October 10, 2016
Monday
I did a one-and-a-quarter hour-interview Saturday night with
Morgan White Jr. on his clear-channel broadcast that reaches two-thirds of the
nation from the east coast. I presented the career of comedian Joe E. Lewis,
which is one of show business’ greatest stories, and then we discussed 30 Illegal Years To The Strip, which he
highly recommended as a Christmas gift for anyone interested in the history of
organized crime or the Las Vegas Strip. We ended with listener questions. Thank
you, Morgan!
I just hung up from a half-hour interview with Frankie Boyer
in Boston. I described the ambiance of the early Las Vegas Strip resorts and
why I was totally enchanted by them from the time I was a child. Then, I
explained how I got Boylesque
approved for the Silver Slipper on
the Strip by Howard Hughes’ Summa Corp Board of Directors. It was amazing to get
a female impersonator show accepted by this very proper and straight-laced
company. Boylesque went on to be the
Strip’s most sold out show for the next eleven years. We then discussed
orchestra conductor Arthur Fiedler’s Boston Pops that was based in Boston, and
my parents took me to his show in San Francisco every year. It is always great
talking with you, Frankie!
