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Old 06-18-2010, 12:38 PM
 
Location: Las Vegas, NV
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I bet a lot of newbies don't even know this...but Vegas Vic, the tall cowboy neon sign under the Bird Cage in front of The Pioneer Hotel in old downtown used to say "Howdy Partner" and his arm used to wave...


His "partner" is Vegas Vicki atop The Glitter Gulch
I just learned something
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Old 06-18-2010, 02:05 PM
 
Location: Kingman AZ
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I bet a lot of newbies don't even know this...but Vegas Vic, the tall cowboy neon sign under the Bird Cage in front of The Pioneer Hotel in old downtown used to say "Howdy Partner" and his arm used to wave...


His "partner" is Vegas Vicki atop The Glitter Gulch
But the Pioneer is now only a gift shop of some kind...

And Wayne Newton used to play in the lounge at the Fremont....
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Old 06-18-2010, 02:56 PM
 
Location: Las Vegas
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But the Pioneer is now only a gift shop of some kind...

And Wayne Newton used to play in the lounge at the Fremont....
You go back even further than me! You Howard Hughes in disguise? LOL...
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Old 06-18-2010, 03:10 PM
 
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Kenny Rodgers and the 5 edition spent some time in the Union Plaza lounge back in the day.
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Old 06-18-2010, 03:10 PM
 
Location: England
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I read a story that Lee Marvin was shooting The Professionalsin 1966 and was staying in a hotel on Fremont. He had a sorehead and was sick of Vegas Vic saying howdy partner so he shotat him with a bow and arrow he had to use in the film!!
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Old 06-18-2010, 03:14 PM
 
Location: Las Vegas
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I read a story that Lee Marvin was shooting The Professionalsin 1966 and was staying in a hotel on Fremont. He had a sorehead and was sick of Vegas Vic saying howdy partner so he shotat him with a bow and arrow he had to use in the film!!
Now THAT'S a great story!
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Old 06-19-2010, 08:16 AM
 
Location: Kingman AZ
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I read a story that Lee Marvin was shooting The Professionalsin 1966 and was staying in a hotel on Fremont. He had a sorehead and was sick of Vegas Vic saying howdy partner so he shotat him with a bow and arrow he had to use in the film!!
That happened while I was in Europe fighting the French but I have also heard that story.
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Old 06-19-2010, 08:22 AM
 
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The cast and crew stayed in Las Vegas while working on this project. Actor Woody Strode wrote in his memoirs that he and Lee Marvin pulled several pranks, including shooting an arrow at the famous smiling cowboy neon sign damaging it briefly.

From IMDB.com
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Old 06-19-2010, 10:09 AM
 
Location: England
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Las Vegas has got such a great history has'nt it? I look at bookswhen I get the chance about the entertainers who have workedhere. Its more like trying to find those who haven't worked here!I love all the old photos in the Sahara, theres a nice one of ConnieStevens, Buddy Hackett, and I think Liberace. Mae West performedthere, and Marlene Dietrich , I saw her in London in 1971. The place just oozes history. Plus its such an attractive casino, withthose coloured light fitments. Shame its struggling.
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