Feast Of Fun : Gay Talk Show

For the first time in modern history we have huge numbers of out and proud folks who are looking forward to getting the most out of life.As the old saying goes, you’re not getting any younger. And that my friends is a marvelous thing.Today family therapist and PrEP enthusiast Damon L Jacobs joins us to celebrate as Feast of Fun approaches its 3000th episode and talk about what it's like to get older. Like a fine wine or a stinky cheese, this podcast is ripe for your enjoyment.Join us as we look back on 16 years of podcasting, LGBTQ+ aging and how to resist the temptation for media and online folks to turn to scandal, conflict and fear mongering for a little publicity.DAMON L JACOBS: http://www.damonljacobs.comFEAST OF FUN 3000: https://gofundme.com/feastoffun3000Plus--➤ Two new studies say LGBTQ folks are up to 90% vaccinated against Covid.➤ OnlyFans says they are going to delete all the adult content from their site, in other words everything. Why?➤ Leave Britney Alone creator comes out as trans with their n

As we celebrate 16 years and 3,000 episodes of Feast of Fun, we’ve asked one of our all time favorite drag queen guests, Miss Understood, to join us to look back at the early years of drag on TV and film.In the 90s, Miss Understood was a regular on the daytime TV talk show circuit. When Sally Jesse Rafael or Geraldo Rivera wanted to showcase eccentric kooks from the New York City nightlife scene, Miss Understood was there in her psychedelic pink and green looks to wow the audience.Miss Understood was cast as one of the contestants in the pageant scene in the first major Hollywood film to focus on drag queens “To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Love Julie Newmar.”This bright colored wigged gal has been in a lot: Miss Understood was featured in the documentary Wigstock and the premier episode of Sex and the City. She was also the first drag queen we had on this podcast to talk about drag queen make up long before all the makeup tutorials made it onto the internet.MISS UNDERSTOOD: http://www.screamingqueens.comM

We’re just crazy about Tommy Walton, who Chef Gordon Ramsay said was one of the most memorable people on his reality TV cooking competition MasterChef.But besides being a fierce queen in the kitchen, chef Tommy Walton also cuts it up in the sewing room as a teacher to the future Alexander McQueens of the world in the Fashion Department of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.Today we chat with Chef Tommy Walton about his stint on reality TV, his wild fashion sensibility and how he managed to convince one of the contestants that he was a vampire!Plus-–➤ Caviar Club, Tommy’s upcoming performance art dining extravaganza.➤ Being personal chef to Richard Pryor.➤ How to handle things when your everyday life is the movie Mahogany.____________________FEAST OF FUN IS MADE POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF FABULOUS PEOPLE LIKE YOU.LISTEN TO THOUSANDS LEGENDARY SHOWS 
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With more and more young people identify as non binary and LGBTQ+, Hollywood is trying to tap into that youth market by going queer all of a sudden.The Muppets long relied on switching wigs and elements of drag, but now they are diving into the deep end of the pool with Gonzo comes out as non binary while wearing a dress, and Miss Piggy being a judge on Drag Race. Even Kermit is cross dressing as Miss Piggy looking fierce as a pig in a wig!Surprisingly, non-binary comedian Jake Noll, who thought they knew it all, is getting schooled by teenagers on social media on how gender identity is changing, and that not all non binary folks like they/them pronouns.Today the brilliant and hilarious Jake Noll joins us to look at the neverending story of gender and sexual identity as it comes to the Muppets, comic book characters, Tik Tok and celebrities.JAKE NOLL: https://www.instagram.com/jakersnoll/HELP FEAST OF FUN START A LIVE STREAMING SHOW: https://www.gofundme.com/feastoffun3000Plus–➤ An app that can tell if your g

