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.
Will Truman 
Patrick Cahalan 
Cornelius 
wardsmith 
Tod Kelly 
Tom Van Dyke 
Murali 
James Hanley 
Borat: “I do a picture, only small, of the Tishnik Masacre. Where many Uzbeks…crushed!”
Kindly Gray Hippie: “How did you feel when you drew this?”
Borat: “Very proud!”.
KGH: “I’m just listening with sadness…a little sadness for your people…?”
Borat: “Yes…no, it is not sad. It is us who do the kill!”
When in doubt,
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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.
What a man!
What he should do is run for Harry Reid’s seat, that’ll get us that magazine profile.
Wikipedia, there’s a creditable source. What turds you people are.
Credible is the word you’re looking for, I think.
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.
It could be because I’ve had a few glasses of beer this evening, but Jay’s response here cracked me right up.
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.
Where did Joey Baseballs go?
Is this the gentleman that said President Obama was a “slow learner?”
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