I'm heading off to Puerto Rico to see my ailing father and to be with family. It's a quick trip and I'll be back before you know it, but send me some positive energy -I'm going to need it.
My adorable husband Marc Felion and I, Fausto Fernós, leave our house to get a little breakfast and take care of a few last minute details before my flight to San Juan. On our way to a local eatery, we discuss such wonderful topics such as death, incest and crazy religious practices.
The dying process is difficult to say the least. It's not only hard for the person that is dying but on the families as well. I'm looking for feedback, inspiration and advice on coping with the death of a love one. What thoughts would you like to share with us?
In Germany there is a brother and sister who are fighting the anti-incest laws of Germany. The had their first child taken away from them so they then had three more. They think that the incest laws are archaic. They feel the laws are a leftover from the Nazi eugenics era. Their children do suffer from some sort of illness, but it is unclear if it a genetic flaw or if it is something else. What do you think? Would you get it on with your sibling?
Holy Smoke! There is a church in California that calls itself the Church of 420 which is trying to justify the sale of marijuana as a religious right. For one hundred dollars you can join the church and for another hundred bucks you can by dope to make you closer to God. Well, the state of California isn't having it. They shut the church down and have taken it to court. It's funny though, during Prohibition the Catholic church did use wine for communion, so maybe this church will have it's way. Everybody knows, you have to respect religion.
Just call us ranchers because we do a little chicken farming today as we are joined by Justin, the winner of the LCCP Gala ball tickets. We have really taken a shine to him especially since he reminds us so much of our good friend Mike Brazell, the PETA activist. They both have the same charming smile, giggly laughter and military conditioning. Next time Mike comes to town, we are totally going to hook them up.
Justin lives above our PO Box so it makes it convenient to see him. He gives us a tour of his apartment and we are confused by all the strange odors in the place. It's fun to remember what it was like to live like a college student. Our favorite item though is his white microwave with the Apple Logo on it. It looks like a giant iPod that can cook things. We wish all our listeners lived so close by.
The podcast that raises free range chicken- the Feast of Fools!
Yes, lesbians do have balls. Balls to fight cancer, that is.
Chicago is home to one of the coolest, best health care organizations anywhere, the Lesbian Community Cancer Project. Originally started as a way to educate doctors, pharmaceutical companies and hospitals about the specific needs of lesbians, taking away the stigma of not just lesbianism, but breast cancer, ovarian cancer and yeast infections.
As Lynda Carter said in the TV Pilot of Wonder Woman, "Any civilization that does not recognize the female is doomed to destruction, and sisterhood is more powerful than anything." You go girlfriend!
Join us as we take you on a magical chocolaty lesbian tour inside the South Shore Cultural Center for the Lesbian Community Cancer Project 16th Annual "Coming Out Against Cancer Ball." It's as much fun as it sounds.
Listen to todays special supersized show as we rendezvous with some lovely lesbians, gay and trans community folks and the winners of the ticket giveaway as we talk to openly gay Judge Tom Chiola, Police Officer José Rios, and what you can do when you find out you have cancer.
Click here for pictures of the fabulous event! Thanks to Cat Jefcoat for holding down the fort and being a fabulous lesbian leader.
The podcast that recognizes that sisterhood is the wave of the future- Feast of Fools.
Featured Music:
Rachael Sage - Blistering Sun: Amazon | Site
Who let the dogs out? We did. And in more ways than one.
We are just crazy for our canine friends. So today we're doing a whole show on dog-themed news and Sal-E's spooky looking dogs Mr. Gray and Chico. (Pictured here) Actually, we are sure they are adorable but those glowing eyes are creepy.
We talked a whole lot about dogs! Well, sort of. Marc talks about an email from a fan wondering why he can't get "a good favor from a friend” in Taiwan. It seems that there are two or three schools on how to give good favors. Which school do you belong in? Please let us know.
One big thing we forgot to talk about was Human Dogs. We'll just have to dedicate an entire episode to that one. Sorry Pup Don! Pup Don is one of our most dedicated listeners who enjoys the art/fetish of pretending he's a dog and having his master take him out for a walk, feed him, and make sure he's well groomed. Arf arf! Good thing he doesnt think he's a monkey.
Needless to say, we got a little carried away with our theme.
Join Sal-E, Marc Felion and me, Fausto Fernós as we talk about Sal-E's shaving habits, uncomfortable names for dog stores, training your husband and sniffing each others butts.
