RIP Joey Bishop
Traci
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jHt7jnhVcpMS0sX8B58N7a8fTgywD8SBS43O5
Brady
> And the last of the Rat Pack passes on....
>
> http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jHt7jnhVcpMS0sX8B58N7a8fTgywD8SBS43O5
Regis was his 'sidekick' for a while, right?
RIP, Joey Bishop.
Brady
Brady
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>> And the last of the Rat Pack passes on....
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>> http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jHt7jnhVcpMS0sX8B58N7a8fTgywD8SBS43O5
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> Regis was his 'sidekick' for a while, right?
It's a good article/obituary. (I just read it. It indeed mentions Regis.)
Brady
bostonbill41
> And the last of the Rat Pack passes on....
>
> http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jHt7jnhVcpMS0sX8B58N7a8fTgywD8SBS43O5
That sucks. I wish I could have seen the Rat Pack in their prime.
Bill
Tom Cronin
>That sucks. I wish I could have seen the Rat Pack in their prime.
>
> Bill
Before we were married, Kiki and I went to see Frank, Sammy, and Dean
at the old Capital Centre arena near DC. Dean didn't show because he
was feeling "under the weather," but Liza made a surprise appearance
to sing a few numbers. Frank was rude, Sammy was outstanding, and Liza
was incoherent. An absolutely magical evening.
Tom
("I did it myyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyy")
Maybe
Yep, until he walked off the show one day. But still, it is too bad
that Regis won't be on his show tomorrow to talk about Joey Bishop.
He has a scheduled day off.
Maybe...who doesn't remember why Regis walked off that day
Donz5
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> http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jHt7jnhVcpMS0sX8B58N7a8fTgywD8SBS43O5
Two details stand out:
One:
"Then, he really became a TV talk show host. His program was started
by ABC in 1967 as a challenge to Johnny Carson's immensely popular
'The Tonight Show.'"
My favorite Joey Bishop Show moment was when Shelley Winters guest-
hosted, and Frank Zappa was among her guests. Throughout the segment,
Shelley was reduced to crying plaintively, "Joey! Where's Joey!"
Two:
"In 1941 Bishop married Sylvia Ruzga and, despite the rigors of a show
business career, the marriage survived until her death in 1999.
"Bishop, who spent his retirement years on the upscale Lido Isle in
Southern California's Newport Bay, is survived by son Larry Bishop;
grandchildren Scott and Kirk Bishop; and longtime companion Nora
Garabotti."
Let's parce this: his marriage to Sylvia Ruzga survived until she died
in 1999, while he's survived by his "longtime companion" Nora
Garabotti. Unless eight years is considered "longtime," then it
explains why the 58-year-long marriage survived.
Rivergoat
Flip Wilson was the guest host on the Tonight Show in July, 1969 with
JIMI HENDRIX as the musical guest. When Jimi's amp blew shortly after
he began "Lover Man," Flip commented, "....I gotta keep talkin' to the
people....don't forget the Joey Bishop Show is just a notch away!" :)
(The crew fixed Jimi's amp and after commercials he re-started the
song and was able to play it all the way through). I HAVE AUDIO OF
THIS PERFORMANCE BUT HAVE NEVER LOCATED A VIDEO OF IT...IF YOU HAVE IT
POST A NOTE ON THE NG AND I'LL LEAVE YOU A VALID EMAIL ADDRESS.
TIA!!!!!
Robert Cohen
Joey "razzed" ("ragged" may be a synonym, or "kidded") the youngish
Regis seemingly excessively; and apparently they rumoredly weren't the
best of friends off-stage, as was rumored (i think) in the newspaper
tv & gossip columns like earl wilson, ed sullivan, rona barrett, waldo
winchester/walter winchell, jimmy fiddler, et who else.
Since "reality" way back then was Carson versus Bishop in an era of
the not yet household video tape recorder, Bishop wasn't the more
watched at our chez adobe maison redisdence nor in the tv ratings
generally.
