Some sad and surprising news came out of Las Vegas today. Impressionist Danny Gans died at home early this morning. Find details here, here and here.
We’ll be discussing Gans’ Las Vegas career on the next podcast.
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This is sad. I hope his wife and children are doing ok considering….28yrs is a *long* time.
Makes you appreciate a little bit more every chance one gets for a trip to Las Vegas…
I saw Danny Gans several years ago and although the material may have become outdated, he was a very talented individual.
Never saw the guy perform, but it’s definitely sad when such a dedicated husband / father dies too young.
Hopefully you will show him more respect than you have in the past. I enjoy your podcast, but you can be mean spirited, and you certainly were with Gans in the past. RIP Danny Gans. Peace be with you and your family.
I certainly never had any inclination to see the man’s show, but it seems like Danny was generally a great guy. Love him or hate him, Vegas is a lot poorer for having lost one of its icons.
RIP Danny!!
As for MartinP- your comment about the “mean-spirited” nature of the show makes it seem like you’re the kind of person that is always looking to get their feelings hurt. If you’re overly sensitive to dry, ironic, and sarcastic humor, than maybe you should refrain from listening to the podcast.
I apologize in advance if my comments made you cry.
We’re not going to claim to have been fans of his work, but we certainly wouldn’t go out of our way to say something disrespectful about someone who has died. Give us a little more credit than that.
Like El said, it’s always tragic when someone dies too young, especially when they leave a family behind.
Michelle – I do apologize for my earlier comments. I wouldn’t expect either of you to say anything bad about Gans on your next show – That would be very, very out of character.
I was the mean spirited one in posting my earlier comment. Sheesh – such a jerk. Sorry.
Martin– thanks.
Sad…this is the kind of thing that can humble you. In the past, I’ve had no intention of going to see Danny Gans. However: yesterday after the news I stumbled across Entertainment Weekly’s news blurb about his passing. Upon reading the many, many positive reader responses about seeing his show and his dedication to his family, fans, friends, and faith I truly regret not giving him the benefit of the doubt. He clearly meant a LOT to many Vegas aficionados. Along with Sigfried and Roy, his is the “show that got away”….
Let’s all take this opportunity learn not to NOT discount or trivialize something that clearly meant so much to so many. Anything “cheesy” to us can still have sentimental value to other listeners of the podcast.
P,S. – Tim and Michele – Sams Town really, really is a fun adventure, in a “Downtown” kind of way. In the same generous spirit and for the sake of the podcast (or only for informed context), maybe you SHOULD sacrifice an evening to visiting Sams Town (and Eastside Cannery across the street), if only so that you can validate what you’ve said about non-strip casinos in the past….
If I’m ever in Vegas for two consecutive weeks, I’ll be willing to sacrifice some time to go to Sam’s Town. My current max is 10 days.
Tim–you might be surprised by locals casinos. I used to live in Las Vegas not far from Buffalo Ave. and Summerlin Parkway. When we lived there, we played mostly at locals casinos, and at several Downtown casinos. The odds were generally far better at those casinos. We only visited the Strip when we had visitors that wanted us to show them around.
Try one or more of the locals casinos; you may like them–a lot.
I’ve been to locals casinos. It’s not that I don’t like them. In fact, I wish games in The Strip casinos had the odds of those in the locals casinos.
I just don’t want to spend my limited time in Las Vegas in transit to Sam’s Town. There’s not enough there that differs from other casinos for me to make it worth the time and effort.