Vegas (1978) - PILOT OPENING

[lovemuffin1963]

Anderson dairy is a real one here too bad all of the old casinos are gone..

[tumak1966]

he drives that t-bird in his living room. lol

[jvcc31]

where season 3 on dvd???

why there is no fan site on the show???

why there is no torrent on the series???

why,just tell me why???

[monkeytrousers]

Question. What's the story here? What is the name of the hot blonde actress in the beginning? Is that really his sister (?!!!??). Was that just a cover in front of the other woman?

[nwlman]

Great show used to be on Friday nights when I was kid

[2002ibiza]

I remember skipping school when I was sixteen because of depression and watching Vegas feeling guilty as hell

[georgedroy]

Is the yellow shirt at 4:33 doing the chicken dance ????

[RNFROMOREGON]

this show is great whish they would put it back on TV or put all the episodes up here

[Captb55806]

Too bad Las Vegas is not as good as it use to be. Its sucks now.

[MrJohnnyb42]

I remember i liked this show so much i moved out to Vegas right after i graduated from high school in 85"...WOW...What a trip.

[bijendrapalsingh]

Very nice

[midmodgal]

So I've almost finished season 2 vol 1. They're skimping a bit, filming some scenes in L.A., using back-drop projection for some driving scenes :( Dan still manages to get confused driving up & down the Strip. "Yeah Bea, I'm going Downtown" as he heads south. Not a lot of Tony Curtis, but plenty of Dan & old Vegas.

[Joannec95]

@midmodgal I can not get a copy of Season 2 Vol 1 yet in my town.

[DARIUSSR612]

I USED TO LOVE WATCHING THIS SHOW ESPECIALLY WHEN HE DROVE HIS CAR INTO HIS HOUSE. THAT WAS SOOOOOOOO COOOLLL

[lester5192]

i just saw this pilot on dvd. was he doing his hott sister? and other hott chicks beside his hott girlfriend besides other ho'z? what a stud life.

[midmodgal]

Season 2 vol 1 out December 7th...Yeah!

[k0kan3]

Thx so much for posting this clip!  Great show!

[RichStark412]

Whats ironic is that Robert Urich & Josh Duhammel look alike. Both in a show called Vegas....wild stuff! Thats the sickest Vette & love the T-Bird too. Is it Me or does all that 70s music remind Ya of porno music??? LOL

[KingSams0n]

love that corvette and that old kwaka right behind his couch.

so cool.

[RichStark412]

@KingSams0n ITS A T-BIRD.

[KingSams0n]

@RichStark412

T-Bird? Wtf?

[towman2620]

R.I.P Robert and Tony what a great show!!!!! Miss you two great actors

[Bluesrock2009]

boy this intro reminds me of the days when vegas was cool the sands,dunes,desert inn, stardust. now its all the same megaresorts with the same feel

[jwlvs]

I remember riding with my mom to pick up my half-sister from work at the Hilton one morning and seeing them shooting the show. I always loved to see it on TV.

[midmodgal]

PUT SEASON TWO OUT.......NOW!!!!

[midmodgal]

"I love you," Dan Tanna

[talon115]

Awesome show!

[Cavillier1970]

PLEASE POST THE REST OF EP 1!!!! LOL

[vegascollier]

I had the pleasure to meet Robert Urich when I watched them film on location at Desert Springs Hospital here in Vega$. He was a true gentleman. He went out of his way to give autographs. He'll truly be missed!!

[JR08620]

Where can you get this video on DVD?

[jcarbaj]

Robert Urich defined the Cool in cool long before anyone new what it was, and for that we should all be thankful. So Thank you Robert, you are not only a gentleman, but one cool dude!! We will remember you always.

[Eusepio1957]

R.I.P.

Robert Michael Urich (December 19, 1946(1946-12-19)

Toronto, Ohio, U.S. Died April 16, 2002 (aged 55) Thousand Oaks, California, U.S.

you're gone early

[Cavillier1970]

@Eusepio1957 Amen brother

[oddjobjujitsu]

@Eusepio1957 wow didn't know he passed away.......loved this show when i was a kid...R.I.P ROBERT URICH

[Eusepio1957]

@oddjobjujitsu Hello Friend! unfortunately

It's true! he has

left us too soon!