Join us on Wednesday February 28 at Hydrate in Chicago to see Sal-E's drag act! It's going to be a lot of fun. We'll be taking pictures.
The podcast that goes woof woof arf art pant, pant sniff- Feast of Fools.
Featured Music:
Eric Himan - All for Show: iTunes | CD Baby
J-Hud won! She is an Oscar Winner 2007 so divas, gay men and plus-sized gals everywhere can now celebrate. Congratulations to Chicago's very own Jennifer Hudson for winning "Best Supporting Actress" for her diva-licious portrayal of Jennifer Holiday as Effie White in the big screen adaptation of Dreamgirls. In her acceptance speech she thanked "God" three times and so did we.
Last night was a historic Academy Awards ceremony as talk show host and comedian Ellen DeGeneres became the first openly gay person to take on the difficult job of hosting the event. We think she passed with passed with flying colors. This was a BIG deal, and I'm not talking about J-Hud's weight loss.
Power lesbian Ellen DeGeneres looked simply fabulous in her velvet red suit, white gay wedding tuxedo, and cobalt blue vest-pant suit. In case you missed it, she was in red, white and blue, very patriotic, despite, as Gregg Shapiro points out, she was breaking the patriarchy of hosting the Oscars.
The only other possible lesbian to have hosted the awards was actress Agnes Moorehead when took the job of co-hosting the Oscars in 1948. The jury is still out her lesbianism but the rumors abound.
We were cringing with anxiety hoping that Ellen didn't do her "dance" and fortunately she didn't. But what was up with those confetti cannons at the end of the show? You know, the same ones Rosie loves to use on the View. Why do lesbians love confetti cannons?
On today's Oscarcast (yes, we own the domain name) our in-house Jewish divas Amanda Steinstein and Gregg Shapiro join Marc Felion and me, Fausto Fernós to give you a play-by-play (or gay-by-gay) recap of the Superbowl for the Rest of us: the Oscars. Winners and losers, and great moments you might have missed.
One of my favorite moments really was J-Hud and Beyoncé's sing-off where they tried to dominate each other in the ironically titled song, "Listen." Ouch! It was a little painful to watch Beyoncé go berzerk trying to outdo Jennifer. That weave almost sun off her head and I swear you could see daggers coming out of Beyoncé's eyes. If the drama didn't happen on the set of Dreamgirls it did tonight.
The company formerly known as Apple Computer (they are just Apple, Inc. now) premiered their first iPhone commercial, which I thought was BORING. Cute, but not as exciting as the now ubiquitous iTunes silouette ads. It reminded me of the "Think Different" ad campaign, the commercial used mostly footage from television shows during the major event to celebrate film.
The real fabulous Apple moment of the night was at the very beginning with the montage of nominees created by the famed "Switch" ad film director Errol Morris which in similar fashion had all the nominees talking to the camera while a bouncy music played in the background. Check it out here. And if you want to walk down memory lane, click here to see our version of the "ads."
The podcast where everyone is a winner, even the losers- Feast of Fools.
Late at night, many a person turns to eBay to find some lost article of their past, some missing item that just might make them feel whole as a person.
Lisa Marie made national news when her highly unusual plot to kill the rival for her lover was thwarted. She drove from Houston, Texas to Orlando, Florida wearing diapers so she wouldn't have to stop for bathroom breaks.
Sometimes you just have to say, "WHY am I even considering buying a pair of soiled adult diapers?"
On today's show Sal-E joins us to talk about the myriad of things he's gotten on eBay, make-up nightmares, breast-feeding legal woes, and HIV+ organ transplants.
Pictured to the right is Sal-E in his "negative" make-up look, inspired by the way people look under negatives of film. You DO remember film, don't you?
Happy Birthday Amanda Steinstein!
The podcast with all the pleasures of illegal drugs without the nasty side effects- Feast of Fools.
Featured TV Show:
Wonder Woman - The Complete First Season (1976): iTunes | Amazon
Featured Music:
Matthew Duffy- Here I Come: iTunes | MySpace | Site
Rachael Sage - Blistering Sun: Amazon | Site
When Ronnie was a little girl, she convinced her mother to let her get out of doing the housework as long as she was reading- even comic books counted. Naturally, Ronnie became an expert on the pantheon of comic book characters and super-heroes. One of her favorites of course is Wonder Woman.
