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Transcript

00:00:00Hello and welcome to the Podofilo Podcast.

00:00:28I am your host, Will Corson.

00:00:29If you are anything like me, you just might happen to be a big fan of the 2003 show, Las Vegas.

00:00:37Now, we just happen to be in this sort of serendipitous time because Las Vegas, after all this time,

00:00:45has finally found a home on a streaming service, Peacock, which has its good notes and its bad notes.

00:00:52But one of the good notes is that I actually get to bring this podcast to the world,

00:00:57a podcast I've been thinking about and sitting on for a long time,

00:01:01and for various reasons, haven't had a chance to get to it, and there's no day like today, there's no time like now.

00:01:07I wanted to do this a long time ago when the only way to watch it was via DVD,

00:01:13which at a certain point got very expensive, and we can talk about those reasons in a little bit.

00:01:18Now it's on streaming service, and I think now is a good time so that it's a bit more shareable with more people.

00:01:24It was also on TNT for a long time, so some of you may not have been writing with the show when it first debuted in September 2003,

00:01:32but caught it in reruns alongside shows like Charmed and such off TNT.

00:01:36Now you get to see it on Peacock itself.

00:01:39A little bit about me, I've been a big fan of the show really since just after the first season.

00:01:43I won the DVD on a radio contest, was going through a bad, terrible time in my life,

00:01:50had a whole bunch of time on my hand to just sit and sulk and be depressed and just want my mind to wander in different places,

00:01:57and had this DVD in my hands.

00:02:00I popped it in, and I fell in love immediately.

00:02:03And my guess is a lot of your stories are something similar to mine.

00:02:10Las Vegas was on for five seasons, starred the talents Josh Duhamel, Nikki Cox, James Azour, Vanessa Marcelle,

00:02:17Marcella Thomason, and James Caan to start.

00:02:21Oh, and Molly Sims, of course.

00:02:22Gary Stark, Scott Thompson wrote and was executive producer of the show,

00:02:27and he really is the driving force behind a lot of what we love about this show.

00:02:32This podcast is going to be an episode-by-episode breakdown of the show that we love.

00:02:37We're going to go through all five seasons, the good, the bad, and the ugly.

00:02:39As much as I love this show, I know that there are some parts in it that I liked more than others.

00:02:46There are some things in it I liked more than others.

00:02:48There are some relationships I liked more than others.

00:02:52Oh, yes, we're going to stir all those pots in this podcast.

00:02:55But right now, we're just going to go, we're going to break down the pilot a little bit.

00:02:58There's so much to get into.

00:03:00I compiled information from every source I had.

00:03:04I've had the Las Vegas DVDs for years.

00:03:08I've actually had a few different incarnations of them.

00:03:10I got another recent version of them off of Amazon to watch and take more notes on because I wore my originals out.

00:03:19There's also the Peacock setting, and if you can find them on the internet in some places where they may or may not have permission to be,

00:03:27you might be able to find an original broadcast version of Las Vegas.

00:03:33Now, you'll be able to see that because it'll have the Peacock logo on it.

00:03:36I compile my notes from as many places as possible because one of the things that is a problem with streaming service,

00:03:42and one of the reasons why Las Vegas wasn't on streaming services for so long,

00:03:47is rights issues.

00:03:49Specifically, music rights issues.

00:03:51And we get into some of those music rights issues from the very first episode.

00:03:57If you're watching on Peacock, there are a couple of different shots in the intro.

00:04:01We start with a dead body in the desert.

00:04:05We find out who this dead body is a little bit later, but we start with a dead body in the desert.

00:04:10We start with certain music with this dead body in the desert.

00:04:16On the DVD and in the original version, it's Ready, Steady, Go.

00:04:20A fantastic song.

00:04:21I love that song.

00:04:23It's been on my compilations ever since I heard it on the DVD, and it was actually pretty big back in the day.

00:04:29Terrific song.

00:04:30And it's still in the Peacock version.

00:04:34Luckily, the sun sets as we slide underneath an airplane at McLaren Airport.

00:04:41We get our first real whoosh as we whoosh past the Las Vegas welcome sign.

00:04:46Now, the whoosh was technologically amazing at the time.

00:04:52It was...

00:04:53I'm going to feel a little old while watching this

00:04:56because I was around and alive and able to ingest and understand media at the time

00:05:03and love it and enjoy it.

00:05:05I was, you know, legally an adult when this came out.

00:05:08Some of you may not understand, what's the big deal about the whoosh?

00:05:11Well, this was technologically something that was ahead of its time, specifically on TV.

00:05:18In the early 2000s, there was still very much a divide between television and movies,

00:05:24between the quality and the money thrown at television versus movies.

00:05:29And you could see that a lot of times with really the quality of certain effects,

00:05:35the quality of maybe props, different level of writing,

00:05:39in part because with television, it's very episodic.

00:05:41You had to draw things out over a season of at least 13 up to 22 or 24 episodes.

00:05:48And, you know, the movie, you have 90 minutes.

00:05:51There was this very heavy divide between TV and movies.

00:05:55That started to fade a couple years later.

00:05:57But one of the divides, like I mentioned, is in special effects.

00:06:00You did not see on television a whole lot of this whooshing technology

00:06:04where the camera zooms very rapidly past images that you can recognize.

00:06:11And it seems...

00:06:12It's almost hyper real, right?

00:06:15It's obviously altered.

00:06:17It's obviously a special effect.

00:06:18It's obviously not how you would actually see it.

00:06:21But it's hyper real because you still feel like it could actually happen,

00:06:27at least in this universe.

00:06:29And this is the first part of building this universe in Las Vegas.

00:06:33We whoosh down the Vegas Strip,

00:06:36past Lady Liberty in New York, New York,

00:06:39through to a taxi with beautiful girls on it.

00:06:42We go to Paris, Paris, Paris.

00:06:44Down the Vegas Strip again, we see Mr. Bunny Shoes.

00:06:47It's laying the groundwork for the show.

00:06:49We pass by Circus Circus.

00:06:52There's a paper that flies by that has McCoy Construction on it with actual...

00:06:56By the way, let's stop by on this paper.

00:06:58It actually has stories on it.

00:06:59Like if you pause at the right moment,

00:07:00you would actually start to read a little bit of this paper.

00:07:03Somebody put work into this graphic

00:07:06that you would really only are supposed to barely recognize.

00:07:10You're not even really supposed to really ingest even the headlines.

00:07:14It's barely on the screen for most people to notice.

00:07:18But Uber fans like me, you could actually go back

00:07:21and you could actually see what's on the paper.

00:07:25So for instance, one of the headlines,

00:07:26Montecito team nabs ring of slot cheats.

00:07:30The other, McCoy Construction wins bid.

00:07:33And then you can see Packers win 20 to 14.

00:07:35I applaud the technical team for their work with the paper.

00:07:40One of the other benefits of the whoosh.

00:07:42You get to go from place to place in a very fast fashion.

00:07:45There's a great breakdown of the whoosh.

00:07:46However, this whoosh is extra special because we get to meet the crew.

00:07:50And we start with Mike Cannon played by James LeJure.

00:07:55James LeJure is one of my favorite actors, period, point blank.

00:07:59Every time I see James LeJure in something,

00:08:01I will at least stop and watch because I know James LeJure is going to be good at it.

00:08:06Even if what he's in may or may not,

00:08:09and I don't even know if I've ever seen him in something that isn't particularly good.

00:08:13I'd have to go back and think.

00:08:14The first time I remember seeing James LeJure was in the ABC,

00:08:19which moved to WB sitcom For Your Love with Holly Robinson-Pete

00:08:23and Michelle Pfeiffer's big sister, Dee Dee Pfeiffer,

00:08:27who for my money, my money's on Dee Dee.

00:08:30Michelle's great. I'll take Dee Dee all the time.

00:08:33As well as Adafi Blackman, D.W. Moffitt, Tamala Jones.

00:08:38That lasted for, how many seasons? Three or four?

00:08:40It might have been five. It might have been five.

00:08:42I want to say four seasons or so.

00:08:44Great show. That's the very first time I saw him.

00:08:47And this is actually part of the reason why I fell in love with Las Vegas.

00:08:52Because I managed to give it more of a shot

00:08:54than just popping into the DVD player and watching it.

00:08:57We get to, what, less than a minute or two in it

00:09:01and there's James LeJure and I'm like, yep, I'm watching this.

00:09:04I don't care what happens next.

00:09:06I'm watching James LeJure's in it.

00:09:08It can't be bad.

00:09:09Mike Cannon, as those of you who are fans of the show know,

00:09:13is arguably, for my money, for my money,

00:09:16Mike is the coolest guy in the casino.

00:09:20I know Josh Duhamel, Danny, is supposed to be the head character.

00:09:25But for my money, Mike's the guy.

00:09:28Mike is the guy.

00:09:29Everybody knows Mike.

00:09:30Everybody loves Mike.

00:09:31Mike is the guy.

00:09:31Even when they try to make him not cool

00:09:34or try to throw him off his game,

00:09:36he still brings the heat.

00:09:37And that, I got to give all credit to James LeJure on that.

00:09:40He's just tremendous in this role.

00:09:42This is a great role for him.

00:09:43So we get to whoosh by Mike Cannon

00:09:45and then we go into the casino and who do we see

00:09:48but the lovely, beautiful, talented Miss Nikki Cox.

00:09:55Nikki Cox is another one who I've seen before,

00:09:57before she got this role.

00:09:59She was in the nanny pilot, of all things,

00:10:01as one of the oldest daughter's friends.

00:10:05I guess she also had a career as a child actress.

00:10:07She was in a whole bunch of stuff,

00:10:09including California Dreams,

00:10:11where she had a slight story arc

00:10:13where she was the girlfriend of Sly Sylvester Winkle

00:10:16and was arguably the best girlfriend for him,

00:10:19even though he ends up with Lorena later.

00:10:21Arguably the best girlfriend for him.

00:10:23But I first recognized her from Unhappily Ever After,

00:10:26which is where probably most people

00:10:28first recognized Nikki Cox.

00:10:31She was just incredibly talented and funny

00:10:35and of course, attractive on that show.

00:10:37It was from the creators of Married with Children,

00:10:39essentially an extension of Married with Children.

00:10:41What if Al and Peg actually did go ahead with the divorce?

00:10:44Nikki Cox became incredibly popular.

00:10:48Even though this show was really supposed to be

00:10:50for Stephanie Hodge, who played the mother,

00:10:53and Jeffrey Pearson, who played the father,

00:10:55it was really supposed to be a starring vehicle for them.

00:10:58But Nikki Cox got popular,

00:11:00Stephanie Hodge got mad,

00:11:02wouldn't be the first, I think, or last time

00:11:04that happened with Stephanie Hodge,

00:11:06but that's a whole other thing.

00:11:07And she ended up leaving the show.

00:11:10So because, in part, it just became the Nikki Cox show.

00:11:14So much so, that when Unhappily Ever After ended,

00:11:17WB actually did give Nikki Cox her own show,

00:11:19called Nikki.

00:11:20Because why wouldn't you?

00:11:21She was just, she was amazingly stunning,

00:11:24and the hottest new thing on the market,

00:11:27and everybody knew it,

00:11:28and WB, at that point, really needed something like that

00:11:31to try to jumpstart their whole network.

00:11:33In that show, she was, ironically enough,

00:11:37in Las Vegas, as a showgirl,

00:11:40an aspiring dancer, showgirl,

00:11:42with her husband, who was an aspiring wrestler,

00:11:44called the Crybaby.

00:11:46There's a lot of those in professional wrestling.

00:11:48That's a whole other story.

00:11:49And now, we get to see the lovely Marsha Thomason.

00:11:55Oh, be still my, this show just doesn't miss, does it?

00:11:59This show, with the beautiful girls,

00:12:01oh my goodness, we get Marsha Thomason,

00:12:04who, according to the DVD commentary,

00:12:08which is another great reason to get the physical media,

00:12:11the DVD, because you actually get to hear the commentary

00:12:13from Gary Scott Thompson and the crew.

00:12:18According to Marsha Thomason,

00:12:18she didn't have a nameplate on whatever British show

00:12:22she had been on, or title card, right?

00:12:25And this is the first one she ever got,

00:12:26and she was so excited about that.

00:12:27She really wasn't even supposed to have this role,

00:12:30but we can talk about that a little bit later on.

00:12:32Marsha Thomason plays, of course,

00:12:35the Ice Queen, Vanessa and Nessa Holt.

00:12:39Just stellar performance.

00:12:41And you can tell,

00:12:42in every time she's on screen,

00:12:45really after the first episode,

00:12:49that she's having the time of her life.

00:12:50The first episode,

00:12:51she is very in the Ice Queen role.

00:12:54And she does continue that when she needs to in the series.

00:12:59However, somewhere between episode one and two,

00:13:03somebody said,

00:13:04okay, have fun.

00:13:06And you can see the joy for being around her cast members

00:13:10on screen with her.

00:13:12And it's just incredible and magic to watch.

00:13:16Going back a little bit,

00:13:17Gary Scott Thompson said that he had that dead man

00:13:20in the desert image in his head for 15 years.

00:13:22And originally in his head,

00:13:24it was supposed to be in a graveyard of slot machines.

00:13:27But NBC said,

00:13:28no, we're not going to do that.

00:13:29I'd actually kind of like to see the slot machine graveyard,

00:13:32if I'm being perfectly honest.

00:13:34But I'm sure,

00:13:35worst case scenario,

00:13:36that was a budgetary issue.

00:13:37In the first part of the script,

00:13:39everything is as scripted,

00:13:42according to Gary Scott Thompson.

00:13:43He wanted to make a mini movie every week.

00:13:45And that really is what Las Vegas is.

00:13:49All of the shots are done at the Mandalay Bay,

00:13:51at least for the pilot.

00:13:52And there's a couple other shots

00:13:53that you'll see a little bit later

00:13:55in the first season that's at Mandalay Bay

00:13:57before their full set is actually built

00:13:59into the second season.

00:14:01Whoosh past Marsha Thomason,

00:14:03up the elevator.

