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A perfect friendship: Francois Clemmons and Fred Rogers’ friendship helped change the course of children’s television. (From left to right: Daniel Tiger, Francois Clemmons, Fred Rogers, Lady Elaine Fairchilde. Photos courtesy of Fred Rogers Center and Francois Scarborough Clemmons.One of the unexpected surprises from “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” the documentary film on Mr. Rogers, was just how fierce and unapologetically gay in real life is Francois Clemmons, the actor who played Officer Clemmons on Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood.Francois joined the pioneering children’s TV show as a young man and spent decades playing Officer Clemmons. As one of the first African Americans to have a recurring role on children’s television, Francois was in a unique position to help Fred Rogers open his eyes to the struggles of disenfranchised people. In turn, Francois learned to take in the love that Fred had to give.Today we’re delighted to talk to Officer Clemmons, Francois Diva Man Scarborough Clemmons from his home in Vermont

We've got a special show for you today, blues musician Gaye Adegbalola plays her greatest hits in our studio. She's wrapping up her farewell tour with her band Saffire and getting ready to work on a new solo album. Today Gaye is here to talk about her work in the civil rights movement of the 1960s, what drives her passion in music and why fighting shame is so critical for gay liberation.We first met Gaye back in 2005 at the Out Music Awards where she wowed the crowd with her audacious song "Big Ovaries" looking absolutely stunning wearing a white tuxedo with tails that complimented her silver shock of hair and dark skin. We were charmed by her then and we are so pleased to finally have her in the studio performing such wonderfully outrageous songs such as "Bareback Rider" and "I Can Do Bad All By Myself" which tells the tale of love that just may not be worth it. Gaye's put out six critically acclaimed albums, a live album and thousands of shows with her musical collaborators Ann Rabson and Andra Faye in Saff

After auditioning for nine seasons of RuPaul’s Drag Race, Nina West was ready to throw in the make up smeared towel when she finally got that life changing phone call.We all could see it in her eyes on every episode of Drag Race “I can’t believe I’m finally here.” Nina went on to win people’s hearts and became Miss Congeniality.As one of the most generous drag queens on Drag Race, Nina West has raised over two million dollars for local and national charities through her charitable fund The Nina West Foundation.As a drag queen who reads to adults as well as children, Nina’s had to face haters from both sides, with some conservatives accusing her of corrupting children while others say she’s watering down the edgy nature of drag.But one of the most punk thing you can do is treat everyone with kindness and fearlessly be yourself.Today Nina West, from RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 11 joins us to talk about her adventures after becoming Miss Congeniality. This Friday Nina passes on the torch to this season's winner. W

Considering how important it is to give blood, every donor should be greeted with a pizza party when they give a pint of blood to a complete stranger.Instead, some blood donors still get turned away if they answer yes to being men who have sex with other men.Because the FDA already has a good handle on testing blood for HIV, you’re more likely to win the lottery than catch anything from a pint of gay blood.Today gay rights activist JD Miller joins us to look at why the ban on gay blood donation persists even with its devastating impact on everyone’s health.JD Miller:https://jdmillerphd.comPlus--➤ Wonderfully weird things people do with blood.➤ Marie Cau becomes France’s first openly transgender mayor.➤ Christian Cooper, the black Central Park man who was harassed by a white woman introduced the first gay human character into the Star Trek universe.

With all the Rona Pandemic doom and gloom, Lady Bunny’s latest comedy special could place her in the category of essential worker for her fans even if others are asking, “haven’t we suffered enough?”With all the gloom and doom surrounding the Rona, Lady Bunny’s twisted humor makes her an essential worker. But then again, haven’t we suffered enough?Today, the deranged and demented Lady Bunny gives us a sneak peek into CUNTAGIOIUS, her half hour comedy special with guest star Christeene. In what may be your last good laugh before the apocalypse, Bunny parodies songs by Lizzo, Justin Bieber, Madonna and even Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee’s Despacito.Even RuPaul is not spared by Bunny’s fracking show in her parody of “Sissy That Walk” called “Sissy That Cough.” Listen as Bunny weighs in on all the people flipping their lids over wearing masks in public, her sex scene with RuPaul in Starrbooty and how she’s keeping her wits about her during these difficult times. Plus– ➤ Enterprising drag queens in Canada are now se

