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    Pinups dancers twirl hula hoops and Steve Londo dons a sweatshirt in a beach scene. Or maybe you?╟╓d prefer this beach scene ... tainment buy in Las Vegas is right downstairs.?╟Ñ For a one-drink minimum customers can see comedians such as Jackie Gayle, Rip Taylor or Pete BarbuttJ ?╟÷ all three voted ?╟úLounge Comedian of the Year?╟Ñ in the annual Las Vegas poll?╟÷and the most ini triguing and entertaining mini-production in the city ?╟÷ jlPinups ?╟╓77.?╟Ñ % ?╟úPinups ?╟╓77?╟Ñ is directed by noted choreographer Jerry Jackson and produced by Jim Dean and along with five attractive dancers includes comedian Peter Anthony and singers Mary Welch and Steve Londo. The show moves through the pinup period of American history with the dancers portraying beach damsels of the 1890?╟╓s, showgirls of the 1900?╟╓s and calendar girls of World War I and II. Anthony is a rapid-firing, unpredictable funster and the exciting Mary Welch is good enough to wind up in the main showrooms. Londo stylishly fronts the production numbers. Singer Mary Welch, playing a role in a Pinups skit, obviously has more going for her than a great voice. ... or this one. Other performers and groups such as Sidro?╟╓s Armada, Penny and Annie, the Mary Kaye Trio with Nadine Jansen and Allen and Rossi make the Sahara Casbar the most versatile lounge in Las Vegas. A new stage and enlarged seating capacity is keeping the showcase well in front. o 37