00:14:04That's a great whoosh up the elevator.

00:14:06That's a great whoosh through the dining cart

00:14:09into the hotel room.

00:14:12And there you see two people on bed having sex.

00:14:16You get to see the hands go all the way down the body.

00:14:19The rose on the lower back.

00:14:22It's not quite a tramp stamp.

00:14:25It's over to the hip.

00:14:26And Molly Sims on the commentary asked

00:14:28if you could see her boobs in the reflection on the screen.

00:14:31Gary Scott Thompson says no.

00:14:32If you actually kind of, yeah.

00:14:35But out of the elevator comes some henchmen.

00:14:39We don't know who these people are.

00:14:41We're assuming maybe Mob.

00:14:42They're all in suits.

00:14:43You see the side of James Caan's head.

00:14:46What an intro that is

00:14:49for the legendary James Caan.

00:14:52Godfather.

00:14:55Come on.

00:14:57Come on.

00:14:58Sonny Corleone.

00:14:59Come on.

00:15:01That's all that should be said.

00:15:04That's all that should be said.

00:15:05But for you younger kids,

00:15:08the dad from Elf.

00:15:11What more is there to say?

00:15:13James Caan is just amazing.

00:15:14He plays Big Ed DeLine,

00:15:17the head of security for the Montecito.

00:15:20He is just an incredibly strong figure on this show.

00:15:25An anchor, really.

00:15:26Especially on a show like this

00:15:28with a cast that's really full of young people.

00:15:32Now, obviously, there's a lot of

00:15:35really experience by the time you get to this show.

00:15:38Right?

00:15:38Josh Duhamel's done soaps.

00:15:40Vanessa Marcelle's done soaps.

00:15:42Nikki Cox has had a whole career before this.

00:15:45James LeJure has had a whole career before this.

00:15:47But they're all still young.

00:15:49Especially compared to James Caan,

00:15:52who's obviously older than the rest of the crew

00:15:55and has a lot more and deeper,

00:15:59wider range of acting skills.

00:16:01He's got the gravitas to really anchor this series.

00:16:06And you see that with good casts of young people.

00:16:10There's usually a good cast of older actors

00:16:14with some experience,

00:16:15with some gravitas to balance out the show.

00:16:19For an example, I'll give you that 70s show.

00:16:23Kurtwood Smith was a great anchor

00:16:26for everybody else that he was playing around.

00:16:31Right?

00:16:32Deborah Jo Rupp, a great anchor

00:16:33with everybody else they were playing around.

00:16:35So you get that here with James Caan.

00:16:38And especially with the...

00:16:40Because you need that.

00:16:41You need a straight man.

00:16:42And especially in this first episode,

00:16:43he's very much a straight man with an edge.

00:16:47So Big Ed is walking down the hall.

00:16:50Molly Sims and Josh Duhamel.

00:16:53We don't know who these people are just yet.

00:16:56But then the card goes in.

00:16:58Molly turns her head.

00:17:02Hi, Daddy.

00:17:07Daddy.

00:17:08And there you see Big Ed and Polly

00:17:11looking over Josh Duhamel's face for the first time

00:17:14like he can't believe it.

00:17:16Great way to intro the cast.

00:17:18Let's talk about Polly here for half a second.

00:17:20Polly is an unfortunate casualty

00:17:22of how good other cast members are.

00:17:26Because Molly Sims and Marsha Thomason

00:17:30really weren't supposed...

00:17:31Like, their roles apparently,

00:17:33according to Gary Scott Thompson on the DVDs,

00:17:35really wasn't supposed to be

00:17:36as permanent as they were,

00:17:39as big as they were.

00:17:39And Polly really was supposed to be

00:17:41on the show as a regular.

00:17:44Thinking about this,

00:17:45I don't know how that would have worked

00:17:47with the balance.

00:17:47I like the idea of a Polly

00:17:49because he's somewhat more tied to older Vegas,

00:17:55even though Ed is tied to older Vegas.

00:17:57But as I think about it,

00:17:58as I've thought about it over the years,

00:17:59I don't know.

00:18:01I like Ed more not needing a Polly behind him.

00:18:05I like Ed more not needing that backup

00:18:08to follow him all up and down.

00:18:10Now, I guess maybe realistically,

00:18:12a guy like that would need backup, right?

00:18:14Like, or somebody around him for protection.

00:18:18I don't know.

00:18:19I like...

00:18:19It adds a bit more to the mystique of Big Ed

00:18:22that, you know, he could let Polly...

00:18:24I like to think of my headcanon,

00:18:26Polly retired after this first episode.

00:18:28Let's talk about this theme song.

00:18:32In the network version,

00:18:33this is another clue on how you'll see

00:18:34a network version.

00:18:35If you just happen to be floating around

00:18:37a part of the internet that has it,

00:18:38even though they probably shouldn't,

00:18:40if it's a network version,

00:18:42it'll have A Little Less Conversation

00:18:43by Elvis Presley,

00:18:44not the newer one with JXL,

00:18:46which came out around this time.

00:18:47The more club version.

00:18:49Not that mix.

00:18:50The original, A Little Less Conversation,

00:18:52is the one that plays

00:18:53on the network version,

00:18:56including the TNT version,

00:18:59as well as the first episode

00:19:01of every season on the DVD.

00:19:04Only the first episode.

00:19:06I guess it was a rights issue.

00:19:07They didn't want to put it

00:19:08in all the other episodes.

00:19:09I don't know.

00:19:10However, in all the other episodes,

00:19:12we get the Charlie Closor song,

00:19:16Let It Ride.

00:19:16Charlie Closor of Nine Inch Nails

00:19:18did the background music

00:19:20and a lot of the music for Las Vegas,

00:19:23a lot of the production stuff

00:19:23for Las Vegas,

00:19:25and a lot of other shows.

00:19:26Charlie Closor made a killing

00:19:28doing TV music.

00:19:31And by the way,

00:19:31that is a whole industry.

00:19:32You have Gary Portnoy who did it.

00:19:34You have W.G. Snuffy Walden who did it.

00:19:38And Charlie Closor found his way there,

00:19:39especially with a lot of the cooler shows

00:19:41from the early 2000s.

00:19:43And some movies, too.

00:19:44He did some very good work.

00:19:46I followed and have a few of the songs

00:19:50that he's written for some of these productions

00:19:52that came out as theme songs.

00:19:54They were fantastic.

00:19:55They were amazing.

00:19:55Charlie Closor does Let It Ride,

00:19:58which you will hear on every other episode

00:20:01after the pilot if you get the DVD.

00:20:03You will also hear it on the Peacock.

00:20:06You will also hear it

00:20:07on international showings of Las Vegas.

00:20:11Again, rights issues

00:20:13with a little less conversation.

00:20:15I personally love Let It Ride.

00:20:18For my personal money,

00:20:21just my personal opinion,

00:20:23I like Let It Ride more

00:20:25than I like A Little Less Conversation.

00:20:28In part because,

00:20:29and I remember around this time,

00:20:31A Little Less Conversation

00:20:34started to be a little played out

00:20:36because everyone,

00:20:39everyone put A Little Less Conversation

00:20:43on a whole lot of shows

00:20:48and movies and commercials,

00:20:49especially if it had anything to do

00:20:52with gambling or cards or Vegas.

00:20:54they loved that song.

00:20:58They loved it around that time.

00:21:01It was mega.

00:21:04And as much as I like that song,

00:21:06I like A Little Less Conversation,

00:21:08A Little Less than Let It Ride.

00:21:10I really enjoy Let It Ride.

00:21:12I really enjoy the DVD music

00:21:15that you get,

00:21:16the menu music on the DVD.

00:21:18No guilt,

00:21:20no shame,

00:21:21no pity.

00:21:21I love that song.

00:21:23Can't find it anywhere.

00:21:25I love that song.

00:21:26So,

00:21:26I'm a fan of Let It Ride,

00:21:28but

00:21:29A Little Less Conversation

00:21:30is not a bad song.

00:21:32The very first thing we see

00:21:33is Nikki Cox

00:21:34blowing on some dice

00:21:35and why wouldn't you?

00:21:36That is a great hook

00:21:38in 2003.

00:21:39That is a fantastic hook.

00:21:40The dice go down the crap table

00:21:42and you see my favorite shot

00:21:44of the entire show,

00:21:46if we're being perfectly honest,

00:21:47certainly of the intro

00:21:48after the dice finished rolling,

00:21:52the panoramic,

00:21:53not panoramic,

00:21:54the kind of,

00:21:54the whirly bird,

00:21:56I don't know,

00:21:56it's not whirly bird.

00:21:58It's not panoramic

00:21:59because panoramic to me

00:22:01seems like you need a wider view.

00:22:02It's a shot that wraps around

00:22:04Ed and Danny

00:22:06with the lights underneath them.

00:22:09You got some shadows.

00:22:10I like to call that,

00:22:11they had like the kind of

00:22:12Triple H lighting.

00:22:14I'm a wrestling fan.

00:22:15For those of you who know Triple H,

00:22:17Paul LeVest,

00:22:17Conor Hurst-Hemsley,

00:22:18when he first turned back

00:22:20into a bad guy

00:22:21after being with

00:22:22Degeneration X,

00:22:23when he first became

00:22:25a bad guy again in 1999,

00:22:27he started coming out

00:22:28to this almost futuristic

00:22:30sort of intro

00:22:32where he'd stop

00:22:33in the entranceway

00:22:34and lights would shine on him

00:22:35from different directions

00:22:36that made him

00:22:38and whoever he was

00:22:39accompanying to the ring with

00:22:40look almost as if

00:22:41they were androids

00:22:43in the case

00:22:43in a lot of these

00:22:45big action movies

00:22:46that were being brought

00:22:47to life suddenly

00:22:48and that's kind of

00:22:50the framing that you get

00:22:52with Big Ed and Danny

00:22:54and that shot

00:22:55wrapping around

00:22:57them staring off

00:22:58looking into the casino

00:22:59like it's theirs

00:23:01and they're in full control of it.

00:23:03I love that shot.

00:23:04That is my favorite shot

00:23:05and then we go back

00:23:06to the Mandalay Bay

00:23:07and we get the intro here

00:23:08and it's fantastic.

00:23:09Marsha Thomason

00:23:10tossing the cards

00:23:12with the...

00:23:13Did she have a perm

00:23:13in that shot

00:23:14and only in that shot?

00:23:15I'm not sure.

00:23:17But she did.

00:23:18And we get the intros.

00:23:19The intros are fantastic.

00:23:21The credits

00:23:21have a very 60s, 70s vibe

00:23:24which goes with

00:23:25the Little S

00:23:27conversation music.

00:23:29It reminds me

00:23:30of shots that you would see

00:23:32in the old

00:23:32Hawaii Five-0 intro.

00:23:34It reminds me of shots

00:23:35you would see in

00:23:36Magnum P.I.

00:23:37in the 80s

00:23:38which is a show

00:23:39that Gary Scott Thompson

00:23:41references on the

00:23:42DVD commentary

00:23:43particularly with

00:23:44their voiceovers

00:23:45and how well they did them.

00:23:46The voiceovers

00:23:47we see the mechanic here

00:23:48with Danny

00:23:49as he's sort of narrating

00:23:50the first

00:23:51at least few episodes

00:23:52of the season.

00:23:53That wears off

00:23:55and fades away

00:23:55pretty quickly.

00:23:56This was in an era

00:23:57where voiceovers

00:23:58were making a comeback

00:24:00in 2003.

00:24:02Scrubs

00:24:02was doing voiceovers

00:24:04and did them

00:24:05for the remainder

00:24:06of the original series.

00:24:08And I think they tried

00:24:09to bring them back

00:24:09for the other series

00:24:10as well.

00:24:11I can't remember much

00:24:12about that ninth season.

00:24:15Anyway,

00:24:16voiceovers were making

00:24:17a big comeback

00:24:18in this era

00:24:19especially as you got

00:24:21more producers

00:24:22and creators

00:24:23who were thinking

00:24:23like Gary Scott Thompson

00:24:24was and wanted to make

00:24:26their show

00:24:26seem more cinematic.

00:24:28But the intro

00:24:29was very 60s,

00:24:32very 70s,

00:24:33very 80s,

00:24:33very that kind of

00:24:34older school style

00:24:35which fit in

00:24:37with not only the intro

00:24:38but with the show itself.

00:24:39Las Vegas would

00:24:40to me

00:24:41sort of almost

00:24:42resemble a show

00:24:42like The Love Boat

00:24:43where you had

00:24:45this essential crew

00:24:46of people

00:24:47that were running

00:24:48this now stationary

00:24:51sort of plot of heaven

00:24:53where all these

00:24:54different guests

00:24:55could come in

00:24:55and have all these

00:24:57sort of different

00:24:58type adventures

00:24:59every week

00:24:59and sometimes

00:25:01it would affect

00:25:02the cast,

00:25:02sometimes it wouldn't

00:25:03affect the cast

00:25:04but that doesn't

00:25:04necessarily matter

00:25:05because you could

00:25:06have all these

00:25:07sort of fantastical

00:25:08adventures

00:25:09every single week

00:25:10in this one location

00:25:11because it's a

00:25:13destination type show

00:25:15and you could have

00:25:16all these

00:25:17grand adventures.

00:25:19So we go back

00:25:19to the hotel.

00:25:20Ed's goons

00:25:21put their guns away

00:25:22because they detected

00:25:23a weapon in there.

00:25:24Delinda says,

00:25:25Well, we did have

00:25:26a weapon, Daddy.

00:25:27Just not the gun

00:25:28you're thinking.

00:25:29Which is,

00:25:30oh,

00:25:30wow,

00:25:33geez.

00:25:34A couple questions

00:25:35though.

00:25:36If she was staying

00:25:37at Danny's place,

00:25:39why did they have

00:25:39to go to the hotel

00:25:41room?

00:25:41And I'm just answering

00:25:42my own question

00:25:43because she,

00:25:44there's a whole reason

00:25:45why she's in Vegas

00:25:45in the first place.

