# No more Elvis-themed weddings in Las Vegas chapels **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 1, 2022, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-elvis-themed-weddings-in-las-vegas-chapels/965533 "2022-06-01T22:56:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-elvis-themed-weddings-in-las-vegas-chapels/965533/41 "2022-06-03T04:18:07Z")
> [@xizor](#): > > So we had a suit and tie Elvis officiate our wedding … I seem to recall that Elvis wore a suit and tie in some of his movies. Not all his movies, and not all the time in the movies where he wore a suit and tie, but he did occasionally, as the role called for it. So I’d suggest that a suit-and-tie Elvis wedding is just as much an Elvis wedding as any other. Congratulations, you had an Elvis wedding! ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-elvis-themed-weddings-in-las-vegas-chapels/965533/42 "2022-06-03T04:21:55Z")
Since no one had the good (poor?) taste to link this yet, I will do so, because, well, no matter the results of the legal challenge, the truth of the following will always be with us! [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/mpb4ZAAP6Z4/hqdefault.jpg ""Elvis is Everywhere" by Mojo Nixon") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpb4ZAAP6Z4) ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2022, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-elvis-themed-weddings-in-las-vegas-chapels/965533/43 "2022-06-05T08:30:06Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > And John Lennon in 2030. Who has that kind of time? If I want a Vegas icon to officiate, I’m setting the date for 2026 so I can have a Howard Hughes wedding. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2022, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-elvis-themed-weddings-in-las-vegas-chapels/965533/44 "2022-06-05T15:04:31Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > If I want a Vegas icon to officiate, I’m setting the date for 2026 so I can have a Howard Hughes wedding. Do you want the suave young Howard Hughes, who looks like Tony Stark’s dad, or the old Howard Hughes, with long fingernails and no clothes? ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2022, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-elvis-themed-weddings-in-las-vegas-chapels/965533/45 "2022-06-05T15:19:44Z")
A cousin and his girl friend are going to Las Vegas next month to tie the knot. I don’t know if they were planning an Elvis wedding. This will break the tie between him an me, we were tied at 3 marriages each. I do know one thing, I will never tie him at 4. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2022, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-elvis-themed-weddings-in-las-vegas-chapels/965533/46 "2022-06-05T15:40:02Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Sure, Elvis’s likeness still has value. Which doesn’t change the fact that the estate hasn’t been defending their rights. Whether they benefit is irrelevant. Where is “parody” in all of this? These weddings are pure kitsch. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2022, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-elvis-themed-weddings-in-las-vegas-chapels/965533/47 "2022-06-05T15:58:42Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > > [@Smapti](#): > > > > If I want a Vegas icon to officiate, I’m setting the date for 2026 so I can have a Howard Hughes wedding. > > Do you want the suave young Howard Hughes, who looks like Tony Stark’s dad, **or the old Howard Hughes, with long fingernails and no clothes?** - Far more memorable. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2022, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-elvis-themed-weddings-in-las-vegas-chapels/965533/48 "2022-06-05T16:30:19Z")
The jars of saved piss kinda tend to cut the mood at a wedding. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2022, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-elvis-themed-weddings-in-las-vegas-chapels/965533/49 "2022-06-05T16:31:49Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > The jars of saved piss kinda tend to cut the mood at a wedding.- Look for a Urintarian chapel. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2022, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-elvis-themed-weddings-in-las-vegas-chapels/965533/50 "2022-06-05T16:52:56Z")
Heck, when I read the OP, I immediately wondered if Col. Parker got resurrected and sued. It would have been the thing he’d have done. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2022, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-elvis-themed-weddings-in-las-vegas-chapels/965533/51 "2022-06-05T17:19:48Z")
The [Turpins](https://www.google.com/search?q=turpins+marriage&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwjJ97bt55b4AhVMATQIHRaJDpsQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=turpins+marriage&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQAzoECCMQJzoICAAQsQMQgwE6CAgAEIAEELEDOgUIABCABDoECAAQQzoKCAAQsQMQgwEQQzoGCAAQChAYOgcIABCxAxBDOgQIABAYUOwJWME3YKY5aAVwAHgAgAGbAYgBhQySAQQyMS4xmAEAoAEBqgELZ3dzLXdpei1pbWfAAQE&sclient=img&ei=gOScYsm3LsyC0PEPlpK62Ak&bih=564&biw=827) put the seal on it for me. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2022, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-elvis-themed-weddings-in-las-vegas-chapels/965533/52 "2022-06-09T13:24:29Z")
Whee! ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2022, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-elvis-themed-weddings-in-las-vegas-chapels/965533/53 "2022-06-09T13:35:51Z")
Can’t they just change the advertising to “glittery rockabilly style” wedding? Kind of like how stores have “big game” specials around the time of the Superbowl. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2022, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-elvis-themed-weddings-in-las-vegas-chapels/965533/54 "2022-06-09T14:01:09Z")
You left the “(r) (c)™ All rights reserved by the NFL” off that special word. Expect to receive a nastygram from the NFL’s lawyers in the next 48 hours. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2022, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-elvis-themed-weddings-in-las-vegas-chapels/965533/55 "2022-06-09T14:22:21Z")
> [@Pleonast](#): > > Can’t they just change the advertising to “glittery rockabilly style” wedding? Kind of like how stores have “big game” specials around the time of the Superbowl. They would also have to stop using Elvis’s image, likeness, voice, appearance, mannerisms, etc. Anything that referenced his actual persona would be infringing. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2022, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-elvis-themed-weddings-in-las-vegas-chapels/965533/56 "2022-06-29T12:00:49Z")
Well, Elvis married Mad Dog: **James Mattis gets married — leaving behind his love, the Marine Corps** > **[James Mattis gets married — leaving behind his love, the Marine Corps](https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/off-duty/military-culture/2022/06/28/james-mattis-gets-married-leaving-behind-his-mistress-the-marine-corps/)** > > Jim Mattis was married in a Las Vegas ceremony. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2022, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-elvis-themed-weddings-in-las-vegas-chapels/965533/57 "2022-06-29T12:03:07Z")
He’s about the last one I would expect to have an Elvis wedding. ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2022, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-elvis-themed-weddings-in-las-vegas-chapels/965533/58 "2022-06-29T13:50:26Z")
Oooh-rah! Now his bride can go shopping at the Commissary with the rest of the retiree dependents! ~VOW [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-elvis-themed-weddings-in-las-vegas-chapels/965533.md?page=2)