https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-hYQ6dyRwM
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Cool.
1993 was a huge year for Vegas, as that's when so many of the entertainment-themed hotels opened in the second half of the year.
I'm not sure if this video was taken in 1993. Looks like it might have been 1992, especially since it indicated MGM Grand would open "next year", when in reality it opened in December 1993.
There are a lot of these "strip drives" on YouTube from various years. They're pretty cool.
In the last few minutes of the video you can see the half built Stratosphere Tower. In August 1993 I walked out of Atomic Liquors downtown to see the top of the half built tower in flames. I laughed and thought Stupak must have lit it himself.
I was first in Vegas in 1994. Hard to believe it looked like that! If not for the presence of the Mirage it looks like the 1970s.
The strip is just one huge clusterfuck now.
Man I sound old!! I was first there in 1976.
I don't know who Eddie Rabbitt is? (headlining at Bally's) But in 25 years Rich Little has traveled 3 miles south from Rivera to Tropicana. lol.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebt0BR5wHYs
That's Eddie Rabbit
Ok, then....next question: What is a rainy night? :confused:
Do you know today is day 115 with no a drop of rain for Las Vegas. :rolleyes: Broke like an 80 year record 11 days ago. Not the kind of record we want to break. :( Forecast is for some rain, Monday and/or Tuesday, so maybe we will get one of those Eddie Rabbitt "rainy nights". :)
Eddie Rabbit was a country singer who ironically was from New Jersey. He died pretty young of brain cancer I think.Quote:
Originally Posted by kewlJ
When the Strat Tower caught fire it was about as tall as it was in the video here. So my guess is this video was filmed about the time of the fire which wiki says occurred in Aug. 1993. When it was burning it looked like a roman candle. The whole top of it was ablaze.Quote:
Originally Posted by mickeycrimm
Poor quality, but here's a news story and video about the fire.Quote:
Originally Posted by mickeycrimmWhen the Strat Tower caught fire it was about as tall as it was in the video here. So my guess is this video was filmed about the time of the fire which wiki says occurred in Aug. 1993. When it was burning it looked like a roman candle. The whole top of it was ablaze.Quote:
Originally Posted by mickeycrimm
https://youtu.be/HYHMFvYl-p4
I really like this one:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XseD_CbYJqMQuote:
Originally Posted by Dan Druff
Last I saw the name Rich Little, he was doing a fair gig in my county.
I dont know who he does imitations of now,,,but unless he is working to a crowd of people my age...I dont think anyone else would know carson, tracy, fonda, stewart, cagney, bogart, groucho, armstrong, durante president kennedy, nixon, wayne,...he was amazing..the top of his field. Maybe he still is amazng....but like all of us every loses a step or 2 with age
I think you're selling the next generation short (assuming you are over 60).Quote:
Originally Posted by LarryS
I'm almost 46, and I know all of those people (and what they sound like).
I agree that people around 30 will not know most of these impressions.
its not selling people short. Its just that with all the choices for cable....people arent going to watch black and white movies or even color movies from the 60s and 70s.
People who grew up as teens and pre teens with the MTV generation and cable TV,,,,in the late 70s. as kids....probably wont know who Rich Little is immitating. I think you are on the boarder line. Honestly I dont think most people in their 40s know the move "on golden pond" with fonda and hepburn in their last or one of their last movies. That was 35 years ago. And MOST OF the rest I mentioned were before that. I think at 46 you are more well rounded than most if you remember those names and not just remember them but are able to appreciate an imitation ofthem which involves knowing how they talked and their tendencies.
as a kid i would watch black and white movies on our 7 channel tv before cable and marvel that all those actors would live forever because they will constantly be shown on tv over and over. Little did I know that cable and 150 channels was around the corner. I marveled that some actor with even a small part would be seen over and over like i would see these movies over and over.. Now these movies are basically for film students to see.
others that are long forgotten that Rich Little DID
William F Buckley
Carrol channing
Walter Cronkite
David Brinkley
Sammy Davis
Bette Davis
Henry Kissinger
maybe younger peopleup on the news might know the dialect that Kissinger has since he has done talk shows over the years.
But I would be hard pressed to find many 40 something people who know 80 percent of the people I listed. Its not a knock. The old gets replaced by the new. Life goes on.
I'm 42 and I still watch black and white movies. I have a large collection of black and white movies on DVD. Do people still use dvds? I miss 8 tracks. I don't think I'm well rounded but it's hard not to appreciate those type of movies. Even the bad ones are better stories with better actors compared to modern days. Do actors really act today or is it all CGI?
Rich Little is still great but not for the younger generation... just too slow for them. I seen him at the Hilton for free a few years ago when he was doing a tribute on Jimmy Stewart's life. I also have most of Stewart's movies as well. He did most of those impressions you listed. I enjoyed his show compared to Gilbert Gottfried who was in the same room but talk about dated material lol. We did like the Aristocrats joke at the end though but very vulgar to get to the punchline.
I also was in town when the tower was being built but I missed the fire. I was here in 91 but left and came back in 93. Yes I was 16 when I first came here and got broke playing 1-5 stud at the MGM... I liked the theme and feel of the MGM and it was like being in the Wizard of Oz. I liked that circle bar and sports book. First time I ever seen 8 large screen TVs in a row on the wall.
Of course I haven't done much work in my life and have had more time to read books, watch movies, go to the ballet, symphonies, opera... etc. I haven't had much money in my life but I have basically lived the Life of Riley.
This movie, www.imdb.com/title/tt4209788/ looks intriguing so I think I am going to see it on $5 tuesday at the Cinemark theaters.