{"id":365,"date":"2009-07-17T13:51:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-17T21:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/blogs\/dmckee\/index.cfm\/2009\/7\/17\/Vegas-isnt-the-only-place-that-needs-Carmen-Electra"},"modified":"2020-10-16T06:59:22","modified_gmt":"2020-10-16T14:59:22","slug":"vegas-isnt-the-only-place-that-needs-carmen-electra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/vegas-isnt-the-only-place-that-needs-carmen-electra\/","title":{"rendered":"Vegas (isn&apos;t the only place that) needs Carmen Electra"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Occasionally, <em>S&amp;G<\/em> readers allow me to share their off-list <em>bon mots<\/em> with the general public. Such is the case with one <strong>Pacific Rim<\/strong>-based gentlewoman who&#8217;s familiar with the sights and sounds of <strong>Macao<\/strong>. Evidently, it&#8217;s a place where voluptuousness is craved all the more for being in short supply. Hence, the gyrations of a certain <strong>Carmen Electra<\/strong> at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/vacationplanner-showdetail.cfm?ShowID=108\" class=\"broken_link\"><em>Crazy Horse Paris<\/em><\/a> prompted this sage observation:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/userfiles\/Image\/017.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"428\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Macau sure could do with some of this type of sizzle<\/em>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>No doubt &#8230;<\/strong> but we need Ms. Electra <em>here<\/em>. (And aren&#8217;t you gents glad <em>S&amp;G<\/em> was given a non-gratutious rationale to post yet another photo of Carmen?)<\/p>\n<p>On a serious note, the Electra guest gig stirred up local media &#8220;buzz&#8221; far out of proportion to its duration. In terms of oomph for the buck, it&#8217;s given the <strong>Holly Madison<\/strong> push at <strong>Planet Hollywood<\/strong> a serious run for its money: more evidence that stars are born, not fabricated. Whatever one thinks of Ms. Electra&#8217;s troubled personal life, she&#8217;s a &#8220;stage creature&#8221; and Vegas could use a few more right now.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Supporting the troops<\/strong>. Big ups to the <strong>El Cortez<\/strong> for giving $15 dining credits to active-duty servicemen (and women) at its <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/referenceguide-diningdetail.cfm?DiningID=85\">Caf\u00e9 Cortez<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/referenceguide-diningdetail.cfm?DiningID=1024\">Flame<\/a><\/strong> steakhouse. Our military is grossly underpaid for guarding our liberties (such as appreciating Carmen Electra), so anything the casino industry does by way of a &#8220;thank you&#8221; deserves <em>S&amp;G<\/em>&#8216;s salute.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you&#8217;re in the Reno area<\/strong> and are an aficianado of the stellar cable TV service known as <strong>Cinemax<\/strong>, I consider it my civic duty to alert you to the following fact: <strong>Monique Parent<\/strong> (<em>aka<\/em> &#8220;The Thinking Man&#8217;s Sex Symbol&#8221;) will be spokesmodeling &#8212; or something of that ilk &#8212; at a <strong>Reno<\/strong>-area <strong>Costco<\/strong> next week.<\/p>\n<p>Among the prolific Parent&#8217;s many titles is the <em>Citizen Kane<\/em> of erotic films, <em>Play Time<\/em> &#8230; or so they tell me. &lt;<em>cough<\/em>&gt; So if you&#8217;ve admired Ms. Parent&#8217;s fine, wry thesping in <em>Dark Secrets<\/em> or <em>The Key to Sex<\/em>, stop by and show your gratitude.<\/p>\n<p>Just a suggestion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Occasionally, S&amp;G readers allow me to share their off-list bon mots with the general public. Such is the case with one Pacific Rim-based gentlewoman who&#8217;s familiar with the sights and sounds of Macao. Evidently, it&#8217;s a place where voluptuousness is &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/vegas-isnt-the-only-place-that-needs-carmen-electra\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[51,4,62,53,11,10,6,79,9,17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=365"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28244,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365\/revisions\/28244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}