We're tickled pink to see that Warner Brothers has put the classic 1970s Wonder Woman TV shows (starring Lynda Carter) on iTunes for us to enjoy.
Today we give you the ins and outs of one of our most favorite 70s TV shows which was the paradoxically titled "The New Original Wonder Woman." The pilot episode starred Lynda Carter as the glamazon along with comedic actors Lyle Waggoner, Cloris Leachman, Stella Stevens, Red Buttons and Fannie Flagg. Just like the Love Boat, "Wonder Woman" had a star filled cast with a high-camp sensibility. Even the Nazis were likeable.
Best of all was the theme song. It is true disco genius. Who can't sing it?
Join Miss Ronnie, Marc Felion and me, Fausto Fernós as we talk about the origins of Wonder Woman, the hilarious 1976 TV Pilot Episode, and lots of current "Wonder Woman" related news.
"What Wonder Woman related news" you say?
This week the Middle Eastern country of Iran announced they would be building an island of women, new transparent transportation devices have been announced and a German artists nude self-portraits taken at a former Nazi concentration camp have caused a scandal in Europe. So, an island of women, an invisible car and Nazis, could this be a rip off of our favorite show? We'll have to wait and see.
Also on todays show we follow up with Britney Spears. We really think she just shaved her hair off because she was depressed and wanted to "reboot" her system. So we're offering a short list of Ten Simple Things You Can Do (Besides Shaving Your Hair) to Fight Depression.
Listen to details at the end of the show about our photoshop the Feast of Fools contest. Win a Feast of Fools T-shirt, DVD and other assorted goodies!
The podcast that fights for your rights to wear satin tights- Feast of Fools!
Featured TV Show:
Wonder Woman - The Complete First Season (1976): iTunes | Amazon
You go girl. How many times have we wanted just to quit that job, walk away from our problems, and start anew?
Sometimes we need a strong symbol like shaving all our hair off to make a statement, a ritual break with the past and move into a hopefully happier future.
As you may or may not already know, this past week pop-singer Britney Spears walked into a hair salon, picked up an electric razor and ignoring the pleas of the hairstylists at the salon, and shaved off all her hair. And then she got a tattoo. [Update: now she's in rehab.]
I don't really see what all the fuss is about. She's just making her hair match other parts of her body. So now the carpet matches the ...umh, er... I mean the linoleum matches the shades? I don't know, does that work for you.
She's lost her hair, not her mind. After all, you can't really lose something you never had. Remember, she was one of the few celebrities that said going to War in Iraq was a good idea. In France after WWII, French women who collaborated with the Nazis were shorn of their hair and marched through the streets to show their shame. Is this a "Mea Culpa" Britney?
Or is this a pop-star acting like someone who's just gone through a break-up (or post-partum depression) and wants to move ahead. She's depressed and probably shaving her hair was an instinctual move to try to make herself feel better. It's a way to shed the weight and run.
What's kind of crappy is that the salon owner's brother is selling the hair for personal gain. Instead of donating the money to a battered womens fund, breast cancer or the Betty Ford Clinic he's putting it in his pocket. Making money off of celebrities left-behind objects is odd. Did I mention I have a fork for sale that George Takei used?
It's funny until somebody gets hurt and it seems that Britney and her family are in pain.
We hope Britney gets well soon and can get back to work as as a sexually compulsive flight attendant. We still haven't flown on her airline yet, but we are looking forward to it.
Join Amanda Steinstein, Marc Felion and me, Fausto Fernós as we talk about- mummified TV addicts, fashion for nerds and the perils of online dating.
Happy Year of the Pig!
Featured Music:
Angel and the Reruns - Just released!: iTunes | CD Baby
Gail Ann Dorsey - I Used to Be: iTunes | Amazon
Why do I cringe sometimes when I hear any politician say "No comment?" Is it because they are trying to skip the question? Some people will say anything to avoid a response that might get them into trouble with somebody.
Like Bill Maher said in his blog and talk show this week, if we decide who becomes President of the United States by a slip-up or misspeak, then we're in trouble. After all, it didn't keep the current President from holding office.
Today we're joined once again by future openly gay Presidential hopeful Richard Streetman.
Deep inside Richard Streetman is a soulful black woman, so in many ways if he becomes elected he'll be the nations first female black President. Watch out Hillary! Watch out Barack!
We really should be focusing on politics today, but we just can't seem to get these images of the sexy Russian military out of our minds.
