1 00:00:12,412 --> 00:00:15,614 - James T. McWilliams looks up and says, 2 00:00:15,616 --> 00:00:18,550 My [bleep] goddamn town's on fire. 3 00:00:18,552 --> 00:00:20,586 So, "Everybody Loves Ray"-- 4 00:00:20,588 --> 00:00:21,587 - Raymond. 5 00:00:21,589 --> 00:00:22,454 - [laughs] 6 00:00:22,456 --> 00:00:23,555 - Luciano is like, 7 00:00:23,557 --> 00:00:26,892 We're gonna kill this guy Bugsy 8 00:00:26,894 --> 00:00:29,361 'cause he's a pain in the ass. 9 00:00:29,363 --> 00:00:30,696 [laughing] 10 00:00:30,698 --> 00:00:31,263 Right. 11 00:00:31,265 --> 00:00:32,698 - They say, Let's make a casino 12 00:00:32,700 --> 00:00:34,266 that black people can come to. 13 00:00:34,268 --> 00:00:36,268 It's called the Moulin Rouge. 14 00:00:36,270 --> 00:00:39,671 No, every word is wrong. 15 00:00:39,673 --> 00:00:42,841 [patriotic music] 16 00:00:42,843 --> 00:00:48,080 ♪ ♪ 17 00:00:51,618 --> 00:00:54,753 - Las Vegas is the most fabulous, 18 00:00:54,755 --> 00:00:57,823 over-the-top, insane place. 19 00:00:57,825 --> 00:00:59,491 - This place is a shared psychosis. 20 00:00:59,493 --> 00:01:02,594 There's nobody here who should be here. 21 00:01:02,596 --> 00:01:04,296 It's hot as balls. 22 00:01:04,298 --> 00:01:05,264 - Vegas is amazing, 23 00:01:05,266 --> 00:01:08,467 that we can support millions and millions of people 24 00:01:08,469 --> 00:01:09,902 in the midderal--in the middle 25 00:01:09,904 --> 00:01:13,839 of one of the driest climates in the entire world. 26 00:01:13,841 --> 00:01:15,507 It's beautiful. 27 00:01:15,509 --> 00:01:16,708 - Is that good? 28 00:01:16,710 --> 00:01:19,745 - Yeah, I mean, if you're a pussy. 29 00:01:19,747 --> 00:01:22,614 - To good life, health, and happiness. 30 00:01:22,616 --> 00:01:24,583 - Yes. - Amen. 31 00:01:26,286 --> 00:01:29,721 [plastic cracking] 32 00:01:32,559 --> 00:01:33,959 - [coughs] 33 00:01:33,961 --> 00:01:34,860 - Did you get cut? 34 00:01:34,862 --> 00:01:36,995 - No. - Me neither. 35 00:01:36,997 --> 00:01:39,298 - Hello, my name is Chris Romano, 36 00:01:39,300 --> 00:01:43,802 and today we're gonna talk about James T. McWilliams. 37 00:01:43,804 --> 00:01:46,805 Deal with it. 38 00:01:46,807 --> 00:01:50,242 So in 1902, a Canadian guy 39 00:01:50,244 --> 00:01:53,712 named James T. McWilliams hears, 40 00:01:53,714 --> 00:01:57,015 Oh, they're building this [bleep] railroad 41 00:01:57,017 --> 00:02:00,619 through Salt Lake City and Los Angeles. 42 00:02:00,621 --> 00:02:01,887 So he says to himself, 43 00:02:01,889 --> 00:02:03,288 I can go there, 44 00:02:03,290 --> 00:02:05,691 buy some land in the middle, 45 00:02:05,693 --> 00:02:06,425 and build a town. 46 00:02:06,427 --> 00:02:09,895 He then goes, Holy [bleep], I [bleep] purchased the land. 47 00:02:09,897 --> 00:02:10,629 This is amazing. 48 00:02:10,631 --> 00:02:13,866 I'm gonna start selling land so I can make some money. 49 00:02:13,868 --> 00:02:17,269 I'm gonna start selling land for $100 a plot. 50 00:02:17,271 --> 00:02:21,106 So he starts selling $100 here, $100 there. 51 00:02:21,108 --> 00:02:22,474 So then comes 1904. 52 00:02:22,476 --> 00:02:25,043 He's got a town full of 2,000 people, 53 00:02:25,045 --> 00:02:28,147 and this is on the west side of the tracks. 54 00:02:28,149 --> 00:02:31,517 In comes [bleep]-face William Clark. 55 00:02:31,519 --> 00:02:34,653 He used to be a senator from Montana. 56 00:02:34,655 --> 00:02:36,255 He was very corrupt. 57 00:02:36,257 --> 00:02:38,891 He was delivering bribes. 58 00:02:38,893 --> 00:02:40,592 He was taking bribes. 