{"id":7082,"date":"2014-03-21T00:41:17","date_gmt":"2014-03-21T07:41:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/?p=7082"},"modified":"2014-04-08T22:53:46","modified_gmt":"2014-04-09T05:53:46","slug":"comedian-george-wallace-celebrates-10-years-flamingo-las-vegas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/comedian-george-wallace-celebrates-10-years-flamingo-las-vegas\/","title":{"rendered":"George Wallace Announces End of Las Vegas Run During Show Marking 10-Year Anniversary at Flamingo"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Longtime Flamingo headliner George Wallace has announced he&rsquo;ll end his decade-long run on The Strip in a few short weeks. The comedian made the announcement at a show on March 21, 2014, marking his 10th anniversary at Flamingo Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>Wallace said his show will close in three weeks. (Update: On April 8, Wallace announced his last show will be April 26, 2014.)<\/p>\n<p>He says when his stint at Flamingo ends, he&rsquo;ll tour and explore doing more television and film work. Wallace is said to admire the careers of Redd Foxx and Rodney Dangerfield, performers who hit their stride later in life.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7083\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7083\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/george_wallace.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload size-full wp-image-7083 \" style=\"border: 1px solid black;\" alt=\"George Wallace\" src=\"\/vitalvegas\/dist\/images\/common\/transparent_3x2.gif\" width=\"500\" height=\"749\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/george_wallace.jpg\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7083\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The phrase &ldquo;comedy legend&rdquo; is flung around a lot, but George Wallace actually deserves to have it flung at him.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The announcement came as a shock to those at the anniversary show, due in part, at least, to the fact his contract at Flamingo wasn&rsquo;t up for another six months.<\/p>\n<p>Wallace has recently been in the news because of a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reviewjournal.com\/news\/las-vegas\/comedian-george-wallace-s-lawsuit-against-bellagio-gets-underway-las-vegas\" target=\"_blank\">multi-million dollar lawsuit<\/a> against the Bellagio.<\/p>\n<p>The anniversary show at Flamingo featured Wallace&rsquo;s longtime friend Jerry Seinfeld and Mirage headliner Terry Fator. Singer Gladys Knight also made an appearance, performing &ldquo;Midnight Train to Georgia.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Wallace&rsquo;s show has, for a decade, reigned as one of the funniest shows on the Las Vegas Strip. Do yourself a favor and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrGeorgeWallace\" target=\"_blank\">follow him on Twitter<\/a> for some of the best free comedy on the planet.<\/p>\n<p>We&rsquo;re a huge fan of the self-proclaimed &ldquo;New Mr. Las Vegas,&rdquo; and this blog even wrote one of the jokes Wallace has used at the end of each show at Flamingo. (&ldquo;I appreciate you coming out to my show tonight. You have a lot of entertainment options here in Vegas. You could&rsquo;ve gone to see &lsquo;Blue Man,&rsquo; but I&rsquo;m glad you came to see a black man.&rdquo;)<\/p>\n<p>George Wallace will be missed, and we wish him all the best during the next phase of his amazing career.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Longtime Flamingo headliner George Wallace has announced he&rsquo;ll end his decade-long run on The Strip in a few short weeks. The comedian made the announcement at a show on March 21, 2014, marking his 10th anniversary at Flamingo Las Vegas. Wallace said his show will close in three weeks. 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