The hot Russian military's egos (and various body parts) took a bruising when details have come out in the Russian press that the military may have a long tradition of forced gay male prostitution, with young soldiers being routinely pimped by senior officials, who then forced them to turn over their earnings.
Even though this sounds like some cheesy porn plot, it's not as sexy as it may sound at first.
Anonymous soldiers told the Gazeta news paper that they were violently tortured and beaten in order to get them to comply. Last year, a 19-year-old recruit was reportedly beaten so badly that his genitals and legs had to be amputated. That's not hot.
The news come in the trail of homophobic comments from the Russian Mayor announcing a ban on all gay pride parades, comparing homosexuality to Alcoholism.
Here in Chicago, the local Alcoholics Anonymous club marches in the gay pride parade.
If anyone wants to organize a pride parade for people who LOVE sexy russian men and their delicious vodka, we are SO there.
Join Marc and me as we continue our cheeky chat with Richard Streetman about fantasies, celebrity spam, politics and how an Oprah episode saved Richard's life.
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Think of him as a cross between George Stephanopoulos, Joan Rivers and Leslie Jordan.
Hailing from South Carolina, Richard moved to the Windy City to get his grass roots experience in the democratic political process, hoping one day to be the first openly gay President of the United States of America. No kidding. We think he just might be able to pull if off.
If not, he can always audition for American Idol and win. Almost two years ago Richard competed in the "Out at the Ballgame" contest to sing the National Anthem at the largest gay days (and the first) at a baseball game.
They could not have picked a better singer and boy did he work Wrigley Field.
Join Richard Streetman, Marc Felion and me, Fausto Fernós as we talk about the political process, Chicago's Alder-persons and Barack Obama and Hilary Clitons' HIV status (or their chances to become the next President of the United States.)
Subscribe to the Feast of Fools and you'll get a chicken in every pot, a fat-free snack cake in every mouth, and a hilarious show in every iPod.
Happy Valentines Day! I know it's a bit late, but sometimes heartfelt love just takes a little longer to arrive.
We have got a whole lot of love for you today. Magnetic Fields' onetime band member L.D. Beghtol chats with us about his book "69 Love Songs: A Field Guide," a fully illustrated oral history on the 1999 three-CD album 69 Love Songs.
An odd attraction to the bizarre, the excessive and even the mundane are probably the driving forces behind front-man Stephin Merritt's approach to making music and behind this conceptual album.
Why 69 love songs anyways? Well, because 100 was way too much and 13 was too Jerry Lee Lewis.
An essential for fans of the Magnetic Feilds work or of indie-pop in general, 69 Love Songs captured the inter-genre sensibility and grad-school mentality that their music seems to best represent. The 3-disc album's wide rage of styles and lyrical references becomes a heartfelt collection of quirky pop-culture nuggets.
Music critic and Magnetic Fields band-member L.D. Beghtol's book about the music also titled "69 Love Songs" is a mini-dictionary of the references in the song's lyrics, an index of the band-members' favorite songs and the backstory of other delightful tidbits. It's an essential read for any devotée of "69 Love Songs."
Join us as Gregg Shapiro, Marc Felion and me, Fausto Fernós talk to L.D. about how they devised the project, the obstacles in putting such a large album together, bad vegetarian food, and spilling the beans on Stephin Merritt.
Gregg Shaprio also shares his experience of the Chicago Auto Show Expo, the good and bad side of automotive marketing and why gay men have a certain attraction to certain brands of cars.
The podcast that loves you till it hurts- Feast of Fools.
Featured Book:
Magnetic Fields' 69 Love Songs: A Field Guide by L. D. Beghtol: Amazon | MySpace | Site
Featured Music:
Magnetic Fields- 69 Love Songs: iTunes | Amazon
Kelly Hogan & The Pine Valley Cosmonauts - Beneath the Country Underdog: iTunes
Tamale, like myself is a performer who works with fire. Marc and Cat share a common link with fire as well-they both are ex-smokers. Yeah for them!
Tamale was a red hot performer who seduced the audience with her undulating silhouette at the Gurlesque Burlesque Show, which Marc and I attended with Marsian. We also got to see her in the gender bender Lola Project. And now she is on the show- what a small world.