00:25:46She was off studying

00:25:47somewhere but she

00:25:48got bored.

00:25:49And I'm sure

00:25:50Delinda the line

00:25:51in the first couple

00:25:53of episodes

00:25:54gets bored

00:25:56very easily.

00:25:59We all know

00:26:00what I'm talking

00:26:01about.

00:26:03Delinda the line.

00:26:04It comes up,

00:26:05I think,

00:26:05in the very next

00:26:06episode.

00:26:06We all know

00:26:07what I'm talking

00:26:07about.

00:26:08Delinda gets

00:26:09bored easily.

00:26:10She's the type

00:26:10of girl who

00:26:11gets bored

00:26:12easily.

00:26:13Actually,

00:26:13maybe not the

00:26:14next episode

00:26:14but it's probably

00:26:15episode three

00:26:15or four.

00:26:17She's bored easily.

00:26:18So,

00:26:18of course,

00:26:19going over to

00:26:20Danny's place

00:26:20isn't enough.

00:26:21She has to have

00:26:22Danny break into

00:26:23a suite in the

00:26:24hotel and,

00:26:25of course,

00:26:26Danny's going

00:26:26to do it

00:26:27because he's just

00:26:28a goofy

00:26:2920-something

00:26:30year old kid

00:26:30and she's

00:26:32Molly Sims

00:26:33for crying out

00:26:34loud.

00:26:34Now,

00:26:34Molly Sims,

00:26:35according to

00:26:35the commentary,

00:26:36got the role

00:26:37because of

00:26:39Gary Scott Thompson's

00:26:39wife.

00:26:40Gary Scott Thompson

00:26:41then sent a link

00:26:42to Molly Sims'

00:26:43Sports Illustrated

00:26:44pics to NBC.

00:26:46NBC asked him

00:26:47can she act

00:26:48and he said

00:26:48do we care?

00:26:50And,

00:26:50lo and behold,

00:26:53for Delinda the line,

00:26:55she actually

00:26:55can act.

00:26:56Delinda the line

00:26:57is a character.

00:26:58You love

00:27:00Delinda,

00:27:01you are,

00:27:01you don't ever

00:27:02really hate

00:27:03Delinda.

00:27:04You get

00:27:05believably

00:27:07and affably

00:27:09frustrated with

00:27:10the flightiness

00:27:11of Delinda the line

00:27:12at places,

00:27:13but you never

00:27:14hate her.

00:27:15You never hate

00:27:15her for it.

00:27:16You just kind of,

00:27:17you, she's got

00:27:19a charm to her

00:27:20and, again,

00:27:21just like I

00:27:21mentioned with

00:27:22Mike Cannon,

00:27:23a lot of that

00:27:24might just be

00:27:24Molly Sims,

00:27:25a lot of that

00:27:25might be the writing.

00:27:26Pauly is

00:27:28taking Danny

00:27:29back to surveillance

00:27:30and Pauly,

00:27:32like I mentioned,

00:27:33is one of these

00:27:33characters that's

00:27:34going to disappear

00:27:35after this pilot.

00:27:36He's one of two

00:27:38actually cast

00:27:39casualties.

00:27:40The other one

00:27:40really is

00:27:41the Ice Man.

00:27:43Now,

00:27:43who's the Ice Man?

00:27:44Well,

00:27:44the Ice Man

00:27:45was supposed to be

00:27:47Nessa's character,

00:27:48but Nessa came in

00:27:50and she was too good

00:27:51and then the Ice Man

00:27:51became the Ice Queen.

00:27:53We'll get into the Ice Man

00:27:54a little bit later.

00:27:55As Danny goes

00:27:55into security

00:27:56and surveillance,

00:27:57he's instantly met

00:27:58with military reference

00:27:59by Big Ed DeLine.

00:28:02Now,

00:28:02Gary Scott Thompson

00:28:03mentions that they

00:28:04outgrew the military

00:28:05references

00:28:05and I kind of agree.

00:28:07The show flows

00:28:09better without it

00:28:10and it also flows

00:28:11a little bit better

00:28:11when even though

00:28:13Danny is the

00:28:14main protagonist,

00:28:15we get more access

00:28:17to seeing more

00:28:18of the casino

00:28:19and more of

00:28:20these characters

00:28:21outside of Danny.

00:28:22Danny being the whole

00:28:24glue that holds

00:28:25everything together

00:28:26is great,

00:28:27but him being the one

00:28:28with the voiceover

00:28:30doesn't quite work

00:28:31for a show

00:28:32like Las Vegas

00:28:33as opposed to

00:28:35the way it works

00:28:36for a show

00:28:36like Scrubs,

00:28:37also on NBC

00:28:38at the time.

00:28:39Here we get a security guy

00:28:40doing exposition

00:28:41down on the security floor

00:28:43of our big cheater

00:28:44and of Mr. Bunny Shoes.

00:28:47Now,

00:28:48initially I'm like,

00:28:49is that Mitch?

00:28:51Initially I was like,

00:28:51is that Mitch?

00:28:52He sounds like Mitch.

00:28:53Not quite Mitch.

00:28:54We don't see Mitch

00:28:55just yet,

00:28:56but we do see

00:28:57a bit of exposition.

00:28:59Danny then is asked

00:29:02by Big Ed,

00:29:04I'm asking you

00:29:05as head of security,

00:29:08do you,

00:29:08this is my Big Ed impression

00:29:10by the way,

00:29:10this isn't NBC

00:29:11don't come after me.

00:29:12I know my impression

00:29:13is good.

00:29:14Now,

00:29:15do you

00:29:16sleep

00:29:18with

00:29:18women

00:29:19whose background

00:29:21you don't know

00:29:21because if you do,

00:29:23that becomes

00:29:24a big security risk.

00:29:27And then

00:29:28Danny says,

00:29:30no,

00:29:31and then

00:29:31Ed replies with,

00:29:33so it's just

00:29:34my daughter then.

00:29:35Ah,

00:29:36what a shot.

00:29:38He walks right into that one.

00:29:39Danny then talks about

00:29:40how he wants to leave

00:29:41for a double shift,

00:29:42but then is thrown

00:29:44on all these different tasks

00:29:45which makes me wonder

00:29:46how is he still

00:29:49standing

00:29:50at all?

00:29:52Now,

00:29:53Big Ed again

00:29:54mentions you didn't seem like

00:29:55you didn't seem like

00:29:56you needed rest

00:29:5720 minutes ago.

00:29:58Another great shot.

00:30:00However,

00:30:01Ed knows,

00:30:03and this is really

00:30:04him kneeling him

00:30:04because

00:30:05as a former

00:30:0720-something year old

00:30:08male myself,

00:30:08I will tell you,

00:30:10you can be dead tired

00:30:12in your 20s.

00:30:15And

00:30:15if

00:30:16the Linda DeLine

00:30:18fellas

00:30:19comes to you

00:30:20after a 48-hour shift

00:30:21and you say,

00:30:23or after a 24-hour shift

00:30:24and you say,

00:30:28nah,

00:30:28I think I'll pass.

00:30:29After a double shift,

00:30:30you say,

00:30:31after a 68-hour shift,

00:30:33nah,

00:30:33are you gonna,

00:30:34are you gonna say no?

00:30:35You're not gonna say no.

00:30:37You're not gonna say no.

00:30:38Especially now

00:30:39with energy drinks

00:30:40as big as they are.

00:30:41You're not gonna say no.

00:30:42You're gonna grab yourself

00:30:42a fistful of Red Bulls

00:30:43and you're gonna go

00:30:45find yourself a suite.

00:30:46Big Ed welcomes him

00:30:47to the family

00:30:48and

00:30:49sends him off

00:30:51on his errands

00:30:52for the day.

00:30:53Finding out

00:30:54who the cheater is,

00:30:55what's the deal

00:30:55with Mr. Bunny's shoes,

00:30:57what's up with

00:30:58the whale

00:30:58that's missing,

00:31:00what's up with

00:31:01Mr. and Mrs. Johnson

00:31:02for their 30th anniversary,

00:31:04and

00:31:04the cowgirl

00:31:06exhibitionist

00:31:07in the elevator.

00:31:08Now this,

00:31:09Agorio DeGarrett Scott Thompson,

00:31:11is a story

00:31:11of a young starlet

00:31:13around that time

00:31:14who

00:31:15really was doing

00:31:16stuff like this.

00:31:17Now,

00:31:18I'm sure

00:31:19I looked it up

00:31:20back then.

00:31:21I'm sure

00:31:21I looked it up.

00:31:22And there was an old

00:31:23Las Vegas message board.

00:31:25And I'm gonna be,

00:31:25actually,

00:31:26for whatever I can find

00:31:27in the Wayback Machine

00:31:28on this board,

00:31:30because it does

00:31:31still exist

00:31:32on the Wayback Machine

00:31:33and some of the pages

00:31:34are still open.

00:31:35So I am,

00:31:36throughout the podcast,

00:31:37gonna be using that

00:31:37as a reference point.

00:31:38I haven't been able

00:31:39to find anything

00:31:39about this particular

00:31:41starlet exhibitionist,

00:31:42but I'm sure

00:31:43it was a topic

00:31:44of discussion back then.

00:31:45This was,

00:31:46the message board

00:31:46was lasvegas-theseries.com

00:31:50was what it was.

00:31:51And it was,

00:31:51I loved that message board.

00:31:53This is,

00:31:54the message board days,

00:31:55kids.

00:31:55Yes,

00:31:56I love that message board.

00:31:57It was a fantastic message board.

00:31:58Anybody listening to this

00:31:59from the old

00:32:00Las Vegas-theseries

00:32:01message board?

00:32:03Yes,

00:32:04I'm still the same

00:32:04Surreal 469.

00:32:05I was Surreal 469

00:32:07on that too.

00:32:08But the exhibitionist

00:32:09Cowgirl,

00:32:10according to Gary Scott Thompson,

00:32:11like a lot of the people

00:32:12on this particular episode,

00:32:14as a matter of fact,

00:32:15most of the stories

00:32:17are based on real people,

00:32:18right?

00:32:19The cheater

00:32:20is based on a real person.

00:32:21Mr. Bunny Shoes

00:32:22is based on a real person.

00:32:23The exhibitionist

00:32:24Cowgirl

00:32:25is based on a real person.

00:32:27Mike Cannon

00:32:27being an engineer

00:32:28who turns into a valet

00:32:30is based on a real person.

00:32:31A lot of these

00:32:32are based on

00:32:33real people,

00:32:34real instances

00:32:35that have happened

00:32:36that he found out

00:32:37in his discovery

00:32:38of Las Vegas

00:32:40and his research

00:32:43into all sorts

00:32:45of different stories

00:32:46that can be told

00:32:47on the Las Vegas show.

00:32:49Fast forward,

00:32:50Danny is running

00:32:51through the casino.

00:32:52He walks past the hookers

00:32:53at the end of the bar

00:32:54and he meets

00:32:55Mary.

00:32:57Nikki Cox.

00:32:59The girl

00:33:00next door,

00:33:02best friend

00:33:02since they were

00:33:03two years old,

00:33:05each other's first kiss,

00:33:06each other's first everything,

00:33:07each other's first love.

00:33:08Now

00:33:09is not the time

00:33:11to talk about

00:33:12my idea

00:33:13of Danny and Mary.

00:33:15We'll get there.

00:33:16Danny reveals

00:33:17that Mary is not a hooker.

00:33:18However,

00:33:19in the original script,

00:33:21according to Gary Scott Thompson,

00:33:22Nikki Cox.

00:33:23Yes, she was.

00:33:24Which

00:33:25changes the dynamic

00:33:27of the whole show.

00:33:28A lot of this

00:33:29changes the dynamic

00:33:30of the whole show.

00:33:30What if Polly

00:33:31had stayed?

00:33:32What if Mary

00:33:32had stayed a hooker?

00:33:34And how much

00:33:35did that play

00:33:35in the tragic backstory

00:33:37that Mary

00:33:38ended up having

00:33:39that we would find out

00:33:41in later episodes?

00:33:42Not even that much further

00:33:43down the series,

00:33:44but in later episodes.

00:33:46How did Mary

00:33:48get the tragic backstory

00:33:50to lead her

00:33:52into being a hooker?

00:33:53Did Gary Scott Thompson

00:33:54write her as a hooker

00:33:55and then create

00:33:56the backstory

00:33:57behind her

00:33:58so that she could be

00:33:59maybe more

00:34:00network friendly

00:34:00in 2003?

00:34:02Obviously,

00:34:03Nikki Cox

00:34:03liked the role.

00:34:04She said

00:34:05in the commentary

00:34:06that just reading

00:34:07the script

00:34:07and the way

00:34:08it was laid out,

00:34:09she knew that

00:34:09she wanted to be

00:34:09a part of it.

00:34:10What dynamic

00:34:11does that change

00:34:13for Danny

00:34:14and Mary

00:34:15in their backstory

00:34:17if Mary

00:34:18is a hooker

00:34:20now?

00:34:21All these questions.

00:34:23All these questions.

00:34:24Now, of course,

00:34:25in Clark County

00:34:26where Las Vegas is,

00:34:27hooking is not legal.

00:34:29So, as much as Danny

00:34:31in, again,

00:34:32this is 2003,

00:34:33as much as Danny

00:34:34may have known

00:34:35about the hookers,

00:34:36et cetera,

00:34:36realistically,

00:34:37they're not supposed

00:34:38to be on the premises

00:34:39conducting business.

00:34:42Same today.

00:34:44Yada, yada, yada.

00:34:45Things happen.

00:34:47People may not look

00:34:48in general directions

00:34:50for various reasons

00:34:52and we'll actually see

00:34:52that later in the show.

00:34:53Not this episode,

00:34:54but in the show

00:34:55as well.

00:34:56They mention Greg.

00:34:59Pay attention to that.

00:35:00They mention Greg.

00:35:02That's a little hint.

00:35:03We'll pick that up

00:35:04as we move along.

