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Post by loureviews on Apr 23, 2018 7:02:19 GMT
Frank Moreno looks better as Joan Rivers than as himself!
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Post by TallPaul on Apr 27, 2018 12:22:18 GMT
Should any Board member find themselves in the steel city on a Friday morning, they would be very welcome to 'watch' Bernie Clifton records his Radio Sheffield show, Live-ish. (It's recorded, as live, on Friday, but not broadcast until Saturday afternoon.)
It's complete nonsense, and rather old-fashioned, but nothing wrong with that.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2018 12:33:27 GMT
Watched the last 2 episodes last night. There has to be a space for a tour of "Bernie, Ken and Sue Too" surely? For me, they were the three stand-outs, and Kenny's "Nightingale" was just so special.
Was also nice to hear Anita sing "Memory" again. Pretty interested in how tacky Vegas presentation is. Terribly outdated in every respect, and they may have the leggiest dancers on the planet, but the movement and choreography is no better than average - the current "42nd Street" in London out-dances them by a mile.
Oh, and Cannon and Ball really should get some material that hasn't been knocking around since the 1980s...
Still, all in all, a delightful series, hope they do another. Having seen quite a few shows on the Strip, I can tell you that what we saw in this programme is hardly representative of the top Vegas shows where the standards are incredibly high... The Orleans is nowhere near the leading hotels, the 'theater' looked tiny by comparison and the show itself looked naff and incredibly dated, I agree. Nice they all got a chance to say, "I played Vegas" which is more than most of us will be able to say when we're old(er) and grey(er)...
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Xanderl
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Not always very high value in terms of ticket yield or donations
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Post by Xanderl on Apr 27, 2018 12:55:34 GMT
Stayed in a hotel recently which had a signed photo of Su Pollard on the wall, which is pretty much the sign of a quality hotel in my view
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Post by londonmzfitz on Apr 27, 2018 12:59:23 GMT
Still to watch the last one, but I've seen shows at the Orleans Showroom, back in 2008 ... well, the same show, 3 nights running .... Donny Osmond. Sigh. I still love him .. (The Orleans is a couple of miles off the Las Vegas strip, the Hotel runs a shuttle bus there and back).
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2018 13:08:12 GMT
^ The 'O' Theater at Bellagio for Cirque du Soleil: Colosseum Theater at Caesars Palace for Celine Dion's A New Day
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2018 13:28:36 GMT
Still to watch the last one, but I've seen shows at the Orleans Showroom, back in 2008 ... well, the same show, 3 nights running .... Donny Osmond. Sigh. I still love him ..(The Orleans is a couple of miles off the Las Vegas strip, the Hotel runs a shuttle bus there and back). I woke up to Donny's face every morning when I was there for my Big 5.0. a few years back...! He's on the Strip now!
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Post by TallPaul on Apr 27, 2018 13:42:14 GMT
Stayed in a hotel recently which had a signed photo of Su Pollard on the wall, which is pretty much the sign of a quality hotel in my view She's a terrible speller!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2018 13:52:53 GMT
Su Pollard's finest moment was her guest appearance as Heidi Honeycombe, music teacher and Linda La Hughes doppelgänger in 'Gimme Gimme Gimme'.
And I am unanimous in that.
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Post by drowseychap on Apr 28, 2018 0:52:44 GMT
Finally caught the last episode really loved this series and do hope ratings were high enough for another series ... I bet there bookings are up for the next year now .... yes agree terribly dated staging etc saw phantom Avenue Q jersey boys and Bette in Vegas now they were productions and agree frank the highest paid drag queen ?? Only in America as others posted his whole divas show is mimed and I’m sorry he looked nothing and sounded nothing like JR ..... over here hed be playing pubs he’s no Jim bailey or even ceri Dupree . Last ep was cleverly edited and watching the full show after the real standout was berni. And mick who knew ? Nice to see Anita she has such star quality still but she struggled desperately on some songs and seemed to have more stage time than anyone ...,. Loved su as always such a belter .... Bobbi. They loved him very talented. The big let down I thought was. Canon & ball thought it all fell very flat and jess well he’s was the Jc .... but hilarious to watch and listen to ..... ok there must be a summer tour on the cards surely esp round the coast ...... and come on who would we live to see with the krankies next year ?
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Post by macksennett on Apr 28, 2018 9:28:48 GMT
Anita and Kenny are about to do a short UK tour with Jimmy Tarbuck and Jessica Martin in a show called Swing With Laughter. Shame Su isn’t involved.
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Post by londonmzfitz on Apr 29, 2018 19:24:21 GMT
Still to watch the last one, but I've seen shows at the Orleans Showroom, back in 2008 ... well, the same show, 3 nights running .... Donny Osmond. Sigh. I still love him ..(The Orleans is a couple of miles off the Las Vegas strip, the Hotel runs a shuttle bus there and back). I woke up to Donny's face every morning when I was there for my Big 5.0. a few years back...! He's on the Strip now! <=== My big 5-0 with Donny in Vegas. Still running at The Flamingo.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 29, 2018 19:36:43 GMT
^ Fan-tas-tic!
How good is that...?!?
c x
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Post by alece10 on Apr 29, 2018 21:17:31 GMT
I recorded the series and watched the lot in one go this afternoon. I'm afraid I thought it was dreadful. A load of old codgers who would stab each other in the back given half the chance. 30 minutes spend arguing who was going to have which room in the villa and a producer who for the first 2 episodes was referred to as a Vegas headliner comedian and turns out to be a botoxed drag queen. When we finally get to see the show in quite a small theatre that looked as if it was more fringe than Vegas Strip. If you watched the audience carefully a lot of them just sat there with their arms crossed probably thiking "is this the best of British?" and not applauding. Judging by the other comments I'm very much in the minority but it just was not my kind of entertainment.
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