In Ocean's thirteen , what did the characters mean by the phrase, "He shook Sinatra's hand'?

Answer 1

in the 1960 original movie "Ocean's Eleven", the leader and organizer was played by Frank Sinatra.

So what you have there is a Hollywood joke referring to the prior picture.

Answer 2

No decrease back in the day whilst peopel had honor and integrity, human beings shook palms regularly and that counted as contracts and that replaced into legally binding i think of. nicely often b/c hollywood and stuff replaced into so huge (so a protracted way as connections and stuff) shaking palms held up in court docket. in the 70s human beings began struggling with against that and now that is sorta mandatory to get stuff IN WRITING. case in point in the 70s whilst Farrah Fawcett left Charlie's Angels they did not sign a settlement, yet Farrah ended up having to seem a pair of episodes. what that is asserting is in recent times legally there desires to be a written settlement (no oral settlement's or handshakes), yet once you have been previous college (sinatra days) then you definitely ought to honor a handshake. that is asserting you're a guy I desire shall we pass decrease back to at present, peopel do lots grimy stuff at present. And somebody on television (would have been Sinatra, I neglect) replaced into on Jay Leno or some thing a 365 days in the past conversing approximately this and he replaced into counseled to shake palms yet get regardless of in writing basically in case... humorous all people's askin that query. Sinatra has countless type and stuff so... it is beside the purpose to this query yet additionally in case you seem at previous pictures and interviews the interviewers did not ask the celebs in the event that they have been on drugs or what their intercourse lifestyles replaced into like and stuff. yet now that we are in the "no honor/type" zone that could be a loose for all....