00:35:07So, Danny talks

00:35:08to Mary for a little bit

00:35:09looking for his whale

00:35:10and Mary's date

00:35:13comes back

00:35:13and that's when

00:35:15we all think

00:35:16that she's a hooker

00:35:17but she's not.

00:35:18She's executive director

00:35:20of parties

00:35:22and events

00:35:22event coordinator.

00:35:24Danny gets

00:35:25to talk to Nessa.

00:35:27Here we get

00:35:28to hear

00:35:28from Marsha Thomason

00:35:30for the first time

00:35:31in the show

00:35:31and her accent

00:35:33is just sublime

00:35:36and it really

00:35:36got her the role.

00:35:37She initially read

00:35:38for Sam

00:35:39and she read for Sam

00:35:40in an American accent.

00:35:41She read for Sam's assistant

00:35:42in a Cockney accent.

00:35:45Gary Scott Thompson

00:35:46is told

00:35:47that

00:35:48our girl Marsha

00:35:50is actually British

00:35:51and so

00:35:52he runs out

00:35:54to her

00:35:54as she's leaving

00:35:55the audition

00:35:56and asks her

00:35:56to read it again

00:35:57in her British accent.

00:35:59Yada, yada, yada.

00:36:00The Ice Queen

00:36:01is born.

00:36:02I was talked about

00:36:02how we get to hear

00:36:04more of the playfulness

00:36:04later

00:36:05but we actually

00:36:05get to hear it

00:36:06early on

00:36:07in this first bit

00:36:08because

00:36:09here comes Marsha

00:36:10dropping the Ice Queen

00:36:12with the

00:36:13So when are you going

00:36:14to show me

00:36:14the sights of Vegas

00:36:15like you promised?

00:36:17That's it.

00:36:18I'm in love.

00:36:18That's it.

00:36:19I'm in love.

00:36:20I'm in love.

00:36:21That's it.

00:36:22I don't need to

00:36:22that's it.

00:36:23That's come on.

00:36:24That's the finishing move.

00:36:26That's the tombstone

00:36:28piledriver

00:36:28in the middle of the ring.

00:36:29That's it.

00:36:29I'm in love.

00:36:30When are you going

00:36:30to show me

00:36:31the sights of Vegas?

00:36:32What an accent.

00:36:33What an accent.

00:36:34So Danny goes

00:36:35to find

00:36:35the big whale

00:36:37and

00:36:37we hear

00:36:39him

00:36:40get a bit

00:36:41of exhibition

00:36:41from the butler

00:36:42who according

00:36:43to GST

00:36:44Gary Scott Thompson

00:36:45on the commentary

00:36:46they had to ADR

00:36:47his voice in.

00:36:48He was with

00:36:49some female companions

00:36:50in one of the

00:36:51jacuzzi filled

00:36:52with Tattinger.

00:36:541990 vintage.

00:36:55$400 a bottle.

00:36:58I had to send

00:36:58guys all over town

00:36:59to get enough.

00:37:00To drink?

00:37:01No, to bathe in.

00:37:03And they ADR'd him

00:37:04with a

00:37:04very famous

00:37:05at the time

00:37:06voice actor

00:37:07who did

00:37:08a lot of commercials.

00:37:09You heard him

00:37:09for the

00:37:10more refined

00:37:11commercials

00:37:12for

00:37:13more expensive

00:37:14cars

00:37:15like Lexus.

00:37:16The Lexus.

00:37:17December to

00:37:17remember sales event.

00:37:19Then we get to

00:37:20see

00:37:21Mike Cannon.

00:37:22We get to hear

00:37:23his exposition

00:37:24about his degrees

00:37:25and once again

00:37:26based on a real

00:37:27person

00:37:27and the line

00:37:30that gets

00:37:30James Lejour

00:37:31the job.

00:37:32Oh,

00:37:33big ass daughter.

00:37:34Are you crazy?

00:37:35Great line.

00:37:36Great line.

00:37:37And any

00:37:38I'm telling you

00:37:38Mike Cannon

00:37:39to me

00:37:40is the

00:37:41he's the character.

00:37:42He's the guy.

00:37:43He's the guy

00:37:43on this show.

00:37:45Mike Cannon

00:37:45is the coolest

00:37:46guy on this show.

00:37:48He invites

00:37:49Danny to his house

00:37:51for a barbecue

00:37:51at the end

00:37:52of the episode

00:37:54which we will see

00:37:54and we will see

00:37:55some more casualties

00:37:56of the pilot episode.

00:37:59We'll get into that.

00:38:00We'll be getting to that.

00:38:01As Danny

00:38:02goes off

00:38:03to dinner

00:38:04with Big Ed

00:38:05and Jillian.

00:38:06Jillian

00:38:07played by

00:38:08Cheryl Ladd.

00:38:09Folks,

00:38:11when it comes

00:38:11to beautiful women

00:38:12in the

00:38:14beautiful talented

00:38:15women on this show

00:38:16Las Vegas

00:38:17just

00:38:19it starts

00:38:20with the heavy artillery

00:38:21and they're not missing.

00:38:23They just

00:38:23shot off

00:38:24just hit after hit

00:38:25after hit.

00:38:26Legendary

00:38:26Cheryl Ladd

00:38:27for crying out loud

00:38:28coming in

00:38:29and playing

00:38:29Jillian DeLine

00:38:30is amazing.

00:38:32Now I

00:38:33sat here

00:38:34and I watched this

00:38:35and in

00:38:36repeat viewings

00:38:38it really does

00:38:39occur to me

00:38:39and this goes back

00:38:40to what I was talking

00:38:41about with Pauly.

00:38:42Pauly's just gonna

00:38:43sit there and watch

00:38:44Big Ed eat

00:38:45and Big Ed

00:38:46and his family eat

00:38:47so Pauly is

00:38:48Big Ed's bodyguard

00:38:49but why does

00:38:50a guy like

00:38:51Big Ed

00:38:52need a bodyguard

00:38:53at that particular

00:38:54point?

00:38:55He's not like

00:38:56a lot of other

00:38:58big names

00:38:59in Vegas.

00:38:59He's got

00:39:00a CIA background.

00:39:01They sort of

00:39:03build him up

00:39:04as this

00:39:04old school

00:39:05not quite

00:39:06but almost

00:39:07super soldier.

00:39:08It makes him

00:39:10more intimidating

00:39:11that he doesn't

00:39:12need bodyguards

00:39:13around him.

00:39:14So then we go

00:39:15to the dinner scene

00:39:16with Big Ed

00:39:17and Jillian

00:39:17waiting for

00:39:19Danny to come in.

00:39:21Apparently this was

00:39:22shot over Ghost Bar

00:39:23and the club

00:39:24was hopping

00:39:25at

00:39:261 o'clock

00:39:27in the morning

00:39:27and they

00:39:29somehow managed

00:39:30to do this

00:39:30without hearing

00:39:32the latest

00:39:32dubstep song

00:39:34bleeding into

00:39:35all the audio.

00:39:37Now Delinda

00:39:37was originally

00:39:38supposed to be

00:39:39just a recurring

00:39:41character

00:39:42and we talked

00:39:43about this

00:39:43a little bit

00:39:43before

00:39:44about some

00:39:45of the casualties

00:39:45of the show.

00:39:46Pauly was one

00:39:46of the casualties

00:39:47of the show

00:39:47as was

00:39:49the guy

00:39:50who was supposed

00:39:51to be the

00:39:51Iceman

00:39:52who was originally

00:39:53supposed to actually

00:39:54be Danny's

00:39:54godfather.

00:39:56The character

00:39:56was supposed to

00:39:56be John Carlucci.

00:39:58In comes Marsha

00:39:59when are you

00:40:00going to

00:40:00show me

00:40:00the ice?

00:40:00It's a fight

00:40:01against Danny

00:40:01and the Iceman

00:40:02is dead.

