Episode Trivia
Clayton Rohner
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Clayton Rohner played Las Vegas casino owner Lee DeMarco in 4.03 The House Always Wins. He appeared in David Boreanaz’s show Bones as Wayne Kellogg and has been in Trespassers, Into the West, Jake 2.0, Coronado, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Jack & Jill, Charmed, G vs E, The X Files (as the Rain King), The Big Day, Where’s Marlowe?, Murder One, NYPD Blue, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Miami Vice, Hill Street Blues and T.J. Hooker.
Elvis Presley
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The following dialogue is from 4.06 Wild At Heart:
Veruca to Oz: “Number one? No. I gotta go with hound dog.”
Willow: “Me, too. That’s a great song. I mean, Elvis, what a guy.”
Veruca to Willow: “You a big Elvis fan?”
Willow: “The biggest. Well, I mean, after Dingoes, of course.”
In 5.08 Shadow, we see Willow wearing a shirt that says ‘Elvis Lives’.
Cordelia references Elvis Presley when she says to Xander in 2.16 Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered:
“Damn it Xander what’s going on? Who died and made you Elvis?”
In 1.18 Five By Five, Cordy references the King of rock’n'roll again when she says:
Cordelia: “Oh, and we should pick up the tab for lunch. Nothing says success less than splitting the bill.”
Angel: “I didn’t bring any money with me.”
Cordelia: “Okay, Elvis, when you’re a big star, you can get away without carrying cash.”
Gunn says to Angel in 2.08 Shroud Of Rahmon:
Gunn: “Don’t give me orders, Elvis!”
In 4.03 The House Always Wins, Angel references Elvis and his wife, Priscilla:
Angel: “Oh, now I remember that room! Elvis and Priscilla’s wedding reception, 1967. Yes! Alright. It’s not like I was, you know, really invited. They just put me near the dais.”
Fury’s Bobblehead
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At Lorne’s show in Las Vegas in 4.03 The House Always Wins, Buffy and Angel writer David Fury can be seen in the front row, with a bobblehead Kelly Manners.
Las Vegas
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The cast and crew of Angel went on location to Las Vegas for this episode 4.03 The House Always Wins. Though the action was set at the Tropicana, much of the filming took place inside the Riviera Hotel.
Lee DeMarco
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Lee DeMarco was the owner of The Tropicana casino in Las Vegas. Once a second-rate lounge magician, he got hold of a mystical item which he used to extract futures and destinies from players at his casine, which he then sold on the Black Market. He took Lorne captive and took advantage of his psychic abilities to pick out people with the brightest or most important futures. He then invited the ‘lucky’ ones to play the million dollar ‘Spin To Win’ game. The house always wins and the victims lose their destinies, doomed to live without purpose and to spend their life playing at the slot machines.
Mel Tormé
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A sign in Las Vegas for Lorne’s show, seen in 4.03 The House Always Wins calls him “The Green Velvet Fog”. This is a reference to jazz singer and song-writer Mel Tormé (1925-1999) who was known as “The Velvet Fog”. He co-wrote Nat King Cole’s Christmas hit “The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)”.
Special Andy
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Andy Hallett (Lorne) is credited as “Special Guest Star Andy Hallett” in the episode 4.03 The House Always Wins. From this point on, Andy appears in every episode of Angel.