Address: 3555 Las Vegas Blvd. South
Pricing: $63.06 VIP, $52.06 general admission
Phone: (702) 733-3111
Hours: 8 p.m. seven nights a week
How To Get There:
From the McCarran International Airport, head east on Wayne Newton Blvd. Turn slightly left at S. Swenson St. After 1.5 miles, turn left onto E. Tropicana Ave. (Nevada State Road 593). Make a slight right on S. Las Vegas Blvd. (Nevada State Road 604 S./The Strip) and, almost immediately, turn right. The Flamingo is located one-fifth of a mile down at the Las Vegas Strip and Flamingo.
Parking:Valet and self-parking garage
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Vinnie Favorito slices and dices, but it's all in fun
Buckle up, it's going to be a bumpy night. That is, if you're headed to Vinnie Favorito's show at the Flamingo.
Hey, it's not often that you get the opportunity to be taken on a roller coaster ride — by a motorized tongue. Meet Vinnie Favorito, the hilarious quick-witted wise-cracking insult-style comedian who goes up and down and around and around Bugsy’s Cabaret at the Flamingo nightly in his off-the-cuff audience participatory show
Yes, he may try to make mincemeat out of you, but it comes with so much “ham” that you can’t help but eat it up.
Favorito has a reputation for being one of the quickest guys on his feet. He possesses a phenomenal memory and can talk to 40 people during his high-energy, unpredictable show and refer to each of them throughout his evening, calling them by name and recalling pertinent details about them.
“I have a couple hours of material that I never do because I think that the people sitting in the room are funnier than I’ll ever be,” smiles Favorito. “I do just a few jokes up front to talk about the show and earn people’s trust. It sets the stage. Once I have their trust, I can get away with anything — and I do.”
“I never worry about insulting people,” he adds. “The one question I’m asked more than any other after the show is if I’ve ever been attacked. I never talk to anyone who doesn’t want to be talked to, and I can tell instantly who they are.
Favorito has appeared on several Comedy Central network shows, "Best Damn Sports Show Period" and "The Martin Short Show."
Favorito acknowledges that he doesn’t get personal and that he doesn’t do the fat, thin, bald, etc., stuff. He also never mentions issues such as rape, illness, religion, politics or abortion — in essence, anything that can split the audience.
“I have regulars who come back to my show time after time,” Favorito relates. “Laughter is the best medicine.”
Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the showroom….
- by Bobbie Katz, Las Vegas Reporter for HelloMetro
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