Anyway I've got to get up early to interview Billy Vasiliades, Vegas' most powerful unelected man - the man whose firm brought us "What Happens here, stays here."
But first, some quick highlights from my day. I went to the home of Las Vegas' Mayor-with-moxie Oscar Goodman. Look at his front door!
The Mayor (below) moved to Vegas from Philly in 1964. He's raised a beautiful family (his wife, Carolyn, is a cross between Lee Remick and Dina Merrill) and has come to personify Vegas.
You might recognize Mayor Goodman from Scorsese's Casino or the NBC show Vegas. He makes a gin cocktail that made me forget that I hate gin.
He loves wearing Crocs (above). These are his "Work Crocs."
These are his "Rest Crocs" (L) and his "Furry Crocs" (R). (According the mayor, actress Molly Sims swooned over his Crocs.) The opposition candidate in his last election labeled him the "Imelda Marcos of Crocs." But it only endeared him to Vegas voters.
After our gin-drenched visit to the Mayor's, we hit Roxy's Diner. Betty, one of the servers, brought down the house with the Righteous Brothers' "Unchained Melody." Scott, our sound man, is in the foreground.
Then it was time to hit Talk of the Town, where the talk of the town was, not surprisingly, caucus. Tori (in the red knee highs) is planning on caucusing for Hillary. Tori's an amazing pole dancer. She graciously showed me a few moves.
This could have ended tragically. (Tori leapt from the stage to avoid getting kicked.)
***
Katie Holmes is on Letterman now. She seems happy. Maybe everyone was/is wrong. Maybe she's perfectly adjusted. She sounds like she loves being a Mom.
Reader Comments ( Page 1 of 3)
1. Aw Mo,
Hope all is well...
and I certainly hope you thanked
Oscar Goodman for making the
Six Million Dollar Man.
He didn't have to do that you know.
JG
John Giza at 3:20AM on Jan 15th 2008
2. Mo,
sounds like you've been having a good time so far.
hey.....is that pole I see in the picture getting lucky?! ;D dag, you seem to have it "goin' on", my man!
and, see, THIS is EXACTLY the kinda stuff i was talkin' bout in an earlier blog about how you are just ALL man in the romance dept....what with all that pose you've got going on....look out, cuz, "here he comes"!
oiyez, this is just the kind of visual that I needed while I'm just trying to get myself back to sleep..after taking some cough medicine..... he,he,hee.....and, uh, thanks to JG, with that cool Tom Jones background music, I could really make a "virtual experience" out of this in my dreams...!
Stay safe, have fun.
MI aka: Eire-Girl
Mary Irene at 4:03AM on Jan 15th 2008
3. No Mo not the poll!
I will never see you in the same light again.
Was the poll washed before you embarked on your
dance?
Wearing crocs in Vegas? The world has fallen apart.
NO MO ON THE POL!
The world must has shifted on its axis.
Donna Majoros at 6:38AM on Jan 15th 2008
4. Most Beloved Mo,
Mo works hard for is money, so hard for it honey...!
Mo, you're suppossed to "make love" to the pole, not take it down 'a la Chuck Norris!
Nevertheless...you are sexy in all that you do-you made Goodman's door inviting.
ah, clem at 8:03AM on Jan 15th 2008
5. That man's front door is as tacky as his fuzzy crocs.
As for Katie Holmes being appearing happy, it's is just a manifestation that the brainwashing is complete. Did Letterman ask about her "Thetans" or just her kids.
elizabunny at 8:45AM on Jan 15th 2008
6. Well Mo, if you ever decide that being a pop cultural pundit is in fact not the career choice for you, it looks like you have a ready-made back-up plan as a Vegas showgirl. The airborne action shot at the end there is hilarious, but looks slightly painful.
I am troubled to learn of the presence in the world of so many permutations of Crocs. The originals were bad enough.
~Shannon
Shannon at 9:15AM on Jan 15th 2008
7. Mo,
I think to have good control on the pole you gotta be built like Tori. I also think it would have worked better if you had tried on those shoes too!:)
Gabrielle at 9:32AM on Jan 15th 2008
8. Mo
I haven't,as yet, gotten enough caffine into my system but the pole dance more than makes up for any lack there of!! I agree with Gabrielle.... shoes make the man!
buddyboo at 10:00AM on Jan 15th 2008
9. the first mo-pole photo looks like Mo is trying to uproot the pole. ouch! and the second? maybe that's Tori dressed in Mo's clothes . . .
if you see Gil Grissom, give him a hug for me. and if you see Warrick Brown, squeeze his buns for me.
mo-NEEK-a at 11:05AM on Jan 15th 2008
10. Aw Mo,
When you get tired of dancing with a Pole,
There is a Russian waiting in the wings.
Her name is Anna Karenina.
Earlier we took up the first sentence and adjoining paragraph.
Onward>
Par.2 Stiva is in the dog house, wakes up on the couch.
Par.3 Stiva has a Hank Kimball moment.
Par.4 Crocs and Mo Rocca obliques.
Par. 5 “Ah, ah, ah! Oo!” Sound, Scotty, I need more sound!
Par6-8 Poor me, Hello Dolly.
Par.9 “What is this, fan mail?”
Par. 10-end of I: Stupid smile.
That’s all I have in me for today, Roccats.
You’re on your own.
JG
John Giza at 11:47AM on Jan 15th 2008
11. lolroflstompwithatwist
Happy Days
mincpa at 12:33PM on Jan 15th 2008
12. Dear Mo,
No, no. For pole dancing, one must go to Natalie Portman. Or in case of emergency, to Teri Hatcher.
I guess Katie is happy. After being stepfordized, everyone is.
VIVA LA REVOLUCION DEL CASHMERE-O!
Spain reads you, Mo!
Miguel Cane at 1:42PM on Jan 15th 2008
13. I was hoping to see a flourish of strumpets or perhaps an anthology of Pros lurking in the background, but no such luck.
That's some Pole ya got there kid. Maybe later you can have a Czech up.
Clif Kuplen at 1:49PM on Jan 15th 2008
14. Aw Mo,
I was waiting for Post #14,
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Ln3AT8Gz1lU
Now, have a safe trip home and don't cause any undue attention to yourself.
JG
John Giza at 2:13PM on Jan 15th 2008
15. Mo at a strip club? You vixen...
Would it be inappropriate for me to put the one pole dance pic on my Blackberry as the desktop wallpaper? It's just too awesome.
*Too late!*
The last picture did look like it was going to end tragically. Good thing you didn't slide down and fall on your dupa!
Jacqueline aka Mashka at 3:07PM on Jan 15th 2008