It’s been a particularly hectic week for us and we couldn’t get into the LVRocks studio to do our usual live version of this program so we figured we’d simply present the joint interview Steve conducted with Four Seasons original member and songwriter Bob Gaudio and actor Erich Bergen, who portrays Gaudio in the Vegas version of “Jersey Boys.� Also, we’re giving away two tickets to the Jersey Boys at the Palazzo in Las Vegas. Call us at 206-424-4737 by May 19 and leave us a message of two minutes or less explaining why you should win. The two minutes doesn’t include your contact information. If our judges pick your message, you’ll win two seats for a 10 p.m. show within one year. Finally, next week's guest is... FRANKIE VALLI!!! Join us for the live version and join in the chat with fellow listeners at 7 pm Pacific at LVRocks.Com. Otherwise, as always, the podcast will go up sometime Thursday. Don’t forget to visit us at thestrippodcast.com for more information, leave us a voicemail at 206-424-4737, e-mail us at [email protected] and keep up with Steve every day at his blog, VegasHappensHere.Com. We’ll get into Steve’s thoughts on the Cher show next week, but he’s already blogged a bit about it so take a look. Bob Gaudio is the legendary songwriter responsible for such hits as “Sherry,� “What A Night� and “Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You.� Gaudio’s first hit was “Short Shorts,� a novelty song he wrote when he was 15. More recently, Gaudio he wrote a musical based on the film “Peggy Sue Got Married� and he tells Steve that it may yet come to Broadway sometime soon. Gaudio is joined in this conversation by Erich Bergen, a 22-year-old actor from New York City for whom the Jersey Boys role is his first major part. Bergen is also a former podcaster whose show, Green Room Radio, was a Broadway version of “The Strip� in which he would interview celebrities of the Great White Way.

It’s been a particularly hectic week for us and we couldn’t get into the LVRocks studio to do our usual live version of this program so we figured we’d simply present the joint interview Steve conducted with Four Seasons original member and songwriter Bob Gaudio and actor Erich Bergen, who portrays Gaudio in the Vegas version of “Jersey Boys.�

Also, we’re giving away two tickets to the Jersey Boys at the Palazzo in Las Vegas. Call us at 206-424-4737 by May 19 and leave us a message of two minutes or less explaining why you should win. The two minutes doesn’t include your contact information. If our judges pick your message, you’ll win two seats for a 10 p.m. show within one year.

Finally, next week's guest is... FRANKIE VALLI!!! Join us for the live version and join in the chat with fellow listeners at 7 pm Pacific at LVRocks.Com. Otherwise, as always, the podcast will go up sometime Thursday.

Don’t forget to visit us at thestrippodcast.com for more information, leave us a voicemail at 206-424-4737, e-mail us at [email protected] and keep up with Steve every day at his blog, VegasHappensHere.Com. We’ll get into Steve’s thoughts on the Cher show next week, but he’s already blogged a bit about it so take a look.

Bob Gaudio is the legendary songwriter responsible for such hits as “Sherry,� “What A Night� and “Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You.� Gaudio’s first hit was “Short Shorts,� a novelty song he wrote when he was 15. More recently, Gaudio he wrote a musical based on the film “Peggy Sue Got Married� and he tells Steve that it may yet come to Broadway sometime soon. Gaudio is joined in this conversation by Erich Bergen, a 22-year-old actor from New York City for whom the Jersey Boys role is his first major part. Bergen is also a former podcaster whose show, Green Room Radio, was a Broadway version of “The Strip� in which he would interview celebrities of the Great White Way.

Video from the Jersey Boys premiere and Frankie Valli birthday tribute on May 3, 2008 in Las Vegas at Palazzo.

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Steve Wynn – again! No, sorry. Gotcha! A podcaster cannot dine on Wynn alone. But speaking of dining, how about we serve you up a generous helping of two hot Vegas chefs, Kerry Simon and Charlie Trotter? Both have new restaurants in town, Simon at the Luxor and the Palms and Trotter at Palazzo. So we ask them about the dining scene, about their foie gras aversions and, of course, about what kind of fast food they eat.

 Plus, in banter:  Perez Hilton sucks, the Donnie and Marie idea sucks, a Hustler hotel-casino would suck and the broken Encore sign sucks.

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Twice in one month! Wow! Steve Wynn is back to discuss the recession, reveal some intriguing new plans for the future of his golf course and declare Spamalot, closing this summer, a success. Oh, and he explains how it is he did NOT lie to Steve a few weeks ago about those Danny Gans rumors. Sorta.

In Banter: Powerful people are listening, Harrah's IS punishing the R-J, Criss Angel has not repented, the What Happens in Vegas trailer is good, Andrew Lloyd Webber is writing a Phantom sequel and more.

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The LVCVA, to combat the recession, created these spots. Your thoughts? Come to ReadVegas.Com and talk about it.

Steve appeared on KNPR's State of Nevada on Monday, April 21, to discuss the R-J v Harrah's issue and Sheldon Adelson's appearance in court last week.

 

You know a recession is pretty bad when it’s felt even in Las Vegas. Terry Lanni, the CEO of MGM Mirage, spoke to Steve earlier this month about these challenging economic times, about which of the young moguls of Vegas he admires and about the struggle to name the CityCenter Hotel. That’s coming up. Plus, news from Vegas, a new trivia question, the poll, a lot of listener feedback on last week’s provocative letter about the decline of Las Vegas, and as always, The Top Secret Tourist Tip of the Week. In Banter: MGM layoffs, Harrah's dumps the R-J, mobile billboards under the microscope, Steve Scores and the Criss Angel nightmare for Cirque.

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The last time we heard from Roseanne Barr was before she signed to do a run at the New York-New York. That gig came and went and now Barr is playing through May at the Sahara. She spoke to Steve about the differences between working at opposite ends of the Strip, about giving Judd Apatow and Joss Whedon their writing starts on her legendary sitcom and about when she started calling herself the Domestic Goddess. Barr appears at 9:30 p.m. Saturday through Wednesday at the Sahara Hotel.

In Banter:  Food at Strip Clubs, frigging expensive shows and feuds with just about everyone.

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Guess who! It's Wynn on the young lions of Vegas, Encore, Christina Binkley's book "Winner Takes All," Eliot Spitzer, public art and Sheldon Adelson's delusions. In Banter: Chewing on the best part of "Winner Takes All" by Christina Binkley, wondering who would swim in a salt-water pool, laughing about the Westin charging conventioneers, baffling over a McCain remark in Vegas and admitting being punk'd on April Fool's Day.Call 206-424-4737, e-mail [email protected], read the blog at thestrippodcast.blogspot.com.