In this special episode titled "Love in Las Vegas," Canadian couple Darren and Kelly opt for an unconventional elopement in Las Vegas. Choosing the iconic Little White Chapel for their wedding, officiated by an Elvis Presley impersonator, they unexpectedly become part of a promotional offer tied to "My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3." Amidst the playful ceremony, a reference to Windex from the movie adds a whimsical touch. Embracing the spontaneity, Darren and Kelly's second marriage defies tradition as they celebrate a drama-free and free-spirited union, capturing the essence of love and adventure in Las Vegas.
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Jason
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Let's face it, weddings can be a scary thing. They can be expensive, they're complicated and usually involves lots and lots of family and even more family drama. But that wasn't the case for Darren.
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Mr. Darren.
Jason
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Kelly. And congratulations.
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Thank you.
Jason
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They're from the T-Dot, Toronto, Ontario, Canada and they decided to elope yesterday right here to the marriage capital of the world. So Darren and Kelly booked what they thought would be a quick ceremony at the legendary Little White Chapel on fabulous Las Vegas Boulevard, officiated of course by the king of rock and roll Elvis Presley. Hey, thank you very much. How are you doing? But right before the Canucks said I do. Well we got an email after we booked with the chapel and they asked us we wanted to be involved in the promo. Now the promo was to get your wedding paid for in full complete with photographers, video crew, flowers, the whole deal. But there was a catch. A lot has happened since my big fat Greek wedding. Focus Features, the studio behind my big fat Greek wedding 3 and they had bought out the legendary little white venue and Greek a fire Elvis was even in on the Opus spirit oh now they do a hundred weddings a day but today's were all different this one's different because everybody is here to celebrate my big fat Greek wedding 3 in theater September 8th the whole movie is
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all about family friends getting together the chaos of putting together a wedding.
Jason
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Just as the bride and groom were about to pull out their rings, Elvis pulled out some magic liquid.
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The magic liquid is Windex right here.
Jason
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Now if you've never seen my big fat Greek wedding, Windex is Gus, who's one of the main characters, favorite cure-alls for any health ailment. Put some Windex on.
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Oh Gus, please, please.
Jason
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So a free wedding. Some may say that's tacky, bad taste. Not Kelly.
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It's a second marriage for both of us, so we decided let's do everything completely different this time, so let's get involved in this.
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And just a few seconds later, Kelly and Darren were married
Jason
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and off to celebrate just the two of them in the lights of Sin City. Proving that not all weddings need to be full of family drama, but good wedding movies definitely should be. Thanks to Darren and Kelly, the Little White Wedding Chapel, and of course the king of Thanks to Darren and Kelly, the Little White Wedding Chapel, and of course the king of rock and roll, Elvis Presley. For Public Radio KUNV, I'm a stray girl
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