Vegas Free-for-All - Anthony Curtis on Bar Rescue

Anthony Curtis on Bar Rescue

Roulette Man

Jul 10, 2013
5:31am

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Originally posted by: anthony
No. The one I was in was the only one that dealt with gambling. The other two were Gypsy, which is a gay bar and has no machines, and The Hammer, which has machines, but they weren't a part of the show.

While I hopefully still have you online, do you know why the Travel Channel virtually eliminated most of their Vegas shows? You were in on many of them and they were very entertaining. They will occasionally have something, but it isn't like anything in the early 2000's.

Ric

Jul 10, 2013
7:29am

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I always try to watch Bar Rescue. I find it somewhat interesting since I spent 30 years in the F&B biz. I say somewhat interesting as I don't feel it's true reality, as is the case with most reality shows. First, to walk into a virtual shipwreck and turn it around in less than a week just can't happen. I don't doubt Jon Taffer's knowledge or talent, but let's face it,even God took a full week to do his job! In this week's episode the bartenders initially didn't know their ass from a hole in the ground and yet a few days later they operated as a well oiled machine. I've trained many bartenders and servers over the years and this isn't realistic. They either exaggerated how bad they were to start or how good they were in the end. The other thing that always bothers me is his penchant for yelling at owners and staff in front of customers. This violates one of the golden rules of management. This should be done in private and certainly NEVER in front of customers. That being said, I'm certain this is done just to spice up the show.

I do enjoy the "scientific" parts of the business he brings out because they ring so true from my own experiences. I would be curious to see what his gameplan and timelines are in true reality. As to what will happen to the Sand Dollar/702, I'm not optimistic. The managing partner whose name escapes me, didn't really seem to change much from start to finish. This doesn't bode well. The money man/Doctor is nothing but a lech that enjoys hanging around his own bar hitting on women in disgusting ways. This won't stop and that's not good. He obviously doesn't have any respect for his partner or the business. There is a simple reason why he does it there though, because nobody else in town would let him do it in their business. If he tried that in any of the places I ran I'd 86 him for life, period.

I guess my rant is over and I look forward to next week's episode.

ps:I'll have to stop in my next trip and check out the VP.

Good Luck!
Ric at Joes

anthony

Jul 10, 2013
7:57am

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Travel Channel goes through phases, depending on who's in charge there. They were into Vegas shows big time, then a new guy took over and pulled them completely. Since then they've gone back and forth, but haven't come back to the heyday when that seemed to be their main focus.

Regarding reality TV, an assessment of "reality" was the lead in the July LVA and part of the LVA discussion is in my column "The Deal" in this week's Seven magazine. There's a formula that includes, but does not rely completely, on reality.

Muskeg

Jul 10, 2013
2:38pm

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Originally posted by: Roulette Man

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Originally posted by: Number51
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Originally posted by: Roulette Man

I question if they are going to make it?

So you're not sure if you're going to question it?

At the end of the show they claimed to go from the worst payout VP in Vegas to the best. Tall order, or as RM might say,

Tall order?

So you're not sure if you're going to question it?

Is this another drunk post of yours? This sentence of yours makes no sense.

I had no trouble understanding Number51's grammatically correct post.

Roulette Man

Jul 10, 2013
2:45pm

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Originally posted by: Muskeg

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Originally posted by: Roulette Man
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Originally posted by: Number51
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Originally posted by: Roulette Man

I question if they are going to make it?

So you're not sure if you're going to question it?

At the end of the show they claimed to go from the worst payout VP in Vegas to the best. Tall order, or as RM might say,

Tall order?

So you're not sure if you're going to question it?

Is this another drunk post of yours? This sentence of yours makes no sense.

I had no trouble understanding Number51's grammatically correct post.

It may be grammatically correct, but it is very poor writing.

Muskeg

Jul 10, 2013
3:53pm

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Interesting show. Just finished watching it online here:

https://www.spike.com/episodes/qm5yg7/bar-rescue-dont-mess-with-taffers-wife-season-3-ep-311

It should be available for another week or so.

Ric

Jul 11, 2013
12:00am

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You should also be able to view it "on demand" through your cable or satellite provider as I did.

Good Luck!
Ric at Joes

timtroutman

Jul 11, 2013
3:25am

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Originally posted by: anthony
Travel Channel goes through phases, depending on who's in charge there. They were into Vegas shows big time, then a new guy took over and pulled them completely. Since then they've gone back and forth, but haven't come back to the heyday when that seemed to be their main focus.

Regarding reality TV, an assessment of "reality" was the lead in the July LVA and part of the LVA discussion is in my column "The Deal" in this week's Seven magazine. There's a formula that includes, but does not rely completely, on reality.

Was curious of one thing after reading the LVA and watching the show. For the "stress test" and then the official unveiling, there were large crowds outside waiting for the "big moment" of the door swinging open.

Was there a casting call of some sort carried out to get that particular crowd to that particular place on that particular night? In other words, another loose interpretation of "reality".

Roulette Man

Jul 11, 2013
4:06am

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Originally posted by: twagner

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Originally posted by: anthony
Travel Channel goes through phases, depending on who's in charge there. They were into Vegas shows big time, then a new guy took over and pulled them completely. Since then they've gone back and forth, but haven't come back to the heyday when that seemed to be their main focus.

Regarding reality TV, an assessment of "reality" was the lead in the July LVA and part of the LVA discussion is in my column "The Deal" in this week's Seven magazine. There's a formula that includes, but does not rely completely, on reality.

I can attest to the fact that on this site, the LVA shorts gave notice that they were looking for people to show up for both the stress test and the reopening.

timtroutman

Jul 11, 2013
6:12am

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Originally posted by: Roulette Man

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Originally posted by: twagner
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Originally posted by: anthony
Travel Channel goes through phases, depending on who's in charge there. They were into Vegas shows big time, then a new guy took over and pulled them completely. Since then they've gone back and forth, but haven't come back to the heyday when that seemed to be their main focus.

Regarding reality TV, an assessment of "reality" was the lead in the July LVA and part of the LVA discussion is in my column "The Deal" in this week's Seven magazine. There's a formula that includes, but does not rely completely, on reality.

Was curious of one thing after reading the LVA and watching the show. For the "stress test" and then the official unveiling, there were large crowds outside waiting for the "big moment" of the door swinging open.

Was there a casting call of some sort carried out to get that particular crowd to that particular place on that particular night? In other words, another loose interpretation of "reality".

I can attest to the fact that on this site, the LVA shorts gave notice that they were looking for people to show up for both the stress test and the reopening.

You know - - after I asked the question - - I started to remember that!

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