

The Boss just tipped you so use it wisley. He looked at me and said ok your done and being escorted by Mr Huge Guy the guy said here and stuck something in my tux pocket Hey magic guy blow some of your magic on these dice…So of course i did and Bingo he rolled a 7…Winner Winner Chicken Dinner somebody yelled.ĭo it again Magic man….Bingo again a 7…Again Bingo an 11.įourth time he rolled a number and two rolls later ‘he made his point.Blow again lucky. He walked me to the crap table where the Boss Frank Sinatra was shooting craps.

Frank Sinatra’s mother, Dolly, was killed in a plane crash 10 years earlier on the exact same mountain.Īs a Magician, back in 1963 i was hired to do some walk around Magic at a party in the Copa Room at the Sands I can not remember who the other Magician was.Īfter my time strolling was up i was headed to the exit.I felt a hand on my shoulder and turned around and there was a HUGE guy in a black suit and dark glasses.He said “The Boss wants to see you” Dean Martin’s son, Dean Paul Martin, died in a plane crash in 1987 on the San Gorgonio Mountain in California. Frank Sinatra once ordered 300 Bloody Marys from room service for a Rat Pack party.ġ0. Kennedy would sometimes hang out with the Rat Pack in Vegas, and when they did, they referred to themselves as the “Jack Pack.” A falling out between Sinatra and the Kennedys about Sinatra’s links to the mob got Peter Lawford booted from the group.ĩ. For example, the Sands marquee read: “Dean Martin, Maybe Frank, Maybe Sammy.”Ĩ. Hotel-casino marquees were known to tease the Rat Pack’s appearances. The multi-talented performers sold out almost all of their appearances, and visitors would stream into Las Vegas, often sleeping in their cars if they couldn’t find rooms. In Las Vegas, when a member of the Rat Pack would be scheduled for a performance, the rest of the Rat Pack would turn up for an impromptu show. The Venetian now stands on the former site of the Sands.ħ. The Sands was opened in 1952 and was imploded in 1996. The Copa Room at the Sands was considered the “home” of the Rat Pack. The Rat Pack had several “associate” members, called “Rat Pack Mascots,” including Marilyn Monroe, Angie Dickinson, Shirley MacLaine, Lauren Bacall, Juliet Prowse and Judy Garland.Ħ. Peter Lawford and Joey Bishop are the ones you don’t recognize.ĥ.