00:40:04So Delinda

00:40:04was supposed

00:40:05to be a recurring

00:40:05character

00:40:06but in this

00:40:08scene

00:40:08which has

00:40:08the great

00:40:09just grape

00:40:11juice gulp

00:40:11by a young

00:40:13nervous

00:40:13Josh Duhamel

00:40:14which is so

00:40:16endearing

00:40:17and it's really

00:40:18topped off

00:40:19by Cheryl Ladd

00:40:20doing the quick

00:40:21hand over her

00:40:22mouth

00:40:22embarrassment

00:40:23sort of

00:40:25laughing

00:40:26at the

00:40:28innocence

00:40:29of this

00:40:29kid

00:40:30it's just

00:40:30great

00:40:31she really

00:40:31does make

00:40:32that scene

00:40:32but who also

00:40:33makes the scene

00:40:34is Molly

00:40:35Sims

00:40:35Delinda

00:40:36Line

00:40:37coming in

00:40:37to the track

00:40:39Voodoo Baby

00:40:40great track

00:40:41which spans

00:40:42over all the

00:40:43places you can

00:40:45find it

00:40:45if you can

00:40:45find Voodoo Baby

00:40:46find it

00:40:47it's a great

00:40:47track

00:40:48I love it

00:40:48the scene

00:40:49where she

00:40:49walks in

00:40:50and is doing

00:40:51the weird thing

00:40:52where she's got

00:40:52her purse

00:40:53but is putting

00:40:53on her jacket

00:40:54as she's walking

00:40:55which if you

00:40:56watch it

00:40:56and she says

00:40:57it in the

00:40:57commentary

00:40:58is really

00:40:58a little bit

00:40:58clumsy

00:40:59sort of

00:41:00direction

00:41:01but the

00:41:02network

00:41:02wanted her

00:41:03to have

00:41:04the coat

00:41:04on

00:41:05and GST

00:41:06wanted her

00:41:07to have

00:41:07the coat

00:41:07off

00:41:08and so

00:41:08they compromised

00:41:09with her

00:41:09putting the

00:41:09coat on

00:41:10during the

00:41:11scene

00:41:11anyway

00:41:13that got

00:41:14her the

00:41:14role

00:41:15that got

00:41:17her the

00:41:17role

00:41:17according to

00:41:18Gary Scott

00:41:19Thompson

00:41:19he sent

00:41:19that scene

00:41:20in to

00:41:21the network

00:41:21execs

00:41:22and she's

00:41:23a regular

00:41:23now

00:41:23in this

00:41:24scene

00:41:24we get

00:41:25a lot

00:41:25of exposition

00:41:26with

00:41:27Big Ed

00:41:29and

00:41:30Delinda

00:41:30and Delinda

00:41:32sort of

00:41:33being

00:41:33more of

00:41:34a

00:41:34almost

00:41:35bratty

00:41:36girl

00:41:36like

00:41:37almost

00:41:38a

00:41:38smarter

00:41:39version

00:41:39of a

00:41:40Paris

00:41:40Hilton

00:41:40not even

00:41:41really

00:41:42because

00:41:42Paris

00:41:42Hilton

00:41:42I don't

00:41:44think

00:41:44Paris

00:41:44Hilton

00:41:44had

00:41:45ever had

00:41:45much

00:41:45of a

00:41:45personality

00:41:46she's

00:41:47she's

00:41:47just a

00:41:48flighty

00:41:4920 something

00:41:49year old

00:41:50is Delinda

00:41:50and

00:41:51she's

00:41:53but is

00:41:53somehow

00:41:53the daughter

00:41:54of

00:41:54one of

00:41:55these

00:41:56strictest

00:41:56guys

00:41:57maybe

00:41:58in the

00:41:58world

00:41:59in this

00:41:59scene

00:41:59we also

00:42:00get a

00:42:00little bit

00:42:01more

00:42:01into the

00:42:01family

00:42:01dynamic

00:42:02and really

00:42:03you kind

00:42:04of

00:42:04I can

00:42:05kind

00:42:05of

00:42:05tell

00:42:05that

00:42:06Jillian

00:42:06was a

00:42:07bit

00:42:07of a

00:42:07Delinda

00:42:07back in

00:42:08the day

00:42:09and

00:42:10that's

00:42:11where

00:42:11Delinda

00:42:11gets it

00:42:12from

00:42:12at the

00:42:13end

00:42:13of the

00:42:13scene

00:42:13Ed

00:42:14comes

00:42:14back

00:42:14to

00:42:14the

00:42:15table

00:42:15talks

00:42:15about

00:42:16how

00:42:16they

00:42:16can't

00:42:16find

00:42:17the

00:42:17whale

00:42:17again

00:42:17because

00:42:18they

00:42:18did

00:42:18all

00:42:18these

00:42:19other

00:42:19different

00:42:19searches

00:42:19and

00:42:20Danny

00:42:21says

00:42:21you had

00:42:21the CIA

00:42:22look up

00:42:22his

00:42:23and

00:42:23everybody

00:42:23at the

00:42:24table

00:42:24cast

00:42:24eyes

00:42:25on him

00:42:25like

00:42:26CIA

00:42:26is a

00:42:26forbidden

00:42:27word

00:42:29you are

00:42:31never to

00:42:31say CIA

00:42:32out in

00:42:33public

00:42:33like that

00:42:34as far

00:42:35as Big

00:42:35Ed

00:42:35is

00:42:35concerned

00:42:35at least

00:42:36in the

00:42:36pilot

00:42:37they say

00:42:38CIA

00:42:38all the

00:42:38time

00:42:38after

00:42:39this

00:42:39but

00:42:39that's

00:42:41one of

00:42:41those

00:42:41things

00:42:42that

00:42:42at

00:42:42the

00:42:42time

00:42:43almost

00:42:43seemed

00:42:44like

00:42:44that'll

00:42:45be

00:42:45another

00:42:45tick

00:42:45of

00:42:46Big

00:42:46Ed

00:42:46is

00:42:46that

00:42:46they

00:42:47pretend

00:42:47like

00:42:47the

00:42:48CIA

00:42:48that

00:42:49he

00:42:50wasn't

00:42:50in

00:42:50the

00:42:50CIA

00:42:51or

00:42:51whatever

00:42:52but

00:42:54they

00:42:54end up

00:42:54playing

00:42:55that

00:42:55off

00:42:55differently

00:42:56later

00:42:56on

00:42:56so

00:42:57Danny

00:42:57meets

00:42:58up

00:42:58with

00:42:58Mary

00:42:58again

00:42:59that

00:42:59scene

00:43:00changed

00:43:01location

00:43:01because

00:43:02the

00:43:02location

00:43:03where

00:43:03they

00:43:03were

00:43:03actually

00:43:03originally

00:43:04going to

00:43:05film

00:43:06it

00:43:06had

00:43:07a

00:43:07ska

00:43:07band

00:43:08there

00:43:08all of

00:43:08a sudden

00:43:09when

00:43:09they

00:43:09actually

00:43:10went

00:43:10to

00:43:10go

00:43:10film

00:43:10it

00:43:11and

00:43:11we

00:43:12get

00:43:12more

00:43:12exposition

00:43:13with

00:43:13Mary

00:43:13and

00:43:13Danny

00:43:13now

00:43:14here's

00:43:14another

00:43:15difference

00:43:15here

00:43:16there

00:43:16is

00:43:16different

00:43:17music

00:43:17in

00:43:18this

00:43:19scene

00:43:19when

00:43:20you

00:43:20watch

00:43:20it

00:43:20on

00:43:21Peacock

00:43:21in

00:43:22this

00:43:22scene

00:43:22and

00:43:22in

00:43:23the

00:43:23scene

00:43:23that

00:43:23follows

00:43:23in

00:43:23the

00:43:23strip

00:43:23club

00:43:24there's

00:43:24different

00:43:25music

00:43:25on

00:43:25Peacock

00:43:26than

00:43:26you

00:43:26will

00:43:26find

00:43:27on

00:43:28the

00:43:28DVD

00:43:29version

00:43:29and

00:43:30or

00:43:30I'm

00:43:31sure

00:43:31the

00:43:32original

00:43:32broadcast

00:43:33version

00:43:33and

00:43:35this

00:43:36is

00:43:36another

00:43:36thing

00:43:36about

00:43:37the

00:43:38Peacock

00:43:38version

00:43:39and

00:43:39we'll

00:43:39get

00:43:39out

00:43:39going

00:43:40on

00:43:40diatribe

00:43:40about

00:43:41that

00:43:41a little

00:43:41bit

00:43:41later

00:43:41as we

00:43:42get

00:43:42closer

00:43:42to

00:43:42the

00:43:42end

00:43:42but

00:43:43I

00:43:44notice

00:43:44it

00:43:45and

00:43:45I

00:43:45notice

00:43:46it

00:43:46of

00:43:46course

00:43:46because

00:43:46I've

00:43:47seen

00:43:47the

00:43:47DVDs

00:43:48over

00:43:48and

00:43:48over

00:43:48and

00:43:48over

00:43:49again

00:43:49a lot

00:43:50of

00:43:50people

00:43:50probably

00:43:51aren't

00:43:51going to

00:43:51notice

00:43:51it

00:43:51and

00:43:52a lot

00:43:52of

00:43:52these

00:43:52instances

00:43:52it

00:43:53probably

00:43:53isn't

00:43:54the

00:43:54biggest

00:43:54deal

00:43:54it

00:43:56will

00:43:56be

00:43:56just

00:43:57later

00:43:57in

00:43:58this

00:43:58episode

00:43:58so

00:43:59we

00:43:59get

00:43:59a bit

00:44:00more

00:44:00of

00:44:00exposition

00:44:00with

00:44:01Mary

00:44:02and

00:44:02Danny

00:44:03left

00:44:03the

00:44:03family

00:44:03business

00:44:04that

00:44:05his

00:44:05father

00:44:06and

00:44:12as

00:44:14it

00:44:14was

00:44:14written

00:44:14or

00:44:15this

00:44:15was

00:44:15a

00:44:15Nikki

00:44:15Cox

00:44:16thing

00:44:16but

00:44:17she

00:44:18says

00:44:18you

00:44:19walked

00:44:19out

00:44:20on

00:44:20Danny

00:44:20when

00:44:21they

00:44:21needed

00:44:21you

00:44:22most

00:44:22when

00:44:23we

00:44:24needed

00:44:24you

00:44:24most

00:44:25she

00:44:25says

00:44:25we

00:44:26you

00:44:27walked

00:44:27out

00:44:27on

00:44:28them

00:44:28when

00:44:29we

00:44:29needed

00:44:30you

00:44:30most

00:44:30which

00:44:32adds

00:44:32a little

00:44:33bit

00:44:33of

00:44:33something

00:44:34to the

00:44:34backstory

00:44:35of

00:44:36Mary

00:44:36and

00:44:37Danny

00:44:37she's

00:44:38just

00:44:38the

00:44:38girl

00:44:38next

00:44:39door

00:44:39she's

00:44:40just

00:44:40so

00:44:41she's

00:44:42she

00:44:42looks

00:44:42just

00:44:43so

00:44:43sweet

00:44:44and

00:44:45innocent

00:44:45in

00:44:45this

00:44:46scene

00:44:46your

00:44:47heart

00:44:47you

00:44:48don't

00:44:48at

00:44:48this

00:44:49point

00:44:49you

00:44:49don't

00:44:50even

00:44:50know

00:44:50what

00:44:50the

00:44:50backstory

00:44:51is

00:44:51but

00:44:53your

00:44:53heart

00:44:53still

00:44:53breaks

00:44:54for her

00:44:54just

00:44:55by

00:44:55the

00:44:55expressions

00:44:55on

00:44:56her

00:44:56face

00:44:56and

00:44:56her

00:44:56fixing

00:44:57his

00:44:57tie

00:44:58and

00:44:58his

00:44:58lapel

00:44:58she's

00:44:59always

00:44:59picking

00:44:59at

00:44:59him

00:45:00like

00:45:00a

00:45:00wife

00:45:01and

00:45:02this

00:45:04now's

00:45:05the time

00:45:05to talk

00:45:05about

00:45:06it

00:45:06in

00:45:08the

00:45:08Las

00:45:08Vegas

00:45:09fan

00:45:09community

00:45:09it

00:45:10was

00:45:11a

00:45:11big

00:45:11battle

00:45:12in

00:45:13the

00:45:13shipper

00:45:14section

00:45:14now

00:45:15the

00:45:15message

00:45:15board

00:45:16was

00:45:16divided

00:45:16into

00:45:17different

00:45:17divisions

00:45:17and

00:45:17one

00:45:18of

00:45:18the

00:45:18divisions

00:45:18was

00:45:18the

00:45:19shippers

00:45:19where

00:45:20you

00:45:20could

00:45:20go

00:45:20and

00:45:20you

00:45:20could

00:45:20talk

00:45:21about

00:45:21your

00:45:21favorite

00:45:22coupling

00:45:22of

00:45:23characters

00:45:23your

00:45:24favorite

00:45:24relationships

00:45:25on the

00:45:26show

00:45:26whether

00:45:27they were

00:45:27actually

00:45:27written

00:45:27on the

00:45:28show

00:45:28or

00:45:28not

00:45:29the

00:45:29big

00:45:30war

00:45:30was

00:45:31between

00:45:31the

00:45:33team

00:45:33that

00:45:33liked

00:45:34Mary

00:45:34and

00:45:35Danny

00:45:35together

00:45:36and

00:45:37the

00:45:37team

00:45:37that

00:45:38liked

00:45:38Danny

00:45:39and

00:45:40Linda

00:45:40together

00:45:41the team

00:45:41that liked

00:45:41Danny

00:45:42and Linda

00:45:42together

00:45:43was called

00:45:44Team

00:45:45Didi

00:45:46D slash

00:45:46D

00:45:47that's

00:45:48their ship

00:45:49the team

00:45:50that liked

00:45:50Danny

00:45:52and Mary

00:45:52together

00:45:53well they were

00:45:54called Team

00:45:54Derry

00:45:55Danny

00:45:56and Mary

00:45:56I am

00:45:57very

00:45:58strictly

00:45:59unequivocally

00:46:01unmovably

00:46:02Team

00:46:04Derry

00:46:04I make

00:46:06no bones

00:46:06about it

00:46:07I do

00:46:08not

00:46:09I

00:46:09you cannot

00:46:10move me

00:46:11from the

00:46:12position

00:46:12that Danny

00:46:14should have

00:46:15been with

00:46:15Mary

00:46:16at the

00:46:17end of

00:46:17this show

00:46:17that Danny

00:46:19was always

00:46:20supposed to

00:46:22end up

00:46:23with Mary

00:46:24for those

00:46:25of you

00:46:25who haven't

00:46:25seen the

00:46:25show

00:46:26I don't

00:46:27know what

00:46:27to tell

00:46:27you

00:46:27for those

00:46:28of you

00:46:28who have

00:46:28seen the

00:46:28show

00:46:29you know

00:46:29how

00:46:30that actually

00:46:31ends

00:46:32but as

00:46:34my

00:46:34stance

00:46:37ten

00:46:38toes

00:46:39down

00:46:39it was

00:46:41supposed to

00:46:41be Danny

00:46:42and Mary

00:46:42that's the

00:46:45relationship

00:46:45Danny can have

00:46:46fun with

00:46:47Delinda

00:46:47that's fine

00:46:48but the

00:46:50end

00:46:50game

00:46:51is Danny

00:46:53and on TV

00:46:54shows you

00:46:54have this

00:46:55thing called

00:46:55an end

00:46:56game

00:46:56the end

00:46:57game

00:46:57relationship

00:46:58is a

00:46:58relationship

00:46:58that you

00:46:59know is

00:47:00supposed to

00:47:00be the

00:47:01one that

00:47:01they're driving

00:47:02towards

00:47:02you can't

00:47:03have Ross

00:47:03and Rachel

00:47:04be together

00:47:04the entire

00:47:05show

00:47:06that doesn't

00:47:06create

00:47:07conflict

00:47:08especially on

00:47:09a show like

00:47:09that with

00:47:10all these

00:47:10young 20

00:47:11somethings

00:47:11right

00:47:11you can't

00:47:13really have

00:47:13that especially

00:47:14as the main

00:47:15characters

00:47:16there has to

00:47:16be some

00:47:16sort of

00:47:17conflict

00:47:17will they

00:47:18won't they

00:47:18drives ratings

00:47:19NBC loves

00:47:21the will they

00:47:21won't they

00:47:21relationship

00:47:22and Las Vegas

00:47:23originally aired

00:47:24on NBC

00:47:24NBC loved

00:47:25the will they

00:47:26won't they

00:47:26relationship

00:47:27since Sam

00:47:29and Diane

00:47:30in Cheers

00:47:30in the early

00:47:3180s

00:47:31it was a

00:47:33huge rating

00:47:34spike for

00:47:34them and

00:47:35since then

00:47:36really if you

00:47:37go back in

00:47:37history

00:47:38up until

00:47:40I don't even

00:47:40know when

00:47:41almost all

00:47:42of their

00:47:42shows

00:47:43specifically

00:47:44sitcoms

00:47:45had to have

00:47:46a Sam

00:47:47Diane

00:47:47dynamic

00:47:49including

00:47:50even Cheers

00:47:50when Diane

00:47:51left

00:47:51they still

00:47:53did it

00:47:53with Sam

00:47:53and Rebecca

00:47:54throughout

00:47:55all the

00:47:55must-see

00:47:56TV years

00:47:56almost every

00:47:57show had

00:47:58a will they

00:47:58won't they

00:47:59scrubs

00:47:59had JD

00:48:00and Elliot

00:48:00friends

00:48:02had Ross

00:48:03and Rachel

00:48:03Caroline

00:48:04and the

00:48:04city

00:48:05had Caroline

00:48:05and Richard

00:48:06they almost

00:48:07all

00:48:08had it

00:48:09Frazier

00:48:10had Daphne

00:48:11and Niles

00:48:12they almost

00:48:13all had it

00:48:14and sure

00:48:15enough

00:48:15Danny and

00:48:17Mary

00:48:17was Las

00:48:18Vegas's

00:48:19Delinda

00:48:19was not

00:48:20supposed to

00:48:21be

00:48:22Endgame

00:48:23if you

00:48:24watch this

00:48:24episode

00:48:25and you

00:48:26see the

00:48:26look

00:48:26in

00:48:28Nikki

00:48:28Cox's

00:48:28eyes

00:48:29you

00:48:30cannot

00:48:31tell me

00:48:31that D&D

00:48:33was supposed

00:48:34to be

00:48:34Endgame

00:48:34you just

00:48:35can't say

00:48:35it

00:48:35you just

00:48:35can't

00:48:36tell me

00:48:36and you

00:48:37can't

00:48:37tell me

00:48:37that D&D

00:48:38was supposed

00:48:38to be

00:48:38more genuine

00:48:39not than

00:48:40this

00:48:40not than

00:48:41team

00:48:42Derry

00:48:42and not

00:48:44to me

00:48:44now

00:48:45this

00:48:45is

00:48:46one

00:48:46of

00:48:46those

00:48:46instances

00:48:46where

00:48:47I

00:48:47would

00:48:47love

00:48:48your

00:48:48input

00:48:48but

00:48:49I'm

00:48:51100%

00:48:52team

00:48:52Derry

00:48:52anyway

00:48:53like I

00:48:53said

00:48:54there's

00:48:54different

00:48:54music

00:48:55in the

00:48:55strip

00:48:55club

00:48:55scene

00:48:56this

00:48:56scene

00:48:57was

00:48:57shot

00:48:57at

00:48:57Crazy

00:48:58Horse

00:48:582

00:48:58one

00:48:58of

00:48:58their

00:48:58PAs

00:48:59is

00:48:59the

00:48:59fat

00:49:00guy

00:49:00who

00:49:00gets

00:49:00up

00:49:00on

00:49:01stage

00:49:01at

00:49:01the

00:49:01end

00:49:01of

00:49:01it

00:49:01now

00:49:02in

00:49:03this

00:49:03scene

00:49:03Danny

00:49:03talks

00:49:04to

00:49:04the

00:49:04stripper

00:49:04and

00:49:05he

00:49:05just

00:49:05happens

00:49:05to

00:49:06see

00:49:06Mr.

