Feast of Fun: Gay Talk Show

There’s a lot of Oscar buzz surrounding actress Renée Zellweger’s uncanny portrayal of Judy Garland in the new film Judy. While the movie tries to show us the final year in the life of one of Hollywood’s most iconic legends it fails to deliver an accurate representation of what made Judy Garland a beloved figure who suffered greatly. Why is Judy Garland still so important all these years after her...

Young bodybuilder Thomas Terry is well known for his Instagram account Game of Swolls, which he started to show off his biceps and to make new friends. Thomas’ formidable build got the attention of a muscle worship company that specializes in creating videos of attractive men flexing for folks’ erotic pleasure. Thomas became a muscle god. But it came as a shock last week when Thomas announced that...

Gender is so ingrained in us, that whenever we see those lines blurred or broken it can be quite thrilling. As much as people love drag it’s just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to playing with gender. Today, transvestite dominatrix Amy Vodkahaus, joins us to talk about her adventures in force feminizing people for fun and profit. https://www.amyvodkahaus.com/ Plus– ➤ Being part of Sharon Nee...

Ever wonder why so many club queens aren’t invovled in the house queen shows of the early 90s? Vivaicous has the answer. ⭐ FOLLOW VIVACIOUS: https://www.instagram.com/vivaciousnyc When you choose to be a mother, you choose to shape the world. In time, children may leave the nest, but true mothers never leave the heart of their children. FX’s hit series Pose is the queer family show we’ve longed f...

When you’re buried under a TV show that doesn’t even recognize your existence and you’re just a blip in the latest big documentary on drag, you gotta keep on hustling to maintain that legendary status that few queens like Sherry Vine can claim. How does she do it? Today, Sherry Vine joins us to talk about her amazing 28 year career in drag performing the raunchiest of song parodies and her secret...

Since the early days of show business drag queens have turned the status quo on its head by simply dressing up in women’s clothing. A lot has happened since Charlie Chaplin girled it up in the early days of film, a queer revolution took place, Herman Munster became a drag queen for a day, RuPaul became “Supermodel to the World” and it seems just about everyone these days is a drag queen. Today com...

It’s been an amazing decade for comedian Deven Green, the YouTube sensation best known for her celebrity vanity video parodies and for portraying the satirical Mrs. Betty Bowers, America’s Best Christian. Throughout her career, Deven has taught improv and inspired comedians and drag queens to zhoosh up their charisma uniqueness nerve and talent and she even made an appearance as a comedy coach on...

A perfect friendship: Francois Clemmons and Fred Rogers’ friendship helped change the course of children’s television. (From left to right: Daniel Tiger, Francois Clemmons, Fred Rogers, Lady Elaine Fairchilde. Photos courtesy of Fred Rogers Center and Francois Scarborough Clemmons. One of the unexpected surprises from “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” the documentary film on Mr. Rogers, was just how fie...

Christmas isn’t quite the same without the raunchy outrageous humor of our beloved drag mom Lady Bunny. For over a decade Bun-Bun’s twisted holiday parodies have been a favorite of our end of the year Incredibly Strange Christmas Music special that celebrates the twisted holiday songs we’ve grown to love. When Bunny isn’t onstage tearing up her pantyhose, what kind of Christmas music does she enjo...

Scientists can get a little freaky when the lab coats come off and the real hard work of gathering empirical evidence regarding sex and sexuality begins. Who knew science could be so sexy? Today Brian Sweeney joins us to take a look at some of the most memorable, wildest and hilarious scientific studies that we’ve reported on our show. BRIAN SWEENEY: https://www.facebook.com/BriansDong Listen as w...

With Thanksgiving upon us, it’s not only time to stuff that turkey, it’s time to stuff our hearts with thanks to all the amazing people and things in our lives. While some think haters make the best motivators, we like to think that gratefulness can be an amazing tool to lift your spirits and improve your well being. Today comedian Carma Nibarger joins us to say thanks to all the wonderful people...

A lot of folks fell in love with the she larious Varla Jean Merman after seeing her play the ingenue in the iconic camp film Girls will Be Girls. When she made the film, she was already over a decade into the world of drag and ever since, she hasn’t stopped selling out shows across the globe. But some things have changed for Varla, for the past several years she’s been hitting the gym hard, and it...

It’s been almost a decade since the hookup app Grindr debuted on people’s phones and it’s been a shitshow ever since. But hey, it’s not all bad, if you can sort through all catfishers, racists, and toxic masculinity, you might have a good time. Maybe the users are just awful of maybe it’s the app’s fault for reducing everyone to their physical attributes rather than focusing on their personality....