59 00:02:40,594 --> 00:02:41,293 They bri-- 60 00:02:41,295 --> 00:02:44,596 He bribed them to the bone. 61 00:02:44,598 --> 00:02:46,465 [laughing] To the bone. 62 00:02:46,467 --> 00:02:49,635 [laughter] 63 00:02:49,637 --> 00:02:51,069 - To the what? 64 00:02:51,071 --> 00:02:52,905 - To the bone. 65 00:02:52,907 --> 00:02:54,506 To the bone! 66 00:02:54,508 --> 00:02:58,076 So William Clark buys 1,800 [bleep] acres of this stuff 67 00:02:58,078 --> 00:03:01,713 on the east side, the opposite side of the railroad, 68 00:03:01,715 --> 00:03:03,849 where McWilliams has his property. 69 00:03:03,851 --> 00:03:06,485 William Clark gets-- 70 00:03:06,487 --> 00:03:09,254 So Lilliam-- 71 00:03:09,256 --> 00:03:10,255 God damn it. 72 00:03:10,257 --> 00:03:13,192 So William Clark gets flooded with requests 73 00:03:13,194 --> 00:03:16,161 from so many people that want to buy plots of his land, 74 00:03:16,163 --> 00:03:20,599 he realizes, Oh, [bleep], I'm an idiot. 75 00:03:20,601 --> 00:03:22,901 I should just [bleep] auction this off. 76 00:03:22,903 --> 00:03:25,804 I'm gonna rescind all of the properties that I've sold. 77 00:03:25,806 --> 00:03:27,105 People are like, What the [bleep]? 78 00:03:27,107 --> 00:03:29,775 And he goes, I'm doing an auction. 79 00:03:29,777 --> 00:03:31,276 McWilliams goes, Good! 80 00:03:31,278 --> 00:03:35,147 In the meantime, I'm gonna do a smear campaign. 81 00:03:35,149 --> 00:03:36,481 Hey! 82 00:03:36,483 --> 00:03:39,051 My town's got meat markets. 83 00:03:39,053 --> 00:03:40,852 My town's got hotels. 84 00:03:40,854 --> 00:03:42,921 My town's got restaurants. 85 00:03:42,923 --> 00:03:45,023 My town's got meat markets. 86 00:03:45,025 --> 00:03:46,625 My town's got restaurants. 87 00:03:46,627 --> 00:03:49,461 And he goes, [bleep] you, that's not a smear campaign. 88 00:03:49,463 --> 00:03:54,333 I'm gonna have a [bleep] gala event. 89 00:03:54,335 --> 00:03:56,335 So "Everybody Loves Ray"-- 90 00:03:56,337 --> 00:03:57,336 - Raymond. 91 00:03:57,338 --> 00:03:58,003 - [laughs] 92 00:03:58,005 --> 00:04:01,306 - It's true; everybody does. 93 00:04:01,308 --> 00:04:03,775 - So in 1905, May 15th, 94 00:04:03,777 --> 00:04:07,112 William Clark throws this giant event. 95 00:04:07,114 --> 00:04:08,580 They end up buying the land, 96 00:04:08,582 --> 00:04:12,985 not for $100 but for $3,000 a plot of land. 97 00:04:12,987 --> 00:04:15,587 This civic--silva-- 98 00:04:15,589 --> 00:04:18,123 [laughing] 99 00:04:18,125 --> 00:04:20,826 This is my favorite part of it, 100 00:04:20,828 --> 00:04:23,295 when you guys look like idiots 101 00:04:23,297 --> 00:04:26,431 and I'm the one who knows the [bleep] most. 102 00:04:26,433 --> 00:04:28,800 Okay, the west side of the tracks 103 00:04:28,802 --> 00:04:30,102 is the ramshackle town. 104 00:04:30,104 --> 00:04:34,406 It has really [bleep] shanty little [bleep] goddamn 105 00:04:34,408 --> 00:04:38,844 little wooden shacks with tarps over the top. 106 00:04:38,846 --> 00:04:40,345 The east side is thriving. 107 00:04:40,347 --> 00:04:41,880 The rich people are getting rich. 108 00:04:41,882 --> 00:04:44,149 The [bleep] poor people are getting poor 109 00:04:44,151 --> 00:04:45,083 over on the west side. 110 00:04:45,085 --> 00:04:48,420 So James T. McWilliams says, [bleep] A. 111 00:04:48,422 --> 00:04:51,223 You [bleep] destroyed me. 112 00:04:51,225 --> 00:04:51,923 You beat me. 113 00:04:51,925 --> 00:04:53,492 You got all these [bleep] people 114 00:04:53,494 --> 00:04:55,460 to move to your [bleep] west side-- 115 00:04:55,462 --> 00:04:58,163 I mean east side of [bleep] town. 116 00:04:58,165 --> 00:04:58,897 [bleep] you. 117 00:04:58,899 --> 00:05:05,103 And [bleep] west--east side, 118 00:05:05,105 --> 00:05:07,005 [bleep]... 