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BARNEY GLAZER IN LAS VEGAS Carson To 'Spook Patrons Johnny Carson opens Tuesdi at the Hotel Sahara and fits the goblins and spooks eve with some of the goofiest gimmicks in showbiz. Bitingly blase, with wry wit and punning humor, Carson occupies the Sahara's showroom stage for the last two weeks of his annual four-week Sahara ' lloween Hours of the Desert Inn, I the road bumped the most. As Stardust and Paris Lido shows, a result, Arden is one of the is creeping up on a record 40 leaders today in his field, [years in showbiz. He a**riWne,?√ß?? tamtt| t\ppflf * * ?╜?√ß?√ß?√ß'?√ß much of his success to three | famous gals ?╟÷ Sophie Tucker,; Helen Mergan and T e x a s| Guinan. They gave him con-; siderable encouragement when! Barbara McN'air ope Halloween night with Carson. The recording and tv star rates | as one of today's top fernnie ?√ß jazz vocalists. Following the pair's midnight; show, the hotel hosts an invitational masquerade ball for 2,000 Las Vegas entertainers and friends. This ball really should be a ball. Don Rickles, who scares his( patrons without a mask or pumpkin night tricks, continues to reign in the Sahara lounge by raining insults on the average! guy or dignitary. RAMON NAVARRO, one of the screen's all-time great romantic leading men, recently visited Caesars Palace. This should answer the question of many readers who regularly ask, "Is Ramon Navarro still alive?" The former star was visibly impressed by the Caesars Palace architecture. He said, it looks like all of Cecil B. DeMille's sets rolled up into one. AL FREEMAN advises that Jack Jones signed a two-year contract with Jack Entratter to sing in the Sands Hotel's Copa Room. Jones will appear six to eight weeks each year. The Sands is building a huge replacement for Frank Sinatra's exit, j The rumor persists that Sinatra will show he's still friendly with the Sands management by returning to play a farewell engagement. If he does that, Frank will show he's a bigger man than those who have been putting him down since the Sgnds fisticuffs. ONN ARDEN, director- San Jose, California News (Cir. D. 68,843) OCT To \m -^4lLn's P-C.B. Erf. is 'Pzazz! 68' Just Superj At Vegas Desert Inn By FLdR&fiEL MUIR HOLLYWOOD - In the midst of the superlative productions that have made Las Vegas the netertainment capital of the United States, the new revue at the Desert Inn shines like a beacon. Donn Arden has staged, acreated and directed "Pazazz! 68," a Hollywood happening, and it is the most spectacular revue I have ever seen in the gambling town. Everything about the production is first rate, the sets, costumes, music, the entire cast. The costumes designed by Bill Campbell are brilliant, completely capturing the flavor of Hollywood in all its phases. Campbell has designed many La's Vegas and Hollywood television shows, as well as the current Ice Capades, but none have been as consistently breathtaking as his current achievement. He certainly takes his rightful place as one of America's top talents with this production. There are no big names in the show, just a constant flow of delightful entertainers. One of the big numbers is a salute, lovingly executed, to Bing, Boh, and Dorothy, themed to the successful series of "Road" pictures the trio made famous. Outstanding in this segment are Janice Hague a Dorothy Lamour, Fred Bennett as Bob and Art Johnson as Bing. Another show-stopping number* "Born A Star," relates the rise to fame of a movie queen and is sung and danced to a fare-thee-well by Lillian D'Honau. There's a tribute to Fred Astaire, featuring his music and dancing style. There's a scene! set against the background of anl oil field, complete with derricks, j The wild ones, the leather jacketed motor crowd take over-, eventually culminating in the on-stage burning of an oil well. There's a young stand-up comic, new to Vegas, named Jeremy Vernon, a last minute entrant to the festivities. His delivery is smooth, his patter well delivered. He's a personable addition to the field. There are The Snyder Brothers, Ken and Bob, two refreshingly funny young men who sing, dance and clown in a fast-moving segment. There is a Salute to Beau Geste, the finale in which the entire company performs. It's a replica of a desert fortress, excitingly executed by designer Harvey Warren, and you expect to see Gary Cooper and company come marching in to save the beleaguered garrison. And there are dozens of really beautiful girls.