Osmond the former TV and music star. He was being interviewed with a microphone and a cameraman chatting away like no big thing. I was surprised by his continued good looks and also his cool, doing business on the street. He and his sister, Marie Osmond, are, of course, headliner entertainers at the famed Flamingo Hotel. My wife and I had enjoyed them when they had their own TV show and now, here he was and he had his tan in great shape.
All of the drivers were especially careful with his ankles which was good since he went on to win the Dancing with the Stars show in 2009
++++
Carrot Top followed me into the new Palazzo Hotel one day. Of course he doesn’t know me from Adam but I was just a little intimidated, because he was driving his monster Hummer. It seemed to fit him fine since has become a workout nut and has buffed up to twice the size that we first saw him.
His prop comedy is famous now and just kills me. Sometimes I need some silly in my life. My favorite Carrot Top gag is in the Vegas airport instruction video when you are boarding the planes. The video says only one carry-on bag is allowed so he is shown hoisting a shoulder harnessed bag onto his back that looks as big as a twin bed mattress. He gets me every time.
++++
Another celebrity I enjoyed seeing up close crossed the street in front of my car, like a regular person. It was James Woods, star of the famous Vegas movie, Casino, about the downfall of the Mob in Vegas. Woods played the love interest of Sharon Stone whose husband was played by Robert DeNiro.
Recently James played the defense attorney turned prosecutor in "Shark." In this role he lived in a killer mansion, drove the hottest car on TV and dated the hottest women. He had the best job in Hollywood for three seasons until they cancelled the show. I think they were jealous.
Regardless of that, he is one of the most serious poker players in Hollywood. And he does well there, too. He had a lot of fun on the Celebrity Poker Tournament at the Palms Hotel that was televised so we got to enjoy it, too.
++++
Rita Rudner has found a new home on The Strip in her own showroom at Harrah's hotel. She lives in a penthouse across from the Hilton Hotel so I was not surprised to see her getting in her limo at the Fashion Show Mall loaded down with shopping bags. I learned a long time ago that shopping is hunting and fishing for women.
Rita is a big hit with her clean and very funny jokes suitable for families yet so cutting edge. Not two weeks later, I took a woman to Rita's building for a business meeting with her. Too bad, she didn't have something I could carry up for her.
++++
I was starting to pull away from the Bellagio Hotel, and who walks in front of my car? Congressman Charlie Wilson.
I never before wanted so badly to park my car and buy someone lunch. Why? If you don't know him it is not your fault, because he may be the greatest unknown hero in America. At least until Tom Hanks played him in a tribute movie,” Charlie Wilson's War".
In the movie we find out that he was a mostly unknown U.S. Congressman from Texas. He made it his personal project to help the Afghani’s defeat the Russians in the 80's which helped topple the Communist government and knock down the Berlin Wall. That's all he did. And we're not told about it until 2007, during the unpopular war in Afghanistan.
No one was even noticing him walk into the hotel, alone. So I called the local gossip columnist to encourage him to get an interview and he said he wouldn't know him if he walked right up to him. I think that is sad. We should probably have already built a statue of him. Watch it happen after he is dead.
Note: Charlie Wilson died in 2010. Maybe now we will build a statue to honor him.
++++
It is always fun for cabdrivers to have a new hotel open in Las Vegas. A new hotel has new energy that is fresh and exciting for the visitors, even
All of the drivers were especially careful with his ankles which was good since he went on to win the Dancing with the Stars show in 2009
++++
Carrot Top followed me into the new Palazzo Hotel one day. Of course he doesn’t know me from Adam but I was just a little intimidated, because he was driving his monster Hummer. It seemed to fit him fine since has become a workout nut and has buffed up to twice the size that we first saw him.
His prop comedy is famous now and just kills me. Sometimes I need some silly in my life. My favorite Carrot Top gag is in the Vegas airport instruction video when you are boarding the planes. The video says only one carry-on bag is allowed so he is shown hoisting a shoulder harnessed bag onto his back that looks as big as a twin bed mattress. He gets me every time.
++++
Another celebrity I enjoyed seeing up close crossed the street in front of my car, like a regular person. It was James Woods, star of the famous Vegas movie, Casino, about the downfall of the Mob in Vegas. Woods played the love interest of Sharon Stone whose husband was played by Robert DeNiro.
Recently James played the defense attorney turned prosecutor in "Shark." In this role he lived in a killer mansion, drove the hottest car on TV and dated the hottest women. He had the best job in Hollywood for three seasons until they cancelled the show. I think they were jealous.
Regardless of that, he is one of the most serious poker players in Hollywood. And he does well there, too. He had a lot of fun on the Celebrity Poker Tournament at the Palms Hotel that was televised so we got to enjoy it, too.
++++
Rita Rudner has found a new home on The Strip in her own showroom at Harrah's hotel. She lives in a penthouse across from the Hilton Hotel so I was not surprised to see her getting in her limo at the Fashion Show Mall loaded down with shopping bags. I learned a long time ago that shopping is hunting and fishing for women.
Rita is a big hit with her clean and very funny jokes suitable for families yet so cutting edge. Not two weeks later, I took a woman to Rita's building for a business meeting with her. Too bad, she didn't have something I could carry up for her.
++++
I was starting to pull away from the Bellagio Hotel, and who walks in front of my car? Congressman Charlie Wilson.
I never before wanted so badly to park my car and buy someone lunch. Why? If you don't know him it is not your fault, because he may be the greatest unknown hero in America. At least until Tom Hanks played him in a tribute movie,” Charlie Wilson's War".
In the movie we find out that he was a mostly unknown U.S. Congressman from Texas. He made it his personal project to help the Afghani’s defeat the Russians in the 80's which helped topple the Communist government and knock down the Berlin Wall. That's all he did. And we're not told about it until 2007, during the unpopular war in Afghanistan.
No one was even noticing him walk into the hotel, alone. So I called the local gossip columnist to encourage him to get an interview and he said he wouldn't know him if he walked right up to him. I think that is sad. We should probably have already built a statue of him. Watch it happen after he is dead.
Note: Charlie Wilson died in 2010. Maybe now we will build a statue to honor him.
++++
It is always fun for cabdrivers to have a new hotel open in Las Vegas. A new hotel has new energy that is fresh and exciting for the visitors, even
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