00:49:06Harmon

00:49:14and

00:49:15she

00:49:15says

00:49:15I

00:49:16don't

00:49:16have

00:49:16to

00:49:16and

00:49:16he

00:49:16says

00:49:16it

00:49:17is

00:49:17my

00:49:17business

00:49:18in

00:49:19real

00:49:19life

00:49:19that's

00:49:20not

00:49:20quite

00:49:20how

00:49:20that

00:49:21would

00:49:21go

00:49:21down

00:49:21even

00:49:22if

00:49:22Danny

00:49:22knew

00:49:23everybody

00:49:24in

00:49:24the

00:49:24club

00:49:25like

00:49:25that

00:49:25so

00:49:25Danny

00:49:26comes

00:49:26back

00:49:26to

00:49:27the

00:49:27casino

00:49:27goes

00:49:28up

00:49:28to

00:49:28the

00:49:28surveillance

00:49:28room

00:49:29Gary Scott

00:49:29Thompson

00:49:30in the

00:49:30commentary

00:49:31says

00:49:32this

00:49:32surveillance

00:49:32room

00:49:32was

00:49:33more

00:49:33high

00:49:33tech

00:49:33than

00:49:33the

00:49:34surveillance

00:49:34room

00:49:34they

00:49:34had

00:49:34at

00:49:35the

00:49:35time

00:49:35from

00:49:37experience

00:49:37I

00:49:38worked

00:49:38in

00:49:39a

00:49:40surveillance

00:49:40room

00:49:41or two

00:49:41a little

00:49:42bit

00:49:42after

00:49:42this

00:49:43show

00:49:43started

00:49:44and

00:49:45not

00:49:46a

00:49:46Las Vegas

00:49:46casino

00:49:47surveillance

00:49:47room

00:49:48but

00:49:48some

00:49:48for

00:49:49more

00:49:49local

00:49:49for

00:49:50where

00:49:50I

00:49:50am

00:49:50here

00:49:50in

00:49:50Los

00:49:51Angeles

00:49:51not

00:49:52casinos

00:49:52but

00:49:53businesses

00:49:53and I

00:49:54can tell

00:49:55you

00:49:55their

00:49:55surveillance

00:49:56even

00:49:57in

00:49:572003

00:49:58even

00:49:59though

00:49:59it

00:49:59wasn't

00:49:59digital

00:50:00it

00:50:00was

00:50:00all

00:50:01analog

00:50:01and

00:50:01they

00:50:01talked

00:50:01about

00:50:02this

00:50:02in

00:50:02a

00:50:02later

00:50:02episode

00:50:03by

00:50:03analog

00:50:03I

00:50:04mean

00:50:04videotapes

00:50:04kids

00:50:05could

00:50:06be erased

00:50:07with

00:50:07magnets

00:50:07as a

00:50:08matter

00:50:08of

00:50:08fact

00:50:08you

00:50:09had

00:50:09to

00:50:09erase

00:50:10them

00:50:10with

00:50:10magnets

00:50:11that

00:50:11was

00:50:11part

00:50:11of

00:50:12the

00:50:12job

00:50:12I

00:50:12can

00:50:13tell

00:50:13you

00:50:13their

00:50:14surveillance

00:50:14system

00:50:15was in

00:50:15fact

00:50:16as sad

00:50:17as it

00:50:17is to

00:50:17think

00:50:18high tech

00:50:19for the

00:50:20time

00:50:20because it

00:50:21was a lot

00:50:21more

00:50:21digital

00:50:22like I

00:50:22said

00:50:22I

00:50:22worked

00:50:23in

00:50:23loss

00:50:23prevention

00:50:23and

00:50:24surveillance

00:50:24room

00:50:25a little

00:50:25bit

00:50:25after

00:50:26this

00:50:26and

00:50:26part

00:50:26of

00:50:27the

00:50:27job

00:50:27was

00:50:27you

00:50:27take

00:50:28the

00:50:28security

00:50:28tapes

00:50:28the

00:50:29older

00:50:29security

00:50:29tapes

00:50:30I

00:50:30forget

00:50:30how

00:50:30long

00:50:31they

00:50:31kept

00:50:31them

00:50:31for

00:50:32I

00:50:32think

00:50:32maybe

00:50:32it was

00:50:32a

00:50:33month

00:50:33or

00:50:33I

00:50:33think

00:50:33it was

00:50:33maybe

00:50:34three

00:50:34months

00:50:34you

00:50:34take

00:50:34those

00:50:35tapes

00:50:35and you

00:50:35erase

00:50:36them

00:50:36you have

00:50:36this

00:50:36giant

00:50:36magnet

00:50:37that

00:50:38wipes

00:50:38them

00:50:38clean

00:50:38and you

00:50:39run it

00:50:39over

00:50:39the

00:50:41videotape

00:50:42a couple

00:50:43times

00:50:43and you

00:50:44reuse

00:50:44the

00:50:44videotapes

00:50:45that was

00:50:47part

00:50:47of the

00:50:47job

00:50:48so

00:50:49yes

00:50:50they were

00:50:50in fact

00:50:51more high

00:50:52tech

00:50:52however

00:50:52this

00:50:54giant

00:50:54brick

00:50:55of a

00:50:55thing

00:50:55that

00:50:55Danny

00:50:56has

00:50:56in his

00:50:56head

00:50:57hand

00:50:57as he

00:50:58goes back

00:50:59down

00:50:59on the

00:51:00casino

00:51:00floor

00:51:01to read

00:51:01RFID

00:51:02readings

00:51:03is

00:51:05ludicrous

00:51:06is

00:51:08just

00:51:08ludicrous

00:51:09that

00:51:10looks

00:51:10like

00:51:10that

00:51:10doesn't

00:51:11even

00:51:11look

00:51:11like

00:51:11that

00:51:11does

00:51:12that

00:51:12looks

00:51:12like

00:51:12an

00:51:12old

00:51:13not

00:51:14even

00:51:14radar

00:51:15that

00:51:15looks

00:51:15like

00:51:15an

00:51:1680s

00:51:18style

00:51:18something

00:51:19even

00:51:19in

00:51:202003

00:51:20that

00:51:21looks

00:51:21like

00:51:22it

00:51:22was

00:51:22ancient

00:51:23and

00:51:23I

00:51:24can't

00:51:24imagine

00:51:24I

00:51:25can't

00:51:25imagine

00:51:26that

00:51:26actually

00:51:26doing

00:51:26anything

00:51:27but

00:51:27maybe

00:51:28I'm

00:51:28wrong

00:51:28Danny

00:51:28comes

00:51:29down

00:51:29to

00:51:29Mr.

00:51:30Bunny

00:51:30Shoes

00:51:30who's

00:51:30playing

00:51:31alongside

00:51:31one of

00:51:32the

00:51:32Maloof

00:51:32brothers

00:51:33who

00:51:34was

00:51:35perfectly

00:51:35fine

00:51:36with

00:51:36coming

00:51:36off

00:51:37a bit

00:51:37like

00:51:37a

00:51:37jackass

00:51:38in

00:51:39this

00:51:39scene

00:51:39actually

00:51:40gosh

00:51:41this

00:51:41guy

00:51:41stinks

00:51:42why

00:51:43am

00:51:43I

00:51:43playing

00:51:43with

00:51:43a

00:51:43bum

00:51:44you

00:51:44know

00:51:44he's

00:51:44a

00:51:45very

00:51:45famous

00:51:45billionaire

00:51:45and

00:51:46I

00:51:46would

00:51:46imagine

00:51:46that

00:51:47very

00:51:47famous

00:51:47billionaires

00:51:47often

00:51:48think

00:51:48that

00:51:49about

00:51:49you

00:51:49know

00:51:50even

00:51:51their

00:51:51accountant

00:51:52you

00:51:53know

00:51:53so

00:51:54good

00:51:55on

00:51:55him

00:51:55for

00:51:56probably

00:51:57not

00:51:58even

00:51:58playing

00:51:58that

00:51:58much

00:51:59of

00:51:59an

00:51:59actual

00:52:00role

00:52:00Danny's

00:52:01dad

00:52:01stops

00:52:02by

00:52:02the

00:52:03casino

00:52:03this

00:52:05is

00:52:05another

00:52:05great

00:52:06bit

00:52:06of

00:52:06casting

00:52:07here

00:52:07Danny's

00:52:08dad

00:52:09just

00:52:10plays

00:52:10ultra

00:52:11sincere

00:52:12and

00:52:13the

00:52:13same

00:52:14way

00:52:14you

00:52:15understood

00:52:15where

00:52:17Delinda

00:52:18got

00:52:18a bit

00:52:19of her

00:52:19spunk

00:52:20from

00:52:20in

00:52:20Jillian

00:52:21you

00:52:21can

00:52:22see

00:52:22where

00:52:22Danny

00:52:23gets

00:52:23his

00:52:25not

00:52:26naivete

00:52:27but

00:52:27almost

00:52:28aw shucksness

00:52:30from

00:52:30if that

00:52:31makes sense

00:52:32he gets

00:52:32it from

00:52:33his dad

00:52:33right on

00:52:34the money

00:52:34with how

00:52:34sincere

00:52:35he is

00:52:36right down

00:52:37to the

00:52:37very

00:52:38end

00:52:38where

00:52:39Danny

00:52:39asks

00:52:40what

00:52:40mom

00:52:41would

00:52:41want

00:52:42for

00:52:42their

00:52:4230th

00:52:43anniversary

00:52:43if she

00:52:44was still

00:52:44alive

00:52:44and he

00:52:45says

00:52:45i'd hope

00:52:46she'd

00:52:47still

00:52:47want

00:52:47me

00:52:47son

00:52:48oh

00:52:49my

00:52:49gosh

00:52:49like

00:52:50come on

00:52:51like

00:52:52is this

00:52:52oh my

00:52:53gosh

00:52:53what is

00:52:54this

00:52:54is this

00:52:54a commercial

00:52:55for hallmark

00:52:55here

00:52:56like

00:52:56this is

00:52:56but it

00:52:58works

00:52:58even in

00:52:59the cynical

00:52:59townness

00:53:01that you

00:53:01can have

00:53:02for a place

00:53:02like las

00:53:03vegas

00:53:03it works

00:53:04it really

00:53:05does work

00:53:05and you

00:53:06can see

00:53:06that lineage

00:53:07straight to

00:53:08Danny

00:53:09goes and

00:53:10meets

00:53:11samantha

00:53:11jane

00:53:12initially

00:53:12we see

00:53:13her as

00:53:14jane

00:53:14the assistant

00:53:15to sam

00:53:16but sam

00:53:16reveals herself

00:53:17to be

00:53:18samantha

00:53:18jane

00:53:18played by

00:53:19vanessa

00:53:20marcel

00:53:21vanessa

00:53:21marcel

00:53:21is a

00:53:22soap opera

00:53:23veteran at

00:53:24this point

00:53:24and she

00:53:26is

00:53:26just a

00:53:27delight

00:53:28a lot

00:53:28of times

00:53:29when

00:53:30in various

00:53:31episodes later

00:53:32on you'll

00:53:33see the

00:53:34show is

00:53:34working well

00:53:35the show is

00:53:35working fine

00:53:36but then

00:53:37vanessa comes

00:53:37into the scene

00:53:38and just

00:53:39steals it

00:53:40when there

00:53:41was no need

00:53:42to steal it

00:53:43every scene

00:53:43she's in

00:53:44she brings

00:53:44up to a

00:53:44different level

00:53:45whether it's

00:53:45more energetic

00:53:46whether it's

00:53:47her conniving

00:53:48whether it's

00:53:49her sarcasm

00:53:50whether it's

00:53:51her being

00:53:52this tough

00:53:52little spitfire

00:53:53like she

00:53:54brings so

00:53:55much to

00:53:56the show

00:53:57and really

00:53:58is just

00:53:59the nice

00:53:59accent

00:54:00ending

00:54:01capper

00:54:02topper

00:54:02to the whole

00:54:03gimmick

00:54:04she is

00:54:04fantastic

00:54:05in this

00:54:06role

00:54:06with

00:54:06Samantha

00:54:06Jane

00:54:07and you

00:54:07really

00:54:08see that

00:54:08when she's

00:54:09firing off

00:54:09trying to

00:54:10negotiate

00:54:10with Danny

00:54:11about

00:54:12bringing Mr.

00:54:13Herman back

00:54:14the whale

00:54:15back to the

00:54:15casino

00:54:16for her

00:54:17short term

00:54:18deal with

00:54:18the casino

00:54:19and that

00:54:20also plays

00:54:20into the

00:54:21sort of

00:54:22maverick

00:54:24freelance

00:54:25play by my

00:54:27own rulesness

00:54:28of

00:54:28Samantha

00:54:29Jane

00:54:29Marquez

00:54:30when they

00:54:31go back

00:54:31to the

00:54:31casino

00:54:31the whale

00:54:33suite

00:54:34is taken

00:54:34by Mr.

00:54:35Bunny

00:54:35Shoes

00:54:35though

00:54:36and

00:54:37Sam

00:54:37has to

00:54:38figure out

00:54:38Sam

00:54:38and Danny

00:54:39have to

00:54:40go up

00:54:40and figure

00:54:40out a way

00:54:40to get

00:54:41Mr.

00:54:41Bunny

00:54:41Shoes

00:54:42out

00:54:43of

00:54:43the

00:54:44suite

00:54:45now

00:54:45as you

00:54:46zoom

00:54:46in

00:54:47on

00:54:47Mr.

00:54:47Bunny

00:54:47Shoes

00:54:48in

00:54:48Mr.

00:54:49Herman

00:54:49Suite

00:54:49on the

00:54:50DVD

00:54:50you hear

00:54:52a song

00:54:52called

00:54:52This Is It

00:54:53This Is It

00:54:54was later

00:54:56in a movie

00:54:57called

00:54:57Jimmy and June

00:54:58if you're

00:54:58looking for

00:54:59this song

00:55:01on YouTube

00:55:02you have to

00:55:03look up

00:55:04This Is It

00:55:04As Heard

00:55:05in Jimmy

00:55:05and Judy

00:55:06Did I say

00:55:07June?

