First and foremost, we at Vegas Community Online would like to send our kudos to Tony Sacca and "Entertainment Las Vegas Style"  for their 20^th anniversary.

What a remarkable feat. BRAVO Tony!

The show began with Tony singing his theme song "Las Vegas—Greatest Town Around"  accompanied by the "Michael T'" 19-piece orchestra lead by Gary Anderson...which was first-class all the way!

Tony started by honoring his identical twin brother, the late Robert Sacca, by showing clips from their early shows. In those days they seated the guests on a couch while they sat at desks on either side. More than once guests remarked that "it fells like watching a ping-pong or tennis game, with the same player on both sides."

During the show Tony presented an impressive array of clips from the past twenty years. Several entertainers joined him onstage to congratulate him and kibitz. Before each came out, Tony played a clip from their appearances on his show.

Among the guests were:

Jerry Tiffe (appeared on Tony's very first show), Bill Medley (first interviewed in 1988), Rita Rudner, Frank Marino, Bill Acosta and David Brenner.

Jerry Tiffe	Bill Medley	Rita Rudner	Frank Marino	Bill Acosta	David Brenner

We'd like to tip our hats to Jerry Tiffe and Bill Acosta who both came dressed for the occasion. We guess the other celebrities thought the show was being held in a mall.

It is clear why Tony has lasted so long on television. His down-to-earth and friendly style puts any artist at ease, and unlike a lot of interviewers, who'd rather hear themselves talk, he listens! Sounds simple...NOT!

The stand-out performance came from Bill Acosta who sang "As Time Goes By" while impersonating Tony Bennett, Johnny Mathis, Bill Clinton, Louie Armstrong and others. What an incredible talent!

Other highlights included Rita Rudner appearing on stage with her purse on her shoulder, when asked, she said, "I don't trust anybody backstage."

Later David Brenner brought a plate on stage telling the audience what a great host Tony was. He informed us that the celebrities were given two stalks of celery, a couple Saltines, three radishes, a piece of hard candy and an apple for dessert--SOME GREEN ROOM! The show's best line came from David Brenner as well, he stated, "Tony, you really do deserve a LOCAL show!"  David... you really do have an incredible wit!

Tony also performed a song he recently wrote called "Las Vegas Rocks."  He brought on stage three very talented ladies to back him up, Michaelina Bellemy, Robin Berry and Jennifer Joseph; which are all soloists in their own right and frankly, were wasted singing background.

Unfortunately there were several glitches during the production and it seemed the production management was rather weak. The sound system many times was almost inaudible, and if we weren't given the lyrics of Tony's new song in our programs, we would have had no idea what he was singing. Sorry Tony, but "Las Vegas Rocks"  falls short of your theme song, which in this editor's opinion, is THE best song written and performed about Las Vegas...ever!

The show might have been better then we thought, but from our vantage point we really couldn't tell. We did however learn a lot about camera work, when we were nearly decapitated by a camera crane.  Regrettably there were far too many empty seats, including many in front of us. It was disappointing because Tony has a LOT of friends in Vegas and deserved a packed house.

Thankfully the show will be edited for TV, so it will definitely be worth watching, if for no other reason then to see the wonderful clips that were shown through out the show.

The show is scheduled to air starting September 25th.

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