Matt Alber’s music career exploded in 2009 after the video for his song “End of the World” got well over half a million hits. Since then, he’s gone the independent route, touring the country as a solo artist and sometimes as the featured singer with gay choirs.Today we are happy to present a live music session with with Grammy Award winner Matt Alber– playing music from his latest album Constant Crows. Listen as Matt plays his songs and talks about growing up in St. Louis, Missouri, his unique singing style and falling in love.Plus–➤ A Catholic bishop does an exorcism to fight Marriage Equality in Illinois.➤ People celebrate Marriage Equality at Sidetrack in Chicago, and get a free exorcism. So that’s what that tingle on my neck was all about. ➤ Fake cop, no donuts.➤ JPMorgan’s Twitter session goes horribly wrong, with thousands of people tweeting their new Vice Chairman questions like “Does the sleaze wash off with a regular shower, or do you have to use something special like babies tears?”_______________

Mike Ruiz is a world renowned celebrity and fashion photographer who's worked with the world’s top brands and entertainers, but we’ll always know him best as the director of one of our favorite cult films, Starrbooty.A few years before Drag Race became a hit, Rupaul wrote and starred in Starrbooty, a sequel to the low-budget videos she made with her friends in the mid 80s that were sold out of shopping carts at gay bars in Atlanta, Georgia.This over the top film can’t be found anywhere. It includes RuPaul doing her best Diahann Carol impersonation, gratuitous full frontal nudity and a sex scene between Lady Bunny and Ru.MIKE RUIZ: http://www.mikeruiz.com/Today Mike Ruiz joins us to take a look back at directing RuPaul’s outrageous cult film Starrbooty which gave us the notorious filter for season one of Drag Race and being the April/May cover stud for Out Magazine.Listen as Mike shares with us stories of being a guest judge on RuPaul’s Drag Race for six seasons, shooting Kathy Griffin and Puppies and Pecs- a

Tick tock, you’ve been clocked… by a shark! If you thought Drag Race All-Stars was a treacherous tornado, wait until you catch Alaska Thunderfuck in The Last Sharknado: It’s About Time. Sharknado is the only sci fi film that dares to ask: what if killer sharks could fly around in a tornado?In the latest and quite possibly final installment of the series, The Last Sharknado: It’s About Time, one of our favorite drag queens, Alaska Thunderfuck, death drops for her life in hopes of surviving this tornado of murderous sharks, now with the ability to travel through time.The film has it all: sharks, more sharks, Alaska Thunderfuck and so many celebrity cameos it could sink the Love Boat.Today Alaska Thunderfuck joins us to take a bite out of The Last Sharknado film and to talk about playing the daughter of Star Trek’s Marina Sirtis in the movie.Love the podcast? Support Feast of Fun, get your very own HUNTY t-shirt, hand printed with shimmering blue ink. Order yours today:https://store.feastoffun.com/products/hunty

One of our favorite tv shows from the late 70s was NBC’s Real People, a celebration of everyday people doing extraordinary things like a guy who ate soil, a one-legged man who ran across Canada and a couple who owned a roadside store that offered a million dollar pencil for sale.And a couple who tried to sell at their roadside store a million dollar pencil.Real People was by an ensemble that included the recently departed comedian Fred Willard, the show put a spotlight on people’s triumphs and helped introduce eccentric goofballs like Richard Simmons into the zeitgeist.CHECK OUT: https://www.betterhelp.com/funToday Brian Sweeney breaks his silence to take a look at the life of comedy legend Fred Willard, from his parody of late night talk shows, to celebrating everyday oddballs on Real People to being a key player in Christopher Guest’s mockumentaries like Waiting for Guffman and Best in Show.BRIAN SWEENEY: https://www.facebook.com/BriansDongPlus--➤ Entertainment Weekly puts a brick along a menagerie of crude

Comedy has an amazing power to heal, and Jackie Beat and Sherry Vine’s brilliant video series is getting us through the worst of the quarantine by bringing back to life some of our favorite sitcoms and campy film stars.From Joan Crawford chastising Christina via video Facetime, to Stephen King’s Carrie getting berated by her twisted Trump loving mother, Jackie Beat along with her pals Sherry Vine, Mario Diaz, and Alaska Thunderfuck put the sickoning into sitcom.Today, Jackie Beat joins us from her home in LA to talk about her quarantine parodies of Three’s Company, Carrie, Mommie Dearest and The Golden Girls presented into a whole new genre: video conferencing sitcom.➤ GO SEE JACKIE BEAT:https://www.stageit.com/jackie_beat/beep_bop_boop_just_announced/80184http://www.MissJackieBeat.comhttps://www.instagram.com/jackiebeatPlus--➤ Los Angeles County announces the stay at home order will stay in place until at least August.➤ An alligator beats coronavirus in taking the life of an overzealous nail technician.➤ Jac

