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Brotherly Love Podcast LIVE Coming to The STRAT, Universal Horror Unleashed Opening Soon, Chef James Trees Opening Restaurant at Top of Rio | Ep. 281 · Vegas Revealed

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Sean McAllister: It's episode 281 of Vegas Revealed.
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Sean McAllister: Chef James Trees continues to grow his restaurant collection in Vegas, expanding out of the arts district and into the sky.
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Sean McAllister: We'll explain.
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SPEAKER_06: And Joey Matthew and Andrew Lawrence, the 90s icons from Blossom, Boy Meets World, and Brotherly Love.
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SPEAKER_06: Hey, they're doing a show at the Strat?
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SPEAKER_06: They already have a podcast.
0:23
SPEAKER_06: They're bringing that live there.
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SPEAKER_06: We're going to tell you more about it when we meet up with them and have a really fun conversation coming up.
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Sean McAllister: Plus, Fright fans get ready for Universal Horror Unleashed, when you'll be able to experience scares from classic horror movie characters.
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SPEAKER_06: All this and more coming up now.
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SPEAKER_02: Vegas Revealed, presented by Galindo Law, starts now.
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SPEAKER_06: Welcome everyone to episode 281 of Vegas Revealed.
0:52
SPEAKER_06: Dana Roselli here, along with Sean McAllister.
0:55
SPEAKER_06: Welcome.
0:56
SPEAKER_06: Hey, we want to kick off the show today talking about uh a new restaurant coming to the top of the Rio.
1:03
SPEAKER_06: So Voodoo Steak is going away.
1:05
SPEAKER_06: We used to love it there.
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Sean McAllister: I mean, it's one of those restaurants that uh it sits on top of the Rio.
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Sean McAllister: 180-degree views of the Las Vegas Valley is really a prime location up there on the top of the Rio Tower.
1:21
Sean McAllister: Well, Voodoo Steak is turning into a new restaurant called High Stakes Vegas.
1:27
Sean McAllister: I love the play on words with that.
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SPEAKER_04: Yeah, it's good, good.
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Sean McAllister: Uh, and it's going to be helmed by uh celebrated award-winning chef James Trees, who we've talked about here on the Vegas Revealed podcast before.
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Sean McAllister: He's uh behind Esther's Kitchen in downtown Las Vegas.
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Sean McAllister: Barbo M, he recently opened uh down there in the arts district as well.
1:48
Sean McAllister: And now he's uh taking his talents to the sky up there in that voodoo steak space.
1:54
SPEAKER_06: And you and I actually ate there just last year.
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SPEAKER_06: And one of the things that we did note is the view is amazing, the staff was wonderful, um, and the food was really good, but it needed an update.
2:09
Sean McAllister: A little refresh, a little life breathed into it.
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SPEAKER_06: So I was reading some of the notes on this, you know, high stakes Vegas um restaurant that's coming by James, and it says it will revive the classic American steakhouse while modernizing it for the 21st century.
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SPEAKER_06: And I thought, okay, that's probably just what that needs, right?
2:28
SPEAKER_06: It's like perfect.
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Sean McAllister: Yes.
2:30
Sean McAllister: And James always the thing I love about his restaurants is you are getting like a top-of-the-line food and service, but it's not pretentious at all.
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Sean McAllister: It's like anybody could go in there and just enjoy these meals that are just fantastic.
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Sean McAllister: He travels the world to get inspiration for the dishes that he puts out at his Las Vegas restaurants.
2:57
Sean McAllister: And uh Chef Tree's is fantastic.
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Sean McAllister: I'm excited to see what he does at High Stakes Vegas.
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SPEAKER_06: And this will be his first uh hotel restaurant, right?
3:07
SPEAKER_06: If I'm correct.
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Sean McAllister: I believe so, yeah.
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SPEAKER_06: So it's a big deal for him.
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SPEAKER_06: And yeah, it's a great spot with a view of.
3:14
SPEAKER_06: I mean, I mean, the thing is, is like we live here and we don't even get that.
3:19
SPEAKER_06: I mean, even when we interviewed the the folks over at the Friends experience, we were like, why Vegas?
3:23
SPEAKER_06: They're like, well, because it's Vegas.
3:25
SPEAKER_06: I mean, it we it Vegas is it an iconic city, and James Trees will have a steakhouse with a view like no other, you know, uh of an iconic city.
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SPEAKER_06: I mean, it's a big deal for him.
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Sean McAllister: It is, it's a huge deal.
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Sean McAllister: So uh High Stakes Vegas, uh set to open this fall.
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SPEAKER_06: Yeah, so we don't have to wait long because it's a refresh.
3:46
Sean McAllister: Right.
3:47
Sean McAllister: So I'm excited about that.
3:49
Sean McAllister: Yeah, he has uh partnerships with uh exclusive beef ranches uh to add to the menu there.
