las vegas himself, wayne newton. ♪ wow! the one and only. here he is live.g to your own beep there. how is that, seeing that video of you as a wee one? >> well, it's interesting to look at. i keep wondering who that kid is. and thank god we had the same color hair still today. >> you are incredible. happy birthday. you turned 72 this month? >> now, fredericka, i must tell you i actually turned 50 because a man is only as old as the woman he feels. >> i'm with you on that one. i like it. you know vegas like no one else. you were there since 1959. you were a junior to be recruited there? >> that's a fact. five years of six shows a day. >> how did they get around the labor laws? >> they had to get special permit. a special permit from the state that said i could appear in the casino i was working in. but i could not be in the casino that i was working in. >> oh. so how did you get around that? was there sneaking in the back door type of thing? >> actually, between shows we would do 40 minutes on, 20 minutes off and i'd have to go to the dressing room or restaur