New casino reality show (Binion's) airs tonight on TLC

I know this makes me a pig, but did you see the cocktail waitress who was training the girl? She looks more like a grandma (and not a young grandma) than a casino cocktail waitress.
I did see a quick glimpse of the coctail waitress that wears the dolly parton blonde wig on the show and also on my last trip to Binions in 2012, is she the one in her 80's?
DonDiego wanted to like this show, . . . there's less about Las Vegas on TV, and he looked forward to it.

But, after 15 minutes, . . . during the commercial break in the middle of the confrontation with the "showgirls", he turned the TV off. He doesn't know how it was resolved; he doesn't care either.

It was just too "staged", . . .nothing authentic or spontaneous. And with ignorant and crude behavior, . . . what DonDiego supposes "The Jersey Shore" and "Buckwild" are like. [DonDiego has never seen a single moment of these shows so he requests forgiveness if he demeans them unjustifiably. But he reads this week that a featured player on "Buckwild" got his Ford Bronco stuck in some mud and subsequently died of carbon monoxide poisoning; the' musta been somthin' wrong with that boy, . . . and his two companions.]

Now poor old DonDiego knows some of the earlier Las Vegas reality shows were staged too and reality does not mean realistic on the TV. But occasionally something interesting happened on those shows, like seein' how casino management worked, . . . or security, . . . or high-rollers. Some of the characters were interesting, and even real people DonDiego had met. Jana is a pretty young lady, . . . but poor old DonDiego wonders how long she'd survive if'n she was stuck in the mud.

Just another disappointment on the TV.
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Originally posted by: sundrop6
I did see a quick glimpse of the coctail waitress that wears the dolly parton blonde wig on the show and also on my last trip to Binions in 2012, is she the one in her 80's?


Yeah, that was her. I think she used to work at Stardust for the longest time.

Bushman

The best show was the one they had at Green Valley Ranch a few years back...That was actually interesting..
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Originally posted by: soonermagic37
The best show was the one they had at Green Valley Ranch a few years back...That was actually interesting..


American Casino.

That one had Ninya the bitch.
I agree that American Casino was a good show. Happened to meet David Demontmolin (sp?) and Joe Hassan there, Joe went on to open Aliante Station.

American casino was also kind of boring, which made it more respectful of the truth, producers of these sorts of shows stage so much crap that the "reality" aspect of what they're claiming to present is just fakery. Wish they could have shown what Michael Tata was really going through before he overdosed, maybe someone could have done something.
Contrived and scripted rubbish. I watched one episode, and regret wasting that much of my life. This show is the lowest common denominator looking for the down button.
When American Casino was being shown, I remember seeing my old host from the Hard Rock who was then at GVR....Matt Sacca. Last time I saw him at the HR, his father had just died. He was a Jersey boy!
Had my DVR set to record all episodes, but schedule changed and now it's not on... Did TLC cancel it?

Pete
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