Synopsis
Gay Fun Show: Feast of Fools podcast makes your iPod fabulous! Fresh, funny talk on odd news, social trends and celebrity interviews peppered with a dazzling assortment of cocktail recipes and how-to projects. Serving up sass with five new shows every week, listen to real-life gay couple Fausto Fernos and Marc Felion along with their hilarious regulars: Amanda Steinstein, Sal-E and Gregg Shapiro. Subscribe now and take a fresh new look at the media. Winner of the Peoples Choice Podcast Award for ~Best GLBT Podcast~ 2006 and 2007.
Episodes
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FOF #2047 – Disability After Dark: Andrew Gurza's Sex on Wheels
16/09/2014 Duration: 01h17minIt’s not always easy getting the sex you want, whether you’re in a wheelchair or not.For writer Andrew Morrison Gurza, it’s important that people recognize that disabled folks are sexual beings too. Now, as a gay man, it’s not always easy for Andrew to get his groove on, but he has game and does just fine.Today Andrew Morrison Gurza who relies on a wheelchair because of his cerebral palsy (as comedian Zach Anner says The Sexiest of all the Palsies) joins us to talk about being queer and disabled.Listen as Andrew talks about queer crip liberation, the very sexy Alex Minsky and why you should totally go out on a date with that cute guy in a wheelchair.Plus–➤ Kanye West stops his concert to yell at a guy in a wheelchair and a guy with a prosthetic leg, asking them why they aren’t standing up for him.➤ A teenager in Georgia gets suspended for selling sugary Pepsi Cola to fellow students. ➤ A man kills his girlfriend’s dog and feeds it to her.____________________FEAST OF FUN IS MADE POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF FABULOUS PE
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FOF #2041 – Coco Peru Gets Intimate
08/09/2014 Duration: 01h05minFor over two decades, drag legend Coco Peru has appeared in many fabulous TV shows like Will & Grace and movies like Girls will be Girls, Too Wong Foo and Trick, where’s she will always be known for her iconic line “it burns.”An interesting thing has happened since she started her career- drag audiences have gotten a lot younger. With the phenomena of online media and RuPaul’s Drag Race, drag queens find themselves becoming mother figures to a whole new generation.Today the legendary Coco Peru joins us to talk about her fabulous new career interviewing divas like Jane Fonda and Liza Minnelli for the Los Angeles LGBT Center, her shopping videos and she weighs in on the massive celebrity naked pic scandal.Coco is coming to Chicago as part of the Divine Decadence Series on Sept 26th. Get your tickets here.Plus–➤ Coco’s Five Rules for a Joyful, Good Fuck.➤ How young people might be exploited by YouTube.➤ Farewell to comedy pioneer Joan Rivers, she was 81.____________________FEAST OF FUN IS MADE POSSIBLE BECAU
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FOF #2033 – Cameron Esposito Comes Back
14/08/2014 Duration: 59minFor years comedian Cameron Esposito was a regular on the podcast and even performed with us at a gay men’s bathhouse.Since then she’s moved to L.A. and done really well for herself – Jay Leno called her “the future of comedy” on Craig Ferguson’s show, she’s appeared many times on Chelsea Lately and she even voiced a character on the cartoon Adventure Time.But has all this success come at a cost? The quest for fame can make you do strange things, like in the movie Fame where they got so carried away they danced on top of cars.Listen as we reconnect with America’s Lesbian Sweetheart Cameron Esposito about her Hollywood success, her working and romantic relationship with comedian Rhea Butcher and behind the scenes hijinks at Chelsea Lately.PHOTO: Cameron Esposito with Jay Leno and Craig Ferguson. When comedians "get the chair" it is a rite of passage, meaning they have reached a new milestone in their careers. JOIN US FOR THIS AND ALL THE HOT NEWS:➤ Her new album Same Sex Symbol.➤ The gender duality to her side
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FOF #1979 – RuPaul's Drag Race's BenDeLaCreme Rises to the Top