Last time we talked about Margaret Cho's burleque act, we really gave her hell. Since Tamale shared the same stage with Cho, we just had to bring up her performance. We felt her work wasn't at the calibure of the other performers. Tamale and Cat defend the notorious Cho's choice of entering the "Take Your Clothes Off And Chimmey Parade" by examining her process. The respected Cho's choice because they admired her process. Why are lesbians so into the "process" and what the does "process" mean anyway?
Albuquerque is named the fittest city in the US by Men's Fitness Magazine. Why is Albuquerque the fittest city- well, they have a good diet, they have a lot of outside space for activity and they work out. Big surprise.
GLADD is condemning Chuck Knipp's minstrel character, Shirley Q. Liquor. We think it's a waste of GLAAD's time to condemn Knipp. GLAAD needs to focus on the big picture and not waste it's time on a two bit performer like Shirley Q. What are they gonna condemn next, the dog crap I tracked into the house?
We discuss many exciting things in this show, such as, are obese people under represented in burlesque? What is a "bottom" in a lesbian relationship? What's on the top of the sexual food chain? Are women fascinated with a large clitoris?
It's red, it's hot, and it's ready for action - it's the Feast of Fools!
Listen for details on how you can win tickets to LCCP's Annual Gala Ball. The theme this year is "Flappers and Fedoras" so pull out your vintage fringe dresses and smoking jackets and represent! We'll be there with bells on. Come be on our podcast! We'll be taping live from the floor of the event (look for us in front of the multi-racial chocolate fountain.
Featured Event:
LCCP's Annual Gala Ball- Coming out against Cancer.
Saturday February 24, 2007
South Shore Cultural Center-Get tickets here.
Featured Music:
Gail Ann Dorsey - I Used to Be: iTunes | Amazon
We're joined today by two fabulous lesbians Cat Jefcoat and Tamale. Cat is the Managing Director of the Lesbian Community Cancer Project (LCCP) and her good friend Tamale is a burlesque performer and comedian.
We are happy to have the gals in the house to discuss, among other things, the upcoming The 16th Annual Coming Out Against Cancer Ball, sponsored by LCCP.
In case you don't know, LCCP is Chicago's foremost lesbian/bi/trans womens health care advocacy group and public education. They go all over the state training health care providers, providing LGBT cancer support (note the G means they are now including gay men). Organizations like LCCP keep health care organizations, pharmaceutical companies and doctors on track to remind them of the specific needs of their LGBT patients.
Their Annual Gala is the event of the season for lesbians. Listen for details on how you can win tickets to LCCP's Annual Gala Ball. The theme this year is "Flappers and Fedoras" so pull out your vintage fringe dresses and smoking jackets and represent! We'll be there with bells on. Come be on our podcast! We'll be taping live from the floor of the event (look for us in front of the multi-racial chocolate fountain.
Marc has this idea in head that Rosie O'Donnell is the new Magic Eight Ball. Do you remember those toys that gave you answers to life's questions? Well according to Wikipedia, ten of the possible answers are variations of "yes", five are ambiguous, and five are variations of "no".
Today's show begins with a dramatization of some of the questions submitted to Rosie O'Donnell's blog. Nothing like a "Riding the Bus with my Sister" impressions to make us all fall out.
Why is Rosie the new Magic Eight Ball? Well, on her blog, rblog you can ask Rosie one question a day. Rosie is mostly forthright in her answers but sometimes she gives answers that are vague, ambiguous or answers that look like they fell out of the back of a haiku truck. It's very reminiscent of the strange answers you'd get from the eight ball. One of our favorite answers is "Breathe, Awaken" which she gives to a nut job after he criticized her.
We chat about the woman in Florida who got "miffed over muff" because she drove by a theater which had "The Vagina Monologues" on it's marquee. She was so upset because she had to explain to her niece what a vagina was. The theater ended up changing the marquee to "The Hooha Monologues." Now, she's going to have to explain what a "Hooha" is. Why are kids so darn curious?
Relax, breath and awaken your inner lesbian to the Feast of Fools.
Featured Event:
LCCP's Annual Gala Ball - Coming out against Cancer
Saturday February 24, 2007
South Shore Cultural Center: Get tickets here!
Featured Music:
Rachael Sage - Blistering Sun: Amazon | Site
FOF #480 - The Unsinkable Paula Poundstone - 02.13.07
When every single aspect of your life gets scrutinized by the media and the law, the pressure can be intense. It is even more so when you are an unconventional woman with mainstream appeal.
