Odd GS-related tidbit on Wikipedia...

[SamJ93]

The "History" section for the page on the Westgate Las Vegas hotel (formerly the International, then the Hilton) contains this passage:

"On July 31, 1969...Elvis Presley performed the first show of what would become a seven-year run at the hotel... Many of the performers who worked the International before Presley were upset at their disrupted prospects. Comedian Chuck LaFille, who left a regular host job on Beat the Clock to host at the hotel, was so irate at the plan he reportedly destroyed Presley's under-construction dressing room and threatened violence at hotel executives."

LaFille was apparently a sub-host for Bud Collyer in 1956; I can find no evidence that he was involved with the '69 revival in any way. I suppose it's possible that he had a 13-year residency at the hotel, but can find no record of this either.

(On a related note, LaFille is apparently still alive and well. His XTwitter account is...interesting.)

[RMF]

Given that Chuck LaFille doesn't appear at all in the newspapers.com database and that the listings of him on Wikipedia were entered chiefly by an account that hasn't been active for another purpose since, this would appear to be a flagrant hoax by the operator of the social media accounts in question.

[Matt Ottinger]

Given that Chuck LaFille doesn't appear at all in the newspapers.com database and that the listings of him on Wikipedia were entered chiefly by an account that hasn't been active for another purpose since, this would appear to be a flagrant hoax by the operator of the social media accounts in question.

Somebody is certainly amusing himself and his...102 followers with that Twitter account.  Obviously fictional, but it looks like he's been doing it for years.

[SamJ93]

Yeah, after doing a deeper dive, I now feel a bit silly for not realizing right away that it wasn't a real person. A good reminder that Wikipedia is still not to be trusted all the time (particularly when the source for a claim is some obscure history book that few people will be bothered to look up, as was the case here).