Word: gottesman
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Hotel, TV Comedian Wally (Mr. Peepers) Cox was fired on grounds that he had promised to supply an entirely new act but had come to Las Vegas with no preparation and with material five or six years old. The act had so much "nothing," according to Co-Owner Al Gottesman, that "people walked out in the middle of it." When Cox turned up for a fourth show despite his dismissal, the management refused to let him go on, offered to buy up his contract for $5,000. Holding out for his full $44,000, Cox commented dejectedly: "I feel terrible...