BIZARRO SPECIAL: PHIL LAAK IN HIS 114TH HOUR

06/07/10 • 36 min

Poker star Phil Laak shattered the endurance record by playing 115 hours of poker at the Bellagio from Wednesday June 2 through Monday June 7. I spoke with him as the clock ticked down to 115 hours, nearly two days longer than the prior 72 hour record set in 2004. It's a weird chat but keep in mind the guy was up for five days. He finished up $6,766, which he'll split with Camp Sunshine, a camp for ill children and their families in Maine. Text SUNSHINE at 20222 to give $10 to the cause.Email: [email protected]: @TheStripPodcastBlog: VegasHappensHere.ComVoicemail: 702-799-3300Site: TheStripPodcast.Com

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A Vegas Favorito

Insult comic Vinnie Favorito is one of those Vegas headliners who doesn’t get a whole lot of fanfare. But he’s OK with that because his shows are doing such strong business that the Flamingo actually, recession be damned, raised his ticket price. And, as he announces for the first time this hour, Harrah’s just re-signed him this week to remain a Vegas headliner for until 2017. Favorito also talks about what other famous comics were passed over for him to get the Flamingo gig and why he’s owed a lot of money by the producers of the short-lived Real Deal show at the Venetian.In Banter: Guest co-host and veteran entertainment scribe Joe Brown explains his departure from Vegas and gives his five favorite Vegas shows, Puck's turn towards pizza, Paul Rodriguez fallout and more.Email: [email protected]: @TheStripPodcastBlog: VegasHappensHere.ComVoicemail: 702-799-3300Site: TheStripPodcast.Com

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Donny Osmond's Return

It’s been three long, productive years for Donny Osmond since last he joined us on this program. His first public hint that a Vegas deal was brewing was on that 2007 episode, and now he and sister Marie are major Strip headliners who have both also appeared on Dancing With The Stars. Donny, of course, won the ABC reality show last year, and he talks this hour about that triumph. He also talks about how he knew to buy the domain name donny.com way back in the 1980s and he and Steve touch on some current news of the day including the deaths of Marie’s son and Gary Coleman and his concern over Justin Bieber’s Donny Osmond-like popularity. Plus, someone famous once told him in the 1980s to change his name if he wanted to resume a show biz career. Find out who.

In Banter: MGM Mirage is now MGM Whatchamacallit, Louie Anderson traded the Excalibur or Palace Station, Rick Moonen got robbed, Vegas The Mall opens and Resort Fee Cancer spreads to Wynn and the Trop.

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