02/05/2014 Duration: 01h25minAudiences around the nation booed as RuPaul sent BenDeLaCreme home after failing to lip sync for his life on RuPaul’s Drag Race. Even though Bendela won the show’s opening challenge, the judges said his looks on the runway were way off mark. This made no sense since Ben’s looks were flawless.Ben ended up in the bottom two with Darienne Lake, who like a pitbull, latched onto the ankle of Ben’s ego early in the season and wouldn’t let go. Many expected to see Darienne get her comeuppance for being an unreasonable bitch but in the end, Ben sashayed away leaving everyone to wonder what happened.Today we put a little Ben DeLaCreme into our coffee as he joins us to talk about his burlesque roots in Chicago, being gal pals with season five winner Jinkx Monsoon and how he used drag to overcome shyness.Plus– ➤ Dolly Parton clarifies the decades long lesbian rumors. ➤ A new study says up talking like a valley girl will cost you a job promotion. ➤ Prince Harry says he’ll go gay if he breaks up with his current girlfrien
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FOF #1970 – We L.U.V. Madonna for Being Ridiculous
17/04/2014 Duration: 01h18minToo often, pop stars seem more concerned with getting a little publicity than being good musicians. They made their careers as symbols of youthful sexuality, but now seem a little out of touch when they cling onto their gyrating ways during their golden years.And despite (or because of) all that, it’s also why we love Madonna!Probably no other pop star has been more parodied than Madonna, and nobody pulls off a more flawless job than Nadya Ginsburg, the woman of a 1000 voices.Today, Nadya joins us to take a look at Madonna’s hilariously ridiculous skincare product line, her surprise aerobics class in Toronto and her new upcoming Madonnalouge webseries.Plus–➤ Malawi’s State Department reads Madonna to filth!➤ J-LO’s not so very lesbian kiss from Rita Moreno.
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FOF #1943 – Bianca Del Rio and Adore Delano Are as Bad as They Wanna Be
26/02/2014 Duration: 51minToo many drag queens worry about being liked. They want to be miss popularity, even though they dress like Disney villains and sometimes even act like a bitch.Be as bad as you wanna be girls- if you’re fierce, you’ll feel the love.Today we’re joined by two of the baddest queens RuPaul’s Drag Race has seen in a long time, Adore Delano and the Queen of Mean, Bianca Del Rio.Bianca is well known in NYC’s drag scene as the “queen of mean” for her hilarious insult comedy. Adore competed in boy drag on American Idol season 7 as Danny Noriega. Since then, Adore Delano has had a very successful career as a video blogger.Listen as these bad girls take us behind the scenes on your favorite TV show and answer all your questions.WATCH COOKING WITH DRAG QUEENS:★ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL135316A7297AAE42____________________LOVE FEAST OF FUN? LISTEN TO THOUSANDS LEGENDARY SHOWS with NO ADS:★ https://feastoffun.com/plusFOLLOW FEAST OF FUN:❤️ https://youtube.com/feastoffun?sub_confirmation=1
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FOF #1929 – Bob the Drag Queen: Common Mistakes All Drag Queens Make
04/02/2014 Duration: 01h28minA lot of people think that being an awesome drag queen is all about the hair, make-up and costume, the more obnoxious the better.But in reality, being a successful drag queen requires immersing yourself into the audience and picking up on subtle cues.Today one of New York City’s most successful nightclub acts – Bob the Drag Queen reflects with us on common mistakes drag queens make, in the club and on the net.Plus– ➤ A Saudi cleric calls for babies to wear burqas to prevent rape.➤ Coca-Cola sneaks gay parents into its Superbowl ad.➤ Turkey’s Rainbow Revolution.➤ New survey reveals that gay teenage boys use steroids more than straight boys.➤ Rest in peace Philip Seymour Hoffman, the actor best known for his role in The Hunger Games died from a heroin overdose, he was 46.____________________LOVE FEAST OF FUN? LISTEN TO THOUSANDS LEGENDARY SHOWS with NO ADS:★ https://feastoffun.com/plusFOLLOW FEAST OF FUN:❤️ https://youtube.com/feastoffun?sub_confirmation=1
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FOF #1916 – Bob the Drag Queen: How to Succeed in Drag Without Really Tucking