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Sean McAllister: Uh there's going to be game meats on the menu as well.
4:01
Sean McAllister: Uh market-driven fish and vegetables, along with uh what they're calling crisp cocktails.
4:07
SPEAKER_06: Crisp classic cocktails.
4:09
SPEAKER_06: I like that.
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Sean McAllister: Yeah.
4:10
SPEAKER_06: Because sometimes today's cocktails like all the fancy.
4:13
SPEAKER_06: I'm just I don't, it's like I can't get into it.
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Sean McAllister: Yeah.
4:16
SPEAKER_06: Yeah.
4:16
SPEAKER_06: Give me uh give me a standard, give me a classic.
4:19
Sean McAllister: Give me a martini.
4:20
Sean McAllister: Right.
4:20
Sean McAllister: Give me a Manhattan, an old-fashioned.
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SPEAKER_06: Yeah, all that.
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SPEAKER_06: High Stakes Vegas, like you said, opens fall of 2025.
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SPEAKER_06: So we'll keep you posted on that.
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SPEAKER_06: Hey, an interview that we did actually at the top of the strat recently at 108 observation uh tower over there.
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SPEAKER_06: We found out a little James Trees nugget there, too.
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Sean McAllister: Yeah, 108 Eats, which is up on that observation level.
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Sean McAllister: Uh, they have paninis, cookies, uh, sandwiches.
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Sean McAllister: Uh, and James Trees is behind the menu items that you find up there at 108 Eats as well.
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Sean McAllister: So I thought that was really cool.
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Sean McAllister: So he's literally taking his culinary skills sky high, both at Strat and at Rio.
5:04
Sean McAllister: Right.
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SPEAKER_06: I mean, he's all over the place.
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SPEAKER_06: I love that he's making his mark here in Vegas.
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SPEAKER_06: Started out at the Mirage, you know, when he was retrained, yeah.
5:13
SPEAKER_06: Yeah.
5:13
SPEAKER_06: So the Mirage is no longer, well, it's turning into the hard rock.
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SPEAKER_06: Um, so anyway, good for him.
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SPEAKER_06: Look forward to uh checking out again his new restaurant at the top of the Rio.
5:24
SPEAKER_06: And then if you want a uh a cookie by James Trees, you can go to the top of the strat.
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Sean McAllister: And by the way, you mentioned uh the Mirage and the transition into hard rock.
5:33
Sean McAllister: That guitar tower that they're building, it's really rising up quickly.
5:38
SPEAKER_06: Where are we to like the foundation?
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Sean McAllister: I mean, it's more than a foundation now, it's like building up into the sky, it's over the construction walls, and yeah, they're they're making good progress on that.
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SPEAKER_06: Yeah, we drove by it about what was like a month ago and noticed.
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SPEAKER_06: I didn't know if you drove by it more recently, but it's a section that we don't because we take back roads, so we never really drive by because we go around.
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SPEAKER_06: Um, so I didn't know if you saw like even more progress or pictures or whatever.
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Sean McAllister: Yeah, I just saw a picture and I was like, holy mackerel.
6:05
SPEAKER_06: I know okay, it happens quick.
6:06
SPEAKER_06: Everything happens quick here, right?
6:08
Sean McAllister: It does.
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SPEAKER_06: Really.
6:10
SPEAKER_06: Um, okay, let's talk about Joey, Matthew, and Andrew Lawrence.
6:14
SPEAKER_06: Uh, three brothers, and all of them, 90s icons from shows.
6:19
SPEAKER_06: I mean, listen, Blossom was like my favorite show ever growing up.
6:23
SPEAKER_06: I loved it.
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SPEAKER_06: Loved Joey Lawrence in Blossom.
6:26
SPEAKER_06: Uh Boy Meets World, I really didn't watch, did you?
6:29
Sean McAllister: No, that was just after my growing up.
6:33
Sean McAllister: Like I knew of it, but I never got into it.
6:36
SPEAKER_06: Oh, because this was when sitcoms were huge.
6:38
SPEAKER_06: And then they all did a show together, Brotherly Love.
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SPEAKER_06: So, I mean, sitcoms were, and we were talking about this with the brothers.
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Sean McAllister: Yeah, off camera, we had a whole conversation about it.
6:47
SPEAKER_06: I mean, what happened to a good sitcom?
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Sean McAllister: I know, they don't do them anymore.
6:52
SPEAKER_06: Why?
6:53
Sean McAllister: And they were saying they're like, you know, ever since COVID hit, like the movie, the studios and the the streaming uh companies, they just kind of got away from uh doing uh sitcoms with a live studio audience.
7:10
Sean McAllister: And they were saying that there is a magic that happens when you're performing in front of an audience, and when rewrites are happening live on set and the audience sees like three, four, five uh different versions of the same scene with different uh jokes and different lines written in, and they're like, you can tell based on the audience's reaction when you have like TV goal.
