He phoned Hank Greenspun at the TV station in Vegas and said "Sure, you can have all the help you need, glad to have you. And you don't need expensive photographers or a film crew, we'll do the Durante spots on videotape and it won't cost you a dime.

When it came time to call the Desert Inn for free accommodations Durante sent a telegram - "Glad to see you any afternoon, love and kisses, I'll only be here for another three weeks." That didn't leave enough time to nail anything down or make proper arrangements and the deal fell through. But that was not the end of it. The Beak's next stop was New York City for a shtick the Copacabana and the charity guy shortly followed to put up at the fabled Algonquin Hotel. Durante was at the St. Moritz. Gauer wrote some promos in Durante-talk for a date on Tuesday afternoon.

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