Feast of Fun: Gay Talk Show

With annoying music festivals canceled, colleges suspending classes and once crowded airports are nearly empty with flights at rock bottom prices, is coronavirus such a bad thing? Yes, yes it is. The World Health Organization just classifed the coronavirus virus outbreak as a pandemic, with no nationalized healthcare system, folks are fighting over hand sanitizer and toilet paper like it’s Tickle...

Imagine this: you’re guilty of the crime and the sentence is death. But before you go, one last wish, what do you order for your last meal on earth? In the United States, some prisons serve a “special request” last meal, a ritual intended not to comfort the condemned but to soften the harsh fact for society that a human being is about to be killed. Does the last meal reflect how they lived their l...

Since WGN’s call letters originally stood for the World’s Greatest Newspaper, I think I could comfortably say that WGN Morning News Weekend Anchor Sean Lewis is the world’s most fabulous news anchor. The handsome and charming Sean Lewis started his broadcast news career years ago being out and proud. He also lives with his co-worker and friend, the World’s Greatest Weatherman, Tom Skilling in a co...

One of the most influential women in my career and life is Eartha Kitt, who I was lucky enough to develop a brief pen pal relationship with in the early 90s, before she became a household name again with her vocal appearance on Disney's Emperor's new groove. Please enjoy this encore presentation of FOF #1805 – The Purrrfect Legacy of Eartha Kitt, an interview with Eartha Kitt's daughter Kitt Shapi...

Shocking news! After years of posting shirtless photos of himself online with other men at circuit parties the former disgraced congressman Aaron Schock came out as gay saying “I am gay, which should come as no surprise.” You might remember Aaron from back in the day when the internet went gaga over his pool party ensemble- a cute gingham shirt, white shorts and turquoise belt that bent straightne...

We first met Christeene, the wonderfully wild drag queen from Louisiana way back in 2010 while waiting in line at the SXSW Music Festival. Since then, taking an opposite approach than most drag queens trying to get on RuPaul's Drag Race, Christeene has become a sensation with her outrageous music and chaotic style. Please enjoy this encore presentation. ___________________ Watch out! Christeene is...

Some folks celebrate Black History Month by reading good books, attending cultural events or just kicking back, pouring a Hennessy and coke and listening to some Luther Vandross on the reel to reel. But our friend, Rachel Hall entertained her friends by posting a new Black History Month Trivia question on social media every day in February. Today, comedian Rachel Hall puts us to the test to see ju...

One of the campiest TV shows ever was the 1960s Batman, whose success not only shaped television, but helped propel the careers of broadway stars like Eartha Kitt and Lee Merriweather into superstardom. In order to capitalize on Batman’s success, ABC television scrambled to put together several pilots of the popular Wonder Woman comic book, until they struck gold with Mexican American model and da...

The early days of podcasting were extraordinary. Celebrities had no idea what to do with the Internet, and because mainstream representation of LGBTQ folks was slim, the online world saw an eruption of talk shows where people could go in-depth about queer issues for everyone, everywhere. Before Lizzo preached the gospel of body positivity, before the drag race and trans explosion and even before f...

For many gay men, our best friends have been the wonderful women who stood by us in our youth when we felt all alone in the world. This emotional bond can feel like an intensely passionate love affair but in reality you’re really just friends without benefits. Today comedians Lindsey Shaw and Matt Brown join us to take a look at gay men and their intense romantic friendships with women, from legen...

It’s Mardi-Gras so catch some beads, gobble up some King Cake and get a load of Mango – Mango Braggadochio who describes herself as a party exploding in the produce aisle of a bodega that’s next to a sex shop. Mango is the creation of comedian Mari DeOleo, who was born in the Dominican Republic, raised in rural Pennsylvania where she partied with Amish kids, until got into Christian clowning which...

In the mid 60s New York Times theater and film critic Stanley Kauffman laid down the gauntlet asking the era’s most famous gay playwrights why they wrote plays with heterosexual characters that “distorted American women, marriage, and society” and avoided writing about gay men like themselves. Hollywood screen writer Mart Crowley responded by writing “The Boys in the Band” a gay dark comedy which...

No matter how cute and cuddly animals look, most of them wouldn’t think twice about murdering you if given half the chance. You’d think we’d learn our lesson and keep our distance from them, but it seems some folks just have to jump into a giant aquarium with a killer whale or share a glass of wine with a monkey who's off their meds. In the end, someone is going to get hurt Today comedian Andie Ma...