119 00:05:07,007 --> 00:05:08,073 William Clark was like, 120 00:05:08,075 --> 00:05:11,843 He's a [bleep] sore in my side. 121 00:05:11,845 --> 00:05:12,878 That's right, yeah. 122 00:05:12,880 --> 00:05:15,614 A sore in my-- a sore in my side. 123 00:05:15,616 --> 00:05:17,182 Does that sound right? 124 00:05:17,184 --> 00:05:18,850 - Mm-hmm. 125 00:05:19,852 --> 00:05:22,287 - What happens, one mysterious night, 126 00:05:22,289 --> 00:05:25,857 James T. McWilliams looks out and says, 127 00:05:25,859 --> 00:05:27,259 Oh, you--[bleep]. 128 00:05:27,261 --> 00:05:30,462 My [bleep] God damn town's on fire. 129 00:05:30,464 --> 00:05:32,998 His town has been burnt to the ground. 130 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:34,433 [bleep] William Clark's like... 131 00:05:34,435 --> 00:05:35,067 [whistles] 132 00:05:35,069 --> 00:05:36,668 I didn't [bleep] have anything to do with that. 133 00:05:36,670 --> 00:05:39,071 Everybody knows, west side and east side, 134 00:05:39,073 --> 00:05:40,272 that's what [bleep] happened. 135 00:05:40,274 --> 00:05:41,807 He's a shady [bleep] rich [bleep] character 136 00:05:41,809 --> 00:05:44,810 who [bleep] his way into this [bleep] town anyway. 137 00:05:44,812 --> 00:05:46,478 - Oh, all right. - Shoot. 138 00:05:46,480 --> 00:05:48,413 - Let's finish the story. - Oh, damn, wait. 139 00:05:48,415 --> 00:05:50,415 - Oh, damn, I got a spill. 140 00:05:50,417 --> 00:05:53,352 [bleep], I got a spill. 141 00:05:53,354 --> 00:05:53,952 [bleep]. 142 00:05:53,954 --> 00:05:56,655 - What did you-- pick it up. 143 00:05:56,657 --> 00:05:58,323 - [farts] 144 00:05:58,325 --> 00:05:59,991 [laughter] 145 00:05:59,993 --> 00:06:05,697 - James T. McWilliams is destroyed at this point. 146 00:06:05,699 --> 00:06:06,565 Leaves [bleep] town. 147 00:06:06,567 --> 00:06:07,399 He's like, I'm [bleep] done. 148 00:06:07,401 --> 00:06:09,134 I [bleep]--I moved here from Canada, 149 00:06:09,136 --> 00:06:10,902 thinking I was gonna strike it rich. 150 00:06:10,904 --> 00:06:11,603 I did for a second. 151 00:06:11,605 --> 00:06:14,139 [bleep]-face comes through here, William Clark, 152 00:06:14,141 --> 00:06:17,109 and destroys my whole [bleep] life. 153 00:06:19,679 --> 00:06:21,780 Years later... 154 00:06:21,782 --> 00:06:23,982 months later... 155 00:06:23,984 --> 00:06:24,916 decades later, 156 00:06:24,918 --> 00:06:27,219 the county that Las Vegas is in 157 00:06:27,221 --> 00:06:29,988 is not named after the guy who founded it. 158 00:06:29,990 --> 00:06:33,959 It is named after the [bleep] asshole briber, 159 00:06:33,961 --> 00:06:35,627 [bleep] copper baron guy. 160 00:06:35,629 --> 00:06:39,231 Clark County, that's where Las Vegas is. 161 00:06:39,233 --> 00:06:42,100 See, do you shake your penis when you're done? 162 00:06:42,102 --> 00:06:44,002 Or do you shake your balls? 163 00:06:44,004 --> 00:06:45,036 See what I do when I'm done? 164 00:06:45,038 --> 00:06:46,638 - I just piss until I'm done. 165 00:06:46,640 --> 00:06:47,706 - But when you're done, do you shake 166 00:06:47,708 --> 00:06:49,775 your penis or your balls when you're done? 167 00:06:49,777 --> 00:06:50,475 - Not neither. 168 00:06:50,477 --> 00:06:53,745 - See, when I'm done, I do this. 169 00:06:53,747 --> 00:06:55,280 I'm done. 170 00:06:55,282 --> 00:06:57,282 [laughter] 171 00:06:59,819 --> 00:07:02,154 [whistle tooting] 172 00:07:02,156 --> 00:07:04,189 [cheering] 173 00:07:04,191 --> 00:07:05,424 [whistle blowing] 174 00:07:05,426 --> 00:07:07,092 - I want to do what you guys do. 175 00:07:07,094 --> 00:07:10,796 - And you just double flip, back. 176 00:07:10,798 --> 00:07:12,297 - Ah! 177 00:07:14,066 --> 00:07:16,501 - Ah! - Oh! 178 00:07:16,503 --> 00:07:19,738 [upbeat rock music] 179 00:07:19,740 --> 00:07:21,473 ♪ ♪ 180 00:07:21,475 --> 00:07:23,308 - Vegas! 