When Paula Poundstone was arrested in 2001 for drunk driving and child endangerment, she temporarily lost custody of her adopted children, went into a deep depression and was forced by the courts to go to Alcoholics Anonymous on national TV.
Not one to brush anything under the carpet, Paula Poundstone took her personal and legal struggles that she endured under the glare of the media and put it to work in her courageous stand-up act.
Today, the unsinkable Paula Poundstone lives happily in her home in Southern California with her three kids, eleven cats, two rabbits, two tadpoles, a lizard and one big dog.
In her new book "There's Nothing in This Book I Meant To Say" Poundstone shares her experiences contrasted with zesty biographies of Joan of Arc,Abraham Lincoln and Ludwig van Beethoven, to name a few.
Join us as we talk about the U.S. legal system, being a single parent, the legacy of Robin Williams, asexuality, and what celebrity would Paula Poundstone date if they asked.
You have the right to remain fabulous on the Feast of Fools!
Paula Poundstone performs a new show each night in Chicago this week:
Thursday, February 15
Raue Center of the Arts, Crystal Lake, IL: TICKETS
Box Office: (815) 356-9212
Friday, February 16
McAninch Arts Center at College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, IL: TICKETS
Box Office: (630) 942-4000. Almost sold out.
Saturday, February 17
Centre East Theatre, Skokie, IL: TICKETS
Box Office: (847) 673-6300
Featured Book:
“There's Nothing in This Book That I Meant to Say” by Paula Poundstone: Amazon | iTunes
Featured Video:
Paula Poundstone: Look What the Cat Dragged In
Bravo's Funny Girls, Season 1: iTunes
Featured Music:
Rachael Sage - Blistering Sun: Amazon | Site
For some reason, Marc thought it would be a good idea to stage an intervention to teach Ronnie to learn how to eat sardines.
Why? Because it seems that sardines are actually very good for you, being one of the first things in the food chain in the sea they don't have mercury and are rich in nutrients.
Join us today as we talk about the hazards of polar bears mating, Illinois' very own Obama comes IN of the closet into the Presidential race, why Hillary Clinton would make a fabulous running mate, blow-back from Anna Nicole Smith's videos and Queer Eye for the Straight Guy getting canceled.
We have mixed feelings when we learned that this would be the last season for the landmark TV show "Queer Eye For the Straight Guy." When I first saw the TV show I got a tear in my eye to finally see REAL gay men on television speaking honestly and openly about a wide range of topics.
Lesbians have Ellen, Rosie and Jay Leno, but we have no-one. Really.
We had made a request to interview Jai Rodriguez last fall but were rejected by his publicist. So we say screw you to the bi-turned-gay member of the group who is now out of a job. We're sure he'll be alright though, oh, but did we have fun cursing him out. I hope he gets a chance to hear it. I think he'll be amused.
The offer still stands for everyone else, including the real genius of the bunch, Ted Allen. Why he alone has taught many a gay men, suburban women and straight men to eat a wide range of dishes. Both hot and cold. Wonder if he could Ronnie to eat sardines? Marc thinks he could.
We are also contemplating having Carson Kressley be a permanent replacement for Victoria Lamarr. Phone home V-Mar!
The podcast that teaches you how to eat things- Feast of Fools.
Featured Sponsor:
Eric Daly at Toujours Salon & Spa: Site | MySpace
You never see it coming. Death can come out of the blue and make everything else seem meaningless. Man, did we get blind-sighted!
Today's show began innocently, talking about the now insignificant "cheese-cam" that a Wisconsin dairy farmer put up in order to allow the general public share in the thrill of watching a block of cheddar cheese mature.
Coincidentally we had a silent moment for our friend Matt Lucero who's dog Ollie had passed away.
We got calls from Miss Ronnie and Sal-E telling us the bad news and what they thought her death meant. The instant messages came pouring in. The emails. Will the Playboy mansion gates get covered in roses? Will you remember what you were doing today ten years from now?
Anna Nicole's death made us immediately think of BC Kalz, the talented comedic actor who portrayed her in our live show "Feast of Fools: Fireballs Remixed" in 2004.
Click here to see BC Kalz in action as Anna Nicole in one of our live shows.
Interestingly enough, Anna Nicole compared herself to another tragic entertainment legend, Marilyn Monroe. We saw how messed up her life had been, how much heartache she had gone through, and how much fun it was to see her outlandish and awkward life unfold before us.