Comedian Robin Williams was so impressed with Marga Gomez that he called her the lesbian Lenny Bruce. It wasn’t long after that Hollywood cast her alongside Queen Latifah as a pair of scientists who dive deep - into the ocean to discover a buried alien spaceship in the film Sphere.The movie was released a year after comedian Ellen DeGeneres came out as gay and at the time it seemed Hollywood was ready to cast strong women in comfortable shoes into action film roles.Today comedian, performance artist, lesbian icon and sci fi action movie star Marga Gomez joins us to look at her Sphere co-star Queen Latifah finally coming out 23 years after.MARGA GOMEZ: http://www.margagomez.comListen as we take a look at how on stage performance and online media are morphing together into an unrecognizable blob, and how Marga Gomez is turning to her online streaming events to reconnect with the world and fight the Covid blues.____________________FEAST OF FUN IS MADE POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF FABULOUS PEOPLE LIKE YOU.LISTEN TO THOUSA

It’s been a while since people crowded into a music festival, so you can imagine how folks in Chicago felt when they held their breath hoping Lollapalooza wouldn’t turn into Covid-palooza. Now Lolla couldn’t can’t cancel daCovid but it did cancel DaBaby for controversial comments he made about gay men and AIDS.Now he’s apologized and even come out with a music video, which is leaving cynics wondering if it all was just a little homophic shade for just a little publicity. Today we kick off our 3,000th show countdown with comedian Matt Brown who has been blocked from the dating apps so his only hope of love is getting DaBaby’s to be his baby daddy.MATT BROWN: https://www.msbrowncomedy.comPlus--Disney Muppet Babies presents Gonzo as a non-binary Princess and right winger’s heads are exploding. New laws allow NCAA athletes to accept endorsement deals so expect lots of college studs to show a little skin on social media.

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.Listen as we take a look at why guys care about their teammate’s dong size, the average size of men all over the world and which country has the biggest dongs at the World Cup?{Best of Feast of Fun, FOF #2683 - Wild Sexy Science - 12.06.18}Plus--➤ The most effective way to keep coffee from spilling when running.➤ How to use your dog’s pooping habit as a compass.➤ Why do stock photos of scientists show them blankly staring at colored liquids in beakers?

At the height of the AIDS crisis of the late 80s, LGBTQ folks turned to creating art, performance and music to act-up, fight back and fight AIDS.One of the most powerful voices during the AIDS crisis was David Wojnarowicz, an artist and activist who combined punk music, graffiti, performance, painting and photography into a body of work that celebrated the outsider while speaking out against a hateful government that allowed thousands of Americans to die from AIDS.Today we’re talking to filmmaker Chris McKim about his new film Wojnarowicz: F**k You F*ggot F**ker. The film takes us on a thrilling journey through the AIDS epidemic as David Wojnarowicz weaponized his work to wage war on the establishment's greed and indifference until his death from AIDS in 1992 at the age of 37.➤ CHRIS MCKIM: https://www.instagram.com/burnspookybunny/➤ WATCH THE DOCUMENTARY: https://www.kinolorber.com/product/wojnarowicz-dvdThe film makes David’s art come to life once again by combining his extensive audio and video recordings

It’s hard to talk about the lives of LGBTQ+ people without talking about the nightlife scene where so many folks find their home. But for all the attention focused on Stonewall, Fire Island or PTown, most of queer experience, especially for trans and people of color, exists in spaces that most don’t even know about.In the new book Queer Nightlife, writer Kareem Khubchandani and a collection of academics lift the veil on these special spaces where creativity flourishes as an alternative to the alternative spaces we know and love.But what's happening to them now that digital media and over policing is changing the nightlife landscape?Today Kareem Khubchandani, author of Ishtyle: Accenting Gay Indian Nightlife joins us to look at queer nightlife and spaces all around the world. KAREEM KHUBCHANDANI:(aka LaWhore Vagistan)https://www.instagram.com/lawhorevagistan/WATCH THE MUSIC VIDEO: "SARI"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Op-aSfh6sxQListen as Kareem (also known as LaWhore Vagistan joins us to look at gays on overs

Britney Spears, you’re in trouble girlfriend.Since the very beginning of her pop music career, Britney Spears’ life seems to have been in turmoil. And much like pop star Micheal Jackson’s experience growing up with a controlling father, Britney is railing against her own dad’s attempt to manage her finances and personal life.After the “Free Britney Movement” got new life with her heartbreaking plea to a judge about ending the conservatorship placed over her, we’re all left wondering why Britney wasn’t set free immediately? Why did her own lawyer quit? What’s next for Britney?Believe it or not, this legal case may impact all of us.Today writer Aron Solomon joins us to took at Britney Spears’ legal woes and the #freeBritney movement after her shocking testimony where she asked the judge to send her father and his team to jail for forcing her into what she describes as shocking and abusive conservatorship.READ MORE ABOUT BRITNEY SPEARSARTICLES BY ARON SOLOMON: https://www.todaysesquire.com/aron-solomon/What the

