# Who is you favorite Rat Pack member? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 10, 2024, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-you-favorite-rat-pack-member/1008630 "2024-10-10T14:17:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2024, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-you-favorite-rat-pack-member/1008630/21 "2024-10-12T17:56:37Z")
I’ve never seen that one, at least not that I remember. I’ll have to look for it at some point. [Great Cast](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Young_Lions_(film)). ---
**Author:** ![caligulathegod](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/caligulathegod/32/9685_2.png) [@caligulathegod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caligulathegod)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2024, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-you-favorite-rat-pack-member/1008630/22 "2024-10-13T16:12:29Z")
Sammy could sing and dance, of course, but the other day I came across a video of him playing drums. Just a throwaway talent that I’d never heard attributed to him and he could be in Buddy Rich’s presence. There’s a film of him on YouTube at 7 headlining a short film where he sings and dances, Rufus Jones for President. The man was scary talented. Supposedly, during the height of Deep Throat mania, he hosted Linda Lovelace and, allegedly, she gave him lessons in her particular talent. I bet the man even excelled at that! ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2024, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-you-favorite-rat-pack-member/1008630/23 "2024-10-13T17:46:14Z")
Dean was cool, even if you consider that crap he did with Lewis. Sammy was by far the most talented. I met Sammy a few times years ago. But I had a beer with Willie Nelson. Have ever mentioned that? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2024, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-you-favorite-rat-pack-member/1008630/24 "2024-10-13T18:02:53Z")
The question is: did he have draft or a bottle? Who paid? ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2024, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-you-favorite-rat-pack-member/1008630/25 "2024-10-13T18:19:15Z")
We had bottles of Bud, my treat! ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2024, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-you-favorite-rat-pack-member/1008630/26 "2024-10-13T18:23:54Z")
What kind of “bud”? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2024, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-you-favorite-rat-pack-member/1008630/27 "2024-10-13T18:30:35Z")
I hope @Stoid doesn’t mind me posting this, but she once shared a photo of herself as a girl with Sammy Davis Jr (her neighbor) at his grandmother’s funeral, from Jet magazine. > [@Celebrities You've Met](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-youve-met/197972/179): > > That is so neat! I’d love to see the Jet cover- which issue was it? They’re all online. Edit: Actually, [this is the Jet article, not cover, dealing with his grandmother’s death](http://books.google.com/books?id=2LgDAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA44&dq=Jet%20magazine%20Sammy%20Davis%20Jr.%20Grandmother&pg=PA44#v=onepage&q&f=false). This can’t be what you were talking about, unless you’re a large, older black man or woman. OH MY FUCKING GOD I COULD KISS YOU SO HARD RIGHT NOW!!! I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS FOREVER!!! [WOOHOO!!!](http://books.google.com/books?id=2LgDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA33&dq=Jet+magazine+Sammy+Davis+Jr.+Grandmother+Rita+Davis+Jerry+Ford&hl=en&ei=TdphTOjfMpGesQOgn_jCCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false) CHECK IT OUT…OVER TO THE LEFT, THAT’S ME AND MY OLDER SISTER KATEE!!! (And so it’s not the cover… I was 8, my memo… ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2024, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-you-favorite-rat-pack-member/1008630/28 "2024-10-14T14:30:57Z")
Dino hands down! He was handsome (I never saw the appeal of Sinatra’s looks or voice), had a great voice, was funny and fun-loving. I read somewhere that there was a huge difference between Dino and Frank when it came to recording sessions. Frank was all business, very serious, and spent hours and hours. They said Dino would come in, sing his songs, crack some jokes, and would be out the door in record time to go play golf. Dino sang the best Italian love songs. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2024, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-you-favorite-rat-pack-member/1008630/29 "2024-10-14T14:41:41Z")
> [@caligulathegod](#): > > Sammy could sing and dance, of course, but the other day I came across a video of him playing drums. Just a throwaway talent that I’d never heard attributed to him He also had a real talent for fancy quick-draw gun-twirling tricks. [No, really.](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=L6aNzFYHyz8) ---
**Author:** ![Kropotkin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kropotkin/32/18045_2.png) [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2024, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-you-favorite-rat-pack-member/1008630/30 "2024-10-14T15:02:06Z")
No love for Ben? ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2024, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-you-favorite-rat-pack-member/1008630/31 "2024-10-14T19:26:43Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > He also had a real talent for fancy quick-draw gun-twirling tricks. [No, really.](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=L6aNzFYHyz8) He was also an excellent [impressionist](https://youtu.be/GTI4ypSp_Gg?si=tk-nU40ha6o_bZ9k&t=231), especially of singers. His acting was nothing to sneeze at, both on stage and film. Yeah, I am biased for obvious reasons, but the fact is at his pinnacle (which was among the most beloved entertainers in America, a humongous star) he was widely considered the most broadly talented person to ever have been in show biz. And it adds to his impressive accomplishments to know that he had virtually no formal education at all. Plus he was funny, and sweet. I cherish my memories of him, which are surprisingly numerous, since there was a period of time when, for various reasons, I spent a pretty good chunk of time with him and his family. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-you-favorite-rat-pack-member/1008630.md?page=1)