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Today we’re talking to comedy writer and gay legend Bruce Vilanch, who worked as a writer for The Star Wars Holiday Special, and also on many lavish, campy TV specials of the 1970s including The Brady Bunch Variety Hour.
Listen as Bruce talks to us about the wonderful tacky world of TV specials from the 1970s and he also reveals that there is a documentary on the Star Wars Holiday Special in the works!
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This August, Comedian Marga Gomez is sharpening her cougar claws and heading off to the legendary Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival.
Listen as Marga Gomez shares with us her experiences at the event over the years, including her fear of porta potties and the time when bondage loving lesbians dropped pamphlets over the crowds from an airplane to gain acceptance at the event.
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Everybody loves Love B. Scott. With over 2.3 million channel views, 30 million views of his videos, he’s one of the top 100 most watched people on YouTube of all time- he reaches a larger audience than most televised daily talk shows.
Listen as B Scott gives us a behind the scenes look at how he comes up with his sassy videos and infectious catch phrases. Will there be a B Scottpedia to keep track of his sassy slogans like “love muffins,” “Bitch boo bye” and “splendiferous?”
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Actress Carole Cook comedic skills impressed that Lucille Ball so much that she took her under her wing. It was the start of a lifelong friendship and working relationship between the two, with Carole appearing in many of Lucielle Ball’s TV shows including The Lucy Show and Here’s Lucy.
Today we talk to the legendary Carole Cook about her work and friendships with many of comedy’s leading ladies and her behind the scenes appearances in such cult films as Sixteen Candles and TV dramas like Dynasty.
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Joining us today is Deven Green to talk about Green Bay, Wisconsin’s Pride Alive Festival, Twisted Fairy Tales and the world’s first public appearance of Betty Bowers, America’s Best Christian.
Later on blogger Michael Lehet joins us to take a look at President Obama’s new National AIDS Strategy and Clay Aiken on Don’t Ask Don’t Tell.
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July 12th is the 31st anniversary of the infamous Disco Demolition Night, a PR stunt that turned into a violent nightmare as an angry mob rioted against disco music and its association with gay culture by tearing apart Comiskey Park.
Interestingly enough, thirty one years later, on the same day, the YMCA announces it’s re-branding itself as just “the Y.” Is the organization trying to escape the gay disco anthem YMCA by the Village People?
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Everybody loves Cassandra Peterson’s alter-ego Elvira, Mistress of the Dark. She’s taking a new turn in “All About Evil” by playing a mom.
Listen as we talk with Cassandra Peterson about working with directing drag queen Peaches Christ, the origins of her beloved character Elvira and her thoughts on the movie “Showgirls.”
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Tracy Tyler’s aura is purple because a friend told her it is. Some people believe that everyone has a paranormal “glow” around them and the color of this glow reveals a lot about their personality and ultimately their destiny. Depending on which school of crazy you go to, some folks glow yellow, while others are pink and purple. Does anyone have a polka dotted aura?
(Originally posted on 01.10.08)
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Cass King and John Woods stopped by the studio in 2006 to tape a show about how music and sex play into their act called The Wet Spots. Think of them as the sex-ed class you never had but should have had, reincarnated as a jazzy cabaret musical show.
Listen as we hear some of their fantastic music and talk about bisexuality, polyamory, religion and sex.
(Originally posted on 04.27.06)
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A classic podcast featuring Victoria Lamarr doing what she does best- wrestling with the pronunciation of Rod Blagojevich’s name.
V-Marr figures out where the famously impeached Governor lives and dives through his dumpster in search of hidden treasures! What bounty does she find?
Originally posted on 07.10.09