Feast Of Fun : Gay Talk Show

Happy Daddy’s Day! We’re all father figures to somebody! For comedian Bill Cruz, who was one of the first openly Latinx gay comedians on the comedy scene- you can call him papi!Covid’s been a tough gig for most comedians and for Bill, now that live shows are happening, it feels almost like starting all over againToday our dear friend comedian Bill Cruz, joins us to look at getting his groove back this Father’s Day and how folks are reacting to Latinx representation in films like In The Heights, West Side Story, Afro-Puerto Rican artist Macha Colón’s Perfume de Gardenias and the Lin Manuel Miranda documentary Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go For It. Listen as we chat with Bill about starting over, how to win big prizes in Loteria and how Hollywood handles Latinx culture. BILL CRUZ: https://www.facebook.com/billcruzcomedyPlus- ➤ Sesame Street debuts a gay same sex couple and Elmo once again has to bear the emotiona burden whenever the they tackle huge social issues on the show. ➤ Gay rumors on the

One of our favorite things that pulled us through the last year was Sherry Vine and Jackie Beat’s parodies of sitcoms as if they had taken place during the covid pandemic. It’s been such a hit, Sherry Vine’s back with her twisted sisters bringing the laughs and cornball musical numbers with The Sherry Vine Variety Show on OutTV.Inspired by the great TV variety shows of the 1970’s, Sherry Vine and director John Mark update the format with raucous comedy, show-stopping musical numbers, hilarious sketches and more.Today Sherry Vine joins us to take a look at our favorite prime time TV variety shows from the 70s and how they inspired her to bring The Sherry Vine Variety Show to life.SHERRY VINE: http://www.sherryvine.comWho can forget Cher and Tina Turner setting the stage on fire in the Cher Show, Paul Lynde scowling on the Donnie & Marie Christmas Special, or the Brady Bunch kids disco medley with Charo?WATCH THE SHERRY VINE VARIETY SHOW: https://apple.co/3vsbTBOPlus--➤ How Sherry helped Lady Gaga launch he

Even before the Covid pandemic hit there was a loneliness epidemic among LGBTQ+ folks. After many of us spent a year alone and now that restrictions start to lift, we’re all awkwardly coming together again.But like Hedwig sang in the Origin of Love “We don’t know who we are anymore.” So how do we get the help need?Today, Andrew Sartory, co-creator of the self help group Gay Man Thriving dedicated to helping gay men improve their life, relationships, and finding personal growth, joins us to take a look at the seven things you may be doing that are keeping you lonely.Listen as we chat with Andrew about techniques to improve your life and why some folks think his self help Gay Man Thriving group may be a cult.Now please enjoy the free kool-aid while we talk about time share condos.GAY MAN THRIVING: https://gaymanthriving.comPlus,➤ What’s so wrong about being happy in your solitude?➤ The two questions you don't want to ask on your first date.

Princess Diana made international headlines in 1987 at the opening of the UK’s first HIV/AIDS unit at Middlesex Hospital when she shook hands with a patient who was dying from AIDS.In an era of AIDS hysteria, this ordinary gesture marked the first time a royal or a prominent politician knowingly made public physical contact with anyone living with HIV. This simple act placed her in stark contrast to the aloof royal family and endeared her to gay men everywhere.Over time Princess Diana evolved into a fierce advocate for many great causes including HIV & AIDS, as well as leading a campaign against landmines.When Diana first entered the spotlight, she was shy and demure but after her divorce she became a strong and charismatic champion as “The People’s Princess.”But how did she do it? How did she go from someone controlled by the monarchy to a powerful advocate for the people?Today Princess Diana’s voice and presence coach, Stewart Pearce, joins us to look at how he helped Princess Diana tap into the power w

One of the most inspiring people we chatted with during the COVID pandemic is Hattie Retroage, the supermodel grandma. Hattie became a sensation after she appeared in a bathing suit alongside Claudia Schiffer in a Dolce and Gabbana magazine ad.This iconic moment in fashion propelled Hattie RetroAgeinto the zeitgeist whereshe became an outspoken advocate for cougars. Roar!Now that the world is opening back up after a year of sheltering, people seem more awkward. We’ve changed a lot this past year from staying at home, stress eating and managing social isolation. So how do we get our groove back on?Turning 85 today, Hattie knows a thing or two about surviving a pandemic or two and how to get ready to rumble in the sack.Today Hattie celebrates her 85th birthday with us, from her home in Manhattan.Listen as we chat with the Boner Queen getting banned from Tinder, why you save an arguement for after you have sex and other juicy relationship advice.HATTIE RETROAGE: https://www.instagram.com/hattitudes1

