Las Vegas Backstage Talk

Nov. 8, 2010: Donald Trump for President?

by Michele LaFong

Last week, Donald Trump was a guest on Barbara Walter’s TV show, “The View,” where he announced that for the first time he was considering to run for president as a candidate for the Republican Party. Some may say he would have no chance. I too might have said that.

However, after what I call the “Sharon Angle scare” when the NV senate race was so close in the election last week, one just never knows.

I can see the lure of Donald Trump for president in these hard economic times because it would be tempting to see the country being run like a business for a change, by the tough no nonsense businessman that Donald Trump portrays himself to be, complete with full accountability, embarrassment of the “wrong doers” and of course the FIRINGS.

If what happened in The Bush Administration in the last four years of his presidency would have happened under Donald Trump, maybe then we would at least have the satisfaction of tuning in to the “big boardroom meeting,” where all those responsible would be slammed and shamed in public after giving their lame excuses for the state of affairs that has led to where we were when President Obama first took
office.

What a rating bonanza that would have been. Oh, and bring the banks into the boardroom meeting too!

“President” Donald Trump: “Dick Cheney…you’re fired! Donald Rumsfeld…you’re fired! …And on and on. Now all of you just get out of here”.

It sure would have made ME feel better.

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November 8, 2010 Leave a Comment

Nov. 7, 2010: Jeff Dunham & The Business of Ventriloquism

by Michele LaFong

Everyone’s been calling me.  “Did you see Jeff Dunham on the Joy Behar Show on HLN last week?”  The answer is “yes” and I thought he did a good job. I know how difficult it is to perform an interview while creating two personalities. A lot of the regular guests don’t even have one, but that doesn’t stop their lips from moving anyway. A lot of my friends and fans were surprised that Jeff Dunham’s throat was moving so much.  They told me that they never noticed that with me.

Well, that’s the advantage to being a female ventriloquist.  We don’t have an Adam’s apple…well most of us don’t anyway. Ventriloquism is powered by the diaphragm, just like it is for singers. When I’m “throwing my voice” I do whatever I have to do to “pull it off”.  I use my diaphragm, my IUD, my PMS, whatever I can muster at the time. It ain’t easy.  I give him credit.

Meanwhile, I couldn’t believe that Joy Behar had asked Jeff if he thought that the art of ventriloquism was a dying art? This was right after she had announced that Jeff Dunham made over 22 million dollars last year and was the #1 top selling comic. I wonder if Joy Behar is aware of Terry Fator at The Mirage having a hundred million dollar contract after he won a million dollars as a ventriloquist on America’s Got Talent?

Thanks to those who have paved the way, I’m much more in demand lately too.

I have a private party at Pierro’s in LV tomorrow. I’m hosting The Global Gaming Expo Nov.16 at The LV
Convention Center from 12-4pm and several new doors have opened to me including books, radio and televison.

Please don’t forget to catch me Tuesday Nov.9 on KLAV am 1230 at 8pm-8:20 for interview on The Psychic Medium Spasoff Show.

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November 7, 2010 Leave a Comment

Nov. 2, 2010: Getting Ready for G2E!

by Michele LaFong

G2E is short for the big gaming show here in Las Vegas. I will see you on November 16th at Noon, as I will be the emcee and featured entertainer for this year’s Global Gaming Expo at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Everyone in the gaming business will be attending the show and what a lineup of entertainers are on board for this
three day event. Be sure and stop by and say hi! I’ll have more details coming up in future posts. Watch this space!

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November 2, 2010 Leave a Comment
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