Kansas City Shuffle

This blog is about not just where the term came from but its also about the grand Kansas City Shuffle executed by the government approving the Telecommunications Act and Viacom, Emmis Communications and Clearchannel in the roles of The Boss, The Rabbi, Mr. Goodkat and Slevin Kelevra If you haven't yet seen "Lucky Number Slevin" do so...it will all make perfect sense then.

Mommy, What's A Backpacker? AKA What The Hell Is A Cannibal Ox? Dart Adams 2007

But even before this assassin is given a name, he tells a nameless listener a long story about the “Kansas City Shuffle,” referring to a race involving a doped horse and a poor wretch who bets heavily on the supposed “sure thing,” only to have the horse drop dead in the home stretch just after the “sure thing” has surged into the lead.

Slevin's Debt to Tarantino: Who Cares as Long as It's Fun? 2006

But even before this assassin is given a name, he tells a nameless listener a long story about the “Kansas City Shuffle,” referring to a race involving a doped horse and a poor wretch who bets heavily on the supposed “sure thing,” only to have the horse drop dead in the home stretch just after the “sure thing” has surged into the lead.

Slevin���s Debt to Tarantino: Who Cares as Long as It���s Fun? 2006