Karen Lewis’ big mouth is getting her into big trouble. Designed like a giant mouth with fangs for the Burning Man festival in 2005, Karen’s giant interactive sculptural bed is just waiting for some lucky owner to sink their teeth into it.Titled “The Bed in Your Head” this big bed piece of art looks like a set piece from a Rocky Horror Picture show themed Disney park ride. Measuring 11 x 13 feet, and 12 feet tall, this bed is looking for a new home, and lots of folks are demanding she hand over the toothy sleeping sculpture.Today artist Karen Lewis joins us to talk about “The Bed in Your Head,” her big fluffy mouth shaped bed sculpture that’s got a life of its own, and why people are obsessed with this big giant mouth.KAREN LEWIS' MOUTH BED: https://www.bedinyourhead.comPlus-- a salute to big mouths in movies, from Jaws to Rocky Horror and Audrey 2 to the Aliens Xenomorph, why are so many of them queer icons?

It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a curse? Doing something great often comes with a heavy burden, because when you’re seen as divine, people expect miracles all the time. Just like the actors who have played Jesus on TV or film, the people who brought Superman to life have often been plagued with terrible misfortune.Henry Cavill, the latest to portray the Man of Steel on film, recently tore his left hamstring during a shooting of the Witcher and posted a graphic x-ray of his thighs and booty to the thrill of his fans on social media. But more bafflingly is his latest cry for help when he shared a photo of his girlfriend Natalie Viscuso, saying that people’s “harmful speculations” about his “private life” just aren’t true. Great Caesar's ghost! What in pink kryptonite is he talking about? Unlike Ben Affleck, Chris Evans or Hugh Jackman, who seem to enjoy the speculation that they are gay or bi, Henry Cavill is taking a more regressive approach by declaring that the rumors, whatever they may be, are “causing har

When it comes to aging, nothing makes us laugh like Molly Shannon’s endearing Sally O’Malley character from SNL triumphantly stating “I’m proud to say I’m 50 years old, I’m not one of those gals who’s afraid to state her real age, and I like to kick, stretch and kick!”We love the character for embracing her silver years with panache. But for many gay men, aging can filled with fear and worry about loneliness, isolation and lack of visibility.Today therapist and relationship expert Damon L Jacobs joins us to look at turning 50 with power, purpose, and pleasure. Damon just hit the 50 year mark himself and wrote a fabulous collection of blogs on growing older with style inspired by the movie The Breakfast Club.50 LESSONS OF 50:https://50lessonsof50.blogspot.comDon’t you forget about me!Plus,➤ Fearless, quirky silver gay men we love.➤ Billy Porter comes out as HIV positive.➤ “When the going gets tough, the tough get going.” Who said it first? Cher, Bodybuilder, Drag Queen or Fascist? Play our game and find out.

How many are in your party? For some people monogamy is just right, but for a growing number of people, open relationships is where they find true happiness.We are raised on fairy tales of a handsome prince rescuing a fair maiden and then they live happily ever after, but how close is this image to real life?As gay people, we try to reinterpret that image of monogamous marriage in our fight for gay rights and marriage equality. There is even a new study that shows that GLBT youth want to be married and have kids by the age of 30.How many people are truly satisfied by having one lover for their entire life?Tristan Taormino - Opening UpTristan Taormino, award-winning author, columnist, pornographic film director joins us to talk about her new book “Opening Up: A guide to Creating and Sustaining Open Relationships.”BUY THE BOOK: https://amzn.to/3ykpzBbTristan studied over a hundred polyamorous people, in a sort of Kinsey Report on non-manogamy. Tristan interviewed in person, over the phone and by email, people w

A mother is anyone who channels feminine energy to nurture people and love them unconditionally. For many LGBTQ+ folks, we’ve had to seek out that energy when we didn’t get enough from our own mothers. Sometimes we found it in an auntie, a friend or mentor, but oftentimes, it was the divas in showbiz that raised us.From the singing divas like Eartha Kitt to Shirley Basey, to open lesbian stand up comedians like Sandra Bernhard and Moms Mabley, to the hilarious redheads of television like Carol Burnett and Lucille Ball, these women cranked up the mother goddess factor like no other and brought up generations of queer youth.Today Alexandra Gray joins us to reflect on all the great mommies who loved us, from Diana Ross who taught us to stop in the name of love to Madonna who told us to justify our love.ALEXANDRA GRAY: https://www.facebook.com/theladyalexandraPlus- Some of the great women from Feast of Fun who gave us invaluable life lessons:• Tristan Taormino - FOFA #780 – Ménage à How Many?https://feastoffun.co

