caption: December 24, 1972 <PERSON>, shown with his wife, <PERSON>, said he's halting work for two weeks so he can spend the Christmas season with his family. Afterward, he said, it's back to an East Coast West Coast split work week. Las Vegas, <PERSON>. In the upper reaches of the 1,500-room Hilton Hotel, far above the gaming tables and broken dreams, <PERSON>, the conglomerate comedian of records, films, TV and the Main Showroom, was holding court in sweatshirt and sneakers.