This 2007 ad promotes the Las Vegas production of Mel Brooks’ The Producers at Paris Las Vegas, with David Hasselhoff as flamboyant director Roger DeBris. The Vegas version was specially trimmed to about 90 minutes, adapting the Broadway hit for Strip audiences while keeping its big musical-comedy set pieces and deliberately over-the-top style.
Hasselhoff was an especially recognizable piece of casting after Knight Rider and Baywatch, and his run gave the production an extra layer of pop-culture novelty. He opened with the show in early 2007 and remained through May 6 before leaving because of commitments to America’s Got Talent.
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