7:36
SPEAKER_06: Yeah, when you've hit it, yeah.
7:38
SPEAKER_06: It's so true.
7:38
SPEAKER_06: I've seen a bunch.
7:39
SPEAKER_06: Have you ever gone to LA and watched?
7:41
SPEAKER_06: I watched Will and Grace live.
7:43
Sean McAllister: I no, I've uh been to like tour the sound stages, but I've never been in a live studio audience.
7:52
SPEAKER_06: It is crazy because they use a lot of like cue cards where they just write on that, and so like that's the thing.
7:57
SPEAKER_06: If they want to redo something, they kind of change it or they add lib, right?
8:01
SPEAKER_06: Or they redo it, and and the audience, you know, in and I forgot about that.
8:05
SPEAKER_06: Like when he was so we were talking to them about a show they're bringing to the strat, and that's gonna have a live studio audience, and they were saying, like, we missed that, and I'm like, oh my gosh, I forgot that sitcoms had live studio audiences, even though I went to one and loved it.
8:18
SPEAKER_06: I saw um, you know, I've seen different sit-down shows, Jay Leno show, sure, things like that.
8:23
SPEAKER_06: But Will and Grace was the one that I watched live.
8:27
SPEAKER_06: It was like the second show they ever filmed, and it really is cool to see what's going on, and you'll see other people come through and support.
8:34
SPEAKER_06: Like, I remember like um Fred Savage, is that his name from Wonder Years?
8:39
Sean McAllister: Fred Fred Savage.
8:40
SPEAKER_06: Fred Savage, yeah.
8:41
SPEAKER_06: He was like down there, like watching on the floor.
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SPEAKER_06: Like other actors would just pop by each other's sitcoms and like stand and watch and say hi to everyone in the break.
8:51
SPEAKER_06: It was it's a great experience.
8:53
SPEAKER_06: So anyway, I get what they mean that you feed off that because we definitely did, and they had to redo scenes, and the ones where the audience reacted to you know the most, it that that was the ones they kept.
9:07
Sean McAllister: Right.
9:07
Sean McAllister: And so uh the Brotherly Love Pod is uh the podcast that these brothers have created, and it's become really popular.
9:16
Sean McAllister: They have a lot of fans, and it's a a fun it's a great podcast.
9:22
Sean McAllister: It is, it's great to listen to.
9:24
Sean McAllister: There the chemistry between them is fun to listen to.
9:29
Sean McAllister: I've never had a brother, I have an older sister, so like the brotherly dynamic is something I've never experienced, but it's fun to see it play out on their podcast.
9:41
Sean McAllister: Right.
9:41
Sean McAllister: Uh they do the show in a studio, they've done a few uh episodes at like conventions with some you know live uh audience there too, but nothing like what they're bringing to the strat theater with a full live audience, a full production, uh live music, they'll have their podcast conversations, but they'll also bring in special guests.
10:06
SPEAKER_06: I know, and they're gonna do some comedy and like you said, when a full band.
10:10
SPEAKER_06: So there's probably gonna be a lot of off-the-cuff musical moments, I'm sure.
10:14
Sean McAllister: Without a doubt.
10:15
SPEAKER_06: And we can announce that um Debbie Gibson's gonna be one of the surprise uh special guests, I should say, not a surprise if I'm saying it, uh, for one of the shows one night.
10:24
SPEAKER_06: And Frank Marino, um, you know, iconic as well.
10:28
SPEAKER_06: He's gonna be one of the special guests, and then they have a bunch of other people um that they're reaching out to, and they said they all have so many friends in town that do things that they're assuming some of them will just pop in or fly in from LA or whatever.
10:42
SPEAKER_06: So um it's gonna be good.
10:44
SPEAKER_06: And like you said, the 15th and 16th, you can buy tickets now.
10:48
SPEAKER_06: Uh Sean and I will be at one of the shows.
10:50
SPEAKER_06: I don't know if we're really special guests, but we'll be in the audience.
10:53
Sean McAllister: We'll be audience members.
10:54
Sean McAllister: We'll come in, we we will cheer, we will bring our energy.
10:58
Sean McAllister: If uh a mic is passed in front of our faces, we'll ask a question.
11:03
SPEAKER_06: Yeah, all that.
11:04
SPEAKER_06: Hey, the strat theater is really nice, too.
11:06
Sean McAllister: It really is.
11:07
SPEAKER_06: You've never been.
11:08
SPEAKER_06: But anyway, you sat down, well, actually stood up and interviewed the brothers.
11:12
Sean McAllister: Yeah, we were at uh 108 Eats up on that uh observation level of the strat.
11:17
Sean McAllister: Had a great conversation with Joey, Matt, and Andy.
11:21
Sean McAllister: Uh take a listen.
11:22
Sean McAllister: You're in for some laughs.
11:24
Sean McAllister: Hey, guess what?
11:25
SPEAKER_01: Watch out.
