rat Pack Members Who Utterly Hated Each Other

Did you know that the term "Rat Pack" was coined by actress Lauren Bacall after seeing her husband Humphrey Bogart and his friends return from a night of partying in Las Vegas? Did you also know that Frank Sinatra hated the term and preferred to call the group "The Summit" or "The Clan"?

▬Contents of this video▬
00:00 - Intro
01:30 - The Origins of the Rat Pack
02:14 - Lawford's Hollywood Rise
04:06 - The Kennedy Connection
05:32 - The Marilyn Monroe Scandal
06:16 - The Fall of Peter Lawford
06:56 - The Pack's Carefully Crafted Image
08:09 - The "Apple Juice" Ruse
08:44 - The Facade Cracks
09:32 - Sammy Davis Jr’s Tragic Self-Destruction
10:46 - Drowning His Sorrows
11:18 - A Life Cut Short
11:59 - The Mob Ties That Bound
12:42 - Kennedy, Sinatra, and the Mob
13:17 - The Sands Summit Standoff
14:18 - The Acrimonious Unraveling of The Rat Pack
14:41 - The Sinatra-Lawford Fallout
16:52 - The Frank Sinatra-Joey Bishop Feud
19:22 - Escalating Tensions with Davis and Martin
20:17 - The Last Hurrah
21:00 - The Descent of Dean Martin
22:18 - A Recluse In His Final Years
23:00 - Frank Sinatra's Final Bow
23:43 - The Final Curtain
25:01 - The Rat Pack's Enduring Appeal
27:24 - Outro

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This video takes a cold hard look into the complex history and interpersonal dynamics of the legendary entertainment collective known as the Rat Pack. From their early days as a Hollywood drinking circle to their meteoric rise to fame as Vegas headliners and pop culture icons, we explore the triumphs and tragedies that defined Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford, and Joey Bishop.

Beneath the veneer of effortless cool and onstage camaraderie lay a web of fierce loyalties, bitter betrayals, and personal struggles that would ultimately lead to the group's fracturing and decline. We examine how the Rat Pack's associations with the Kennedy family and organized crime figures like Sam Giancana would come back to haunt them, and how changing cultural tides in the 1960s would render their boozy, swinging persona increasingly out of step.

From Sammy Davis Jr.'s groundbreaking yet troubled efforts to break down racial barriers to Dean Martin's heartbreaking final years as a recluse, we paint a poignant, unvarnished portrait of these entertainment legends as they navigated the ups and downs of fame and fortune. This is the story of the Rat Pack as you've never heard it before - raw, real, and utterly unforgettable.

The Two Rat Pack Members Who Utterly Hated Each Other