We knew she wasn't long for this world, yet at the same time her larger than life personality and enormous bosoms made her appear indestructible. So why am I a bit surprised that she's dead?
Listen to today's show as Marc and I talk to Miss Ronnie, Sal-E and BC Kalz about the tragic stripper turned Playboy model turned Jeans model turned bride turned realty-TV-star turned grieving mother turned cadaver known as Anna Nicole Smith.
The voices inside your head are perfectly normal, just be sure to adjust the volume when listening to the Feast of Fools.
Featured Music:
Rachael Sage - Blistering Sun: Amazon | Site
Gail Ann Dorsey - I Used to Be: iTunes | Amazon
We have some tough skins. We have a pretty good sense of humor when it comes to laughing at ourselves. After all, on this show we throw out quite a bit of sass and shade.
But how do you decide it's not fair to make a joke because it might really hurt someone and what do you do when the joke is directed at you?
A pub in England has put on it's menu a discomforting item "Barrymore Pie - Faggots swimming in gravy."
The name refers to the scandal over the death of Stuart Lubbock who was found in British TV personality Michael Barrymore's pool after a party. An autopsy showed that he suffered damage to his rectum and had many drugs in his system.
From what we've heard, the British tabloids had a field day with this one, but some of the pub's customers are not amused.
Customer Karina Thompson said: "I was appalled. It's a cheap joke, not funny, with offensive language. Faggot is a pejorative term for a gay man. I've written to complain."
Peter Tatchell from the gay rights group OutRage! told the BBC: "While this menu may have been intended as a joke, I think it's a joke in very bad taste. No restaurant would ever dare use a similar racial slur on its menu, so why the double standard?"
Pub owner Peter Towler is not going to change his menu anytime soon just because it displeases some of his patrons. He thinks it's funny. But, he may just be hanging a sign that is akin to saying "No dogs or Irishmen," or even worse.
What else is on this guy's menu? Strange fruit salad? Anne's franks and beans? Tuna Rape Casserole? Check out their menu here.
When we interviewed comedian Kathy Griffin on the show, I asked her if she ever got her feelings hurt when people made fun and crossed the line. Here is a person who makes a good living poking fun at celebrities and her famous aquiatances, and I wanted to know how she felt when it happened to her?
"I am a big baby. I have a total double standard and I admit it. Somedays people say the most awful things and I'll think its hilarious, and other times I burst into tears."
Anything can be funny, until it happens to you.
I think that humor has to be looked at from within the proper context. It's a tool that allows us to heal and to look at things in a new way. It's very subjective and may be interpreted many different ways.
Listen to todays show as we talk about Lesbians getting married in Mexico, mini-pigs getting married in China, fat American Idol contestants, and Craig Rigby the fan who wanted to start a new religion with me as it's god and Marc as it's devil. We also take your questions sent to us live via Instant Messenger (feastoffools4u)
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FOF #476 - American Idol Contestant #37925 - 02.07.07
Oh happy day. What a good day for freaky news.
Not a good day for American Idol contestant #37925, Jasmine Holland (who's orange pants are pictured here.) We can't seem to figure why the producers thought it would be a good idea to share this angle of the contestant. Hypnotic, isn't it?
Sorry, she didn't get to go to Hollywood.
Not a good week for astronaut Lisa Marie Nowak who has been charged with attempted first-degree murder on Monday.
The mission specialist on the Space Shuttle Discovery flight last summer was caught in possession of a BB pistol, knife and latex gloves, wearing a trench coat, a wig and DIAPERS so she could drive 1,000 miles from Houston, Texas to the Orlando Florida airport to stalk and mace U.S. Air Force Captain Colleen Shipman for sleeping with fellow NASA astronaut Bill Oefelein.
When Shipman got into her car at the airport parking lot she was approached by Nowak looking like a homeless Carmen Sandiego claiming she needed a ride and use of her cell phone.
Shipman had her window rolled up, and Nowak pretended to be hard of hearing to gain her sympathy, so she rolled down her window when Nowak sprayed her in the face with mace. Shipman sped away to the parking lot's toll booth where police quickly apprehended the homicidal astronaut.
In space or an airport parking lot, nobody can hear you scream.
This three way just smells ready of a made for TV movie. Valerie Bertinelli, get ready! If Charlize Theron can win an Oscar for playing serial killing lesbian Aileen Wuornos, then certainly anyone who takes on the role of Lisa Marie Nowak would qualify for at least a daytime Emmy.
