Special Request Tuesday

I've had several requests from my devoted readers to post this picture.  Far be it for me to disappoint my fans.  So here it is, a picture of me and Frank Marino, taken last May at the Riviera Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. 

You might be thinking "That's just another drag queen."  True. But Frank Marino is the HIGHEST PAID drag queen in the world.  He has a lifetime contract with the Riviera and is the headliner at "Evening At La Cage", one of the top shows in Vegas.  Frank became popular by impersonating Joan Rivers.  In fact, he impersonated her so well that Joan sued him.  After the suit settled they became best friends. 

We had VIP seats for the show, and sat right next to the stage.  Stacy and I were just enamored with the imperonators - they were the best I'd ever seen.  I was a tad bit disappointed, however.  Frank didn't have the Joan Rivers thing going on.  But then again, after all of the plastic surgery she's had, Joan Rivers herself doesn't really have the Joan Rivers thing going on either.  And we were also surprised by the way Frank talked - his speec was borderline slurred.  We just brushed it off to him being a big Vegas star that probably did a line of coke before the show.  I didn't think any more about it until a month or so later I was looking online for some Las Vegas pictures, and came across an article about Frank Marino having some terrible, terrible illness that affected his speech.  The article told how he had undergone surgery and extensive therapy and was on the road to recovery.  The ariticle also said how a lot of people thought, like us, that he was just drunk or stoned, when he said in the article that he has never drank any alcohol nor done any type of drugs.  You go Frank. 

If you want to look online for some pictures of Frank and the rest of the cast, I recommend doing a search for "Frank Marino La Cage" and not just "Frank Marino", as there is another Frank Marino that is in the old school rock group Mahogany Rush and you'll get a ton of hits for his records and such. 

I also included a picture of the cast of Evening At La Cage - you might have seen them in appearances on Oprah and other shows.  And I included a picture that of a Barbie Doll that looks just like Frank.