The groundbreaking sitcom star has returned to the public eye with a new HBO special and a weekly Internet video call-in program. A Vegas gig akin to that of Celine Dion, Rita Rudner or Barry Manilow would cap her comeback, she said.

"I have a lot of family there, so it would be ideal," Barr told "The Strip" co-host Steve Friess, a Vegas-based freelance writer for USA Today, The New York Times and many others. "But I would have to go somewhere else in the summer or live in an air-conditioned tube. I've started to design that."

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About The Strip

"The Strip," presently No. 1 in its category, is a breakthrough in podcasting by featuring a litany of major Las Vegas celebrities including Steve Wynn, Dennis Miller, Toni Braxton, Don Rickles, Whoopi Goldberg, Charlie Palmer, Harvey Fierstein, Dennis Hopper, Johnny Mathis, Kathy Griffin, Howie Mandel, David Copperfield and dozens of others. Co-hosts Steve Friess (USA Today, Newsweek) and Miles Smith (KVBC-TV) are two of the most respected journalists in Las Vegas. The Strip is a proud member of the Podshow Podcast Network, the premier network in podcasting founded by media entrepreneurs Ron Bloom and Adam Curry, host of The Daily Source Code. Listen to "The Strip" and connects with their fans now on PodShow+ at www.podshow.com.

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