The ridiculous spat over Obama’s gambling remarks gives me an excuse to discuss Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman, who is quite possibly the most entertaining civic official in America:
Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman told a group of fourth graders on Monday that if he was marooned on a desert island the one thing he would want to have with him is a bottle of gin.
And when a student quizzed Goodman about his hobbies he replied that “drinking” was one of them, said Mackey Elementary School Principal Kemala Washington, who was present for the mayor’s visit.
Goodman was unapologetic for his comments that came during his visit to the elementary school in North Las Vegas.
“I’m the George Washington of mayors. I can’t tell a lie. If they didn’t want the answer the kid shouldn’t have asked the question,” Goodman said.
Goodman’s Wikipedia entry is pretty incredible: U. Penn-educated mob attorney, celebrity Playboy photographer, Bombay Sapphire pitchman – he’s literally done it all. He also makes a cameo appearance in Positively Fifth Street, a non-fiction account of the World Series of Poker I can’t recommend highly enough. That Esquire or some similar publication has yet to write the definitive profile of this guy is a sad commentary on the state of America’s magazine industry.
He also had a cameo (basically as himself) in Casino as De Niro’s attorney, in a scene where Dick Smothers plays a thinly-veiled Harry Reid (from his gambling commission days). I love that movie.Report
What a man!Report
What he should do is run for Harry Reid’s seat, that’ll get us that magazine profile.Report
Wikipedia, there’s a creditable source. What turds you people are.Report
Credible is the word you’re looking for, I think.Report
This was a sidebar post. Moreover, it falls closer to the “hey, you’ll get a kick outta this” side of content rather than the “here’s something that will make you be a better person” side of it.
Dude.
You’re complaining about a wikipedia link in a “hey, this is kinda funny” post.
Just let that sink in.Report
It could be because I’ve had a few glasses of beer this evening, but Jay’s response here cracked me right up.Report
Also, if you’re asserting errors then it would be incumbent on you to identify what portions of the post you believe to be incorrect and provide reasons why you believe they’re wrong.Report
Where did Joey Baseballs go?Report
Is this the gentleman that said President Obama was a “slow learner?”Report