181 00:07:23,310 --> 00:07:24,609 [cheering] 182 00:07:25,445 --> 00:07:26,378 That's it. 183 00:07:26,380 --> 00:07:27,312 We killed it. 184 00:07:27,314 --> 00:07:28,713 - All right, well... 185 00:07:28,715 --> 00:07:31,450 - We drank that whole bottle. 186 00:07:31,452 --> 00:07:32,217 Cheers. 187 00:07:32,219 --> 00:07:34,286 - Cheers, my brother. 188 00:07:34,288 --> 00:07:35,620 Oh, hey. 189 00:07:35,622 --> 00:07:36,721 I'm Brendon Walsh, 190 00:07:36,723 --> 00:07:41,526 and today we're gonna talk about Bugsy Siegel. 191 00:07:41,528 --> 00:07:43,728 - Yea-ah. 192 00:07:46,098 --> 00:07:46,898 - [coughing] 193 00:07:46,900 --> 00:07:51,570 All right, so there's this craps game going on. 194 00:07:51,572 --> 00:07:52,971 These two Jewish kids, 195 00:07:52,973 --> 00:07:56,508 Benjamin Siegel and Meyer Lansky. 196 00:07:56,510 --> 00:07:59,211 A scuffle broke out, and a loose gun fell out. 197 00:07:59,213 --> 00:08:02,314 Bugsy picked it up, and he's gonna shoot the guy. 198 00:08:02,316 --> 00:08:03,315 Meyer Lansky's like, 199 00:08:03,317 --> 00:08:05,150 The cops are coming; get out of here. 200 00:08:05,152 --> 00:08:06,585 Knocks the gun out of his hand. 201 00:08:06,587 --> 00:08:08,753 Got him out of the [bleep] situation. 202 00:08:08,755 --> 00:08:10,589 Started a friendship right there. 203 00:08:10,591 --> 00:08:14,125 And they became the Bugs-Meyer Mob. 204 00:08:14,127 --> 00:08:19,431 The mob's, like, being awesome, like they were back then. 205 00:08:19,433 --> 00:08:20,165 [laughs] 206 00:08:20,167 --> 00:08:22,100 So they're doing murders, 207 00:08:22,102 --> 00:08:25,203 and that caught the attention... 208 00:08:25,205 --> 00:08:29,140 [laughing] of Lucky Luciano. 209 00:08:29,142 --> 00:08:31,576 And Lucky Luciano is like, 210 00:08:31,578 --> 00:08:34,379 Why don't you go out west... 211 00:08:34,381 --> 00:08:36,081 [giggling] 212 00:08:36,083 --> 00:08:38,416 and expand our enterprise. 213 00:08:38,418 --> 00:08:39,718 So he goes out there, 214 00:08:39,720 --> 00:08:42,187 makes a bunch of Hollywood friends. 215 00:08:42,189 --> 00:08:44,689 He found out Billy Wilkerson 216 00:08:44,691 --> 00:08:50,028 is building this resort casino on the outskirts of Vegas. 217 00:08:50,030 --> 00:08:51,396 Ben Siegel's like, 218 00:08:51,398 --> 00:08:52,831 Well, that would be great, 219 00:08:52,833 --> 00:08:54,399 for me to be a part of that. 220 00:08:54,401 --> 00:08:57,335 So him and some of his mob buddies 221 00:08:57,337 --> 00:08:59,704 go to Vegas, and they're like, 222 00:08:59,706 --> 00:09:03,775 Hey, we're mob guys, so hit the bricks, 223 00:09:03,777 --> 00:09:06,177 or get beat up? 224 00:09:06,179 --> 00:09:12,918 Either way, go on and--wait. 225 00:09:12,920 --> 00:09:14,152 So [bleep] Bugsy 226 00:09:14,154 --> 00:09:17,455 goes to his buddy Meyer Lansky and Lucky Luciano. 227 00:09:17,457 --> 00:09:20,759 You know, he's like, It's gonna be called the Flamingo. 228 00:09:20,761 --> 00:09:25,330 I'm buddies with all these [bleep] movie stars and [bleep]. 229 00:09:25,332 --> 00:09:26,498 I'll fly them out. 230 00:09:26,500 --> 00:09:28,400 And they're like, All right, fine. 231 00:09:28,402 --> 00:09:29,734 Here's a million bucks. 232 00:09:29,736 --> 00:09:31,236 Bugsy Siegel's in charge. 233 00:09:31,238 --> 00:09:32,804 He doesn't know what he's doing. 234 00:09:32,806 --> 00:09:35,140 It's going way over budget. 235 00:09:35,142 --> 00:09:40,745 He's a crazy bed bug, Bug-sy. 236 00:09:40,747 --> 00:09:42,213 - [chuckles] 237 00:09:42,215 --> 00:09:42,981 - So at this point, 238 00:09:42,983 --> 00:09:47,152 Bugsy's got to go and ask for more money. 239 00:09:47,154 --> 00:09:48,653 And they're like, 240 00:09:48,655 --> 00:09:52,557 Let's, uh, maybe pull back 241 00:09:52,559 --> 00:09:55,560 on the money-asking situation. 