We recently saw Coco Peru’s sold out performance here in Chicago at Hamburger Mary’s and we can’t stop talking about how wonderful it is, but, unlike one exuberant fan who got tossed out of the audience, we waited until the show was over to express our feelings.Coco Peru’s new one drag queen show touches on some intense issues- living with regret, isolation, social media and aging. Amazingly, she always finds the humor in some pretty tough topics.Today Coco Peru joins us from her home in Los Angeles to talk about surviving these tough times we are living in.COCO PERU: https://www.misscocoperu.com➤ Coco Peru’s memorable appearance on the original Will & Grace and the show’s return to television.➤ Why it’s a good idea to stop and think a moment before sharing something on the Internet.➤ The magic of exploring the clown inside you.Originally posted as "FOF #2535 – Coco Peru Has a Strong Backbone" on Oct 5, 2017.

Since the beginning of Hollywood, crossdressers have had their place in film as either a comedic foil or as a threatening monster.In mainstream movies like Mrs.Doubtfire and Tootsie, the straight men dress up in drag to win hearts or get a fabulous job but rarely do they show the boys dressing as girls just for the fun of it.Today, Miss Understood, one of the drag queens from the film Too Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar, joins us to look at ways drag queens are portrayed in Hollywood films, what they got right and what they got wrong.MISS UNDERSTOOD:➤ screamingqueens.comListen as we take a closer look at movies with drag queens: Too Wong Foo, Trick, Prisciilla Queen of the Desert, and the films of directors like Tyler Perry and John Waters.Plus➤ A look at the life of Little Richard, the “King and Queen” of rock and roll. He died this past week from bone cancer, he was 87.THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS:➤ betterhelp.com/funFEATURED MUSIC:(buy music through our links)

After Hattie McDaniel won an Academy Award in 1940 for her role in Gone with the Wind, it would be another 50 years before another African American woman, Whoopie Golberg in Ghost, would snatch an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress.And then it wouldn’t be until 2001 that a black woman, Halle Berry in Monster’s Ball, would win Best Actress.But what if you could go back in time and rewrite Hollywood’s history to be more black, queer and feminist? In the new Netflix series “Hollywood,” producer Ryan Murphy does just that and proves that “Movies don’t just show us how the world is, they show us how the world can be.Today comedian Matt Brown joins us to talk about about the magical revisionism of Murphy’s series Hollywood, which showcases vintage Hollywood in all its gay glamour and sexy shenanigans.MATT BROWN: https://mattbrowncomic.comPlus--➤ A mom says she drinks jeezz daily to fight the ‘Rona.

"Fashion experts may have told her What Not to Wear, but in the end Amanda Cohen was years ahead of her time."One of the biggest changes in the age of the Rona is our fashion. Folks are still trying to express themselves in their video teleconferences and sometimes the results are hilarious.As Heidi Klum says, “In fashion, one day you’re in and the next you’re out” but right now we aren’t even wearing pants.Pants? What are pants? Folks wear pajamas all day long, heads are shaved and if they go outside at all, they look like bank robbers.Today comedian Amanda Cohen, best known as one of the most challenging people to appear on the makeover reality TV show What Not to Wear joins us to take a look at fashion in the age of Coronavirus.AMANDA COHEN: https://www.facebook.com/amanda.cohen.355Plus--➤ What Not to Wear’s fashion expert Stacy London comes out as bi and introduces her new girlfriend Cat Yezbak.➤ Weird Al comments on Madonna's “Fried Fish” parody of Vogue.➤ Just what the world was waiting for Twilight’s S