00:55:07Judy

00:55:08Jimmy and Judy

00:55:09by Louis

00:55:11LaMedica

00:55:12This is one of

00:55:13those songs

00:55:13that if you go

00:55:14to Peacock

00:55:14it's not there

00:55:15They changed

00:55:16that song

00:55:17too

00:55:17In that

00:55:18scene

00:55:19where

00:55:19Sam and

00:55:20Danny

00:55:21are trying

00:55:21to get

00:55:21Mr.

00:55:22Bunny

00:55:22Shoes

00:55:22out of

00:55:23the suite

00:55:23you can

00:55:24tell that

00:55:25Sam

00:55:25actually looks

00:55:26at Danny

00:55:26differently

00:55:27when

00:55:29he's

00:55:30trying to

00:55:31convince Mr.

00:55:31Bunny

00:55:31Shoes

00:55:32to just walk

00:55:32away

00:55:32with his

00:55:33winnings

00:55:33and for

00:55:34somebody

00:55:34like Sam

00:55:35who is

00:55:36super

00:55:36cutthroat

00:55:37and all

00:55:37about money

00:55:37and all

00:55:38about the

00:55:39art of the

00:55:39deal

00:55:39mostly

00:55:40and we

00:55:41will see

00:55:41that later

00:55:42on in the

00:55:42series

00:55:43that's an

00:55:45interesting

00:55:45turn

00:55:46especially

00:55:46considering that

00:55:47at this

00:55:48point nobody

00:55:48knew a lot

00:55:49of the stuff

00:55:49about these

00:55:50characters

00:55:50but it was

00:55:51something about

00:55:52Vanessa

00:55:52Marcel

00:55:52that in

00:55:53that moment

00:55:54that kind

00:55:54of looking

00:55:55at him

00:55:56like he

00:55:57might actually

00:55:57be sincere

00:55:58he might

00:55:58actually be a

00:55:59nice guy

00:55:59he might

00:55:59not just

00:56:01be this

00:56:02typical guy

00:56:03who was just

00:56:03trying to sleep

00:56:04with me

00:56:04while I was

00:56:06trying to sleep

00:56:06with him

00:56:06for information

00:56:07so as Sam

00:56:08is dealing

00:56:09with a client

00:56:10on the phone

00:56:10and trying to

00:56:12figure things

00:56:12out she

00:56:13opens up

00:56:13her PDA

00:56:14and Danny

00:56:15is putting

00:56:16the pieces

00:56:16together of

00:56:17how the

00:56:18cheater is

00:56:18doing it

00:56:19and with

00:56:19whom

00:56:19the pieces

00:56:20together

00:56:21the bit

00:56:22about the

00:56:22valet

00:56:23all through

00:56:24the show

00:56:24who's been

00:56:25running around

00:56:26with a PDA

00:56:26and let's

00:56:27talk about

00:56:27this valet

00:56:28with a PDA

00:56:28even in 2003

00:56:29there's no way

00:56:31there's no way

00:56:33now GST

00:56:35says that

00:56:36this whole

00:56:37scam is based

00:56:38on a real

00:56:38scam that

00:56:39somebody tried

00:56:40to run in

00:56:40Vegas but

00:56:41didn't get

00:56:41nearly as far

00:56:42as the cheater

00:56:43on this show

00:56:43here's the thing

00:56:45that I find

00:56:45so hard

00:56:46to try to

00:56:47figure out

00:56:47it certainly

00:56:48wouldn't have

00:56:49been this

00:56:49obvious

00:56:50a valet

00:56:52walking around

00:56:52with a PDA

00:56:53while actually

00:56:54working and

00:56:55moving cars

00:56:56and such

00:56:56that doesn't

00:56:58work

00:56:58with an

00:56:58earpiece

00:56:59in his

00:56:59ear

00:56:59because

00:57:00bluetooth

00:57:00technology

00:57:01really wasn't

00:57:02a thing

00:57:03back in

00:57:042003

00:57:05that would

00:57:06not jive

00:57:07that would

00:57:07not jive

00:57:08most jobs

00:57:09hated

00:57:10when you

00:57:11would have

00:57:12so much

00:57:12as an

00:57:13earpiece

00:57:13in your

00:57:13ear

00:57:13listening to

00:57:14the regular

00:57:15old radio

00:57:17or music

00:57:18or a CD

00:57:19or yes

00:57:19CDs

00:57:20or a cassette

00:57:21yes cassettes

00:57:22or an MP3

00:57:23yes MP3

00:57:24players

00:57:25they hated

00:57:27it

00:57:27most jobs

00:57:27hated it

00:57:28most jobs

00:57:30hated it

00:57:30to the point

00:57:31where you

00:57:31you could be

00:57:32disciplined

00:57:33you could be

00:57:33fired for

00:57:34even if your

00:57:34job was just

00:57:36pushing papers

00:57:37even if your

00:57:37job was sitting

00:57:38at a computer

00:57:38on a spreadsheet

00:57:40entering data

00:57:41a lot of

00:57:42jobs

00:57:43hated that

00:57:44you're gonna

00:57:45tell me

00:57:45that

00:57:46casino

00:57:48valet

00:57:51is gonna be

00:57:51allowed to

00:57:52not only

00:57:53have something

00:57:53in his

00:57:53ear

00:57:54maybe you

00:57:55can get

00:57:56away with

00:57:56that

00:57:56but a

00:57:57handheld

00:57:57video

00:57:58thing

00:57:58that he's

00:57:58staring at

00:57:59the whole

00:57:59time too

00:57:59no

00:58:01no

00:58:01that's been

00:58:03a movie

00:58:03magic

00:58:03because there's

00:58:04no way

00:58:05like there's

00:58:06that story

00:58:07the story

00:58:08there's no way

00:58:08he had it

00:58:09out invisible

00:58:10like that

00:58:11constantly

00:58:12however he was

00:58:13trying to do it

00:58:14it couldn't have

00:58:14been like that

00:58:15maybe he was

00:58:16standing

00:58:16at the

00:58:17actual stand

00:58:18the whole time

00:58:19but he couldn't

00:58:20have been

00:58:20he couldn't

00:58:21have been

00:58:21driving cars

00:58:23in and out

00:58:23and still

00:58:25in front of

00:58:27his multiple

00:58:28versions of

00:58:28his boss

00:58:29and just get

00:58:30away with it

00:58:31there's no way

00:58:32Danny realizes

00:58:33the thing

00:58:33he offers

00:58:34Mr. Herman

00:58:35the whale

00:58:35a deal

00:58:36if he's gonna

00:58:37stick around

00:58:38the cheater

00:58:38goes in for

00:58:39one more hand

00:58:39and offer

00:58:40to double up

00:58:42on his way

00:58:43out

00:58:43and as he's

00:58:44doing this

00:58:45another thing

00:58:46I always thought

00:58:46is this is

00:58:47this is how

00:58:48these fools

00:58:48get caught

00:58:49is the sucker

00:58:50got greedy

00:58:51like

00:58:53at what

00:58:53point do

00:58:54you just

00:58:54walk away

00:58:552003 money

00:58:57he has

00:58:57at this point

00:58:59as he's about

00:58:59to lose the

00:59:00money

00:59:00three and a half

00:59:01million dollars

00:59:01that is

00:59:03a ridiculous

00:59:04amount of

00:59:05money in

00:59:062003

00:59:06even if he

00:59:08has to share

00:59:08it with the

00:59:09valet

00:59:09that's over

00:59:10a million dollars

00:59:11each

00:59:11in comparison

00:59:12to inflation

00:59:13numbers

00:59:14that three and a

00:59:15half million

00:59:16dollars

00:59:17equals to

00:59:19about

00:59:20five point

00:59:21eight million

00:59:22dollars

00:59:22today

00:59:22a ridiculous

00:59:25amount of

00:59:26money in

00:59:262003

00:59:27they got

00:59:28greedy

00:59:29they wanted

00:59:30to take

00:59:30the whole

00:59:31casino

00:59:31and thought

00:59:33they could get

00:59:33away with

00:59:33taking out

00:59:34the whole

00:59:35casino

00:59:35at what point

00:59:37do you just

00:59:37walk away

00:59:38also also

00:59:39at what point

00:59:40does

00:59:41the

00:59:42valet

00:59:43not have a

00:59:44code

00:59:44do they not

00:59:44come up

00:59:45with a

00:59:45code word

00:59:45in case

00:59:46everything

00:59:46goes wrong

00:59:47in case

00:59:48the guy

00:59:50at the

00:59:50table

00:59:51doesn't hear

00:59:52something back

00:59:53in a certain

00:59:54amount of

00:59:55time

00:59:55or just

00:59:56here's a

00:59:56code word

00:59:57like yeah

00:59:57hit that

00:59:58sweet nine

00:59:59sweet nine

01:00:00oh the

01:00:00code word

01:00:01is sweet

01:00:01he's caught

01:00:03time for me

01:00:03to leave

01:00:04how's there

01:00:04no panic

01:00:05button

01:00:06how's there

01:00:06no just

01:00:07automatic

01:00:08escape

01:00:08button

01:00:08at this

01:00:09particular

01:00:10point for

01:00:10these guys

01:00:11but there

01:00:12isn't

01:00:12he gets

01:00:13caught

01:00:13and he

01:00:14goes

01:00:14all in

01:00:153.5

01:00:17now at

01:00:18this point

01:00:18Nessa's

01:00:19gonna deal

01:00:19blackjack

01:00:20hand

01:00:20guy has

01:00:2212

01:00:235 and

01:00:247

01:00:24Nessa

01:00:26shows a

01:00:27queen

01:00:27he says

01:00:28hit me

01:00:28by the way

01:00:29Marcia

01:00:29Thomason hated

01:00:30the way her

01:00:30nails looked

01:00:31as she

01:00:31pulled out

01:00:31that card

01:00:32and the

01:00:33guy busts

01:00:34out with

01:00:34a king

01:00:35he gets

01:00:3522

01:00:36he gets

01:00:36the old

01:00:37Jake

01:00:37Roberts

01:00:3722

01:00:38instead of

01:00:3821

01:00:39in the

01:00:39meantime

01:00:40Danny

01:00:41goes back

01:00:41up to

01:00:41check out

01:00:41Mr.

01:00:42Bunny

01:00:42shoes

01:00:42who has

01:00:42gone

01:00:43back

01:00:43downstairs

01:00:44to the

01:00:45casino

01:00:45after

01:00:46Sam

01:00:47looks

01:00:48like she

01:00:50got him

01:00:50to switch

01:00:51rooms

01:00:51and Danny

01:00:52said

01:00:53no you

01:00:54didn't

01:00:54she said

01:00:54no

01:00:55she had

01:00:57to send

01:00:57a picture

01:00:57to his

01:00:58family

01:00:59to make

01:00:59sure

01:00:59that they

01:01:00knew

01:01:00that he

01:01:00was alright

01:01:01here come

01:01:01Mr.

01:01:02and Mrs.

