The Neon Gutter - A Podcast about the seedier side of Las Vegas and the group of friends who turned it into their personal playground for scams, mischief, mayhem, and comedy.
Burt, Dan, and Matt talk through their plan to visit Las Vegas for 72 hours on $39 a Day, a recreation of the infamous $19 a Day trip (plus inflation). There are two main rules: 1) $39 covers all meals, lodging, travel, entertainment, and gambling; 2) they crew can’t take
Continue readingSeason 2, Episode 3 – Doing it Again – Preparing for $39 a Day
Matt recounts the second half of the infamous $19 a Day Las Vegas trip. … Continue readingSeason 2, Episode 2: $19 a Day – Part 2
Matt drags Burt and Dan down a harrowing memory lane as he details the infamous $19 a Day Las Vegas vacation that he, Stinky and Robert undertook. That $19 per person covered all food, lodging, transportation, entertainment, gambling, and medical supplies. Strap in to hear about $2 breakfasts, $16 rooms,
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 gang played “Stupak: the Game,” designed by Bob Stupak. … Continue readingBONUS: Episode 7 – Stupak: the Game
The 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. … Continue readingEpisode 6 – A Live Stroll Down Fremont Street
Burt grills Matt, Dan, and their guest Phil on the crummiest, dirtiest, smelliest, and most fun casinos they ever wandered into or escaped from. … Continue readingEpisode 5 – Shithole Casinos, or where losing money is the least of your worries
Burt queries Matt and Dan about all the terrible places they stayed in Vegas, including why in the world they stayed in them. … Continue readingEpisode 4 – Shithole Hotels, AKA Scrotels
Matt 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. … Continue readingEpisode 3 – Our First Time
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. … Continue readingEpisode 2 – The Beef Tongue Matter
In 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. Listen and subscribe right here
Continue readingEpisode 1 – Bob Stupak, Vegas World, and all the Free Money