242 00:09:55,562 --> 00:09:58,930 We also think you're stealing money, 243 00:09:58,932 --> 00:10:01,232 so watch your back. 244 00:10:01,234 --> 00:10:02,834 He's like, Ah! 245 00:10:02,836 --> 00:10:04,636 [bleep] you, man! 246 00:10:04,638 --> 00:10:05,870 Fine! 247 00:10:05,872 --> 00:10:08,073 I'll go get it done. 248 00:10:08,075 --> 00:10:12,477 And so after he bails, they're like, 249 00:10:12,479 --> 00:10:15,013 Let's kill him. 250 00:10:15,015 --> 00:10:16,881 And everyone's on board. 251 00:10:16,883 --> 00:10:19,851 But Lansky steps up, and he's like, 252 00:10:19,853 --> 00:10:23,221 Let's not kill this guy 253 00:10:23,223 --> 00:10:26,057 and see how it all turns out 254 00:10:26,059 --> 00:10:27,826 after the grand opening. 255 00:10:27,828 --> 00:10:30,028 And they're like, All right, fine. 256 00:10:30,030 --> 00:10:31,696 That's your boy, so... 257 00:10:31,698 --> 00:10:36,001 He saved his friend twice so far in this story. 258 00:10:36,003 --> 00:10:36,668 - Right. 259 00:10:36,670 --> 00:10:40,672 - They have the opening December 26, 1946. 260 00:10:40,674 --> 00:10:44,909 But the hotel room construction is still not done. 261 00:10:44,911 --> 00:10:46,845 People couldn't stay there. 262 00:10:46,847 --> 00:10:48,046 Bugsy's like, 263 00:10:48,048 --> 00:10:50,015 Everybody listen up! 264 00:10:50,017 --> 00:10:53,618 Now, I got planes full of movie stars 265 00:10:53,620 --> 00:10:54,619 coming here tonight, 266 00:10:54,621 --> 00:10:59,624 so everything's gonna get more glitzy and glamour-y 267 00:10:59,626 --> 00:11:02,794 than you could even understand. 268 00:11:02,796 --> 00:11:03,662 You won't even-- 269 00:11:03,664 --> 00:11:05,030 what are you talking about? 270 00:11:05,032 --> 00:11:05,830 What? 271 00:11:05,832 --> 00:11:07,298 Wait-wait-wait-wait. 272 00:11:07,300 --> 00:11:08,466 What? 273 00:11:08,468 --> 00:11:11,202 Oh, the planes are grounded? 274 00:11:11,204 --> 00:11:12,637 It's [bleep] raining. 275 00:11:12,639 --> 00:11:14,606 So the planes are grounded. 276 00:11:14,608 --> 00:11:18,009 He can't all of his fancy buddies come there 277 00:11:18,011 --> 00:11:19,010 for the opening. 278 00:11:19,012 --> 00:11:21,012 They lose 300 grand. 279 00:11:21,014 --> 00:11:24,849 So it's a bust all around. 280 00:11:24,851 --> 00:11:26,051 All the mobsters, they're like, 281 00:11:26,053 --> 00:11:27,152 What the [bleep] is this [bleep]? 282 00:11:27,154 --> 00:11:29,921 Like, we're already kind of pissed at you. 283 00:11:29,923 --> 00:11:34,459 Bugsy decides to close the Flamingo down, 284 00:11:34,461 --> 00:11:37,095 finish the construction. 285 00:11:37,097 --> 00:11:40,198 So Benjamin Siegel... 286 00:11:40,200 --> 00:11:43,201 [laughing] 287 00:11:43,203 --> 00:11:46,504 [laughter] 288 00:11:47,373 --> 00:11:49,641 - Okay, so-- - All right, all right. 289 00:11:49,643 --> 00:11:53,578 - I'm ten times redder than I was when we started. 290 00:11:53,580 --> 00:11:55,180 - You're ten times what? 291 00:11:55,182 --> 00:11:56,381 - Redder. 292 00:11:56,383 --> 00:12:00,485 So, in March, he re-opens. 293 00:12:00,487 --> 00:12:02,287 It starts doing okay. 294 00:12:02,289 --> 00:12:04,823 It seems like things might be all right. 295 00:12:04,825 --> 00:12:08,026 Siegel goes to the mob guys, and he's like, 296 00:12:08,028 --> 00:12:12,397 Hey, it's a profit-turner, 297 00:12:12,399 --> 00:12:13,965 positive situation. 298 00:12:13,967 --> 00:12:15,667 That's great it's doing fine now, 299 00:12:15,669 --> 00:12:20,605 but pay us the money back that we put into this. 300 00:12:20,607 --> 00:12:23,842 He's like, I can't start paying you now, 301 00:12:23,844 --> 00:12:26,010 but we'll get it together. 