Now he is sitting

on the lap of Jesus

rest in peace

[1jtv]

Vega$: The First Season is now available through Amazon. I wish Hulu would show it.

[robinandthe7hoods]

Great show! Phyllis Davis alone made this worth watching.

[txt23]

the taste of the old times....thanks youtube for post it!!!!

[Sarasdad91]

Is this show on DVD yet?

[kewanw16]

Hell Yeah!

[lovemuffin1963]

It is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO different now..on the strip (I live here)

[Sarasdad91]

I used to lovr this show. I espacially loved the opening theme music. And Phyllis Davis (Bea) was so so hot.. And Urich's real life wife, Heather Menzies was in 2 episodes.

[DrGlitterhouse]

Talk about paying your dues. I never realized Michael Mann wrote the pilot to "Vegas." I do remember Dan Tanna's from the climax, though, when he's confronting Michael Lerner: "I'm the Lone Ranger, and I'm gonna bust you."

[garyn8888]

Vegas is on DVD now!! Check Amazon or Best Buy.

[kkirves]

Just FYI..

Dian Parkinson, from the Price Is Right, appears in the Pilot episode. In the opening credits of the Vegas tv show, she is the blond woman kissing Tanna...

[snoops71]

@kkirves I always wondered who the blonde was in the opening credits. I had a huge crush on Dan Tanna, so I was always jealous of her :) Thanks for letting me know who she was.

[Joannec95]

@snoops71 It is Judy Landers.

[snoops71]

@Joannec95 Oh ok. So, she was the lucky one?!

[Joannec95]

@snoops71 Yes she was. She was 19years old when she made those tv appearances.

[mouflette48]

I know that dean martin play in one or two episodes, who could find them and put on, I will be so glad to see.

[ShakinJonny]

Me too!!!

Put this series on DVD, and make a new up todate movie!

[Joejam2845]

@ShakinJonny Season 1 is out on DVD!

[Twilk88]

The Maxim was the "Home" hotel in this show pilot..The regular weekly series had the "D.I." or Desert Inn as the home hotel...

I have some photos I took in 1983 of Urich's "home", which was located behind the First Interstate Bank, just north of Circus Circus...

Both Urich and co star Greg Morris both bough houses in las Vegas, and continued to live there (at least part time) after the series ended..Morris died in Las Vegas in 1996.

[osgood54]

Dan might have been cool but what about all the beautiful women?

[GORDITO1000]

Wow I hit 5:07 the end of the video and forgot I was watching youtube and not the real show which I have not seen for 30 yrs (more more).....maybe it's out on DVD?

Thanks for the snipit.

[EaglesMan36]

@GORDITO1000

The first season just came out in the last few months.

[kurt666morris]

I agree with the comments. This was a great cult classic show. Mr. Urich was Mr. Television in so many ways. The Vegas of yesteryear was great. Now its an overbuilt, ugly mess like a couple people here have pointed out. Robert died way to young. Thanks for posting this!

[Day0One]

I love theme

[zanderzoot]

Wow, I remember this!

Whenever he chasesd the bad guy at the end he never ran like his prey but walked after them instead.

[Fitzliputzli23]

I like this car but where is the red 57 t-bird?

[EaglesMan36]

@Fitzliputzli23

He gets it midway through this episode.

[phonedial9]

I never realized what a player Dan Tanna was.

[maritimemama]

Gawd - talk about a blast from the past. I used to love this show - and Robert Urich, may he RIP

[GavilanOU812]

Did Robert Urich have a thing for Mustangs? In Spenser for hire had a classic muscle car aswell.

[foofwolf22]

Vegas was the BEST in the seventies and early eighties. Not mob vegas, but not total corporate mishmash vegas of now. Just right.