A big reason why you always saw Aretha Franklin carrying a purse onstage is because she required promoters to pay her in cold hard cash or she wouldn’t sing. Madonna’s in hot water again for ruining another celebrity tribute at the MTV Video Music Awards. Adorned in jewelry from her children’s home country of Malawi, Madonna presented the Video of the Year Award, and much like her tribute to Princ...

How do you tell the Sugarbaker Twins apart? Betty wears a beehive and Cherry is a tart. Photo: Bailey O’Neal. Attention all campers! Pack your bags. We’re headed to the wilds of Camp Wannakiki– the new reality series where eight drag queens compete for the title of “Queen of Camp” at an actual summer camp, deep in the woods of Northern Illinois. Cherry Pi discovers a drag queens natural born enemy...

Celebrities are just like us except when they fall on hard times, they get a boat load of money for endorsing embarrassingly crappy products. From useless fitness gadgets, to psychic phone services, to horrible food, the products that they are now schilling makes their fall from grace even more spectacular. Today comedian Matt Brown joins us to take a look at the most ridiculous celebrity product...

Tick tock, you’ve been clocked… by a shark! If you thought Drag Race All-Stars was a treacherous tornado, wait until you catch Alaska Thunderfuck in The Last Sharknado: It’s About Time. Alaska stars as a woman fighting a tornado full of time traveling sharks, this is not a drill. Photos courtesy of the SyFy Channel and Magnus Hastings. Sharknado is the only sci fi film that dares to ask: what if k...

Hannah Gadsby’s solo show “Nanette” is unlike no other comedy special you’ve seen before and may be the most important performance of the decade. The Australian comedian takes us on an emotional roller coaster ride through her own trauma stemming from violence and sexual assault but at the same time making a compelling argument that stand up comedy exploits people’s suffering. Today comedian Colet...

Things are going well for Blair St. Clair, the ingenue drag queen from season 10 of RuPaul’s Drag Race- she’s moved in with her hunky boyfriend and her album Call My Life is topping the charts. But things weren’t always so rosy for Blair- when she was a teenager, her parents asked point blank: “are you gay?” and when she responded truthfully, they weren’t prepared for the answer. Since then, every...

The musical adaptation of Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel, The Color Purple, is kicking off its national tour right here in Chicago. The bodacious singer Shug Avery says that Miss Celie “sure is ugly” but the audience can appreciates the beauty in Celie’s triumph over adversity. After experiencing trauma after trauma in the first act, we see Celie come of age and not only become her ow...

The most shocking revelation from the documentary “Whitney” is that Vivacious is not only a fierce drag queen, she’s also a time traveler who used to party with Whitney Houston, her gal pal Robyn Crawford and their two brothers Michael and Gary. Photo: The Estate of Whitney E. Houston. As an attempt to fight homophobia during the AIDS crisis in the late 80s, LGBT folks put a lot pressure on each o...

We live in perilous times. Trump is president and if he gets his way, we’ll have a new supreme court justice who will roll back our rights. As tempting as it is to say “you’re moving to Norway” the reality is that we’re all stuck here together. Today therapist and relationship expert Damon L Jacobs joins us to take a look at the political crisis that’s pulling the rug out from under us, and what w...

In the early 70s, The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour was a prime time TV staple. The real life couple Sonny and Cher Bono dressed up in outrageous Bob Mackie designed outfits, performed corny skits and sang medlies with their campy celebrity friends. But, at the height of their TV success, the couple called it quits, and Cher launched her own musical variety show, the Cher Show. Decades later, The Che...

A lot of us enjoy some pretty far out stuff that others just don’t seem to get. Sometimes they act like we’ve lost our mind when we fawn over the latest gadget, TV show or comic book. But that’s at the heart of culture: people bonding over rare goodies that others think of as boring, grotesque or stupid. Today comedians Carma Nibarger and Tim Warner join me to take a look at all the wild things we...

A lot went down while Marc Felion was away filming Norway’s top reality TV show “Alt For Norge” – Trump and Roseanne Barr got crazier and Brian Sweeney and I got exceptionally close. Today Brian Sweeney joins us to find out more about Marc’s Great Norway Adventure. Did any romantic hijinks unfold between the contestants? And more importantly, how did anyone survive without ganja? Plus– ➤ Why film...