13/01/2014 Duration: 01h31minDespite never having won any pageants and never being on any reality TV shows, Bob the Drag Queen is one of New York City’s hottest acts. Like Lady Bunny and RuPaul before him, Bob made his way from the southern gay mecca of Atlanta, Georgia to take a bite out of the Big Apple.Today, Bob the Drag Queen spills the tea on how to become a fierce drag queen and how take over your city’s nightclub scene even if it means stealing another girl’s gigs.Plus–➤ Jennifer Lawrence’s atrocious Golden Globes dress goes viral.➤ Advice for drag queens who struggle with song parodies.➤ Katie Couric says she left her awkward transgender gential questions for Carmen Carrera in her show in order to teach everyone an important lesson.____________________LOVE FEAST OF FUN? LISTEN TO THOUSANDS LEGENDARY SHOWS with NO ADS:★ https://feastoffun.com/plusFOLLOW FEAST OF FUN:❤️ https://youtube.com/feastoffun?sub_confirmation=1
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FOF #1907- The Man Behind Lady Gaga’s Meat Dress
10/12/2013 Duration: 01h10sOne of the the most talked about and parodied costumes any pop star has ever sported is the meat dress worn by Lady Gaga at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards. Mother Monster wore it to draw attention to the U.S. military ban on lesbian and gay service members. Time Magazine named it the top fashion statement of the year.Best Simpsons Fashion Statement Ever.Best Simpsons Fashion Statement Ever.Today we’re serving up butcher shop realness, talking to Franc Fernandez, the remarkable man behind the amazing and delicious meat dress.Listen as we talk about how they made the meat dress, how the dress influenced the government’s lifting of the the anti-gay military ban, and discover where that mouth watering gown eventually wound up.
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FOF #1897 – Mateo Lane's Million Dollar Body Parts
14/11/2013 Duration: 01h15minEveryone knows insurance is a huge racket. You pay money over the years and when you need it, the company figures out a way of weaseling out on making good on your claim.Some celebrities have more disposable cash than common sense, so they have insured their asses to protect their assets.Today the hilarious Matteo Lane joins us to pick through the random body parts celebrities get insured for millions and billions of dollars.Mariah Carey’s legs are insured for one billion dollars, and I can’t even afford health insurance. The tampon alone for that costs $10k.MATTEO LANE: https://twitter.com/MatteoLanePlus–➤ Lady Gaga lashes out against Madonna and Perez Hilton on the Howard Stern Show, saying all this hate is stemming from the fact that Madonna is mad that Gaga doesn’t care about what she has to say about her.➤ Gaga also says she’s open to the idea of a three way with her hunky boyfriend Taylor Kinney.➤ A man mysteriously dies after opening a box labeled Pandora.➤ HIV positive people can now donate their orga
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FOF #1888 – Peaches Christ & Brian Sweeney: Outrageous Moments in Horror Films
30/10/2013 Duration: 01h39minHorror films are inherently ridiculous– besides the notion that whenever teenagers have sex they have to be immediately killed by a supernatural monster, the idea of a sustained drama where dread and tension are rolled into moral themes seems over the top.But like cheesy haunted houses, people can’t get enough of their favorite horror films. Today’ we’re on a double date with Peaches Christ and Brian Sweeney talking about outrageous moments in horror films.Plus–➤ A tribute to the chainsaw.➤ Where would movie monsters be without their rusty chainsaw?➤ The theatrical origins of horror films.➤ How the very gay Nightmare on Elm Street movie was made.____________________FEAST OF FUN IS MADE POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF FABULOUS PEOPLE LIKE YOU.LISTEN TO THOUSANDS LEGENDARY SHOWS with NO ADS:★ feastoffun.com/plus
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FOF #1884 – Reina Valentino: A Real Sneak Peek into Lady Gaga’s Muppets Holiday Special
