The Frank Sinatra Spectacular

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Break out the broads and booze. Frank, Dean, Sammy and the boys are at it again. Ring-a-ding-ding! Why we dig their pre-P.C. high jinks.

Lauren Bacall coined the name. "The Rat Pack" was her husband Humphrey Bogart's recidivist drinking circle: David Niven, Judy Garland, agent Irving (Swifty) Lazar, restaurateur Mike Romanoff and junior inductee Frank Sinatra. When his idol Bogie passed, Sinatra continued the tradition with a few pallies of his own: Dean Martin, Joey Bishop, Peter Lawford and Sammy Davis Jr. Frank was the leader, Sammy the mascot. A classic publicity shot from "Oceans Eleven," their genially bad 1960 heist flick, lines up the five stars in skinny ties and sharkskin suits under the Sands marquee in Las Vegas. Squinting into the desert sun, these cats look like they could stare it down.

That was the first Rat Pack moment. Here comes the reprise. Ben Affleck says he'd love to …