Okay, I gotta just say this upfront. I DON'T have Wayne Newton's Pasta recipe -- you know, the one he got from Dean Martin?
But I'm gonna get it. I don't know how, I don't know when, but it will be a personal mission of mine.
If you've never seen "Vegas Vacation" add it to your Netflix queque or rent it right now. Actually, you should just go ahead and buy a copy, because it is one of the best Vegas movies ever made, and if you are reading this blog, "Vegas Vacation" is required viewing.
I never tire of watching "Vegas Vacation" (or "Showgirls" for that matter . . . some things are just so bad they are good.)
The Midnight Idol, the Waynester, Mr. Las Vegas, has been pouring on the cheese for nearly 50 years now, and it doesn't look like he is going to quit anytime soon.
Wayne's voice isn't what it used to be, who could ever forget the splendor of "Danke Shoen" or "Red Roses for a Blue Lady", but the man is an Entertainer, and he's earned his stripes. In fact Wayne had a short-lived reality show called the Entertainer, that I would love to see picked up again.
I guess being called "Mr. Las Vegas" wasn't good enough for Wayne, so now he is hawking merchandise on his website www.kingoflasvegas.com
There is plenty of stuff to add to your collection, but until the WAYNE-IAC T-shirts and pasta machines show up, I'm going to have to save my money to see Wayne perform and splurge on the meet and greet.
This is the guy that threatened to kick Johnny Carson's ass, so if Mr. Newton wants to be called King, I'll call him King. It was on another King's show, Larry King Live, that Wayne told the Johnny Carson story, and it was a doozy.
Apparently, Johnny Carson started the rumors that Wayne was gay, and linked to the mafia.
Sadly, they were very effective rumors, as I even had those misconceptions about Mr. Newton, and I hardly ever watched Johnny Carson.
So Wayne had every right to confront Mr. Carson, and it went down like this.
“I went to NBC, Burbank, and walked down the halls into his office, and Freddy de Cordova, his producer, was in the office with him. And I walked in, unannounced, I said to Freddy, I said, would you excuse us, please? He was so shocked that he did get up and leave,” he recounted. “And I said to Mr. Carson, I said, ‘I don’t know what friend of yours I’ve killed, I don’t know what child of yours I’ve hurt, I don’t know what food I’ve taken out of your mouth, but these jokes about me will stop and they’ll stop now or I will kick your ass.”
Way to tell 'em, Wayne.
Wayne Newton has a very lovely wife, a magnificent spread (Shenandoah), a stable of beautiful horses, and Dean Martin's pasta recipe. Let's hope he's willing to share the latter.
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