Comedian George Wallace says he is ending his 10-year residency at the Flamingo on April 27, mostly because of the legwork involved in promoting it. Wallace made the announcement the same day a Las Vegas jury awarded him $1.3 million in litigation over an injury he suffered performing in a private party at the Bellagio in 2007.
The court feud over the entertainment offered in a nightclub called The Act reminds me of a favorite “Beavis and Butt-head” quote: “That was beyond the limits of good taste.”
Show producers get it, but they don’t have to like it. The Strip seems full if you crowd around the new Mirage volcano show. But the ticketed shows seem half empty … if they’re lucky.
Last summer’s season of “America’s Got Talent” became a two-way street for Las Vegas entertainment.
Michael Holly has been doing his Internet research on Branson, Mo. “I hear that’s nice,” he says.