01:01:02Johnson

01:01:02again

01:01:02in this

01:01:03scene

01:01:03according to

01:01:04Eric Scott

01:01:04Thompson

01:01:05was shot

01:01:05two ways

01:01:06one way

01:01:07is the

01:01:07way

01:01:07that we

01:01:07get to

01:01:08see

01:01:08and the

01:01:08other way

01:01:09is

01:01:09where Danny

01:01:11gives them

01:01:11advice

01:01:11and they

01:01:12go back

01:01:12to fighting

01:01:13again

01:01:13just because

01:01:15and that

01:01:15would have

01:01:16been the

01:01:16funnier

01:01:16scene

01:01:16however

01:01:17the NBC

01:01:18exec

01:01:19in one

01:01:20of the

01:01:20few

01:01:20times

01:01:21where a

01:01:22TV exec

01:01:23offers notes

01:01:23that actually

01:01:24pay off

01:01:25that are

01:01:25actually good

01:01:25notes

01:01:26says that

01:01:26he likes

01:01:27the scene

01:01:27where it

01:01:29works out

01:01:29at the

01:01:29end

01:01:30or Danny

01:01:31comes back

01:01:31and offers

01:01:32him a free

01:01:32dinner

01:01:33at the

01:01:34Venetian

01:01:34and that

01:01:36really does

01:01:37help set

01:01:37the tone

01:01:38for the

01:01:38show

01:01:38and that

01:01:39really does

01:01:40really

01:01:41did for

01:01:42me and

01:01:42for a lot

01:01:43of other

01:01:43people

01:01:43help

01:01:44bring in

01:01:46us

01:01:47as fans

01:01:48especially

01:01:49in a town

01:01:50like Vegas

01:01:50you wanted

01:01:52to you

01:01:52want to

01:01:53believe in

01:01:53the magic

01:01:53at least

01:01:54back then

01:01:55you did

01:01:55Vegas has

01:01:55changed a

01:01:56lot

01:01:56resort

01:01:57fees

01:01:58but you

01:02:00want to

01:02:00believe in

01:02:01the magic

01:02:01you want to

01:02:02believe in

01:02:03the cool

01:02:03you want to

01:02:04believe in

01:02:04the luck

01:02:05you want to

01:02:05believe in

01:02:06it all

01:02:07and a

01:02:08show like

01:02:08Vegas

01:02:09like Las

01:02:09Vegas

01:02:10helps and

01:02:11made you

01:02:12believe in

01:02:13a lot of

01:02:14it

01:02:14it was

01:02:15fantastic

01:02:16it was a

01:02:17great show

01:02:17and that

01:02:18scene was

01:02:19one of the

01:02:20reasons

01:02:20and then

01:02:20pile that

01:02:21onto the

01:02:21other scene

01:02:22where Danny

01:02:23immediately

01:02:24goes to

01:02:25Mr. Bunny

01:02:25Shoes

01:02:26who has

01:02:26about

01:02:27$40,000

01:02:28again

01:02:302000s

01:02:32money

01:02:32$40,000

01:02:34today

01:02:34equals

01:02:36$66,000

01:02:38still about

01:02:39a year's

01:02:40salary

01:02:40right

01:02:41in a

01:02:41good job

01:02:42for a

01:02:43bum

01:02:43to go

01:02:44from

01:02:44social security

01:02:45check to

01:02:45about a

01:02:45year's

01:02:46salary

01:02:46is good

01:02:47now mind

01:02:47you he had

01:02:481 million

01:02:49but

01:02:49and it's a

01:02:50good takeaway

01:02:51Danny

01:02:51again

01:02:52does a

01:02:52good deed

01:02:53he tells

01:02:54him to

01:02:54walk

01:02:54he closes

01:02:55the table

01:02:55down

01:02:56he tells

01:02:56him to

01:02:57walk away

01:02:57while he

01:02:57still has

01:02:58something to

01:02:58walk away

01:02:59with

01:02:59it's

01:03:01it's the

01:03:01feel goodness

01:03:02of it

01:03:03a long time

01:03:03ago we used

01:03:04to be friends

01:03:04plays as we

01:03:05go to the

01:03:06party at

01:03:07Mike's house

01:03:07and everybody's

01:03:09there including

01:03:09a couple of

01:03:10other casualties

01:03:11that we would

01:03:13not see later

01:03:13on in the show

01:03:14so Pauly's

01:03:15there in the

01:03:16background we will

01:03:16not see Pauly

01:03:17ever again

01:03:18and Mike's

01:03:19wife and kids

01:03:20Mike at this

01:03:22point had a

01:03:23wife and kids

01:03:24and you saw a

01:03:24little boy and

01:03:24little girl and

01:03:25they were playing

01:03:25with a robot he

01:03:26had a wife kids

01:03:27and robot

01:03:27they were never

01:03:30mentioned luckily

01:03:31so they were

01:03:32easily written out

01:03:32of the show

01:03:33they were never

01:03:33mentioned so it

01:03:35was fine for him

01:03:36to not have to

01:03:37be single by

01:03:39episode two

01:03:40they and you

01:03:41could see her in

01:03:42the background

01:03:42never mentioned

01:03:44again

01:03:44in that scene

01:03:46we hear a long

01:03:47time ago we

01:03:48used to be

01:03:48friends and keep

01:03:49that in mind

01:03:49please

01:03:50as Danny is

01:03:52driving down the

01:03:53Vegas strip going

01:03:53back home he

01:03:54sees Mr. Bunny

01:03:55Shoes who walks

01:03:55away with a

01:03:56clean pair of

01:03:57kicks now he's

01:03:58got the bunny

01:03:58slippers a brand

01:03:59new pair in his

01:04:00Montecito backpack

01:04:01which is by the

01:04:02way a nice

01:04:02backpack that's a

01:04:03nice touch but

01:04:04he's got some

01:04:04clean kicks on

01:04:05him man he's

01:04:06got I don't

01:04:07know those

01:04:07some kind of

01:04:08metal on the

01:04:08bottom of those

01:04:09are just steel or

01:04:11silver or what

01:04:12those are those

01:04:12are clean anyway

01:04:13Danny goes into

01:04:14his ending

01:04:15epilogue as he

01:04:16drives down the

01:04:17strip and we

01:04:18hear the first

01:04:19great line love

01:04:24that line god I

01:04:25love that town

01:04:26too or at least I

01:04:27did before the

01:04:28resort fees and

01:04:29we hear a long

01:04:30time ago we used

01:04:31to be friends in

01:04:32the DVD version

01:04:34we hear a long

01:04:36time ago we used

01:04:36to be friends in

01:04:37the original

01:04:38airing we don't

01:04:42hear a long time

01:04:43ago we used to

01:04:43be friends in

01:04:45the peacock

01:04:46version which

01:04:49is a sin a

01:04:50shame and a

01:04:51travesty and

01:04:53this is why not

01:04:55only am I team

01:04:56dairy but I am

01:04:58team original

01:04:59version if you

01:04:59can find it and

01:05:00team physical

01:05:01media DVD and I

01:05:03hate to say that

01:05:04because all that's

01:05:04really going to do

01:05:05is drive the prices

01:05:06of the DVDs back

01:05:06up again but if

01:05:11you really want

01:05:11the full Las

01:05:13Vegas experience

01:05:14Las Vegas the

01:05:15show experience

01:05:16these days you're

01:05:17going to have to

01:05:17buy the DVDs

01:05:18because the DVDs

01:05:20are going to have

01:05:21better quality

01:05:22whooshes some of

01:05:23it has to do with

01:05:24the frame rate of

01:05:25our newer TVs but

01:05:27they're also going to

01:05:28have DVD commentary

01:05:29behind the scenes

01:05:30stuff and most of

01:05:33the original music

01:05:34most of because even

01:05:35on the DVD on the

01:05:37back they say some

01:05:37of the music may be

01:05:38varied from the

01:05:39original broadcast

01:05:40although for the

01:05:41most part I think

01:05:41they're really just

01:05:42talking about the

01:05:42theme song because

01:05:44you only get the

01:05:44Elvis theme in the

01:05:45first episode of

01:05:46each season but you

01:05:47get the original

01:05:48music and the

01:05:49original music means

01:05:50so much going back

01:05:52to when we were

01:05:52talking about TV

01:05:54shows in the 2000s

01:05:56wanting to be more

01:05:56cinematic one of

01:05:57the parts of that

01:05:58includes music this

01:06:00is still at a time

01:06:01where music rights

01:06:02you could you could

01:06:04kind of almost

01:06:05ignore them for the

01:06:07most part on TV

01:06:08shows or at least

01:06:09just do the bare

01:06:10minimum just for

01:06:11this airing because

01:06:12you really weren't

01:06:13thinking about home

01:06:14media now some

01:06:15shows actually did

01:06:16have VHS releases

01:06:19of not even whole

01:06:21seasons because those

01:06:22would be huge blocks

01:06:23some shows did some

01:06:24shows had whole

01:06:25seasons some shows

01:06:25had the whole series

01:06:26those those would be

01:06:28on sale in like a

01:06:29time life type of

01:06:31infomercial that you

01:06:32would see on at

01:06:3311 to 3 o'clock in

01:06:35the morning right and

01:06:36there would be this

01:06:37giant box sets you

01:06:38get a new tape every

01:06:39month or every week

01:06:41and because VHS was

01:06:44such a cumbersome way

01:06:45of storing media like

01:06:46that it really wasn't

01:06:47conducive to doing

01:06:48that DVDs come along

01:06:50and it becomes a lot

01:06:51more conducive and TV

01:06:53shows start implementing

01:06:54it and the problem

01:06:56is the rights for the

01:06:58DVDs aren't really

01:07:00thought of so the

01:07:02because the rights

01:07:02for VHSs weren't even

01:07:03really thought of when

01:07:04it came to music so

01:07:05rights for DVDs when

01:07:07it comes to music

01:07:07weren't really fleshed

01:07:09out or thought of too

01:07:11much let alone

01:07:13streaming or a lot of

01:07:14that strike that we

01:07:15just experienced in

01:07:17entertainment we had to

01:07:18do with media rights of

01:07:19the individual now let's

01:07:21have a little rewind

01:07:22back to about 2007

01:07:24which is which is by

01:07:25the way the strike that

01:07:27killed Las Vegas Las

01:07:28Vegas was one of those

01:07:29shows that was on the

01:07:30cusp and it killed Las

01:07:31Vegas because they went

01:07:32on strike at the end

01:07:33of that fifth and

01:07:35final season and they

01:07:36went on strike at the

01:07:37end of that fifth and

01:07:38final season in part

01:07:39because or mostly

01:07:40because of DVD rights

01:07:42the actors didn't know

01:07:44how they were going to

01:07:46get paid for DVDs and

01:07:47the studios were like

01:07:48not at all we can help

01:07:50it and they really also

01:07:52did the same thing when

01:07:53it came to music now you

01:07:55had some sort of out

01:07:56some outliers like one

01:07:58of the reasons Las Vegas

01:07:59DVDs were so expensive

01:08:00was because they did

01:08:01the same thing that

01:08:02Entourage did which is

01:08:03they outright paid for

01:08:05the rights the full

01:08:07asking price for the

01:08:09music and put them on

01:08:11their DVDs which made

01:08:13their season DVDs a lot

01:08:15more expensive than a

01:08:16lot of other shows who

01:08:17either took out the

01:08:18music or didn't have

01:08:19the music in the first

01:08:20place but in the early

01:08:212000s music and

01:08:23television shows meant

01:08:25a lot because we were

01:08:26trying to change the

01:08:27perception of television

01:08:29shows I mentioned

01:08:30scrubs initially guess

01:08:31what scrubs had a lot

01:08:32of licensed music and

01:08:35when scrubs is shown on

01:08:37an Amazon Prime without

01:08:40that licensed music it's

01:08:41not the same show and

01:08:42when Las Vegas is shown

01:08:44on Peacock without a

01:08:46lot of the licensed

01:08:46music it's not the same

01:08:48show even if it's

01:08:49production music stuff

01:08:50that's supposed to be in

01:08:50the background the

01:08:51production music sounds

01:08:52different than the rest

01:08:53of the show it's not

01:08:54the same show and you

01:08:56can tell here how

01:08:58important it is a long

01:08:59time ago we used to be

01:09:00friends what were they

01:09:02talking about one what

01:09:03was the one story that

01:09:05didn't get tied up

01:09:06throughout the entire

01:09:08episode we found the

01:09:09whale we helped mr.

01:09:11mrs.

01:09:11Johnson we confronted

01:09:13the exhibitionist we got

01:09:15the cheater we talked

01:09:18to mr.

01:09:18bunny shoes what was the

01:09:20one thread that was left

01:09:22untied Greg Danny's friend

01:09:27Greg who Danny his father

01:09:32and Mary all knew about we

01:09:34find out in episode two

01:09:35that that's Greg spoiler

01:09:36alert the dead guy in the

01:09:38desert a long time ago we

01:09:41used to be friends that

01:09:44ties into your head

01:09:45subconsciously oh wait a

01:09:48minute oh that guy again

01:09:50wait a minute we got to

01:09:51come back to him don't

01:09:52we I bet you this means

01:09:54something doesn't it I

01:09:57maybe should come back

01:09:58next week so I can watch

01:10:01and see how they tie this

01:10:02up also because I like the

01:10:05crew how are they going to

01:10:08what does this dead guy have

01:10:09to do with all of them a

01:10:11long time ago they used to

01:10:13be friends but not if you're

01:10:15watching on Peacock so

01:10:16anyway that was the Las Vegas

01:10:17pilot the first episode of

01:10:19one of my and I'm sure

01:10:21your favorite shows

01:10:22otherwise you would have

01:10:22been here and certainly

01:10:23wouldn't have lasted this

01:10:25long in the podcast to hear

01:10:26me prattle on and on about

01:10:28this show that is clearly

01:10:30near and dear to both of

01:10:31our hearts I almost

01:10:32immediately fell in love

01:10:33with this show it really

01:10:34did a lot to encapsulate

01:10:38to me the idea that

01:10:39anything can happen in

01:10:40Vegas not just the what

01:10:43happens in Vegas days in

01:10:44Vegas stuff yes yes yes

01:10:45that was another thing

01:10:47that was played to death

01:10:48around that time but the

01:10:51idea that this place that

01:10:53there was something about

01:10:54it there was something

01:10:55about that jewel in the

01:10:57desert there was something

01:10:58about that oasis in the

01:11:00middle of nowhere that

01:11:02place that's that energy

01:11:05that that drive that that

01:11:07mystique that drives so

01:11:09many people to go there

01:11:10year in and year out

01:11:12despite all the changes

01:11:13despite all the terrible

01:11:15horrible no good very bad

01:11:17resort fees and go there

01:11:20year after year despite

01:11:21losing heck some of the

01:11:22best Vegas stories are

01:11:24losing stories and I

01:11:25trust me I've got a few

01:11:26bad Vegas stories you have

01:11:28to you can't only have

01:11:29good Vegas stories you've

01:11:30got to you have to leave

01:11:32Vegas at least once with

01:11:33some bad Vegas stories and

01:11:35those are often the best

01:11:36stories you tell but here

01:11:39you felt like there were no

01:11:41bad Vegas stories even the

01:11:44guy who lost almost all his

01:11:45money Mr. Bunny shoes he

01:11:48went in with nothing and

01:11:49he still came out with

01:11:50something he still came out

01:11:51a winner because that's

01:11:52this Vegas that's the

01:11:54Montecito and with that

01:11:58that's the Potecito folks if

01:12:02you want to follow the

01:12:03Potecito you can do so on

01:12:05Twitter we are at the

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01:12:10Potecito P-O-D-E-C-I-T-O I

01:12:14look forward to more

01:12:15episodes like this and

01:12:17better as we roll on into

01:12:20our deep dive into the

01:12:23series known as Las Vegas if

01:12:24you are associated with the

01:12:25show at all and want to

01:12:27help out the podcast I would

01:12:28love to interview you I

01:12:29have I have so many

01:12:32questions and I would love

01:12:34so many different insights

01:12:35from anybody who was

01:12:36associated with the show and

01:12:38if you could share this

01:12:39podcast that is maybe the

01:12:40most important thing is

01:12:42sharing the podcast with

01:12:43other Las Vegas lovers such

01:12:46as yourself other family

01:12:47members people you are

01:12:48introducing to Las Vegas I

01:12:49wonder how many people are

01:12:51just now being introduced to

01:12:52Las Vegas with it being

01:12:54introduced on to Peacock I'd

01:12:57love to know that and I

01:12:58would also love to know we

01:12:59might as well start now are

01:13:00you team dairy or team DD are

01:13:04you are you for Danny and

01:13:06the lender are you for Danny

01:13:07and Mary or neither or or

01:13:10neither did you hate the

01:13:11whole thing I want to know

01:13:13all that as well but in the

01:13:15meantime the in-between time

01:13:16I appreciate you for coming

01:13:18here and joining me here at

01:13:20the Potocito and

01:13:22you see you next time

01:13:24you

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