11:26
SPEAKER_01: The Broly Love Pod is going live on tour, everybody, to Los Vegas! This is kind of something new for you guys, right?
11:36
SPEAKER_01: It's like the pod kind of like juiced up, you know?
11:39
SPEAKER_01: So we're excited to make that stuff.
11:40
SPEAKER_02: Vegas style, and in some sense, it's a return to the stage.
11:43
SPEAKER_02: We're breaking out some old routines that haven't been haven't been seen in over 30 years from these guys.
11:49
SPEAKER_02: For example, well, we're gonna try to we're trying to coax Joe into a little tap routine to to bring out his old person tap since Johnny Carson in 1981, so you know, we'll see.
11:58
Sean McAllister: So, in addition to the tap routine, what else are your fans gonna see when when they sit down in the theater and come join you guys?
12:06
SPEAKER_02: You'll have some song and dance, you'll have the normal podcast conversation and then a little QA, a little interaction with the audience, possible special guests each night.
12:14
SPEAKER_02: Guests, yes.
12:15
SPEAKER_02: Can you drop any names?
12:17
SPEAKER_01: Um, yeah, we're gonna have some special guests.
12:19
SPEAKER_01: Uh I think Debbie Gibbs is gonna come by.
12:22
Sean McAllister: A Vegas resident, love it.
12:23
SPEAKER_01: Which will be fun, which will be fun.
12:25
SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
12:26
SPEAKER_01: Um, you know, uh who else?
12:28
SPEAKER_01: Sting?
12:28
SPEAKER_01: Yes.
12:29
SPEAKER_01: Uh Bono's coming by.
12:30
SPEAKER_01: Bono's like, Frank Marino.
12:32
SPEAKER_01: Yep, Frank Marino.
12:33
SPEAKER_01: And and then we never know.
12:34
SPEAKER_01: Because as this thing is, it's live and and people want to come by.
12:39
SPEAKER_01: And we've actually talked to a lot of our friends, they're like, yeah, if we're in town, we'll come by.
12:42
SPEAKER_01: So it's kind of open mic night, so we'll see what happens.
12:45
Sean McAllister: It sounds very reminiscent of like the classic Vegas variety show, like where they had them on the casino floor and you had people coming in and you never knew what was gonna happen.
12:54
Sean McAllister: Is that kind of the vibe?
12:56
Sean McAllister: It is kind of the vibe.
12:57
SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
12:57
SPEAKER_01: We're sort of this is a uh sort of a testing ground for that, and that's sort of what we're going after.
13:02
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, we're gonna you know, we may or not go out into the audience and talk to them a little bit, so we will have that kind of old school throwback sort of Vegas variety show.
13:10
Sean McAllister: And and so for people who uh may not be familiar with uh the Brotherly Love Pod, what I know it is impossible because you guys because you guys are so popular.
13:22
Sean McAllister: You are! But in a nutshell, like what do what can people expect on a regular basis when they uh watch or listen?
13:30
Sean McAllister: Guys, what do you think?
13:32
SPEAKER_02: Well, a lot of sibling uh rivalry, a little uh I think it's the relationship between uh us individually and and then together that really, you know, people seem to respond to this a glimpse of the relationship right here pretty much each other's tenses or just interrupt interrupt each other's.
13:49
SPEAKER_03: You say interrupt, I say finisher.
13:51
SPEAKER_01: To put it distinctly, it's really a a dinner table conversation pod, right?
13:55
SPEAKER_01: You don't really know what you're gonna get.
13:57
SPEAKER_01: We don't really have themes or conversations other than the ones that we just uh organically start.
14:02
SPEAKER_01: Why Vegas to do these first set of stages?
14:06
SPEAKER_03: Same question.
14:08
unknown: No.
14:08
SPEAKER_03: Um no, Vegas, because it's like it's like bigger, better if you're if you're gonna do something.
14:13
SPEAKER_03: What a way to kick off, you know, trying our hands at doing it live in Vegas.
14:18
SPEAKER_03: It's just it's it's a great stage to do it on.
14:20
SPEAKER_01: I think so many great entertainers have come through here.
14:23
SPEAKER_01: You know, I think it's such a cool honor to have an opportunity just be on a Vegas and on stage to put something up like this.
14:29
SPEAKER_01: Now pods are being watched and people are really talking about it like, well, it is.
14:33
SPEAKER_01: It's really becoming the new TV for a lot of young people, especially.
14:37
SPEAKER_01: So I feel like it sort of is a natural progression to that sort of medium to put on a live pod because people are watching them.
14:43
SPEAKER_01: So, like, you know, it would be like watching a live episode of your favorite TV show.
14:47
SPEAKER_01: You know, that would be so cool.
14:48
SPEAKER_03: Unlike when when we used to do it, going and watch a live sitcom episode.
14:51
SPEAKER_03: Right.
