Poll : 08 August - 21 August 2012

Analysis

While we don't like to dwell on the negative, we're happy we gave so many of you the chance to get something off your chests -- nothing wrong with a little healthy venting every once in awhile.Thanks to everyone who took part for giving us some laughs, albeit often by reminding us of shared experiences we'd rather have erased for good from the memory bank...

• The Ronn Lucas ventriloquist show was one of the most embarrassing things I've ever had to endure. It was worse than any bad high-school talent show. [Ed: Are we being unfair to high-school productions here?!]
• Showgirls of Magic. Okay, the guys loved it, but their attention was focused elsewhere, and honestly the showgirls were not exactly adept at magic and illusion.
• The Scintas at the Rio. Absolutely the worst show ever. Thank God I was comped. Bad singers doing horribly dated musical impressions. 90 minutes of pain. Have they finally left Vegas? [Ed: Yep, although they do come back to visit periodically, so stay alert!]
• I can’t believe La Femme/Crazy Horse at the MGM Grand has survived so long. The lighting is poor, the music [sic.] is all in French and puts you to sleep and the dance routines seemed like they were all in slow motion. This is the only time I ever feel asleep with a bunch of topless women in the room.
• The Frankie Moreno Live Show. The sound was so loud it hurts your ears. The usher saw that we were about to leave and gave us ear plugs.
• I can't "Believe" this show is still around. We saw it during previews and agreed it was an unfixable mess. And, yet, somehow, it lives on. [Ed: Criss Angel's Cirque collaboration was indeed horrible when it debuted. We haven't seen it since, but understand it's undergone many changes. They must've done something right or it would be following Viva Elvis into oblivion, we figure.]
• Fire and Ice topless ice-skating show at the old Hacienda. Had to sit through a 3-hour time share presentation to get those free tickets, too!
• Nathan Burton. THANK GOD it was comped. He sleepwalked through one of the lamest, most un-entertaining excuses for a show I have ever seen. Offensive and stupid. His "joke" trick with a black man emerging from a giant microwave after being "burnt" was offensive back in the 1950s… Why is he still around?
• The Price is Right. I can't believe they keep raising the ticket price. It's more fun watching at home on TV. Crazy Girls should be in the "Bad Show Hall of Fame." [Ed: Feel vindicated -- this show closed this week without notice.]
• Zumanity. In their effort to shock, they bored me to tears.
• This is pretty sad, but I fell asleep at Mystere and at Celine Dion. I don’t know what the problem was at Mystere, but we only went to see Celine because my sister-in-law is a big fan. Apparently I am not. I fell asleep for a good part of the show. But the worst was Penn and Teller. I slept through the whole thing! My husband and I had watched a thing that they did on TV. I can’t remember what the title was, but it involved a segment on circumcision and it was hysterical. That is why we got tickets for their show, but I slept through the whole thing and my husband, though he stayed awake, was not impressed, either.
• The worst show was at the Fitz., Larry G Jones Man of 1000 Voices. The cost was one drink - that they spilled on me and still charged me for it.
• Vinnie Favorito for harassing a hearing-impaired person for coming to his show.
• Erocktica at Rio. I never imagined a show with rock music and boobs could be so bad.
• Blue Man Group. A cast of no name, no talented people who look like the Smurfs. I can't imagine why it was so popular.
• I had forgotten about Bottoms Up! Here I was thinking that I really hadn’t seen any bad shows in Vegas. This one was long ago and we went with another couple – and were ready for some laughs. I’m not sure we even groaned during this show, however! [Ed: It was a classic in its day, but it kind of played on a loooong time after that day had passed...]
• At one of our last stays at the Stardust (loved that place!) we saw ‘Headlights and Tailpipes’…..I would have enjoyed myself more if I had just thrown all the money into a slot machine!
• Awesome '80s prom. We arrived and found out there were no seats left, so we found a wall to lean against and this guy who was supposed to be Jon Cryer came over to us 5 times and dragged us to the dance floor against our will. Also there was a Judd Nelson impersonator who kept coming over and insulting us. None of this was fun. We left early when some drunk guy kept started ripping balloons off the wall and harrassing my wife. Security talked to him but did not throw him out. I stopped in the bathroom and there was a Michael Jackson impersonator getting ready. I doubt he was going to salvage the night for us."
• The worst show I ever saw in Vegas was Splash!. I have no idea how this show lasted as long as it did, or how it got its reputation as a good show. Boob jobs so bad we could see the scars from the tables and we weren't in the front row. Choreography that my high school performed better. Bad costumes. For example: The ice rink duo - I forget who the pair was but the man had a bigger beer gut then I do. His costume was 2-3 sizes too small. I don't think the word muffin top had come into use yet but that's what I remember. Songs and skits that maybe were trendy in the '70s but were completely outdated. About the only positive skit I remember was the Hispanic guys with the yo-yos. Their act was ok - the rest just inspired inside jokes the rest of our Vegas trip that year.
• It was Wayne's show. He had no voice for singing or talking and made apologies. We found out later he does that at every show. He spent a great deal of time out in the audience kissing blue-haired ladies, which was sweet but not what we paid for. His back-up singers and band were really wonderful, except for the gospel singer who was way too loud and shrill. I left with a headache and have told everyone since not to go. We were so embarrassed for him that we wanted to sneak out but it wasn't possible without being rude.