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The Neon GutterSeason 2, Episode 12 - Summer Deals (The Gutter Effect)Burt, Dan, and Matt proudly share the cornucopia of cheap sleeping, eating, and gambling deals popping up all over Vegas in trembling response to the Neon Gutter's powerful lobby for cheapskates. This episode details Summer 2025's dozens of meals under $10, all the $5 table games, and hotels throwing free beverages, cheap rooms and complimentary cabanas at the swelling ranks of low rollers armed with pitchforks and thin wallets. This is the NEON GUTTER SUMMER!
2025-06-231h 11The Neon GutterSeason 2, Ep. 11 - Stupak's DreamsThe Neon Gutter Crew talks about Bob Stupak's dreams, including the ones successful and unsuccessful, sane and insane. There is talk about giant gorillas, lions, a Tic-tac-toe playing chicken, a Titanic-themed hotel, runs for mayor, and the many, many ways that he reimagined games like blackjack and craps.
2025-06-091h 21The Neon GutterSeason 2, Ep. 10 - The Retirement Party, Part 2Matt and Burt thrill guest host Dan with the conclusion to Matt's retirement party, complete with a cake, large knives, dangerous poker, some thrilling craps, and penny video poker. There's some tasty cajun food and a reference to Star Wars.
2025-05-1246 minThe Neon GutterSeason 2, Ep. 9 - The Retirement Party, Part 1The gang returns from their latest trip to Vegas, which Matt expected to be an elaborate celebration of his recent retirement, wholly forgetting what flakes and cheapskates his friends are, and that they really don't care about his personal life. There is drama, excitement, bus rides, plastic horse racing, magic shows, "healthy" food, cheap gaming, and fancy dressing, featuring the return of Sigma Derby Expert Ski, and a new Sigma Derby-themed song.
2025-05-041h 11The Neon GutterSeason 2, Ep. 8 - Gambling Expert Lucky NedUp your game with the advice of the World's Greatest gambler! Lucky Ned joins the Neon Gutter crew and shares advice on how to win, win, and win using the techniques from the unorthodox Lucky Ned Incredisystems (TM). And follow along as Ned demonstrates his winning skills, his life coach tips, and his uncanny ability to get free cocktails. Plus, if Ned owes you money (as he does most of us), listen for clues on where to find him and recoup the debt.
2025-03-311h 03The Neon GutterSeason 2, Ep 7 - The Sigma Derby Handicapper's CornerBurt, Matt, and Dan drag one of the world's foremost authority on Sigma Derby into the Neon Gutter. Ski shares his knowledge of the world's most fun mechanical horse racing game earned from observing and wagering on more than 50,000 races. He schools the Neon Gutter crew on history, the joy of wagering on tiny plastic horses with friends, and the effect of yelling on race outcomes.
2025-03-031h 08The Neon GutterSeason 2, Ep 6 - The Rise of the Big EmpireMatt, Dan, and Burt talk about the web site that started it all, the Big Empire, and the friendships it created, the shenanigans it inspired, and the unexpected fame it gave them. They talk about the trip reports, the jokes, haikus, and why they created a web site in the first place.
2025-02-1059 minThe Neon GutterSeason 2, Ep. 5 -Las Vegas on $39 a Day, Part 2The Neon Gutter completes their $39 a day adventure with slightly less walking, a huge free play score, a disagreement that sends Matt, Dan and Burt in different directions, an outrageous expenditure, a stuffed baboon, and one member's fitful night of sleep.
2025-01-131h 31The Neon GutterSeason 2, Ep. 4 - Las Vegas on $39 a Day Part 1The Neon Gutter Crew has lived to tell the tale of their $39 a Day trip to Las Vegas, starting with Part 1, which features lonely magicians, Dracula weddings, late night treks through the desert, and a lot of bus rides.
2025-01-071h 40The Neon GutterSeason 2, Episode 3 - Doing it Again - The $39 ChallengeBurt, Dan, and Matt prepare for their $39 a Day challenge, wherein they will live or die on the all-inclusive budget of $39 a day for 72 hours in Las Vegas. You'll probably think they're idiots (and be right), and yet still glean some money saving (and making) tricks.
