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Your Best Bet and show business lore from Ralph Pearl
Poker anecdotes from Mike Goodman and family plus Hollywood recollections. The piece highlights Mike Goodman's book Your Best Bet with Michael Goodman LA Times staff writer, Howard Hughes casino tale at Sands in the fifties, Sam Cahn and Saul Chaplin’s breakthrough, Sammy Davis Jr era shows, All in the Family pregnancy bit, and a weekend star lineup at Las Vegas venues including Shecky Greene Florence Henderson Paul Anka Smothers Brothers Tony Newley Lena Horne and Tony Bennett at multiple hotels.
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Argent Corporation
Mike Goodman
Michael Goodman
Los Angeles Times
Mike
Howard Hughes
Hughes
Sands Hotel
Jakie Freedman
Jakie
H.H. Freedman
Freedman
H.H
Sammy Cahn
Las Vegas
Buddy Hackett
Sahara Hotel
Sammy
Saul Chaplin
Cahn
Chaplin
Hollywood
Huntington Hartford Theatre
Los Angeles
The
Sahara
Tubby
Sally Struthers
Sally
Archie Bunker
Carroll O'Conner
Shecky Greene
Grand Hotel
Florence Henderson
Robbie Gentry
Desert Inn
Paul Anka
Caesars Palace
Smothers Bros