The last of the Rat Pack is dead.
Joey Bishop, who along with Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr. and Peter Lawford comprised the Rat Pack in the late 50s and early 60s, died of multiple causes in Newport Beach this morning.
Besides several movies, including the original Ocean's Eleven and The Naked and the Dead, Bishop starred in two different TV series titled The Joey Bishop Show.
The first one was a sitcom that ran from 1961 to 1965 (on two networks, ABC and NBC), the second was a late night talk show that ran from 1967 to 1968. The announcer and second banana on that talk show? Regis Philbin. Bishop also guest starred on Match Game, Murder, She Wrote, Trapper John, M.D., Get Smart, and guest hosted The Tonight Show.
Bishop's most recent work was an interview in a Frank Sinatra special in 1998 and the Comedy Central series 100 Greatest Standups in 2004.
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10-19-2007 @ 9:02AM
Galley said...
I've never seen "Oceans Eleven (or Twelve or Thirteen)", but honestly, how good could they be? No one compares to the original Rat Pack, the epitome of cool. RIP, Joey.
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10-19-2007 @ 2:15PM
Leila said...
Both Oceans Eleven and The Joey Bishop Show are amazing! Have you seen this episode? http://www.weshow.com/us/p/20008/fragment_from_the_joey_bishop_show
It's one of the best! We all will miss Joey. I loved him...
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