14:52
SPEAKER_03: Because they were basically live for a studio audience, so they were.
14:55
SPEAKER_03: And remember, we're at the strap.
14:56
SPEAKER_03: Highest point on the strip, right?
14:58
SPEAKER_01: Isn't that what you're doing?
14:59
SPEAKER_03: Of course it is.
15:00
SPEAKER_01: If you look out there, there's nothing higher.
15:02
SPEAKER_01: Nothing higher.
15:03
SPEAKER_01: You have to get your tickets, win that right now, everybody.
15:06
SPEAKER_03: Get them, they're on sale.
15:08
SPEAKER_03: Nothing's off when it's in baggage.
15:10
SPEAKER_03: Bring me some live music.
15:17
Sean McAllister: Pop culture nostalgia, the brotherly love podcast.
15:21
Sean McAllister: We just touched on so many great things, and I feel like we could have kept talking for hours more.
15:28
SPEAKER_06: Yeah.
15:29
SPEAKER_06: I was talking with Joey about the new Superman and how it doesn't deliver.
15:32
SPEAKER_06: Right.
15:33
SPEAKER_06: And we had a great conversation about how because we're, you know, movies just aren't the same as they used to be, even, you know, and I was like, oh, it and anyway, we had a whole conversation about it, but because uh, you know, I'm a huge uh original Superman fan, and I know you've been watching them too.
15:49
Sean McAllister: I watched the first two, yeah.
15:50
Sean McAllister: Uh, because I've I got really excited uh at the trailer for this new Superman movie, and I was like, oh my gosh, it feels like it is going to deliver uh the same kind of feel that you get from the original Superman movies, and uh from what we're hearing from people who've seen it, it it doesn't.
16:14
SPEAKER_04: It doesn't.
16:15
Sean McAllister: So I don't know if I'm as excited to go out and see it anymore.
16:19
Sean McAllister: I think at some point maybe I will.
16:22
Sean McAllister: But um I don't think you'll I don't know, it kind of deflated my excitement a little.
16:28
SPEAKER_06: I think you'll wait till it's and then even then you might not press play.
16:32
Sean McAllister: And then even then I'll take frequent frequent snack breaks to go to the kitchen, maybe walk out in the backyard.
16:38
Sean McAllister: I know, come check in on the movie.
16:40
SPEAKER_06: Right.
16:41
SPEAKER_06: Yeah, because Joey was saying there's some moments that just don't happen like the originals, which is okay, but like I don't know, you need to anyway, it's whatever.
16:50
SPEAKER_06: See Superman if you want to.
16:52
SPEAKER_06: Hey, if you loved Superman, the new one in the movie theater, um, like text us.
16:56
SPEAKER_06: We have a link at the top of our show notes.
16:58
SPEAKER_06: You can always write us comments and you loved it.
17:00
SPEAKER_06: I'm just curious, did you really?
17:02
SPEAKER_06: Or or not?
17:04
SPEAKER_06: Because I haven't heard one good thing.
17:06
Sean McAllister: Or I'm interested to know if uh any of you have seen a movie recently that really brings back like nostalgic uh feelings and and a movie that really captures the essence of an original.
17:21
Sean McAllister: Obviously, we're talking remakes here, but um I don't know.
17:25
Sean McAllister: There's just something different about the way that especially like superhero movies are being done now versus.
17:33
SPEAKER_06: But listen, maybe the kid maybe the kids like it.
17:36
Sean McAllister: Maybe the kids do.
17:38
Sean McAllister: I'm uh I always say I am an analog person at heart.
17:44
Sean McAllister: Yeah, but the the digital world that we're in now is I mean, obviously we you have to do what we have to do.
17:50
Sean McAllister: Yeah, you have to adapt and evolve, but I I love those analog days.
17:56
Sean McAllister: I know it was good stuff, right?
17:57
SPEAKER_06: Speaking of um digital or high tech and all that kind of thing.
18:01
SPEAKER_06: I mean, uh the countdown is on now for the Wizard of Oz at Sphere.
18:05
SPEAKER_06: Right.
18:05
SPEAKER_06: Like all the videos that we posted on TikTok and Instagram are all kind of like coming back to life suddenly because you can tell there's a big interest of people searching for more information and saying that they want to go.
18:17
SPEAKER_06: You know, people comment it's too expensive.
18:19
SPEAKER_06: I actually haven't um looked at the price range of tickets, but um I it you and I were saying it's hard because if you've never been to Sphere, which you know, odds are you probably haven't yet.
18:34
Sean McAllister: Right.
18:34
SPEAKER_06: Um it's hard to explain what you're getting with that ticket.
18:40
SPEAKER_06: Like people don't even know that your seats might shake and wind will blow in your face and you know, and the tornado like and smells will come.
18:48
SPEAKER_06: I mean, I don't know if people realize all that.
18:50
Sean McAllister: And there's 4D effects that are going to happen inside of Sphere.