The U.S. National Anthem is a tough song to sing, and when a famous entertainer butchers it up, the results are hilarious. The incredible Chaka Khan shocked the nation with her rendition of the Star Spangled Banner at the All Stars Game. As much as people didn’t care for it, no one wants to criticize a legend like Chaka Khan. Today comedian Carma Nibarger joins us to look at celebrities bombing ha...

Merrie Cherry is every proud black woman for Black History Month. Photos courtesy of Merrie Cherry. To celebrate Black History Month, Brooklyn drag queen Merrie Cherry is paying tribute to legendary black women of history by dressing up as them and posting her portraits side by side on Instagram. Don’t worry, she’s black so it’s all good. Everyday of the month of February she’s posting one of her...

When people who didn’t go to Catholic school think of nuns they immediately think of the classic Sound of Music, the silly Flying Nun or movies like Sister Act which all have misfits trying their best to fit into a world stacked up against them. But in real life, there’s been nuns like Jeannine Deckers The Singing Nun with the hit song “Dominque” who struggled with drugs and debts later in life or...

Check out 15 years of legendary shows at: https://feastoffun.com The battle against HIV and AIDS has changed a lot since the virus was first identified in 1983. With the implementation of PrEP, a daily pill that effectively blocks HIV transmission, we’ve seen a decrease in new HIV infections overall, but black young people are still disproportionately the largest group for new HIV infections. What...

Visit Feast of Fun: https://feasttoffun.com Crystal LaBeija from The Queen and RuPaul look upon pageant winner Aurora Sexton. Photo of Aurora: TiosPhotography.com One of the most influential LGBT documentaries of all time is The Queen, Frank Simon and Flawless Sabrina’s 1968 film that takes the viewer behind the scenes of a tumultuous drag pageant held in New York City two years before the Stonewa...

A rose by any other name would smell as sweet, but for trans and non binary people, it’s not all about the smell. A new name can showcase how you want to present to the world and its effect can be life changing. Today comedian Jake Noll joins us to reveal their newly chosen name - Jake Noll and how they are dealing with the new moniker- from telling family and friends to sliding their chosen name...

Over the past 15 years on Feast of Fun we’ve done some outrageous things which have captured people’s imagination, from refereeing drag queens battling it out to getting folks to sit on cakes as an anti-war and marriage equality statement, we made an impact. But mainly we just wanted to see butts covered in frosting. Who doesn't? Today we’re taking a look at some magical, viral moments on Feast of...

In this show titled FOF #466 - State of the Poontang published on January 24, 2007, Miss Ronnie does a sexy parody of The State of the Union Address, which at the time was delivered by President George W Bush. Between the war in Iraq and our legal standing as marginalized people, it seemed like the darkest of times. As an alternative to the bs State of the Union we offered up the State of the Vaja...

Lady Bunny has inspired Feast of Fun with her kooky humor and passion for grassroots culture. Even our web series Cooking with Drag Queens was influenced by Tom Rubnitz’s Pickle Surprise with Lady Bunny and RuPaul girling it up in the kitchen way back in 1989. Today, Lady Bunny joins us from the slopes of gay ski week to celebrate as we embark on our 16th season of Feast of Fun.

Billy Porter and Lil Nas X's stunning red carpet looks at the 2020 Grammys. Folks have been oohing and ahhing over the fabulous queer fashion at the Grammys, from Lil’ Nas X’s fuschia Versace cowboy bondage get up to Billy Porter’s insta-shade hat: the men on the red carpet brought the house down boots. But some aren’t liking it, saying that queer men like Billy Porter or Lil Nas X are too thirsty...

A Tron, cyber drag queen bodysuit, sparkling tennis shoes and a rock and roll flute: there’s so much to toot about Lizzo’s opening number at the 2020 Grammys. Today we take a look at Lizzo’s Grammy performance, the openly gay men’s fashion red carpet statements, Lil Nas X’s big win and all the bedazzling sparkling news to blind the shadiest queens.

It always stinks of a publicity stunt whenever Gwyneth Paltrow releases one of her bougie new products and her recent “This Smells Like My Vagina” candle smells exactly the same. The candles sold out, thanks to Elton John who probably snatched some to burn during performances of his iconic song “Candle in the Wind” just for the jokes alone. Today comedian Matt Brown joins us to figure out if Gwyne...