[FedericoSalgado]

This wil be out on DVD on October 20th this from a previous post.. I hope it has some kind of comentary..

[BigDaddy1968]

Oh That's his SISTER. I thought for a second this movie was about The Big Daddy Lifestyle.

Whoooooooooo!!!

Big Daddy

Almost got excited... haha

[NJTank]

That is great news this was a very under rated TV show.

[masterdeviance1985]

Dude had a baaadass loft. Anytime you can park your T-Bird in your living room you know you've made it.

[pabface]

Lots of great historical Las Vegas footage. Damn I wish I could get my hands on this. It should be back on TV. R e r u n s

[tiramonroe]

Does anyone know if VEGA$ is out on DVD? I would love to have it as Bob Urich is one of my all time favorite stars!!!!

[ninelivecat]

I love this

[Srd1126]

Always loved how he could drive the car right into the living room

[tnawcwvictoria]

Robert Urich was a great actor and a blessed human being.

I loved him in Vega$, The $25,000 Pyramid with Bill Cullen and The $20,000 Pyramid with Dick Clark, he was also on Match Game and Password Plus, and I also enjoyed him on Spenser for Hire as well as National Geographic Explorer, but most of all, I really enjoyed on S.W.A.T. and I have the complete 1st Season on DVD and his wife Heather Menzies was on Logan's Run The Series w/Gregory Harrison of Trapper John M.D.

R.I.P. Robert Urich

[rayjr62]

I agree- He had a stellar career both in TV and on the big screen. He died way too young- Sadly, I read recently that Phyllis Davis has cancer as well.

[mrlafayette1964]

@rayjr62 Hello...Where did you hear that Phyllis Davis has cancer? How is she doing? thanks

[CommanderD007]

Did Dan Tanna have a pet Lion and what was its name?

[vegas787]

I live in Vegas, Anderson Dairy still exists! Tanas apartment is where the SKYE condo are at!

[osgood54]

I thought he drove a red T bird?

[roanspooh]

He did, however it was not his first car. He got the T-bird after his original got trashed in the pilot.

[Luzern76]

I got my first glimpse of Las Vegas by watching this show as a kid. A lot has changed since then, from what I hear.

[iwasthor]

i loved the jacket he would wear. it made him look real tough and he played the role very well.

[dramaticguy]

Dan would be wearing cowboy boots,then chase a crook,suddenly he had trainers on!

[bobay4]

Wow! Dan Tanna was a player.

[victoria641]

Robert Urich passed away in 2002, too young. I miss seeing him on TV. I grew up watching all these wonderful shows on TV. Rest in peace, Mr Urich.

[ClaimSquad]

Looked high and low for this, Mr Dan Tanna... The music alone takes me back to my weekly bath and drying out in front of TV on a Saturday night watching Vega$ as a kid at 7pm. Looking at Michael Mann being involved and then Miami Vice. Those were the days. Lovin it all... That Spelling chap was a Genius in the 70-80's.

[SMAASC]

Robert Urich was a great actor and what I read about him, I feel that everyone that knew him was blessed!

Sorry to his family for thier lost, I still can't believe he has gone! Tracey21

[stephenm6100]

get this tv show on dvd quick.dan tanna is the man. r i p robert.

[waverly2468]

We need another TV series shot in Vegas--unfortunately all we have now is "CSI". There must be only 7 of the old strip casinos left--Tropicana, Sahara, Riviera, Circus Circus, Flamingo, Caesar's Palace, and Hilton.

[Langston36]

Phyllis Davis from Port Neches, Texas.

Yummy.

[jossbayduke]

I always remember that he had his car parked in the house, I think I was about 13 and that was the coolest thing I had ever seen.

[drainplug69]

I remember her rack! Whatever happened to her? Nice set of: ( . ) ( . )

[kelso1958]

Unbelievable as this is..are people aware that Phyllis Davis was the girlfriend of the greatest jockey(in my opinion) of all time Lafitt Pincay, Jr.?

Great trivia at work!!!

