Life Magazine 1959 Vegas Show Article
May 5th, 2021 at 6:56:58 AM
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Blast from the Past.
Wow, this show looks dreadful to me, yet it got coverage in LIFE Magazine in 1959. I wonder how much the management at the New Frontier had to pay to grease those skids. Half Hour Standing Ovation ? C'mon.....
Wow, this show looks dreadful to me, yet it got coverage in LIFE Magazine in 1959. I wonder how much the management at the New Frontier had to pay to grease those skids. Half Hour Standing Ovation ? C'mon.....
There's emptiness behind their eyes
There's dust in all their hearts
They just want to steal us all and take us all apart
May 20th, 2021 at 6:31:31 AM
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it looks amazing. i wish modern ads and poster would look like this.
Never give up!
May 20th, 2021 at 6:47:23 AM
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Quote: JohnnyQBlast from the Past.
Wow, this show looks dreadful to me, yet it got coverage in LIFE Magazine in 1959. I wonder how much the management at the New Frontier had to pay to grease those skids. Half Hour Standing Ovation ? C'mon.....
Without smartphones and Youtube, there could be no definitive proof that the standing ovation, in fact, lasted something like thirteen seconds.
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May 20th, 2021 at 8:33:59 AM
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Agreed. Hype is Hype, and if that helped 1959 magazine subscribers think they were seeing something special, I doubt anyone on the editorial board cared about anything more than selling more magazines.Quote: Mission146no definitive proof that the standing ovation, in fact, lasted something like thirteen seconds.
It was fun to stumble across an article on the "goings-on" in Vegas.
There's emptiness behind their eyes
There's dust in all their hearts
They just want to steal us all and take us all apart