302 00:12:26,012 --> 00:12:27,045 You know, whatever. 303 00:12:27,047 --> 00:12:29,781 He bails, and they were like, 304 00:12:29,783 --> 00:12:31,616 Unanimous vote! 305 00:12:31,618 --> 00:12:35,086 We're gonna kill this guy Ben 306 00:12:35,088 --> 00:12:36,688 that we call Bugsy, 307 00:12:36,690 --> 00:12:38,957 'cause he's a pain in the ass. 308 00:12:38,959 --> 00:12:40,925 And Lansky was like, 309 00:12:40,927 --> 00:12:42,861 Guys... 310 00:12:42,863 --> 00:12:47,499 I have no argument this time. 311 00:12:47,501 --> 00:12:50,735 It's a bummer. 312 00:12:50,737 --> 00:12:52,103 All right. 313 00:12:52,105 --> 00:12:53,705 Go ahead. 314 00:12:53,707 --> 00:12:56,174 Kill my buddy. 315 00:12:56,176 --> 00:12:58,276 I can't defend him anymore. 316 00:12:58,278 --> 00:13:01,079 - So Bugsy goes back to L.A. 317 00:13:01,081 --> 00:13:02,747 Bugsy's sitting there reading the paper 318 00:13:02,749 --> 00:13:05,683 at, like, you know, 2:00, 3:00 in the morning. 319 00:13:05,685 --> 00:13:09,287 And nine bullets come raining through the window. 320 00:13:09,289 --> 00:13:13,191 Two hit him, but one blew his left eye ball 321 00:13:13,193 --> 00:13:14,793 right out of his head. 322 00:13:14,795 --> 00:13:17,562 Like, [bleep] ten minutes later, 323 00:13:17,564 --> 00:13:21,800 Lansky's associates walk into the Flamingo, 324 00:13:21,802 --> 00:13:22,567 and they're like, 325 00:13:22,569 --> 00:13:26,070 Hey, we got this covered now. 326 00:13:26,072 --> 00:13:28,173 Bugsy's dead. 327 00:13:28,175 --> 00:13:30,241 Lansky and the Flamingo 328 00:13:30,243 --> 00:13:34,479 start making money hand over fist. 329 00:13:34,481 --> 00:13:37,148 Mobsters from all over the country 330 00:13:37,150 --> 00:13:39,117 flood into Las Vegas. 331 00:13:39,119 --> 00:13:43,988 And that's the story of the Vegas strip. 332 00:13:43,990 --> 00:13:48,860 What happens in Vegas sometimes follows you home, 333 00:13:48,862 --> 00:13:53,398 and it gets your eye ball shot out of your head. 334 00:13:53,400 --> 00:13:55,400 - That's a good moral. 335 00:13:55,402 --> 00:13:56,868 - [laughing] 336 00:13:56,870 --> 00:13:58,636 Right. 337 00:14:03,542 --> 00:14:06,277 - Here's to the Civil Rights Movement. 338 00:14:06,279 --> 00:14:08,179 - Amen. 339 00:14:08,181 --> 00:14:09,214 Jim Crow, I heard you. 340 00:14:09,216 --> 00:14:10,415 - No, I'm not drinking to-- 341 00:14:10,417 --> 00:14:12,784 You almost made me drink to Jim Crow. 342 00:14:12,786 --> 00:14:13,852 [laughter] 343 00:14:13,854 --> 00:14:15,687 - No, do it again, do it again, sorry. 344 00:14:15,689 --> 00:14:19,490 - Tried to sneak Jim Crow in at the end. 345 00:14:19,492 --> 00:14:21,426 Hello. 346 00:14:21,428 --> 00:14:24,662 I'm Paul F. Tompkins. 347 00:14:24,664 --> 00:14:25,730 And today we're going to talk 348 00:14:25,732 --> 00:14:32,937 about the Moulin Rouge Casino in Las Vegas. 349 00:14:32,939 --> 00:14:34,105 - Cheers. 350 00:14:34,107 --> 00:14:35,540 - At the time, 351 00:14:35,542 --> 00:14:38,276 like every--most city, 352 00:14:38,278 --> 00:14:41,446 Jim Crow laws are in full effect! 353 00:14:41,448 --> 00:14:42,380 Somebody like Nat "King" Cole, 354 00:14:42,382 --> 00:14:45,383 He would do a show, and then he would want to go inside 355 00:14:45,385 --> 00:14:46,351 with a friend of his. 356 00:14:46,353 --> 00:14:50,321 It's like, Oh, we can't let you in here. 357 00:14:50,323 --> 00:14:53,725 You know you're a black dude, right? 358 00:14:53,727 --> 00:14:54,459 It's insane. 359 00:14:54,461 --> 00:14:58,062 Like, it's insane white people stuff. 360 00:14:58,064 --> 00:14:59,230 Then comes these guys. 361 00:14:59,232 --> 00:15:01,332 They say, Let's make a casino 362 00:15:01,334 --> 00:15:03,101 that black people can come to. 363 00:15:03,103 --> 00:15:04,435 It's called the Moulin Rouge. 