He cut through the mounds of publicity that propped up celebrity performers.
The special met with controversy surrounding the fact that the only celebrity performers were Nine Network personalities.
A three-day event, it features celebrity performers, dinner and dancing, and a tennis exhibition.
Even with the array of celebrity performers, the casinos these days are heavily promoting new adult-oriented nightclubs.
In a twist on old and new money, the royals have become celebrity performers courting publicity, while their hosts keep the paparazzi out.
(Other celebrity performers are to replace them later.)
Guy Lombardo performed for the club's opening, and Sam attracted a steady stream of celebrity performers thereafter.
The coverage of the parade typically includes a preshow featuring a variety of musical acts, often with celebrity performers.
But Seidl's overwhelming influence equally depended on a higher function little-known to today's celebrity performers - that of propagating important new music.
The celebrity performer and celebrity teacher are doorkeepers, with access to important managers and intendants.