Flipping Vegas is an American reality television series on AE in the United States. The series premiered on June 18, 2011. It features Scott Yancey and his wife Amie. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold. I remember saying something like. And a voice was screaming What are these goddamn animals My attorney had taken his shirt off and was pouring beer on his chest, to facilitate the tanning process. No point mentioning those bats, I thought. Flipping Vegas follows Scott and his team The poor bastard will see them soon enough. It was almost noon, and we still had more than 1. They would be tough miles. Very soon, I knew, we would both be completely twisted. But there was no going back, and no time to rest. Flipping Vegas Episode With Snakehole' title='Flipping Vegas Episode With Snakehole' />We would have to ride it out. Press registration for the fabulous Mint 4. A fashionable sporting magazine in New York had taken care of the reservations, along with this huge red Chevy convertible wed just rented off a lot on the Sunset Strip. The trunk of the car looked like a mobile police narcotics lab. We had two bags of grass, 7. Not that we needed all that for the trip, but once you get locked into a serious drug collection, the tendency is to push it as far as you can. The only thing that really worried me was the ether. There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of an ether binge. And I knew wed get into that rotten stuff pretty soon. Probably at the next gas station. We had sampled almost everything else, and now yes, it was time for a long snort of ether. And then do the next 1. The only way to keep alert on ether is to do up a lot of amyls not all at once, but steadily, just enough to maintain the focus at 9. Barstow. He leaned over to turn the volume up on the radio, humming along with the rhythm section and kind of moaning the words. Sweet Jesus. One toke over the line. You poor fool Wait till you see those goddamn bats. I could barely hear the radio. And also to maintain our rhythm on the road. A constant speed is good for gas mileage and for some reason that seemed important at the time. On a trip like this one must be careful about gas consumption. Avoid those quick bursts of acceleration that drag blood to the back of the brain. My attorney saw the hitchhiker long before I did. I never rode in a convertible before Luckily, the noise in the car was so awful between the wind and the radio and the tape machine that the kid in the back seat couldnt hear a word we were saying. Or could he How long can we maintainHow long before one of us starts raving and jabbering at this boy What will he think thenThis same lonely desert was the last known home of the Manson family. Will he make that grim connection when my attorney starts screaming about bats and huge manta rays coming down on the car If so well, well just have to cut his head off and bury him somewhere. Because it goes without saying that we cant turn him loose. Hell report us at once to some kind of outback nazi law enforcement agency, and theyll run us down like dogs. Jesus Did I say thatOr just think it Was I talking Did they hear meI glanced over at my attorney, but he seemed oblivious watching the road, driving our Great Red Shark along at a hundred and ten or so. There was no sound from the back seat. Maybe Id better have a chat with this boy, I thought. Watch Bombora: The Story Of Australian Surfing Streaming on this page. Perhaps if I explain things, hell rest easy. Of course. I leaned around in the seat and gave him a fine big smile. Was he gritting his teeth It was the only way to do it. Can you grasp that Hell, I forgot all about this beer you want oneLets get right to the heart of this thing. You see, about 2. Polo Lounge of the Beverly Hills Hotel in the patio section, of course and we were just sitting there under this palm tree when this uniformed dwarf came up to me with a pink telephone and said, This must be the call youve been waiting for all this time, sir. He was right Id been expecting that call, but I didnt know who it would come from. Do you follow meHes not just some dingbat I found on the Strip. Shit, look at him He doesnt look like you or me, right Thats because hes a foreigner. I think hes probably Samoan. But it doesnt matter, does itAre you prejudiced This is a true story The kid in the back looked like he was ready to jump right out of the car and take his chances. Our vibrations were getting nasty but why I was puzzled, frustrated. Was there no communication in this car Had we deteriorated to the level of dumb beasts Because my story was true. I was certain of that. And it was extremely important, I felt, for the meaning of our journey to be made absolutely clear. We had actually been sitting there in the Polo Lounge for many hours drinking Singapore Slings with mescal on the side and beer chasers. And when the call came, I was ready. The dwark approached our table cautiously, as I recall, and when he handed me the pink telephone I said nothing, merely listened. And then I hung up, turning to face my attorney. Hell have the details. All I have to do is check into my suite and hell seek me out. This one sounds like real trouble Well need some decent equipment and plenty of cash on the line if only for drugs and a super sensitive tape recorder, for the sake of a permanent record. How else can you cover a thing like this righteously Itll outrun the F 1. She had no idea who I was, she said, and by that time I was pouring sweat. My blood is too thick for California I have never been able to properly explain myself in this climate. Watch Dear Frankie Online Moviesdbz more. Not with the soaking sweats. My attorney was waiting in a bar around the corner. Jesus, just one hour ago we were sitting over there in that stinking bagnio, stone broke and paralyzed for the weekend, when a call comes through from some total stranger in New York, telling me to go to Las Vegas and expenses be damned and then he sends me over to some office in Beverly Hills where another total stranger gives me 3. I tell you, my man, this is the American Dream in actionWed be fools not to ride this strange torpedo all the way out to the end. And after that, the cocaine. And then the tape recorder, for special music, and some Acapulco shirts. Never lose sight of the primary responsibility. But what was the story Nobody had bothered to say. So we would have to drum it up on our own. Free Enterprise. The American Dream. Horatio Alger gone mad on drugs in Las Vegas. Do it now pure Gonzo journalism. There was also the socio psychic factor. Every now and then when your life gets complicated and the weasels start closing in, the only real cure is to load up on heinous chemicals and then drive like a bastard from Hollywood to Las Vegas. To relax, as it were, in the womb of the desert sun. Just roll the roof back and screw it on, grease the face with white tanning butter and move out with the music at top volume, and at least a pint of ether. Friday afternoon in Hollywood. I already had one car, but it was far too small and slow for desert work. We went to a Polynesian bar, where my attorney made 1. Of course the gentleman has a major credit card Do you realize who the fuck youre talking toNothing dinky. We want one of those new Belgian Heliowatts with a voice activated shotgun mike, for picking up conversations in oncoming cars. It was closed, but the salesman said he would wait, if we hurried. 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