364 00:15:04,437 --> 00:15:10,141 One of the investors is boxing great Joe Louis. 365 00:15:10,143 --> 00:15:12,477 He's gonna be, like, the public face 366 00:15:12,479 --> 00:15:14,145 of the Moulin Rouge. 367 00:15:14,147 --> 00:15:15,280 So, like, he's-- 368 00:15:15,282 --> 00:15:17,615 Every once in a while, the press checks in with him. 369 00:15:17,617 --> 00:15:20,718 Joe Louis is like, We're doing a nationwide search 370 00:15:20,720 --> 00:15:27,125 for all of these African-American, uh... 371 00:15:27,127 --> 00:15:29,227 entertainers, uh... 372 00:15:29,229 --> 00:15:31,429 dealers, um, chefs. 373 00:15:31,431 --> 00:15:34,599 Black people are gonna be, like, in the front of the house. 374 00:15:34,601 --> 00:15:37,735 You're gonna see black people when you walk in there. 375 00:15:37,737 --> 00:15:39,570 Like, really hyping it up. 376 00:15:39,572 --> 00:15:40,939 The Moulin Rouge opens. 377 00:15:40,941 --> 00:15:43,775 There are lines around the block, 378 00:15:43,777 --> 00:15:45,076 people waiting to get in. 379 00:15:45,078 --> 00:15:48,012 And they say, Oh, this is a new thing. 380 00:15:48,014 --> 00:15:49,681 An integrated casino, 381 00:15:49,683 --> 00:15:51,182 I've never heard of such a thing, 382 00:15:51,184 --> 00:15:52,417 because I'm a racist 383 00:15:52,419 --> 00:15:54,786 from the time in which I live. 384 00:15:54,788 --> 00:15:55,520 Joe Louis is there. 385 00:15:55,522 --> 00:15:57,689 He's greeting everybody, Hi, come on in. 386 00:15:57,691 --> 00:15:59,624 Come into the Moulin Rouge. 387 00:15:59,626 --> 00:16:01,092 It's French-themed. 388 00:16:01,094 --> 00:16:02,493 I'm dressed as a cowboy. 389 00:16:02,495 --> 00:16:03,828 Why? Who knows? 390 00:16:03,830 --> 00:16:07,065 All these people, tons of people. 391 00:16:07,067 --> 00:16:08,333 Everybody's excited. 392 00:16:08,335 --> 00:16:09,534 People are loving it. 393 00:16:09,536 --> 00:16:13,638 A 9-year-old Gregory Hines is tap-dancing. 394 00:16:13,640 --> 00:16:16,374 They have this thing called the Tropi Can Can. 395 00:16:16,376 --> 00:16:19,677 Joe Louis, at the end of the show, says, 396 00:16:19,679 --> 00:16:24,048 We have--this is not just the opening of a casino. 397 00:16:24,050 --> 00:16:26,617 We have made history here tonight. 398 00:16:26,619 --> 00:16:29,988 "Life" magazine does a story on it. 399 00:16:29,990 --> 00:16:32,790 After that, white celebrities are showing up. 400 00:16:32,792 --> 00:16:35,994 It's, like, Frank Sinatra with Louis Armstrong. 401 00:16:35,996 --> 00:16:39,397 It's Billie Holiday with Judy Garland. 402 00:16:39,399 --> 00:16:42,700 Nat "King" Cole and Dean Martin. 403 00:16:42,702 --> 00:16:45,003 Everybody has a good time. 404 00:16:45,005 --> 00:16:46,337 Everybody! 405 00:16:46,339 --> 00:16:47,338 Jack Benny! 406 00:16:47,340 --> 00:16:50,908 Who--who thought Jack Benny 407 00:16:50,910 --> 00:16:53,244 would have a good time there? 408 00:16:53,246 --> 00:16:55,346 [hiccup-laughs] 409 00:16:55,348 --> 00:16:59,183 Look, I may be--hiccup. 410 00:16:59,185 --> 00:17:02,720 - [laughing] 411 00:17:02,722 --> 00:17:05,490 - They're all having a [bleep] great time. 412 00:17:05,492 --> 00:17:06,924 Cary Grant says to Frank Sinatra, 413 00:17:06,926 --> 00:17:12,764 Hey, why are you, like-- this is a good thing, right? 414 00:17:12,766 --> 00:17:14,532 Like, we have fun, right? 415 00:17:14,534 --> 00:17:16,000 And Frank Sinatra says, 416 00:17:16,002 --> 00:17:17,735 Absolutely, we do. 417 00:17:17,737 --> 00:17:19,904 We have a great time. 418 00:17:19,906 --> 00:17:22,073 [hiccups] 419 00:17:22,075 --> 00:17:24,342 [hiccups] 420 00:17:24,344 --> 00:17:26,644 [hiccups] 421 00:17:26,646 --> 00:17:29,447 [hiccups] 422 00:17:33,052 --> 00:17:34,886 [hiccups] 423 00:17:38,757 --> 00:17:42,326 So the other casinos... 