As the fog of the Covid Pandemic starts to clear, we’re left with even more questions about what happened.For example, why are folks still not wanting to get a covid vaccine? Some of these people who won't get vaccinated because they say “you just don't know what’s in it” are also the folks who will happily swallow a fistful of Oxycodone or take some Ecstasy they found on the floor of a nightclub.Now if a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, maybe we can reach the holdouts by offering free drugs with every vaccination?Today comedian Carma Nibarger joins us to talk about her experience working as a nurse during the Covid Pandemic at a Chicago hospital where almost 100% of all patients were being treated for Covid infections.Listen to Tales of survivors guilt, designer covid, the horrors of seeing people die and relationships that ended as a result of this horrible pandemic.

The headline read: “Simon Cowell Fears The Worst If This Mother/Daughter Danger Act Goes Wrong.” Now we knew they wouldn’t show on America’s Got Talent our friend Gigi Deluxe shooting an arrow straight through her daughter’s head, but Gigi’s friends still held their breath as she shot arrows through balloons, inches away from her daughter's face.Way back in 2005, the gorgeous Gigi Deluxe was one of the first guests on Feast of Fun, and at that time Gigi was one of Chicago’s most celebrated nightlife personalities. Since then, Gigi Deluxe has moved to New Orleans where she’s cultivated her circus act in archery, impalement and sword swallowing.Today Gigi Deluxe, the Danger Duo momma from America’s Got Talent joins us to look at shooting arrows at her daughter on national TV, how she knows her aim is straight and what she thought of Howie Mandel who didn’t like her act.Plus-➤ Why is John Waters in their family portrait?➤ Living through the Michael Alig Party Monster Scene while being Amanda LePore’s next door n

Comedian Julia Scotti has been doing stand up all her life.In the 80s, Julia was a regular alongside other comedy legends like Ellen DeGeneres and Jerry Seinfeld who were just getting their start in the business. Julia’s raunchy humor was a hit on cable TV and she regularly opened for the day’s top musical acts.At the time, Julia identified as male but in 2000, she left comedy to begin her transition and to find a more stable career. Now at the age of 63, Julia’s going back to her lifelong passion- stand-up comedy.The new documentary “She’s Funny That Way” takes us on Julia’s journey back into the comedy spotlight as a sensation on America’s Got Talent. In the film we get to see Julia’s reconciliation with her family and we get to see her confront her own transphobic jokes she made on television before she transitioned.Today the hilarious comedian Julia Scotti joins us to take a look at her amazing comedy career and life as a trans mom in the new documentary “She’s Funny That Way” directed by first time docum

One of the things we adore about RuPaul’s Drag Race is how the show turns a group of drag queens fighting for the crown into an epic battle royale. And like all legendary shows, we’re left wondering what’s really happening behind all that glitter.Today, Ginger Minj, our favorite Broadway baby turned pageant queen and cross dresser for Christ joins us to give us a sneak peek at her new album “Sweet T” which features a collaboration with Carnie Wilson and music icon Nile Rodgers.Listen as Ginger serves up a big cool glass of sweet tea as she weighs in on RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars Two, Adore’s and Phi Phi’s emotional moments and the larger than life personalities she wanted to portray on Snatch Game.Plus-- all your questions from our Facebook page. You don’t want to miss this one!{Best of Feast of Fun, Originally posted: FOF #2401 - Ginger Minj Serves up Some Sweet T - 10.04.16}

