In a recent QoD you stated, 'If the current writer hadn't worked many years ago on a documentary series for TLC about magic and magicians (which, as an aside, included the first instance ever of Teller actually speaking on camera) [...]' and I'm curious: Was this earlier than Teller's speaking role in the HBO film Long Gone, in 1987?

The TV show "Pawn Stars" has caused people to be lined up on the sidewalk to get into the store just to look, but how does one get into the shop to actually pawn or sell items to them?!

Today we'll tackle two related questions in one: "On the recent Las Vegas "Bar Rescue" show, they 'rescued' Gypsy, the first gay bar to ever open in Las Vegas. At the end of the show, I see where the owner did not like the change and three days later closed the bar. Who pay for all the renovation costs and what happens when some owner decides he knows more than expert Jon Taffer and either changes the bar back or, in this case, closes the doors forever?" and: "Just curious: Did Bar 702 keep its great video poker pay tables after it was reborn from the old Sand Dollar (thanks to the show "Bar Rescue")?

With the popularity of pawn shops on TV, many of them Vegas-based, what can you tell us about the best destinations in Vegas to buy and sell our stuff?

My wife and I are frequent Las Vegas visitors so we both enjoy watching the "Vegas" series on TV. I’m sure for dramatic purposes some of the content is fictional but is the Sheriff Lamb story based on any book?

On the drive from Las Vegas back to California, there’s an exit sign for an unpronounceable town by the name of Zzyzx and I’ve always wondered where on earth that name came from (and how do you say it?) Can you help? Thanks!

I watched a new TV show called "Vegas" this season and wondered if the main hotel in it, The Savoy, was based on any particular existing or former hotel in Vegas?

Sometime back I read that a movie was planned about the book, Storming Las Vegas. Any info on that?

What happened to the TV show "The Linemakers"? I enjoyed the banter of the hosts and I can not find it listed on the Velocity/Discovery website.

Sitting waiting for the Bills game to start, I'm watching a program called "Vegas Strip." It's about Metro police in action on the Strip. I think the police are real but what about the perps and victims? They do not block the faces of these people. Do they need their okay to use their faces or is it all acting? The clips I watched had, among other things, a man arrested for hitting a police horse and another man claiming to be pregnant with dinosaur eggs. The program was on the ACTN Channel from 11:00AM until 2:00PM, EST in 1/2-hour segments. Are these real or a setup?