One of the more outrageous moments on Feast of Fun was back in 2009 when our friend Teri Yaki told us the tale of Lady Vera Parker, a drag queen who got getting arrested and pleaded guilty to fraud for posting fake apartment ads on Craigslist and stealing the security deposits from renters. When she was caught, Lady Vera Parker was living in a UHaul truck with all her drag.Local Chicago folks were shocked by the news and it wasn’t long before the scene gave Lady Vera Parker the cut.We never thought we’d hear from her again, then almost a decade later, Lady Vera Parker popped up and she was still scamming people but now as psychic Thomas John.Today, skeptic and psychic buster Susan Gerbic joins us to talk about how she and a group of colleagues created Operation Pizza Roll to prove that Thomas John was not a psychic and that he based his readings off of information he gleaned from social media.Listen as we take a look at how people double down when they realize they are being scammed, why drag queens love camp

One of the most talked about episodes of our podcasts was this outrageous moment where Chicago drag queen Teri Yaki talked about the scandalous life of drag queen Lady Vera Parker. Here’s an encore presentation, enjoy!Drag queen Lady Vera Parker moved to Chicago with the hopes of making it big as an entertainer. Last week, her dreams were dashed when she was pulled over in U-Haul truck she allegedly stole in Kentucky. When the police pulled up her record they found a laundry list of check fraud and deception warrants. She’s now being held in Cook County Prison awaiting trial.What happened? On today’s show we’re talking to Kevin Pipkins, best known as Chicago drag queen Teri Yaki.Kevin’s worked with the now infamous Lady Vera Parker and is here to explain in detail, what, to the best of his knowledge, happened and what the future holds for this John Waters villain come to life.If you think we’re being too hard on her, remember the crimes she’s being accused of and the people she allegedly robbed.

Cryptocurrency: anything can be used as cash if you get creative enough. Cigarettes in prison, jugs of Tide detergent to pay your dealer, your body and soul at work, or cryptocurrency. When something is highly desired and in limited quantity, it can be used as money, honey.Cryptocurrencies use computing power to create a finite amount of coins, then rely on an online ledger with strong cryptography to secure all online transactions.We all heard supervillain wannabe Elon Musk yap on and on SNL about Dogecoin and Bitcoin. Even Tiger King’s Carole Baskin is in on the act with her $cat coins. But why does this all sound so shady?Today James Fritz, who was called the funniest comedian in Chicago a decade ago, comes back on the podcast to look at the weird world of cryptocurrency and the controversy surrounding Elon Musk hosting SNL.FOLLOW JAMES FRITZ:https://twitter.com/fritzisdeadPlus-➤ Does Tiger King’s Carole Baskin’s new crypto make her the $scat Queen?➤ The Bro science baloney of bone density and why conserva

Chris Crocker turned to the internet to escape the torment of being chased by gangs of boys at the mall.The internet helped him connect with the greater world around him when he couldn’t create a gay-straight alliance in his school and he left to be home schooled. To grow up a gay, eccentric and flamboyant teen has never been easy especially in a small conservative town in Tennessee.If it weren’t for the internet where would Chris Crocker be?{Best of Feast of Fun, FOF #756 - Chris Crocker Tells on You - 05.08.08}Today Chris is one of the most watched and imitated video bloggers online. His iconic video of himself weeping and imploring the public to “Leave Britney Alone” made him a household name.Chris’ videos represent the dramatic change we’re seeing in how we create and consume media. Chris’ videos are just as popular as the YouTube Presidential debates or the evening news. For millions of people everywhere, his opinion matters.Despite this, old media companies are threatened by Chris popularity because of

With the high visibility of drag queens on TV and social media and (even this podcast) there’s an idea that drag is just another form of show business, but it’s so much more.For Puerto Rican queens or “Locas” as they are known, the call to do drag often stems from the pressure to survive as an artist in a very dangerous world.Larry La Fountain’s new book Translocas: the Politics of Puerto Rican Drag and Trans Performance gives us a deep look at how Puerto Rican performers use drag to explore race, class, poverty and gender.Today Larry La Fountain, professor of queer and Latinx studies at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor joins us to take a look at the Translocas we love: from Ru girls like Nina Flowers and Monica Beverly Hillz to trans pioneer Sylvia Rivera to other fabulous performance artists like Barbara Herr, Lady Catiria, Javier Cardona, Freddy Mercado and even Larry’s alter ego Lola Von Miramar.Plus--➤ Was Ricky Martin’s mega hit pop song “Livin’ la Vida Loca” a queer coded anthem?➤ With POSE on F