2024-12-0950 minThe Neon GutterSeason 2, Ep. 2 - Vegas on $19 a Day - Part 2Matt reveals to Dan and Burt how he, Stinky and Robert survived the mean streets and even meaner gutters in Las Vegas all the way to the conclusion of their $19 a Day trip. Also discussed is a near brawl, contraband, egg equivalencies, and how the trip changed the boys forever.
2024-12-021h 20The Neon GutterSeason 2, Ep. 1 - Vegas on $19 a Day - Part 1The Boys recall a trip done on $19 a day for all food, lodging, transportation, entertainment, gambling, and--of course--drinks. Including a stay at the famous Western Hotel, cheap hot dogs, bus rides, and near death experiences.
2024-11-261h 15The Neon GutterBONUS: Episode 7 - Stupak the GameSurgeon General’s Warning: This episode of The Neon Gutter is a gift to you. And keeping it in the gutter, it’s cheap and may be hazardous to your ears. So, listeners be forewarned that you are entering the Stupak Community Center where the Neon Gutter Crew played “Stupak: the Game,” designed by Bob Stupak, whom you may have heard about in Episodes 1 and 2.
This is freewheeling, noisy, and as exciting as listening to a bunch of guys playing a terrible board game sounds. You have been warned.
2024-09-021h 18The Neon GutterEpisode 6 - A Downtown StrollThe Neon Gutter crew takes a live stroll down Fremont Street, from the headwaters of the Plaza Hotel at Main Street past Binion’s, the Golden Nugget and all the way East, past the D, the El Cortez and on to the husk of the Western. Along the way, they reminisce of what used to be and used to happen along the fabled street, and they encounter surprise guests, panhandling locals, and the noise pollution that clutters downtown Las Vegas nowadays.
2024-08-1945 minThe Neon GutterEpisode 5 – The Worst Casinos, or where losing money is the least of your worriesBurt grills Matt, Dan, and their guest Phil on the crummiest, dirtiest, smelliest, and most fun casinos they ever wandered into or escaped from. A philosophical discussion breaks out about what makes a casino a shithole, the difference between good and bad shitholes, and why the dumps can be more fun. Stick around and learn where you can go today to have your clothes indelibly marked with stench of tobacco, bodo odor, and failure.
2024-08-0552 minThe Neon GutterEpisode 4 -Our Worst Stays, AKA ScrotelsBurt queries Matt and Dan about all the terrible places they stayed in Vegas, including why in the world they stayed in them. Join us to hear about hookers working the front desk, broken Magic Fingers, jumping on beds, and dead pigeons by the pool.
2024-07-2241 minThe Neon GutterEpisode 3 – Our First TimeMatt and Dan are joined by Phil and Mike for a look back to their first group trip to Las Vegas, when they were just babes in the woods, thrilled at the prospect of cheap buffets, free decks of cards, and a chance to see naked ladies.
2024-07-0756 minThe Neon GutterEpisode 2 – The Beef Tongue MatterIn this episode, the Neon Gutter recounts the many ways they thanked Bob Stupak for the free money, free rooms, and free drinks with a series of practical jokes involving a lump of beef, police tape, Jell-o, and the most advanced printing technology the era offered to college kids. One of the jokes had a lasting legacy on Vegas World in its waning days.
2024-04-1543 minThe Neon GutterEpisode 1 – Bob Stupak, Vegas World, and all the Free MoneyIn this episode, Burt, Dan, and Matt recall what was surely the strangest major hotel-casino in Las Vegas, the space-themed Bob Stupak’s Vegas World, its maverick owner, and how the Neon Gutter crew exploited a loophole to enrich themselves while the property fell into decay.
2024-04-1050 min
MrThe Return Of Shandis Chapter 16 (November 2021)001. Kim English Cest La Vie (Remix)
002. George Michael - Careless Whisper (Remix)
003. James Ingram -Just Once (Remix)
004. Sade - I Never Thought Id See The Day (Remix)
005. Quincy Jones - Secret Garden (Remix)
006. KEM - Share My Life (Remix)
007. The Police - Every Breath You Take (Remix)
008. Prince - Shh (Remix)
009. Joe Cocker - You Are So Beautiful (Remix)
010. Sting - Moon Over Bourbon Street (Remix)
011. Womack Womack - Tear Drops (Remix)
012. Randy Roberts, Richard Burton - Stairway To Heaven (Remix)
013. Stevie Wonder My Cherie Amor (Remix)
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