[NIGGATRONICUS]

what happened to phylis davis,she was 1 of sexiest women i`ve ever seen! when the show was shown on bravo in the mid 90`s i was 14,and she made me so horny!

[witt035]

You can follow Phylis' career via the Internet Movie Database. Suffice to say, she was in the final series of Magnum a decade after VEGA$. Her role was a big one, being Rick's wife-to-be. They married in Magnum's final episode; actually the final/closing scene of the final episode. Oh yes, still quite a woman. Well done Phylis.

[generatorx]

Wow, Vegas has changed a lot since this series was first on the air. Many of the hotels are no longer around or have undergone serious renovation.

[yootaxi]

does any one know is this on dvdany were i can buy

the whole series thank u

[jamessmedley82]

Ooooh,Phyllis Davis in that shiny blue number!! Heavenly.........

[FEVER55555]

dana tanna tv house was tore down in 84

[amazed92]

robert urich RIP

I loved this series and SWAT (in which he appeared)

[ponybobreno]

Yep, this was a fun show-I have some photos of my friends and me at Tana's "house", which was still there, next to Circus Circus, in 1983...It had to be much easier to shoot there then than now...note in the series Tana's car was switched to a red Thunderbird...Tana's charadter is based on still working LV detective Eddie LaRue...

[mooneepondskid]

The good thing about the intro is it shows what Vegas looked like in the 1970's.

[Orchunter]

I really hope the studio issues a Collector's DVD of Vega$. That would be great!

[Orchunter]

This brings back so many memories; thanks for the posting of the video clip. I used to watch this show every single week, and as a kid, I was completely mesmerized by the "shiny and bright lights" of Vegas. I actually lived in Las Vegas for 10 years starting in the early 90s and I just laugh when I see how "underdeveloped" Vegas was back in Dan Tanna's time (mo mega resorts, just the old Dunes, Maxim, and the Riviera -- when the Riv still looked great).

[CaptainBuckRogers]

This was an awesome series. They pioneered the use of bright colors and loud fashions way before overrated and so boring Miami Vice. It's true. When I was a kid, I couldn't sit through it without falling asleep. Whereas, I stayed up much later for Vega$ and was completed enthroled in the colors, characters and fast-moving storyline. Made me wanna drive down LV Blvd at night real slow with the theme playing like Dan does at the end of each show!

[kfkirves]

Interesting that Dan Tanna lived in las Vegas Nevada, yet had blue california license plates...HMMMM

[vegas787]

The plates in Nevada back then were also blue.

[mkaroo]

Thank you for putting this up. I was a great fan of this series when I was 11yo on Friday nights at 9pm on LWT. Absolutely brilliant!! The theme tune is just awesome. I just wish they put this on DVD. This was an awesome series not like the crap of today!

[oddjobjujitsu]

@mkaroo yeah i remember it so well too.. i was 10 when this came out....loved his red t-bird

[koelleamrhing]

i really loved it

[luangu]

June Allyson of "Depends" fame?

[sprroach1]

I CAN'T WAIT till this series hits DVD!!!

[eci4r]

that makes two of us

[ttlamb92]

Wish they would make this a DVD Box Set!

Loved This Show.

Miss Robert Urich.... R.I.P.

[electrojones]

I miss Robert Urich. I miss Vega$.  I miss TV.

[sprroach1]

You gotta check him out in Ice Pirates...Funny movie!!!

[DA90027]

Las Vegas used to be pretty now it is an overbuilt mess...

[AlbieGray]

The Strip as we remember it. A bow to the Dunes, the Flamingo, and Fremont Street before it became the Fremont Street Experience, (which is good), but this is Las Vegas as we remember it.

[robdon33]

Here's a fact: the milk that the milkman delivered, "Anderson's", is a real-life milk brand produced in Vegas, and still exists today. The lot where Tanna lived is where the Guinness Book of World Records place stands today (behind the Arby's).

[reniola]

This is absolutely fantastic!!! Great to see the great Robert Urich in the role that defined him again.  Thanks a million!!

[chinobalam]

very cool...thanks!