With all the challenges we’ve faced in recent years it feels like we’ve all grown closer together yet sometimes it also feels like we’re a million miles apart. Like Paula Abdul sang once, we take two steps forward, two steps back. So how do we come together when opposites attract? When comedian Kate Willett suddenly found herself wanting to date men again after getting divorced from a woman she wondered about what kind of place she can hold in life for men and not let it get too weird. In her new audiobook Dirtbag Anthropology, Kate Willet takes us on an intense roller coaster ride into the world of men. The series features hilarious and insightful conversations with comedians and experts and even Kate’s own father. Today Kate Willett joins us to take a look at men, men, men. Listen as we chat with Kate about modern masculinity and how that nice guy doesn’t always end up being so nice. DIRTBAG ANTHROPOLOGYBy: Kate Willett

What’s going on with Zac Efron’s face? In a video promoting Bill Nye’s new environmental awareness project “Earth Day the Musical” fans were left gasping when el Zac appeared in the video looking like he had botched plastic surgery.I’m going to need more lip gloss to gloss these lips.Today we dig in deep to find out what happened to Zac Efron’s face.Plus so much delicious pop culture goodies:➤ Was the 2021 Academy Awards the most boring Oscars ever? What ever happened to the worst dress list?➤ The new documentary Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street opens in theaters.➤ Caitlyn Jenner is running for governor of California.➤ The average size for dongs is shrinking around the world.➤ Eartha Kitt’s daughter Kitt Shaprio is coming out with her own Mommie Dearest book- Eartha & Kitt: A Daughter's Love Story in Black and White.➤ Ricky Martin is dressed to filth sporting a grey beard.____________________FEAST OF FUN IS MADE POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF FABULOUS PEOPLE LIKE YOU.LISTEN TO THOUSANDS LEGENDARY SHOWS 
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Sesame Street is one of the most influential television programs of all time. Premiering in 1969, its profound legacy impacted generations. Millions of children and adults were both educated and entertained as they watched a world that embraced diversity and inclusiveness.And lovable grouches who live in garbage cans. In 2009 we had the pleasure of interviewing biographer Michael Davis, author of the amazing book Street Gang: The Complete History of Sesame Street. This year Michael Davis’ book is the source material for a feature documentary film, STREET GANG: HOW WE GOT TO SESAME STREET. The documentary, directed by Marilyn Agrelo is now out in theaters and is receiving great reviews. Ben Kenigsberg of the New York Times says “even nostalgia-resistant viewers can learn something from this documentary version of a book on the making of the show.”Please enjoy this encore presentation. -----------------------{Best of Feast of Fun, FOF #926 - Sesame Street Cred - 02.06.09}Sesame Street began in 1969 as a result

Tiger King- the true crime story reigned supreme as the 2020 pandemic documentary series on Netflix. The tale about an eccentric group of private zoo owners battling it out over who would be king of the caged jungle cat captivated the world at a time we all felt trapped in cages ourselves. It was so wildly popular that it is now getting a dramatic series produced by everyone’s favorite lesbian Kate McKinnon and starring none other than Hedwig himself, John Cameron Mitchel.Will the Hedwig queen be able to transform herself into the Tiger King? Today we take a look at the new web series Joe Exotic, now in production, that digs even deeper into the mayem, meth and madness of the Tiger King world. Plus--➤ Lesbify everything. Folks are asking for comedian Tig Notaro to digitally replace every terrible man in any movie ever. ➤ There’s a Change.org petition to cancel Colton Underwood’s Netflix reality TV show. ➤ Are pierrot masks basic? ➤ Who will win RuPaul’s Drag Race season 13? Place your bets!

HRH Princess Diandra has an amazing drag career impersonating her first love Diana Ross. But she also relishes channelling the other two great entertainers in her Holy Trinity- Tina Turner and Patti Labelle.As much as Princess Diandra loves her divas, she cuts them no slack. She’d just as soon come for those ladies that the “HRH” in her title might as well stand for “Honey, Read Her!”PRINCESS DIANDRA: https://www.instagram.com/hrhpd/Now the tabloids went wild when Diandra literally poked Diana Ross. So imagine what Diandra is like to celebrities she doesn’t care for. Photographer David LaChapelle tasted the apple martini she dumped over his head. Madonna felt the coldness of Diandra’s shade. And Kathie Lee Gifford got an earful on a phone call so legendary it made it on TV.Today we’re talking to Her Royal Highness Princess Diandra about all her adventures performing as a legendary drag entertainer and all celebrities she loves to read to filth.Plus–➤ Stalking celebrities outside of Studio 54 as a teenager.➤ A