Everything You Didn't Know About the Rat Pack

The Rat Pack Name

Funny enough, the rat pack name actually came from an insult directed at the men. One night, Humphrey Bogart came home from partying with his friends. His wife, Lauren Bacall, went downstairs, saw the drunk group of men, and said that they looked "like a god****** rat pack." Thus, the name was born! 

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