Tahun 2008, saya menemukan iklan di sebuah hotel dan casino di Las Vegas. Iklan tersebut berbunyi "George Carlin show at River Rock or such, with a photo of the man; and across his chest was written the word, 'cancelled.' Saya tidak dapat membantu tertawakan, terutama karena jelas bahwa Carlin sendiri akan melihat humor dalam iklan tersebut, dalam keintensitasnya dan ketajamannya. George Carlin telah ditolak: sesungguhnya. Saya menyimpan iklan tersebut dan menemukannya kembali, tiba-tiba di DVD saya. Jika saya memiliki scanner yang terhubung, saya akan membagikannya…
Semua ini dimulai untukku malam ini karena keributan mengenai Lance Armstrong dan perasaanku sendiri tentang orang itu, yang sangat dekat dengan Carlin. Saya pilih pengikut saya sendiri juga, terima kasih.
Sejarah Vegas
June 15, 2008: Comedian George Carlin, a Las Vegas regular for 40 years, gives his final public performance at the Orleans. Seven days later he dies of heart failure in California at 71. He had been booked to return to the Orleans in August.
June 14, 1855: William Bringhurst arrives in Las Vegas with a group of Mormon missionaries to establish a fort and begin converting the local Paiute Indians. Though relations with the Indians are peaceful, drought and lack of success in conversions force the Mormons back to Utah three years later.
June 17, 1960: El Rancho Vegas, the Strip's first resort and the city's biggest hotel when it opened in 1941, is destroyed by a fire. Betty Grable and Harry James are on stage when the blaze breaks out – apparently by accident – but there are no injuries.
June 18, 2008: NFL star receiver Javon Walker is released from Sunrise Medical Center, one day after being found unconscious on a Las Vegas street. He admits he was drunk after a night of partying, got into a car with men he didn't know, and was robbed and beaten. The attacker gets life in prison.
June 19, 2009: Talk-show legend Larry King, 75, makes his debut as a Vegas headliner, spinning show-biz yarns and telling jokes at the Wynn Encore Theater. His wife, singer Shawn King, opens the show and returns to the stage for the big finale: a duet with Larry of "Makin' Whoopee."
June 20, 1947: Bugsy Siegel (born Benjamin Siegelbaum), the mobster whose Flamingo Hotel is regarded as the first luxury resort in Las Vegas, is murdered in Beverly Hills, Calif. He was 42. The killing is widely believed to be a Mob hit, but no arrests are ever made.
The Orleans Hotel and Casino
Located about a mile off the strip, The Orleans is considered a locals casino in the city of sin.
George Carlin gave his last stand-up performance there on June 6, 2008. He died on June 22 at the age of 71.
Event: George Carlin – At The Orleans Hotel & Casino
Date: Friday 22 February 2008 at 8:00pm
Location:
- The Orleans Hotel & Casino
- 4500 West Tropicana Ave, Las Vegas, 89103, United States
- Tel: +1 702-365-7111
- Web: http://www.orleanscasino.com
- Show on map
Line-up:
- George Carlin