FOF #839 – Bette Davis Stamps

We’ve got a special delivery for you today! Tracy Tyler joins us to talk about the new Bette Davis Stamp released by the US. Postal Service.

The legendary Hollywood actress will be honored on September 18, 2008 on the 100th anniversary of her birth as a postage stamp in the Legends of Hollywood Series stamps.

Our lovely gal-pal Tracy generously lent her vocal talents to record a public service announcement for the post office. Listen to the plug on today’s show. It’s based on the scratchy 1980s song by Kim Karnes, “Bette Davis Eyes.”

I asked my mom when I was a kid why Kim Karnes had such a raspy sounding voice and she said “it’s because she smokes.”

Listen to today’s show as Tracy reveals her new Lightning Diet- lose weight in a flash by being struck by lightning. It will literally melt the fat right off you.

The British Giant Penis Man needs your help! The enormous ancient chalk drawing on the British countryside is overrun with vegetation. Government officials are asking for volunteers to do a little manscaping to clean up the spot. Usually grazing sheep do the trick but this year, the rain was so plentiful that the vegetation became so overgrown the sheep couldn’t keep up.

Dirty Politics- have the Republicans cornered the market on crazy in google ad buys? Marc was checking the gmail today and the paid for google link said something like “Biden opens his gaff-filled mouth” and he clicked on it to see what the VP nominee had said. But, the link led to an article that extolled the virtues and general “mommyness” of Sarah Palin. Joe Biden was not once mentioned in the article. Is this some kind of Republican Rickrolling?

Should queer teens have their own high school? Chicago School officials are now pondering the possibility of creating a high school where GLBT students can attend in safety. But the plan is drawing controversy from both inside and outside Chicago’s gay community. Some feel as though kids should be safe no matter which school they attend and others think that gay kids have a right to attend school in a shame free zone.

Talk about a show stopping performance! And we take our tiaras off and give a moment of silence to Texas drag queen Illean Alloverya (pronounced like the plant Aloe Vera) who tragically died towards the end of her final number during a recent AIDS benefit at the Dallas gay bar, the Eagle. What a way to go.

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