"i don't bother you at your job, you idiot"

"Frank Sinatra once called me an idiot in front of hundreds of people. True story."

That man slept with the fishes that night.

class act

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Sinatra has pieces of guys like that in his stools.

And then later, this guy was roughed up in the parking lot by a couple of huge guys in suits. I'm serious, there's a good chance something like that happened.

This needs to be played before every time we kick a pubbie from one of our games.

Delicious, delicious old school smackdown. Mmmmmmm.

According to the biography "Frank Sinatra" by Chris Rojek, Sinatra "collapsed on stage in Atlantic City" in 1986 and "was officially diagnosed with diverticulitis. His doctors removed 12 inches of his intestine and temporarily inserted a colostomy bag" (55).
What Rojek doesn't mention is the fact that music industry insiders stopped calling Sinatra "Ol' Blue Eyes" and began referring to him as "Ol' Brown Bag" behind his back over the next few years.
That could explain why he is so crabby here. It would certainly put me in a bad mood.

Sinatra is what Dean Martin would sound like if he was technically anal and had half the heart.

Frank did have parts of intestine removed, but I doubt that's why he gets irritated. First, he's old school. You don't walk out and try to shake a performers hand in the middle of his set. If everyone who wanted to meet Sinatra could just walk on stage.... Sinatra wouldn't be able to hum a line. Also, he probably gets drunks like this all the time. He got tough with him and made him sit down. He could have tossed the guy out on the street, instead he called him an idiot. He later makes a joke and continues. However, I wouldn't be surprised if Jilly Rizzo was there, following this guy as he left that night.

Well, he really deserved that for being a fan of Sinatra.

Nowadays we assume that celebrities are big phonies and would get sued if they literally had people beaten. Sinatra is from a different time.

"Let me know what that guy's having. I don't want to get any."

Most people probably couldn't pull that line off, but I'm going to try it some day. I'll let you all know if it works.