Is it too soon to make "Free Lisa Marie" t-shirts?
Listen to today's show as Miss Ronnie, Marc Felion and me, Fausto Fernós, talk about Easy Bake Ovens, mini pigs in China, humans in cages at zoo's and naked Dutch gyms.
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"I am not putting that in my hair!" When we heard about the British hairstylist who's been offering his clients a new conditioning treatment made out of bull's sperm, we were a tad skeptical.
How many times have I undergone that treatment, and my hair still is dry as a bone? So of course we have to ask our own in-house experts: Sal-E because he's a hair stylist and Miss Ronnie because she's good at, well you KNOW what she's good at.
Today we also talk a ton about solving back problems, talking like Eartha Kitt, the poor plight of whooping cranes in Florida, farts as a renewable energy resource and Norway's recent declaration of iTunes DRM as illegal.
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Piano man Billy Joel croaked the sixth note of the U.S. National Anthem yesterday at the Superbowl and nobody seemed to mind or notice, except me.
But what really made me take note is that almost immediately after the off-key note, the pitch correcting machines were pushed to their limit and Billy Joel came across sounding like Cher in her song "Believe."
That being said, Superbowl XLI (not sure what number that is) was one of the gayest Superbowls yet, with Prince leading a mob of people during the half-time show dancing on the well-known logo that symbolizes his name, but also looks like a symbol for a hermaphrodite, which in many ways he is.
Singing in pouring rain, Price delivered a powerful medley of his hit songs, and at one time singing "Purple Rain" while the rain poured down, colorized by purple colored spotlights.
Listen to todays show as Sal-E, Marc Felion and me Fausto Fernós talk about the gayest moments of the Superbowl, the commercials and Prince's Half-Time Show.
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Miss Ronnie is a happy girl. For her birthday she made out like a bandit, getting three statues of pleasantly plump individuals- an Indian Buddha, a Chinese Buddha and a cookie jar resembling a chubby Billie Holiday.
Pictured here is our very own Miss Ronnie holding her precious cookie jar like a infant. She is one proud momma.
Ronnie discovered this unique store in Chicago named Jazze Junque that sells vintage cookie jars and salt & pepper shakers. Naturally, we just HAD to pull her cookie jar out of lay-away and give it to her as a birthday present.
Today's show begins with a bonding ritual I saw on TV. When Hillary Clinton went on the Oprah Winfrey show to promote her book "It Takes A Village" she said that one of the joys of her family was when she, Bill and Chelsea opened up a coconut.
So when Marc and I were shopping for groceries at our local Mexican/Greek grocery store, we were delighted to find some freshly husked coconuts just begging to be on our show.
I didn't realize how brutal the process of cracking open a coconut would be, especially when you involve Miss Ronnie. In many ways it reminded me of some savage ritual where we all would be drinking the blood of our enemies out of their skull.
The 79th Annual Academy Awards may be weeks away, Joan Rivers hasn't even started to putting the botox injections into her face, but we have already picked a winner. Who's going to win an Harry Potter! Or should I say BIG Harry Potter? Wow. He's looking great.
Daniel Radcliffe, the actor well known for portraying everyone's favorite boy-wizard in the films based on J.K. Rowling's books is now out stretching his acting muscles on stage in a new production of "Equus."
The stage production will require him to orgasm while riding naked on the back of a horse. The press release says:"He uncovers the extraordinary forces that drove the young man to harm the horses and there follows a fascinating discourse on Greek mythology, religion, sexual awakening - and arguments about whether psychological healing will do the groomsman more harm than good."
Sexual Awakening? Naked? Did we mention he's going to be naked in the show?
Better get your tickets soon, I have a hunch this show's going to sell out.
Okay, so we know that Daniel isn't actually up for any Academy Awards this year, but take a look at him! He sure grew up nicely. If there was an award for hottest teen actor, he would most certainly win.
On today's show our in-house movie geek Gregg Shapiro comes to dish the dirt and share his brutal predictions on who's going home with an Oscar statue this year and who's getting really really drunk in their misery at the after-parties.
We answer the tough questions about the Oscars, like: Just why did Dreamgirls not get a best picture award? What do you mean "The Queen" isn't about gays? Is it still too late to give Jake Gyllenhaal an award for Brokeback Mountain?
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