[arve url="https://youtu.be/mFolHboS8G4" title="Hanging out with SmileyJoe Wiley" /] When my friend Joni from LV Wedding Connections told me she had a great comedian I needed to meet, she was right, like always. Comedian SmileyJoe Wiley is his name and he has a new gig I think you are going to like. (Checkout LV Wedding Connections) His show is on a party bus. Yes, a … [Read more...] about Hanging Out with SmileyJoe Wiley (video)
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Finding Redd Foxx
[arve url="https://youtu.be/qf9gZImZ_D0" title="Finding Las Vegas Headliner Redd Foxx's grave and last residence" description="The comedian Redd Foxx lived and died in Las Vegas" upload_date="2020-04-04" thumbnail="11782" loop="no" muted="no" /] Being locked down, quarantine, whatever, I'm not able to get out and do tours... The good news is that I am getting a few things … [Read more...] about Finding Redd Foxx
My Lost Interview with The Guardian Angel of Route 66
My last post was about the Historic Route 66 Fun Run and how it is started each year by the man many call "The guardian of Route 66" Angel Delgadillo. So I thought I needed to follow that up with an interview I did with Angel a few years before. But I needed to find it. Let me start by saying that it's been an honor of mine to be able to call Angel my friend. Since my … [Read more...] about My Lost Interview with The Guardian Angel of Route 66
Rick’s Restoration Revisited
We are coming up on Season Seven, episode four for History Channel's show American Restoration. This will be the first season without Vegas resident Rick Dale and his gang from Rick's Restoration. So the other day I had a few minutes to kill while in downtown Las Vegas, I decided to pop over and see what's new with Rick and the gang. Apparently, Rick and the show's … [Read more...] about Rick’s Restoration Revisited
Remembering Breck Wall
It was a simple passing in the news on Monday that Breck Wall had died at the age of 75. If the name rings a bell, than you are really a Vegas fanatic. Breck Wall is best known around Las Vegas for his 40 years of the comic revue "Bottoms Up." I first caught the act when we moved here in 2001. The campy, vaudeville-style burlesque show was playing at the Flamingo. The last … [Read more...] about Remembering Breck Wall
Wayne Newton Update
Ever since we were the first to break the story with photos, almost every other entertainment rag magazine and blog has followed up with "exclusive" breaking news. Including cell phone photos about a plane sitting in Las Vegas icon, Wayne Newton's backyard. So we thought maybe it was time for a "NewtonLand" update. I drove by there a few days later and saw that his horses … [Read more...] about Wayne Newton Update
My New Friend on the Strip
One of the fun things about the being on the Strip is that you just never know what you are going to see or meet. In this case, it was a very large and somewhat photogenic lizard. He was photogenic until I stepped up to get a picture. Then he wanted to just go play on the ground. The Vegas Tourist would like you to meet Mr Vegas, the iguana... Or something like that. I am … [Read more...] about My New Friend on the Strip
Monday with Frank
My Monday Morning?? Not your typical Monday morning. Nope, I spent mine with a mobster. Not just any mobster, but our favorite one, Frank Cullotta. Frank was in town to do a little business and he invited me to tag along as he did a radio interview on the ever-popular Heidi Harris morning talk show. Ok, I asked to be his shadow as I have never met Heidi and thought it … [Read more...] about Monday with Frank
Call Me Jimmy
That’s all. He said to just call him Jimmy. Jimmy is one of the many characters that give downtown Las Vegas its unique charm. You will find Jimmy dancing to the music and entertaining the tourists down on Fremont Street. When pressed on what he does, he says he is in sanitation. “You know, pushing a broom and things like dat.” According to Jimmy, everyone is here … [Read more...] about Call Me Jimmy
The Mayor Goes Solo
Now I realize that this is may not be a first... but, it did come as a surprise to many who were there. That the happiest Mayor in the universe would dare to show up to a ribbon cutting event without his showgirls?? Tell me it isn't so?? But, there he was leading the parade for Carlos Santana at the dedication ceremony for the new Joint at the Hard Rock Resort. The look on his … [Read more...] about The Mayor Goes Solo