From Washington to Obama, there’s always been some speculation about the love lives our nation’s leaders but what about affairs of the same sex kind?We're not sure if this same-sex kiss between Dubya and the Saudi Prince is legal under sharia law.Let’s face it, most ambitious men love attention, and that means having it come from just about anyone. And until the turn of the century, same-gender sexual experiences weren’t uncommon in the lives of men.So how would you know if the love that dare not speak its name was taking place in the Oval Office?Join us today as we try to uncover the facts and myths on the secret gay lives of our nation’s leaders.Who was the gayest founding father and the most swinging guy on our nation’s currency?Who was the first gay republican?Why was the Revolutionary Army Called an Army of lovers?Special Thanks to my gal pal Karen Lewis for letting us use her two song parodies of Yankee Doodle Boy and Grand Ol Flag. Buy something nice on her site.Plus–➤ Pop singer Aaron Carter now denie

The term legend gets tossed around a lot in reference to drag entertainers, but it certainly fits the bill for the legendary Kelly Lauren. For over forty years, Kelly has been in a fixture in the drag scene. And she’s a winner baby! Kelly Lauren’s been crowned Miss Gay Houston, Miss Texas-USofA and the one crown to rule them all - Miss Continental.Kelly surprises and delights audiences with vampish ways and dirty dirty blond onstage antics that comes across as a delirious fun fusion, if Stevie Nicks was a Las Vegas showgirl.Today the legendary Kelly Lauren joins us in the home studio to take a look at her real life as a trans woman working in showbiz in a drag race world.★ KELLY LAUREN: https://www.facebook.com/klauren3Listen as we chat with Kelly about how a good man is hard to find, cancelling shame and cancel culture and what it’s going to take to get her back on stage after a year of not being in the spotlight.★ Access Thousands of Legendary Podcasts at: https://feastoffun.com/plusor via Patreon: https://

Even though folks have been crossdressing for entertainment since the dawn of time, the rise of the modern drag queen can be traced back to a some relatively recent events and a few key artists.While American society in the 1960s was opening up to the many possibilities offered by the sexual revolution, a lot of drag artists took the art of female impersonation very seriously, and didn’t stray too far from a feminine ideal. It was folks on the fringe like Divine, Sylvester, the Cockettes, Holly Woodlawn and David Bowie who shaped drag into a multi-faceted art form we see today.Today, queer educator, doctor of drag Lady J Martinez O’Neal Davenport joins us to take a look at the rise of the modern drag queen, from Holly Woodlawn and the Warhol Superstars to David Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust persona to RuPaul who made her-story by being the first drag queen to get signed by a major record label.

After a lifetime of denying rumors of same sex affection in the Beatles, Paul McCartney recently landed a bombshell stating that he and John Lennon did in fact come together.Today we take a look at the secret gay lives of rock and roll legends from the UK- The Beatles, David Bowie, The Rolling Stones and Queen’s Freddie Mercury.Best of Feast of Fun, originally posted as FOF #2650 - The Secret Gay Lives of The Beatles - 09.18.18

Gilbert Baker considered the flag an unfinished work of political art and encouraged others to design their own versions, like the Leather or Trans Pride Flags, so he never copyrighted the design. Unfortunately, some businesses and politicians have also used the flag as a selling point for their own agenda which doesn’t always align with queer liberation.Designer and Cooking with Drag Queens title sequence animator, Daniel Quasar created a version he calls the Progress Pride Flag, a design that included elements from the Philadelphia People Of Color Inclusive Flag and the Trans Pride Flag in a chevron overlaid on top of the traditional Pride flag to draw attention to the needs of trans folks and people of color in our community.Today designer Daniel Quasar joins us to talk about creating the Progress Pride Flag- how it went viral overnight and why it resonated with people all around the world.

As America starts to nervously open up and hopefully overcome the Covid pandemic, it’s good to know that some things never change: Feast of Fun is still going strong and the outrageous comedian Matt Brown is back in person to give you a full dose of Gay Pride you didn’t think you could handle.Today, we are back in the home studio, in-person, face to face with comedian Ms Brown, Matt Brown if you’re nasty, and let’s face it, who isn’t?CLOWN WITH MS. BROWN: https://www.msbrowncomedy.com/Listen as we take a look at Matt’s captivating Joan Crawford inspired eyebrows and all the sizzling hot news:➤ At six foot and seven inches, Carl Nassibb becomes first active NFL player to come out of the locker room and into our hearts.➤ Juneteenth becomes a Federal holiday➤ Release the pressure again, Steamworks Gym Sauna and baths reopens to the public.