Season 3, Episode 5 – Cheapovegas
The Neon Gutter Crew discusses that time they became popular by creating CheapoVegas.com and introducing the world to Casino Boy. … Continue readingSeason 3, Episode 5 – Cheapovegas
Season 3, Episode 4 – Cheetos, Scorpions, and Dragons
The Neon Gutter Crew ventures back to Las Vegas and encounters dragons, avoids scorpions, and embarks on a deeply important project involving Cheetos. Along the way, there are tiny horses, cheap craps, Las Vegas’s sexiest aviation-themed burlesque, and the best Monday night dance party in the Valley. … Continue readingSeason 3, Episode 4 – Cheetos, Scorpions, and Dragons
Season 3, Episode 2 – The Vegas Virgin
Climb into our wayback machine with us, and bring lots of quarters because that’s what it runs on. We’re turning the dial all the way to 1999, the very first time Burt joined the antics of Matt and Dan. And so did Jerry, a “Las Vegas newbie”Vegas Virgin” who Matt
Season 2, Episode 14 – BONUS EPISODE – Fever Pitch
We wrap up Season 2 of the Neon Gutter with a Bonus Episode of “Fever Pitch.” And you know what bonus means. It means you’re getting the leftover slop. It’s like sticking around Sizzler until closing time and getting whatever popcorn shrimp nobody ate. Instead of shrimp, we invite you
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Season 2, Episode 13 – The Neon Gutter Goes Big
Dan steps into the host shoes and quizzes Burt and Matt on their BIG Neon Gutter business trip to Las Vegas. Our trips are usually purely for pleasure, but this one was to finalize the Neon Gutter’s biggest and most important marketing campaign ever. To prepare and to avoid distractions,
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Season 2, Episode 12 – Summer Deals 2025 (The Gutter Effect)
Congratulations! The power of the Neon Gutter and its legion of listeners has brought Vegas to its knees. In this episode, The Neon Gutter crew proudly share the cornucopia of cheap sleeping, eating, and gambling deals popping up all over Vegas in trembling response to the Neon Gutter’s powerful lobby
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Season 2, Episode 11 – Stupak’s Dreams
Burt, Dan, and Matt take a deep dive into the history of Bob Stupak, including his scheming and plotting to become someone in Las Vegas. There’s talk about his early casinos, how he came up with his carnival games, and about all of his insane plans that he never achieved.
Season 2, Episode 10 – The Retirement Party, Part 2
The Neon Gutter Crew celebrates Matt’s Retirement with a party at the Poker Palace.
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Season 2, Episode 8 – Gambling Expert Lucky Ned
Up your game with the advice of the World’s Greatest gambler! Lucky Ned joins the Neon Gutter crew and shares advice on how to win, win, win using the techniques from the unorthodox Lucky Ned Incredisystems (TM). And follow along as Ned demonstrates his winning skills, his life coach tips, and his uncanny ability to get free cocktails. Plus, if Ned owes you money (as he does most of us), listen for clues to where to find him and recoup the debt. … Continue readingSeason 2, Episode 8 – Gambling Expert Lucky Ned
Season 2, Episode 6 – The Rise of the Big Empire
Matt, Dan, and Burt talk about the web site that started it all, the Big Empire, and the friendships it created, the shenanigans it inspired, and the unexpected fame it gave them. They talk about the trip reports, the jokes, haikus, and why they created a web site in the
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Season 2, Episode 5 – Las Vegas on $39 a Day – Part 2
Burt, Dan, and Matt drag their sorry asses over the finish line of their 72-hour journey into the belly of stupidity and unreasonable penny-pinching. … Continue readingSeason 2, Episode 5 – Las Vegas on $39 a Day – Part 2
Episode 5 – Shithole Casinos, or where losing money is the least of your worries
Burt grills Matt, Dan, and their guest Phil on the crummiest, dirtiest, smelliest, and most fun casinos they ever wandered into or escaped from. … Continue readingEpisode 5 – Shithole Casinos, or where losing money is the least of your worries
Episode 4 – Shithole Hotels, AKA Scrotels
Burt queries Matt and Dan about all the terrible places they stayed in Vegas, including why in the world they stayed in them. … Continue readingEpisode 4 – Shithole Hotels, AKA Scrotels
Episode 3 – Our First Time
Matt and Dan are joined by Phil and Mike for a look back to their first group trip to Las Vegas, when they were just babes in the woods, thrilled at the prospect of cheap buffets, free decks of cards, and a chance to see naked ladies. … Continue readingEpisode 3 – Our First Time
Episode 2 – The Beef Tongue Matter
The Neon Gutter recounts the many ways they thanked Bob Stupak for the free money, free rooms, and free drinks with a series of practical jokes involving a lump of beef, police tape, Jell-o, and the most advanced printing technology the era offered to college kids. … Continue readingEpisode 2 – The Beef Tongue Matter
Episode 1 – Bob Stupak, Vegas World, and all the Free Money
In this episode, Burt, Dan, and Matt recall what was surely the strangest major hotel-casino in Las Vegas, the space-themed Bob Stupak’s Vegas World, its maverick owner, and how the Neon Gutter crew exploited a loophole to enrich themselves while the property fell into decay. Or click here to find
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