18:55
Sean McAllister: And I'll go back to what uh I mentioned it when we talked about uh going to the Backstreet Boys uh show over at Sphere recently.
19:03
Sean McAllister: The couple behind us I overheard them talking and they said this is the best thing I have ever done in my life.
19:13
Sean McAllister: So it is is it a pricey ticket?
19:17
Sean McAllister: Sure.
19:18
Sean McAllister: But you know what?
19:19
Sean McAllister: It's an experience that you are not going to get anywhere else in the world.
19:25
Sean McAllister: And the experience is worth it.
19:27
SPEAKER_06: Right.
19:28
SPEAKER_06: Well, because that's and people are saying, like, also in the comments, like, oh, it's just a movie, big, you know, like, but it's like it's not they're redoing a 1939 classic, they're expanding the film, they're reimagining, they're using AI, the sound, all of it.
19:42
SPEAKER_06: And then, you know, sphere experience in general, you know, the lobby, they have things that you can go and check out.
19:49
SPEAKER_06: I have a feeling we don't know yet, but I think we'll find out more on August 28th when you and I are at the opening.
19:54
SPEAKER_06: Um, there might be some other things that they throw in there.
19:57
SPEAKER_06: Uh, we saw that they were hiring what were they hiring?
20:01
Sean McAllister: There was a a casting call that we saw online for two uh two male actors.
20:07
Sean McAllister: So I don't know what that's maybe maybe a tin man and and maybe uh it did say in the notes that you have to be uh good at improv.
20:16
Sean McAllister: Okay, and you need to have a really strong, like loud voice that projects.
20:22
SPEAKER_06: Oh, okay.
20:23
Sean McAllister: So I don't know.
20:24
SPEAKER_06: I don't know.
20:24
SPEAKER_06: Yeah, so maybe not.
20:25
SPEAKER_06: Maybe it's just something to do with something else, but good stuff.
20:28
SPEAKER_06: You know, I I have a feeling there'll be more yeah, it's gonna be really cool.
20:32
SPEAKER_06: So stay tuned for that, and then maybe um when we tell you what to expect and expand a little bit more on the details, then maybe you know, you can decide if you should buy a ticket.
20:43
Sean McAllister: Yeah, but we're excited about it, and I will tell you that when we went and saw first footage at the Google Next uh uh convention, they had a big presentation inside of Sphere where they showed first footage of uh some of the scenes from this uh new reimagined Wizard of Oz, and we had goosebumps and the entire audience gasped when those images came up on the screen.
21:12
Sean McAllister: Right.
21:12
Sean McAllister: So it's something that makes you it feels like you are in the story, not just watching the story on a screen.
21:23
SPEAKER_06: Totally.
21:23
SPEAKER_06: And even sphere in general, what you see on eclipses online, even from the phones, it is cool, like it looks great, but like when you're sitting there, it just doesn't even compare.
21:38
SPEAKER_06: So I don't know.
21:39
Sean McAllister: No, no, it doesn't because you look up and around everywhere.
21:42
Sean McAllister: I mean, everywhere you look, you are a part of the imagery that's happening around you.
21:49
Sean McAllister: So anyway, clearly we're big sphere fans.
21:51
Sean McAllister: Yeah, and we're excited about Wizard of Oz, we're excited about all the concerts that come there.
21:56
SPEAKER_06: So more to come.
21:57
SPEAKER_06: Hey, something else we're excited about coming.
22:00
SPEAKER_06: Up in tips, so let's do it.
22:04
SPEAKER_06: And when I say excited about it, I mean excited about it for everyone else because I will never enter the universal horror unleashed.
22:13
SPEAKER_06: Because I'm a scaredy cat.
22:15
Sean McAllister: Are you gonna send me over to check that out?
22:17
Sean McAllister: Is that my assignment?
22:18
SPEAKER_06: Oh my gosh.
22:19
SPEAKER_06: Uh uh yeah.
22:19
SPEAKER_06: Anyway, this is coming and it's coming soon this fall.
22:22
Sean McAllister: Uh yeah.
22:23
Sean McAllister: Uh August, actually.
22:24
SPEAKER_06: Well, August, sorry.
22:25
Sean McAllister: August, yeah.
22:26
Sean McAllister: So even before fall, they're gonna be revved up, ready for the Halloween season once it once it swings around.
22:32
Sean McAllister: But Universal Horror Unleashed, this is an all-year uh horror experience, and it's based off of uh some of the best known horror movie franchises in the Universal uh filmverse.
22:49
Sean McAllister: There's going to be four haunted houses, each has their their own storyline going through it.
22:54
Sean McAllister: There's Universal Monsters, uh there's another one probably handle that one.
22:59
Sean McAllister: That's the Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
23:02
SPEAKER_04: Yeah, I can't handle that one.
23:03
Sean McAllister: Uh there's Scarecrow the Reaping, and then Bloom Houses, the Exorcist Believer.
