S03.E12: Las Vegas

[formerlyfreedom]

Bugsy Siegel bets his life on a Las Vegas casino, while the Moulin Rouge breaks the color barrier, Sin City's origins are a popularity contest for J.T. McWilliams and William Clark.

 

Featuring: Sam Rockwell as Bugsy Siegel, Donald Faison as Joe Louis, Timm Sharp as James T. McWilliams, Ben Schwartz as Meyer Lansky, Rich Fulcher as William A. Clark, and Dennis Quaid as Lucky Luciano

 

Retellers: Chris Romano on James T. McWilliams; Brendon Walsh on Bugsy Siegel; Paul F. Tompkins on the Moulin Rouge Casino

[ABay]

Unusually, I knew 2 out of the 3 stories already. The Moulin Rouge one was new to me. 

 

I love Paul F. Tompkins--his appearances on @midnight are epic--but this was not his finest hour. At least he didn't urinate with the host on camera.

[scootypuffjr]

Yeah, I'm no prude, but that's something I didn't really need to see.

Turk! I don't think this was the strongest episode overall, but I'm always happy to see Donald Faison.

[IndianPaintbrush]

I was totally thrown by the urination scene because I thought men had a strict "don't ever look at another guy's junk while urinating" rule.  But my husband says that when dudes are drunk, all bets are off.  Mind. blown.

[pasdetrois]

I was watching For Your Consideration last night and spotted Derek Waters in a scene near the end. Catherine O'Hara's character, an actor, is teaching a class and he's one of the students. No lines, just part of a brief shot of students listening to Catherine.

Edited November 21, 2015 by pasdetrois

[cynicat]

Kind of a meh episode, but the hiccups were epic.

[possibilities]

I didn't know any of those stories, so I thought it was interesting. I actually liked Paul F.'s narration most of the three.

[ganesh]

The narrators were terrible. Las Vegas should be a slam dunk for this show. I was extremely disappointed. 

[cynicat]

The narrators were terrible. Las Vegas should be a slam dunk for this show. I was extremely disappointed. 

 

Agreed, it could have and should have been so much more.  But, I re-watched and forgot about this final moral, which admittedly made me laugh:  "What happens in Vegas sometimes follows you home and it gets your eyeball shot out of your head."

[Victor the Crab]

Chris Romano's farting and pissing I thought was disgusting, IMO. The Bugsy Seigel story was interesting, as was all stories surrounding him. And I was familiar with the Moulin Rouge from the A&E documentary about Las Vegas from late 1997, just months before my first surprise trip there.