When you think of Las Vegas, you can’t help but think about the Rat Pack, with Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Sammy Davis Jr. For this edition of Talktails, Chris welcomes Brian Duprey and Drew Anthony who play Frank and Dean respectively in The Rat Pack is Back, which is playing at the Plaza. Show notes:
- The swagger of Las Vegas
- Brian Duprey (Frank Sinatra) and Drew Anthony (Dean Martin)
- “Pour me a Talktail”
- Drew didn’t know he looked like Dean
- Backgrounds of Brian and Drew
- “Rat Pack is Back” audience
- The Vegas of today
- Drinking during a show
- There’s more than one “Rat Pack” show. . .discuss
- Mike Weatherford weighs in
- Are you friends off stage?
- Going off script during a show
- Broadway type show in the future?
- How’s that gay porn thing coming along?
- The origins of the “Rat Pack” moniker
- Thoughts on the Plaza reconstruction
- Brian (Frank) is a blusher
- Cirque du Soliel
- Roadshows
If you have a question you’d like answered on the show, visit the live show at 4PM Pacific every Monday or send an email to [email protected].
“. . .twisting and turning. . .I only like that stuff in my bedroom.”
One interesting guest would be Pete Vallee (Big Elvis)
Thanks for the suggestion, Alan.