23:10
Sean McAllister: Nope.
23:11
Sean McAllister: So I mean, you're gonna go through these and talk about being put in the middle of a story with stuff happening all around you.
23:21
Sean McAllister: You're going to be put in the middle of a horror movie.
23:23
Sean McAllister: You're gonna be dropped into the middle of a horror movie set as you go through these haunted houses.
23:29
SPEAKER_04: Right.
23:30
Sean McAllister: And there's a lot of people who uh really are horror movie fanatics.
23:36
SPEAKER_06: Fanatics.
23:37
SPEAKER_06: People love this stuff, so that's I'm I'm excited for all those people because I know they're gonna make a trip here.
23:44
Sean McAllister: Make a trip here, they'll have uh their wardrobe chosen.
23:49
Sean McAllister: You know, they'll probably dress in theme to go to these as well.
23:53
Sean McAllister: Um, so it's going it'll be a popular attraction, no doubt.
23:57
SPEAKER_06: Oh, and then they yeah, because they have a lot going, like you said, like with it, like surrounding the haunted houses are four fully themed immersive entertainment areas, each with its own unique live horror experience, plus decadent food and drink offerings in select areas as well.
24:12
SPEAKER_06: So they said this is how they ended it.
24:14
SPEAKER_06: Your deepest fears are closer than you think.
24:17
Sean McAllister: Great.
24:17
SPEAKER_06: Great.
24:20
Sean McAllister: Because I'm I'm with you.
24:22
Sean McAllister: I'm not a huge like haunted house fan.
24:28
Sean McAllister: Right.
24:28
Sean McAllister: There's a girl, Jessica, that I went to school with in like elementary school, and she had a Halloween party, and they had a barn out back, and they like took us on a hay ride, and we walked through the barn, and it was a like her family put on a haunted house, and I was petrified.
24:47
SPEAKER_04: Yeah.
24:48
SPEAKER_04: I don't know about that.
24:49
Sean McAllister: I I like ditched out on a most of it.
24:52
Sean McAllister: I went back inside and like ate the worms and dirt.
24:55
SPEAKER_04: Yeah, that sounds good.
24:58
Sean McAllister: And waited for everyone to come back in tears.
25:01
SPEAKER_06: Right.
25:01
SPEAKER_06: Oh my gosh.
25:02
SPEAKER_06: I know it does something to you though, right?
25:04
SPEAKER_06: It does.
25:04
Sean McAllister: And that was from an early age, yeah, clearly.
25:07
SPEAKER_06: But there are people who love it.
25:08
SPEAKER_06: We have a lot of options here in town, but this is cool that it's gonna be all year long.
25:12
SPEAKER_06: So I clicked on tickets to see what the deal is.
25:15
SPEAKER_06: Okay, so general admission, one-time access is 69 bucks.
25:19
SPEAKER_06: Well, it says starting from, so I don't know if like you add-ons.
25:22
Sean McAllister: It's probably add-ons, yeah.
25:23
SPEAKER_06: Yeah.
25:24
SPEAKER_06: Um, so it you can enter each haunted house one once.
25:29
SPEAKER_06: Sorry, one time general admission access to each haunted house, each with their own terrifying story.
25:36
SPEAKER_06: And then they have the general admission ticket, unlimited access.
25:41
SPEAKER_06: That's 99 bucks.
25:43
Sean McAllister: Oh my gosh.
25:43
Sean McAllister: So you can just keep going crap out of you.
25:46
SPEAKER_06: Yep, you just keep going in and doing it over and over and over again as much as you want.
25:51
SPEAKER_06: Okay.
25:52
SPEAKER_06: Then I saw there's a deal for Nevada residents, the one-time access ticket.
25:56
SPEAKER_06: Instead of 69, it is uh starting at 59.
26:00
SPEAKER_06: So a little deal there.
26:01
SPEAKER_06: You just show your Nevada ID.
26:03
SPEAKER_06: I like that.
26:04
SPEAKER_06: Being nice to the locals.
26:05
SPEAKER_06: Um, and it says that all tickets are sold by date and time based on limited capacity.
26:13
SPEAKER_06: Price does vary by date a little bit.
26:15
SPEAKER_06: Um, and it says experiences not recommended for children under the age of 13.
26:21
SPEAKER_05: So, see, if they're going 13, then I'm definitely not going.
26:25
Sean McAllister: Yeah.
26:26
SPEAKER_05: They're not like six and under.
26:27
Sean McAllister: No, I think they're saying, see, this is the kind of thing.
26:31
Sean McAllister: It it could it sounds like it has potential to create a lasting impact on children younger than 13.
26:39
Sean McAllister: It sure does.
26:40
Sean McAllister: I know all too well how that goes.
26:42
SPEAKER_06: Oh my goodness.
26:44
SPEAKER_06: Uh, it opens at 2 p.m., closes at 10 p.m.