When I did watch Joey's show, it was not my piece d'resistance, though
it wasn't totally bad, yet a little boring for my semi-mature
adolescent mind.
Jerry Lewis and others substituted for Carson, but who subbed for
Bishop?
Donz5
See my post.
lola...@webtv.net
Regis seemingly excessively; and apparently they rumoredly weren't the
best of friends off-stage, as was rumored (i think) in the newspaper tv
& gossip columns like earl wilson, ed sullivan, rona barrett, waldo
winchester/walter winchell, jimmy fiddler, et who else.>>>
Jery Bishop was a guest on Regis's cable show in the 80's and they
seemed to get along well. They showed a clip from the Joey Bishop Show
and Bishop revealed he was currently wearing the same slacks he was on
the 20 yr old clip!.
<<<Since "reality" way back then was Carson versus Bishop in an era of
the not yet household video tape recorder, Bishop wasn't the more
watched at our chez adobe maison redisdence nor in the tv ratings
generally.
When I did watch Joey's show, it was not my piece d'resistance, though
it wasn't totally bad, yet a little boring for my semi-mature adolescent
mind.>>>
I remeber my parents switching over to Bishop when ever Sinatra, Martin
or Davis Jr. were on. Which seemed like a lot.
<<<Jerry Lewis and others substituted for Carson, but who subbed for
Bishop?>>>
Bishop subbed for Carson many times before and after his show. Before
Leno, I think he held the record for the guest hosting the most.
bostonbill41
>Before we were married, Kiki and I went to see Frank, Sammy, and Dean
at the old Capital Centre arena near DC. Dean didn't show because he was
feeling "under the weather," but Liza made a surprise appearance to sing
a few numbers. Frank was rude, Sammy was outstanding, and Liza was
incoherent. An absolutely magical evening.<
One of my favorite CD's is "The Rat Pack live at the Sands" recorded in
the early 60's. Alot of it is corny shtick but it is still laugh out
loud funny and the music is good too.
Bill
lola...@webtv.net
was feeling "under the weather," but Liza made a surprise appearance to
sing a few numbers. Frank was rude, Sammy was outstanding, and Liza was
incoherent. An absolutely magical evening.>>>>
What really happened is Dean got pissed at Frank and walked of the tour.
Dean really didn't want to do the Rat Pack reunion but Sinatra talked
him into it. Sinatra was trying to recapture his youth and stay out all
night partying but Dean just wanted to stay in his room. Sinatra got
frustrated with Dean over this and one night while Dean was eating
spaghetti in his room, Sinatra dumped the spaghetti on Dean's head. Dean
walked off the tour that night and they didn't speak to each other until
right before Dean died.
Rugby Dan
When dean's son died in the plane crash he lost all desire
to do anything.......
I never heard the spaghetti story and don't think it
happened, but that's my guess
lola...@webtv.net
anything.......
still put on a good show but he mentioned his son and almost broke down.
<<<I never heard the spaghetti story and don't think it happened, but
that's my guess>>>
The story was told by Dean's son Ricci Martin in his book about his
father called "That's Amore'".
Wally...@nospam.nul
wrote:
>And the last of the Rat Pack passes on....
>
>http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jHt7jnhVcpMS0sX8B58N7a8fTgywD8SBS43O5
and straight to Hell with the rest of the crap, uh, crop.
Default User
This site (which seems to be from someone who knew him) describes her
as: "his caretaker and all-around superwoman, Nora."
Possibly "companion" may well have been more than a euphemism in this
case. Remember that Bishop was around 81 when his wife died. I don't
know what his health was like at the time, but Nora might have started
helping care for him before that.
Brian
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brian henke
Joey did, indeed, hold the record until Leno came along. In fact, he
guest-hosted the show the night I was born!
Now here are some words of wisdom from our good friend Dr. Phil:
"I feel like I woke up in that movie 'Cocoon'."
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