By Polly Peluso

polpeluso1@yahoo.com

We will all miss the exciting Clint Holmes when he leaves Harrah’s soon to do his own show in New York. Clint comes from an interesting background of music: his father was a black musician and his Mother a white opera singer. Quite often she would sing near the end of his show and she must be near 90. With the divorce of Clint and his wife of so many years, it will be interesting to know where the family will settle. Clint has been seen recently with female white entertainer Kelly Clinton. Maybe she is part of his plans for his new show.

My old boss Hugh Hefner and I are both in our 80’s now. He is still going strong and his new show "The Girls next Door" (those 3 beautiful blonde girls that live with him) is doing great. I had some very exciting times working for Hef. At most parties I would see James Caan, Tony Curtis, Married Bill Cosby with his steady girlfriend of that time, Dudley Moore, Charlie Sheen, Abdul Jabar, Wilt Chamberlain, etc. etc. At that time Wilt was the greatest basketball player of all time. He was also a fabulous architect. When he would invite me up to his home, you would cross a moat. You could not tell where the door was or a bell to ring but you only got that far anyway by invitation. So then the entire 3 floors would turn and that was the entrance. There was not one square room in the house. All rooms were round or horizontal. At a flip of a switch, the top floor would open up and then the entire sky was the roof. Many a Governor of California would seek out Wilt’s home for important parties as it was the most unique and splendid home in the United States. If I had more room I could tell you about our business talks and plans  In the meantime there is so much to enjoy here every single day and night.

The recent Luau at the Imperial Palace was better than ones I had in Hawaii. In addition to the entertainment and audience participation, it was lovely.

The Sopranos Last Supper was a marvelous, funny spoof on the "Mob" plus the beautiful Bada Bing beautiful body girls and then an Italian meal to die for. Lots of audience participation which everyone enjoyed being part of.

If you are in the mood for Himalayan Cuisine - then it is a must to give yourself a treat to that at 730 E. Flamingo Rd.

Reba McEntire’s performance at the Hilton was very exciting but would have been even more so had the instruments not drowned most of hersinging.

Remember the road to success is ignorance. When I crossed a picket line to get a job at Columbia Studios, I ask the guard why those people in a line outside were calling me a scab! I got the job because no one else was crossing their line. I really had fallen off of the turnip truck coming from a little-bity country town in Texas. What did I know about picket lines!

Polly Peluso and Hugh Hefner