21/10/2013 Duration: 01h14minLady Gaga is back on TV, and this time around she’s not wearing Kermit the Frog, she’s singing duets with him and all the Muppets.On Thanksgiving night, Lady Gaga stars in a 90-minute special with the Muppets featuring Elton John, Joseph Gordon Levitt and RuPaul.Today we’re giving you a real sneak peak into Gaga’s holiday special with the dirt on the show you won’t hear about anywhere else.Gaga in muppets- According to an interview with Kermit, Gaga won’t be slicing and dicing their bodies into her fashion couture.Also joining us is nightclub personality Reina Valentino, who like Amanda Lepore is notorious for having tons of plastic surgery and entertaining gentleman callers.➤ Lady Gaga has a nervous breakdown on Twitter, posts pretty much every negative photo taken of her in the past 5 years.➤ A new biography on gay icon Gore Vidal says he slept with pretty much every man in Hollywood.➤ Britney Spears says “Work Bitch” is an homage to her gay fans, and not Jessie Pinkman.➤ Despite anti-gay laws, openly gay c
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FOF #1862 – Coco Peru Comes to Chicago
18/09/2013 Duration: 01h05minOne of our favorite guests is Coco Peru, best known for her hilarious appearances in the films Too Wong Foo and Trick where she famously says “It BURNS!”As a drag entertainer, Coco Peru’s career has spanned decades, from the height of the AIDS crisis to the battle for Marriage Equality.Today, Coco Peru joins us to talk about her upcoming one woman show in Chicago and her live talk show series with celebrated artists like Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin and Karen Black and the life lessons we’ve learned from interviewing these big but approachable stars.Coco also answers the burning question- What happened to the long awaited sequel, Girls will be Girls 2?PLUS–➤ Making a dramatic appearance by helicopter on morning television, Britney Spears gets nauseous and pukes all over herself.➤ Never eat a Frito pie before going on a chopper ride. ➤ Did celebrities who write children’s book have bad childhoods?➤ Madonna, Perez Hilton and RIcky Martin’s childrens books. Publishers must have rejected the title “The Bratty Little S
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FOF #1843 – Is Comedian Evan Williams gay? Hop Aboard Matteo Lane’s Bait Bus
13/08/2013 Duration: 01h11minIs comedian Evan Williams gay? Do you really want to know the answer?Sometimes when we have a sexy gay guy on the show, he nervously brings a friend along to keep us from hitting on him. Nice try Matteo, it never works.Today the hilarious, Matteo Lane joins us with his hunky, muscular friend Evan Williams to talk about their rising careers as comedians in New York City or maybe Matteo brought Evan along because he thinks this podcast is some kind bait bus.Listen as we talk with these charming fellas about overcoming shyness, drugs and alcohol abuse, dating the same guy as your brother and measuring biceps as a sexual fetish.16.5 inches, in case you were wondering.➤ Come see the sluttier side of Sears. For the sexy but thrifty leather man in your life, get him a harness from Sears from their Elegant Moments collection.MATTEO LANE: https://twitter.com/MatteoLaneEVAN WILLIAMS: https://twitter.com/itsevanwilliams➤ HBO’s CEO says piracy helps the company sell more subscriptions.➤ Oprah Winfrey gets told she can’t
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FOF #1768 – Jinkx Monsoon and Alaska Thunderfuck are on Fire
03/04/2013 Duration: 44minIt’s been an incredible year so far for Jinkx Monsoon and Alaska Thunderfuck from RuPaul’s Drag Race.Right now these two drag queens are in the top 5 of this season of Drag Race and they are our personal picks for America’s Next Drag Superstar, or Miss Congeniality.Baked Alaska with Monsoon sauced.Alaska has been best known up until now as the boyfriend of Sharon Needles, the current reigning America’s Next Drag Superstar but she is now poised to take the grand prize herself. Just how closely does the movie Showgirls resemble their relationship?Jinkx has long dazzled audiences in musical theater in the Pacific Northwest, most recently starring in Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Jinkx strikes terror in the hearts of drag pageant girls everywhere with her outrageous style.Today they are in the home studio, taking us on a wild ride behind the scenes of the show. Join us for this very special in-depth conversation about drag, music, their lives and RuPaul.Plus– all your questions!
