Jan. 10, 1957. It’s a day in Las Vegas entertainment that should be celebrated, though probably a bit chilly to be observed in the proper manner.

Mike Weatherford
And who is this amid the parade of gloriously abstract animal costumes? A guy in a … bowler hat? With pasty, streaky makeup? Who looks just a whole lot like the bowler-hat mime dudes in “Mystere,” “O,” “Love,” “Believe” and “Le Reve”?
Redneck comedy secret No. 1: Jeff Foxworthy has written fart jokes for Larry the Cable Guy.
Back in 1980, a comic mystery called “Shear Madness” was so far ahead of the interactive curve that its local producer now hesitates to even use the i-word.
If Danny Gans was sad on the day he died, don’t blame Beyoncé or Whoopi Goldberg.
Producers are paying more to get into the skin game, giving customers better reasons to skip that shakedown at the strip club.
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