Vegas Short Story #1

Spending some time hanging around journalists in Vegas and starting to hear some of the "Only in Vegas" stories.

Here's one involving Shecky Greene, the comedian who headlined at the Sands for so long, making $150,000 a week back when, according to Charles Grodin in an interview with Shecky, making $150,000 a week "really meant something." (Did I miss something? It doesn't anymore?)

Shecky was drunk and drove his convertible into the fountain at Caesar's Palace. A concerned witness ran over to check on his wellbeing. And there was Shecky, arms spread wide, water pouring in over him. "No hot wax, please."