$160, $320 anthony: and it just keeps going. robert: yeah. anthony: it seems to me a losing battle to try to keep your grass green. do you really need a lawn in the first place? robert: well, every most everyone that lives here came from the midwest or the east coast and it was all lush and green, and that s what vegas was 20 years ago. anthony: it was lush and green? robert: sure, sure. anthony: the city assigns watering days to control usage and also encourages xeriscaping, a landscaping style focused on drought-resistant plants and efficient irrigation. and if you don t get with the program, there s a hole out there in the desert for you, then. okay, not really. you get like a notice pinned to your door or something. but some people, they want the lawn. they got to have it. robert: yep. and they can have it, just don t water on the wrong days. anthony: how critical is it? robert: very. i mean, there s no snow on the western sierras, so we don t get any contin
a hole in the ground. also, there were lounges and rug joints and places where a man could get a proper plate of italian american meatballs and spaghetts. thankfully, there still are such places. places like this. the bootlegger. it s a family operation, mama maria s family has been running it for 41 years. you got your veal parm, your fettuccine alfredo, your steaks and shrimps. don t forget the iceberg wedge with the blue cheese, which, believe me, you want. laura: good evening, ladies and gentlemen. welcome to the bootlegger. thank you very much. this is charlie shaffer, my esteemed father. my name is laura shaffer and, uh, we re your entertainment for the evening. i ve got the blues i feel so lonely
but queens is home now. bondi: one of our roles here has always been to take away excess money from people who don t know what to do with it, who can t think of a better idea about how to spend their money. in the old days, the mechanism for doing that was you d throw it on a table. put that into the context of throwing away a bottle of 7-up at a club, that s only just slightly more honest about it. anthony: if you re talking crass commercialism, in the very best sense of the word this is it. is it the cultural center of the country? we may not want to think it is,
ruhlman: and the thing is, you can see the main pool from the window here. you can see the hoi polloi. anthony: i was thinking about inviting them all up to our crib. ruhlman: don t you dare do that. anthony: for a party. ruhlman: no. anthony: hey, don t they deserve a good time? i don t know. maybe not. ruhlman: not going to happen. anthony: we re getting back to guilt. do you feel enlightened and inspired by this meal? ruhlman: what are you asking? what are you getting at here? you re trying to get at something. anthony: trying to make myself feel better. i mean, i m trying to, trying to prove that i m down with people, man. i m still, i m still cool. ruhlman: this, this guilt, this guilt keeps coming back. you keep bringing up the guilt. anthony: you re right, i feel guilty. ruhlman: then don t do these shows! what are you doing here if you feel so guilty about it? anthony: i don t, i don t. i feel guilty about not feeling guilty. ruhlman: that s more t
by some of his former clients. we meet over drinks at oscar s, the steakhouse that bears his name, and boasts beef, booze, and broads. you had some colorful, uh, clients. who was nice, and who was less fun to have a oscar: well, the truth of the matter is, all my clients were nice to me. because i kept them out of prison. anthony: did, uh, alleged mob guys know how to eat? oscar: my mother used to say, two things she said she s the greatest lady. she said, oscar s clients don t hurt anybody, they just kill each other. anthony: right. oscar: and she also said, oscar s clients take us to the best restaurants. anthony: they knew where to go. oscar: they knew where to go, yeah. and always treated right. i mean, they were always treated like kings and queens. anthony: did the feds hold it against you? i mean, you know, you were just doing your job, but i mean oscar: they didn t see it that way. anthony: they didn t see it that way. oscar: they thought that i