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Strip Club Rules: Goodbyes, Legs and Eggs, and No Touching

from Antiseptic New York · #9

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4 min

Guest

Ralph details the strict, almost militant routines of strip clubs including hourly walkthroughs, nightly goodbyes for near-empty rooms, breakfast-themed late shows, no-touching rules, and how the scene got diluted after Giuliani's crackdowns.

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  • 27:43The strip club served breakfast items late at night called 'Legs and Eggs' during the last three hours
  • 28:12Tim closed the night's shows with Adam Sandler's 'So Long' to strip music
  • 28:35The New York club required hourly walkthroughs where all girls did two-for-one drink and dance specials
  • 29:00The club made girls do formal goodbyes every night at eight o'clock with full dress introductions
  • 29:35The nightly introductions involved 50 to 60 girls in full costume getting called out one at a time with biographical details
  • 30:17Before Giuliani changed zoning laws, dancers considered a thousand dollars a bad night and banked serious money
  • 30:37Giuliani eliminated most New York strip clubs through zoning changes and the public appetite for debauchery died
  • 31:08'Breaking space' was the club's term for a rule where dancers had to stay at least knee-distance from customers
  • 31:23Modern strip clubs allow customers to do essentially anything with girls in VIP rooms if they pay enough
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