The Laugh Factory continuing its legacy of laughter at Horseshoe Las Vegas couldn’t be more nostalgic for Harry Basil. The veteran comic and comedy club general manager goes way back with the property—nearly 40 years to be exact.
“I have a lot of history with that property. I used to open for Rodney Dangerfield at Bally’s [now Horseshoe],” says Basil, who managed the Laugh Factory at the Tropicana for over 12 years, prior to the closing of the Trop in April 2024. “I’m talking the late ’80s, when Frank Sinatra would be there the week before us, and Dean Martin the week afterwards. I actually have a postcard with my name on it, under Rodney’s, and then all of those guys coming the following weeks—the entire Rat Pack.”