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FOF #1750 – Matteo Lane Hates the Way He Looks
27/02/2013 Duration: 01h02minIt’s hard to believe, but even some of the most attractive people hate having their picture taken.It’s also good to also practice your “cut a bitch” look in front of a mirror.And in this digital age, everyone is taking photos of everybody all the time, making us feel like cover girls with pimples on our faces.Today the hilarious Matteo Lane joins us to talk about looking marvelous, taking photos after sex and we share some quick and easy tips on how you can be more comfortable in front of a camera and look your best.MATTEO LANE: Join us for this and all the hot news–➤ Iceland considers banning violent and degrading porn.➤ A transgender frat guy asks the internet to pay for his top surgery.➤ Do schools have the right to send letters home to parents notifying them that their kids are obese?➤ Dennis Rodman heads to North Korea.➤ Screw the Associated Press. One AP writer used the word “homophobia” in an article despite their new guideline not to use it. Where do they ultimately stand?____________________FEAST OF
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FOF #1705 – Matteo Lane is Bootylicious
04/12/2012 Duration: 01h03minMoving to New York has come with quite a few challenges for comedian Matteo Lane. With the recent hurricane and the tough comedy scene Matteo feels he’s treading water.But, one of the side benefits of living in a six story walk up apartment is that his butt has gotten a whole lot more bootylicious.So what’s he doing with his newfound badunkadunk? Is the junk in trunk landing him a hunk or is he just attracting skunks?They can guide my sleigh any night.Today, Matteo Lane is back in Chicago in our home studio to talk about surviving Hurricane Sandy, hooking up in the Big Apple and why he only recently discovered the Golden Girls.Plus- Marc’s visit to Pittsburgh and riding in Sharon Needles’ hearse.Join us for this and all the hot news: A British woman names her daughter Hashtag, attracting venomous hate on the internet. #badparenting Inventor Justin Esch a self-described “bacontrepreneur” offers bacon scented shaving cream as the perfect gift for the bacon lover in your life. Fenugreek as a fabulous sports supp
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FOF #1696 – Peaches Christ, You Smell Terrific!
14/11/2012 Duration: 01h16minOf all our senses, smell may well be the most emotionally powerful. It isn’t just about detecting what’s cooking on the stove or who dealt that silent but deadly fart, smell allows our minds to connect with memories from the past, to quickly assess danger and is key to the way we think about how things taste.Considering how important the sense of smell is, you’d think more people would pay closer attention to it. Today, the sweet scented Peaches Christ joins us to talk about smell, and why so many drag queens are so stinky! What causes us to smell so bad, and how to freshen up your costumes, wigs, and your very own body to smell your very best.PEACHES CHRIST: http://peacheschrist.com/Plus–➤ Our favorite smells and how companies use scents to get us to buy more shit.➤ Chinese pilots get their armpits sniffed during job interviews.➤ Edible perfume?➤ Things that make you smell bad from the inside out.➤ And some simple fixes to smell like a rose.
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FOF #1646 – Whatever Happened to Those Celebrity Animals?
29/08/2012 Duration: 53minBefore cats ruled the internet, Hollywood had always been in love with all the animals, the same way they love their celebrites. One of the very first films ever made was a horse galloping, straight to the glue factory!Like their human counterparts, some of the animals in Hollywood have led pretty awesome lives, but other animal’s stories are filled with exploitation, imposters and depressing deaths.Who was the Lindsay Lohan of the animal kingdom?Today we take a look at celebrity animals. The stories behind Mister Ed the horse, Benji the dog, Keiko the Killer Whale from Free Willy and Moose, the Jack Russell Terrier from Frazier, the Taco Bell Chihuahua, Lassie, Cheetah the Chimp, and Trouble, one of the world’s richest dogs.Plus,➤ Madonna writes a Manifesto and forgives Elton John.➤ You thought you have sex on your mind all the time? A fish with it’s genetalia on its head is discovered in Viet Nam.➤ And it’s not over yet– rumors are circulating that someone is trying to sell video footage of Prince Harry hav
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FOF #1645 – Matteo Lane: Start Spreading the News
28/08/2012 Duration: 01h08minWe absolutely fell in love with comedian Matteo Lane, a triple threat of comedy, opera singing and commercial illustration. Effortlessly zipping from Liza Minnelli impersonations to sassy gay banter, Matteo’s funny bone is as hard as a rock.Today we say bon voyage to Matteo Lane, as he’s moving to New York City for his job, but what he’s really excited about is working the comedy scene in the Big Apple.And the men.Listen as we get into the nitty gritty of his Italian family, his relationship with his older gay brother and Matteo gets some soul mamma love from us on how to enjoy the moment as it comes.MATTEO LANE: https://twitter.com/MatteoLaneJoin us for this and all the hot news:➤ The American Academy of Pediatrics issued a controversial report, saying the health benefits of male circumcision outweigh the risks.➤ Jerry Nelson, the man behind the voice of Count von Count died at the age of 78.➤ Rosie’s secret gay wedding.➤ Vice President Joe Biden thanked gay rights advocates in P-Town, Massachusets, calling