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FOF #1794 – Fabulously Awkward Talk Show Moments

Barbara Walters put rumors to rest by announcing on her show The View that she’s planning to retire soon. Thanks for all the awesome interviews girlfriend!

Today, Brian Sweeney joins us to take a look at our favorite awkward talk show moments. Madonna’s strange appearances on David Letterman, Gene Simmons vs Teri Gross and Howard Stern turns the tables on Magic Johnson.

Posted in: Podcast 11 years ago 1

FOF #1788 – Part Three, This Time it Won’t Suck

Summer movie season is just about to go up up and away, and it looks like most of the films are sequels of sequels past that were flops. On top of that, Hollywood is betting the house on geek culture with the most comic book superhero packed season yet.

Today Brian Tiberius Sweeney joins us to look at the likely hits and stinkers of this crop of summer Hollywood films.

Posted in: Podcast 11 years ago 5

FOF #1783 – Celebrity Anti-Drug PSAs that Make Us Want to Get High

In the 1980s the political attention against drugs was directed towards suburban school children. A lot of money was wasted on celebrity PSAs that ironically got kids to try drugs by putting the idea in their heads in the first place.

Today comedian Brian Sweeney joins us to take a look at Pee Wee Herman and Clint Eastwood’s Crack Cocaine Ad, Punky Brewster’s Nose Candy and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles rage against turkeys.

Posted in: Podcast 11 years ago 5

FOF #1777 – Fabulous Gay Moments in Comic Book History

Holy homoerotic undertones Batman! Gay folks sure love comic book superheroes.

We all can identify with characters who aren’t like “normal” people and have to hide their secret identities or maybe it’s just their perfect bodies in colorful tight spandex?

Today supergeek Brian Sweeney talks about fabulous real gay moments in comic book history.

Posted in: Culture & Style, Podcast 11 years ago 6

FOF #1776 – Always Look on the Bright Side of Life

There is an old saying “There is no evil that no good can’t come from it.” You know what? They’re right. The most beautiful flowers blossom over piles of manure.

Great things not only happen despite horrible disasters, but often because of them. Today comedian Brian Sweeney joins us to take a look at great things that came from terrible tragedies.

Posted in: Podcast 11 years ago 11

FOF #1772 – How to Calm Down an Angry Lesbian

Everybody gets angry sometimes- and then there’s lesbians, who are angry all the time! Women! Am I right, fellas?

Seriously, anger is important for everyone. When we can channel our rage effectively, it can become a driving force that can not only change ourselves, but the world.

Today, the outrageously funny Sapna Kumar and Brian Sweeney join us to take a look at the cliche of the “angry lesbian.”

Posted in: Podcast, Self Improvement 11 years ago 2

FOF #1765 – Outrageous Moments in Rock & Roll

When it comes to jaw dropping celebrity moments, nobody serves up scandal like musicians. Sex drugs and rock and roll isn’t just a catchphrase, it’s a recipe for outrageousness.

Today comedian Brian Sweeney joins us to take a look at our favorite moments in music where celebrities lost their minds.

Posted in: Culture & Style, Music, Podcast 11 years ago 7

FOF #1756 – Love is Blind

We were inspired by the the blog entry “How to Date a Fat Girl” by the Adipose Activist to look at what it’s like to date someone who is different from yourself.

Today, Brian Sweeney joins us to tackle the delicate topic of dating big guys and gals, people of different races, incomes, and backgrounds. Or how to even romance a conjoined twin.

Posted in: Podcast 11 years ago 9

FOF #1746 – You Think Everyone is Gay

As hard as it is to imagine, at one point in time people thought that certain celebrities who are now seen as very gay were straight.

Well, almost everyone. Gay people have always been good at spotting their own in the limelight because we need to find each other in the wild. Today Brian Sweeney is coming out– of his house and over to our studio to blow– the lid off the strange history of celebrities coming out gay.

Posted in: Podcast 11 years ago 0

FOF #1743 – Amazingly Strange Saturday Morning Cartoons

In the 80s, it seemed everything and everyone had a animated cartoon and breakfast cereal. All of a sudden, cartoons were being made as infomercials to promote toys and video games.

Today pop culture fanatic, comedian Brian Sweeney joins us to look at amazingly strange Saturday morning cartoons that affected us deeply, turning us into the sick demented guys we are today.

Posted in: Culture & Style, Podcast, Television 11 years ago 9