During the times of ‘Rona we’ve been satisfying our craving for something frightening by watching Donut’s Scary Movie Night- a fabulous streaming and screaming web show where drag queen Donut McQueen gets high and comments on horror films.Donut recently streamed Cursed, horror film legend Wes Craven’s tribute to werewolves starring Christina Ricci, her forehead and a pantheon of mid 2000s celebrities. The film is so-so but the commentary is to die for!Today horror hostess Donut McQueen joins us to take a look at horror films, Wes Craven's porn career and how werewolves represent our repressed sexuality.★ DONUT MCQUEEN: https://www.facebook.com/donutworldwidePlus--➤ Facebook adds a hugging “Care” reaction emoji, but not everyone has access to it.➤ The Rona pandemic cuts the Whitney Houston Hologram Tour mercifully short.➤ Is it too much to ask a legendary diva like Vanessa Williams to lip sync for her life on RuPaul’s Celebrity Drag Race?____________________FEAST OF FUN IS MADE POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF FABULOUS PEO

By special request, my friend Donut McQueen loves horror films with a gay twist, so we’re sharing this Best of Fun epsisode today! (Originally posted on 10.02.08)Peaches Christ at the Movies!Look out behind you! Do not go in there! Watch out! You always see it coming, but somehow, the victim in many horror films is always ridiculously unaware that they are about to be bludgeoned to death. Why is that?On today’s show we’ve got movie maven Peaches Christ talking with us about Horror Movies every gay man must see.Why are queers so enamored by the horror film genre? Is it the themes of being an outsider seeking revenge on the world or is it the joy of seeing the jocks and cheerleaders hacked into pretty little pieces.But is this a genre an unsuitable outlet for teen angst after the tragic events at schools like Columbie or Viginia Tech?Listen as we talk with Peaches about films like Rosemary’s Baby, Silence of the Lambs, Nightmare on Elmstreet, Fright Night and Evil Dead.Is Bruce Campbell a gay icon? Do the two C

Pride may be postponed this year, but rainbows aren’t going anywhere. Besides being a symbol for celebrating sexual and gender diversity, rainbows are all about hope, and right now we sure could use it.One of the most timeless songs about rainbows is the Rainbow Connection, originally written for the Muppet Movie by Paul Williams and Kenneth Ascher, which over the years became a huge cover song by people like Justin Vivian Bond, Willy Nelson,Jason Mraz, Deborah Harry and even The Carpenters.And now, Kermit the Frog is singing it again, socially distanced and unplugged from his lily pad in the Okefenokee Swamp.Today we take a look at the song Rainbow Connection plus all the sizzling hot news:➤ The Girl Scouts get some of that bail out money.➤ Fox News gives Trump’s favorite sister act Diamond and Silk the boot.➤ The library is open! 80s hunk Rob Lowe throws some shade towards his Outsiders co-star Tom Cruise.➤ Russians capture an alleged cannibal after finding a penis in his yard.

With The Rona turning our world upside down, a lot of folks are seeking help or offering to help others so now’s the time to give with kindness and receive with gratitude.Help comes in many forms but one of the best ways is mentoring someone to help them unlock their potential.Today, documentary film director and reality TV producer Kerthy Fix, best known on television as the “Granola Lady” from MTV’s Teen Mom and to our long term listeners as the “9/11 Lady” joins us to talk about the challenges we face in the coronavirus pandemic and strategies to help each other survive these difficult times.Listen as Kerthy joins us to take a look at the best ways to make online videos to keep your career going, Star Trek’s Prime Directive and how strong women leaders are portrayed in films like The Devil Wears Prada.

BEST OF FEAST OF FUN: Originally posted as "FOF #2683 – Wild Sexy Science" on Dec 6, 2018.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.BRIAN SWEENEY: https://www.facebook.com/BriansDongListen 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?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?____________________FEAST OF FUN IS MADE POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF FABULOUS PEOPLE LIKE YOU.LISTEN TO THOUSANDS LEGENDARY SHOWS 
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One good thing about Miss Rona is that she has us all in the kitchen making good food and stress eating the anxiety away. The reason they call it COVID-19 is because of the 19 pounds we’re gonna put on when this is all over.Food trends come and go and while we are baking bread and living off dolonga coffee for now, some truly awful foods will thankfully be banished to the trash can: charcoal based foods, rainbow colored foods, and unicorn anything, basically food that looked like the key ingredients is makeup for drag queens.Do you really want to eat your makeup?Today we take a look at ridiculous popular food trends that will probably perish during the coronavirus pandemic and how folks are changing the way they eat at home.Plus–➤ Which foods boost your body’s ability to fight disease?➤ Leslie Jordan becomes an internet sensation with his hilarious videos.➤ RuPaul’s latest meme is a gas!If you can't frack yourself.....➤ Jackie Beat, Sherry Vine and Alaska are self isolating as the Golden Girls._______________