26:47
SPEAKER_06: That's the hours now, all dates and time subject.
26:50
SPEAKER_06: Okay, so you know, but again, opening in August at some point.
26:53
SPEAKER_06: Um, and then you can go to the website for more information.
26:57
SPEAKER_06: I just closed it.
26:58
SPEAKER_06: I think it's just I think it was just universal unleashed.
27:00
Sean McAllister: Yeah, you can look up Universal Horror Unleashed and it'll pop right up.
27:04
Sean McAllister: It'll be a top search element.
27:07
Sean McAllister: Hey, uh, last week on the podcast, we talked about some uh summer deals at uh Sahara.
27:15
Sean McAllister: We talked about, well, there is another uh hotel summer deal that we wanted to let you know about.
27:21
Sean McAllister: The Strat Summer of Value Package is running now.
27:26
Sean McAllister: Uh it's valid on travel from June 1st through December 29th.
27:32
SPEAKER_04: Right through the holiday.
27:32
Sean McAllister: So really, yeah, for the second half of the year, essentially.
27:36
Sean McAllister: Um, and this is uh room rates starting at$49.
27:41
Sean McAllister: Okay.
27:41
Sean McAllister: That's for a midweek room.
27:43
Sean McAllister: Uh$99 for weekends.
27:46
Sean McAllister: But this includes uh resort fees and taxes are included in the price.
27:53
Sean McAllister: You also get a$25 daily dining credit at participating restaurants on property.
28:01
Sean McAllister: There's complimentary uh access to the strat tower for up to two guests.
28:07
Sean McAllister: So this is all going on again from now through December 29th.
28:13
SPEAKER_06: Yeah, that's a good deal.
28:14
Sean McAllister: If you book a stay at the strat.
28:16
SPEAKER_06: So some blackout dates may apply, but I mean, I feel like especially like heading into football season, yes, they have a nice uh area to watch the games in.
28:27
Sean McAllister: Their sports book.
28:27
Sean McAllister: There's a PT's that's right down there on the right off of the gaming floor.
28:32
Sean McAllister: Right.
28:32
Sean McAllister: And that's connected to the uh sports book with some great viewing.
28:36
Sean McAllister: Every time we're on property at Strat, we're like, wow, this is a great place to watch a game.
28:41
SPEAKER_06: It is, yeah, whenever we walk by.
28:43
SPEAKER_06: I mean, the casino floor is nice at Strat.
28:45
Sean McAllister: It is.
28:45
Sean McAllister: I feel like they've done a great job over there.
28:47
SPEAKER_06: They have of refreshing it.
28:49
SPEAKER_06: And we were playing slots with the Lawrence brothers.
28:51
SPEAKER_06: We were penny slots.
28:53
SPEAKER_06: I gave them three dollars.
28:54
SPEAKER_06: I said, We need video of you playing slots.
28:56
SPEAKER_06: Here's three bucks, and they gave me back 40 cents.
28:59
SPEAKER_06: They're like, anyway.
29:03
SPEAKER_06: Because I don't get those high-tech over-the-top slots, like I don't know what's going on.
29:08
Sean McAllister: You like those wheels where it yeah, give me some cherries, cherries, bells, and sevens.
29:14
SPEAKER_06: Yes, and a gold coin or whatever, so I know that it's a good one.
29:17
SPEAKER_06: When I see gold, I feel like I should win a lot.
29:20
SPEAKER_06: Or like a money bag, you know, those bags.
29:22
Sean McAllister: I love the money bags.
29:25
SPEAKER_06: Anyway, okay, that that's our tip.
29:28
SPEAKER_06: Again, Vegas-revealed.com.
29:30
SPEAKER_06: Go to the bottom of our website.
29:32
SPEAKER_06: We have a list with all sorts of summer deals, especially for locals right now.
29:37
SPEAKER_06: And uh another deal going on is 20% off postcard from Earth at Sphere for Nevada and Clark County residents.
29:43
SPEAKER_06: So, or I think it's just Clark County residents.
29:45
SPEAKER_06: So keep that in mind if you haven't been to the Sphere and you're looking for a discounted ticket.
29:49
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29:57
Sean McAllister: A reminder, you can download the app in the Apple App Store and on Google Play.
30:02
Sean McAllister: Uh, there's just so much inside the app.
30:05
Sean McAllister: You need to download it, uh, explore.
30:08
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30:14
Sean McAllister: So you can uh discover, you can book, you can plan.
30:18
Sean McAllister: Uh, they even have weather forecasts for the the dates that you plan to come to Vegas.
30:23
Sean McAllister: Yeah, important.
30:24
Sean McAllister: Which is great.
30:24
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30:29
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30:31
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30:34
SPEAKER_06: Make sure you update your app.
30:35
SPEAKER_06: I'm like, George, they're on auto update.
30:37
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30:40
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30:41
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31:28
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