American Experience: Las Vegas - An Unconventional History (8 of 75)
OFFICIANT: I've been doing weddings ten years and I have done a little more than 37,000.
86 is the most I've done in a day.
ELVIS: ?Viva Las Vegas...
OFFICIANT: I did one wedding onstage in a total nude joint.
I did a commitment ceremony one night for a man and his motorcycle.
I had a lady come in one day, had a couple of attendants with her, were all dressed up.
She wanted to marry herself.
I notice that one of you lives in New Orleans and one lives in Metairie.
Metairie, yeah.
Metairie? Mm-hmm.
Are one of you going to move or are you going to...
Yeah, he's coming.
...or are you going to be happy?
We going to move together.
( chuckles ) ( "Here Comes the Bride" plays on organ ) OFFICIANT: The wedding chapels are a business.
Right there, guys.
OFFICIANT: I think that some of the ministers that do weddings in this town confuse that with a ministry, but I roll with the punches.
Whaever these people want is okay with me.
Jgen, do you take Goudrin to be your lawful wedded wife?
( translating into German ) Yes, I do.
Goudrin, do you take Jgen to be your lawful wedded husband? Yes.
By the powers vested in me by the state of Nevada, I pronounce you husband and wife.
You got a wedding down there? Okay.
All right, hold onto them.
I'll be there as quick as I can.
OFFICIANT: I think marriage is great.
MAN: Place your bets, ladies and gentlemen. |
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