424 00:17:42,328 --> 00:17:47,799 they're like, It's weird that a lot of people 425 00:17:47,801 --> 00:17:51,002 don't care about racism, 426 00:17:51,004 --> 00:17:52,770 and they're just going ahead 427 00:17:52,772 --> 00:17:55,673 and having fun at the Moulin Rouge. 428 00:17:55,675 --> 00:17:59,177 What can we do now? 429 00:17:59,179 --> 00:18:01,979 So, like, the casinos, 430 00:18:01,981 --> 00:18:05,650 they say, Look, if you want to sell liquor to us, 431 00:18:05,652 --> 00:18:09,687 you don't sell liquor to the Moulin Rouge anymore. 432 00:18:09,689 --> 00:18:11,022 Then the Sahara, same thing. 433 00:18:11,024 --> 00:18:14,058 The Sahara says, We will not buy food from you 434 00:18:14,060 --> 00:18:17,128 if you give food to the Moulin Rouge. 435 00:18:17,130 --> 00:18:18,796 So, then, after 3 1/2 months, 436 00:18:18,798 --> 00:18:24,635 the Moulin Rouge mysteriously has its liker-- 437 00:18:24,637 --> 00:18:26,370 liquor suspended. 438 00:18:26,372 --> 00:18:31,109 I mean liquor license suspended. 439 00:18:31,111 --> 00:18:34,045 There's--it's not hard to figure out, 440 00:18:34,047 --> 00:18:35,780 if you do the math yourself. 441 00:18:35,782 --> 00:18:42,286 A month later, and the Moulin Rouge is closed. 442 00:18:42,288 --> 00:18:45,790 It was closed and toesed, man. 443 00:18:45,792 --> 00:18:47,725 Closed and toesed. 444 00:18:47,727 --> 00:18:49,260 [laughing] 445 00:18:49,262 --> 00:18:50,895 [snorts] 446 00:18:50,897 --> 00:18:53,664 The expression everyone knows: 447 00:18:53,666 --> 00:18:56,400 "closed and toesed." 448 00:19:04,409 --> 00:19:06,144 - What is going on, guys? 449 00:19:06,146 --> 00:19:07,078 Come on. 450 00:19:07,080 --> 00:19:08,079 - Nothing. 451 00:19:08,081 --> 00:19:09,480 - [laughs] 452 00:19:09,482 --> 00:19:10,047 Nothing. 453 00:19:10,049 --> 00:19:13,217 - I just want you to wrap up the story. 454 00:19:13,219 --> 00:19:14,819 - [sighs] 455 00:19:14,821 --> 00:19:19,190 So the black folks that had been hired to work there, 456 00:19:19,192 --> 00:19:22,860 of course they can't get jobs anywhere else on the strip. 457 00:19:22,862 --> 00:19:26,330 Las Vegas is [bleep] up. 458 00:19:26,332 --> 00:19:30,368 Five years after the Moulin Rouge has closed, 459 00:19:30,370 --> 00:19:35,506 the NAACP, the mafia, the local government, 460 00:19:35,508 --> 00:19:36,507 they all get together, 461 00:19:36,509 --> 00:19:39,610 and they meet inside the closes-- 462 00:19:39,612 --> 00:19:40,511 [laughs] 463 00:19:40,513 --> 00:19:47,318 And they meet inside the closed Lu-mon Rouge. 464 00:19:47,320 --> 00:19:50,288 No, every word is wrong. 465 00:19:50,290 --> 00:19:54,125 So the agreement they sign that day 466 00:19:54,127 --> 00:19:56,594 is the Moulin Rouge Agreement, 467 00:19:56,596 --> 00:20:02,700 and this says that there's no such thing as segregation 468 00:20:02,702 --> 00:20:06,170 anymore in hotels in Las Vegas. 469 00:20:06,172 --> 00:20:08,172 It's an historic thing. 470 00:20:08,174 --> 00:20:12,877 The Moulin Rouge, it was a fun party time. 471 00:20:12,879 --> 00:20:17,481 Who-gives-a-[bleep] atmosphere. 472 00:20:17,483 --> 00:20:22,720 You know, you got to... 473 00:20:22,722 --> 00:20:24,822 You got to have people-- 474 00:20:24,824 --> 00:20:26,357 Hmm. 475 00:20:28,894 --> 00:20:30,027 You got to have people-- 476 00:20:30,029 --> 00:20:34,332 put a show on for the people. 477 00:20:37,236 --> 00:20:39,036 You got to do that. 478 00:21:13,405 --> 00:21:16,807 [both shouting] 479 00:21:17,876 --> 00:21:20,478 - Vegas, bro. - Right.