Feast of Fun : Gay Talk Show

It's with a heavy heart that we announce the death of our friend and guest of Feast of Fun, George Saint George. George died November 5, 2016 while in his newly adopted home of India. Our hearts go out to all of George's friends and family. Listen as we talked with George this past June about his adventures in India. Originally posted on 06.23.16

Things get heated every presidential election but this current one has lots of folks losing their minds because an Internet Troll named Donald Trump just might become president. Today, our lovable optimist and mental health expert Carma Nibarger joins us to take a look at why people turn to fringe politics and religion when shit hits the fan.

Your derriere is great for sitting, but it’s also awesome for a lot of other things that we were going to talk about but we got a distracted by the Presidential Election that’s happening tomorrow because despite every terrible thing that Donald Trump has done, it's still going to be a close race and a lot of folks are losing their shit.

The Internet is a minefield when it comes to advice on dating. With so many bizarre articles created by content farms on tight deadlines, a lot of it sounds like advice someone wrote hastily on a bathroom wall. Today, relationship advice columnist Anna Pulley joins us to tackle all the insane advice on dating on sites like Wiki How who are just looking to get link bait traffic. Anna also has a new book out- The Lesbian Sex Haiku Book (with Cats!).

Elvira, the gal in the wig whose talents are big– is hard to kill. After 35 years, she’s still going strong with her sold out show, Elvira’s Danse Macabre at Knotts Scary Farm, and she has a new coffee table book, titled simply ELVIRA MISTRESS OF THE DARK: A Photographic Retrospective of theQueen of Halloween.Today, Cassandra Peterson, the ghoulish gal best known as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark joins us to talk about the curse of her bouffant wig, her early years as a Las Vegas showgirl and her extraordinary circle of fabulous friends: Pee Wee Herman, RuPaul, Jackie Beat, Joey Arias, Edie McClurg and her writing partner of many years, John Parragon the man who created Jambi the Genie on Pee Wee’s Playhouse.Don’t miss this boob-tacular special podcast, it’s a Hallo-scream!Cassandra Peterson – ELVIRA MISTRESS OF THE DARK: A Photographic Retrospective of theQueen of Halloween: http://tweeterhead.com/publishing/elvira-mistress-of-the-dark/

It’s been 71 years since the Chicago Cubs were in the World Series- it’s as if a magical curse has finally been lifted. Today, we take a look at curses- the Curse of the Billy Goat, the Curse of the Pharaohs, the 27 Club, the Sinatra Curse, the curse surrounding the horror film Poltergeist and the gayest curse of all curses- the Curse of Purse Firs

ow we think about gender identity and sexuality is evolving and some people are having a hard time keeping up with all the new language surrounding these new concepts. Our friend, Professor Larry La Fountain travels all over the world talking about LGBT people and Latin American culture and one of the most common questions he gets asked is: what is Latinx and how do you translate the word “queer” into Spanish?

Dr. Larry LaFontaine is best known to fans of Feast of Fun as the incredible Lola Von Miramar whose first time in drag was in our very first episode of Cooking with Drag Queens where we fried up tostones and smashed them with cha cha heels. Today, Larry La Fountain joins us to talk about his new coloring book on Queer History and his sexy new short story, SJU-ATL-DTW, about sex, airports and life as gay Puerto Rican in Detroit.

Our friend, comedian Cody Melcher, is so obsessed with Truman Capote, the late writer best known for his books Breakfast at Tiffany’s and In Cold Blood, that he bid at auction to procure Capote’s remains. Today, Cody Melcher joins us to talk about his job as a ghost tour guide and how we wanted to develop a reality TV show where he’d scatter Truman Capote’s ashes at historical literary sites.

Suzy Wong, the drag-queen alter ego of Arnold Myint, just got her own All-Stars crown, nabbing the top tiara from one of the world’s top drag pageants, Miss Gay America 2017. A busy gal, Suzy Wong has long juggled many plates - drag queen, professional skater, and reality TV personality with appearances on “Top Chef,” the “Food Network Star Season 11” and “Chopped Junior” as a judge.

Every Halloween, millions of people dress up to disguise who they are, but, what they wear as a costume often reveals much about the demons that lurk deep inside. Today, me the fabulous Saltina Obama Bouvier and my sister who is another mister, Daphne Dumount take a look at all the hot Halloween costume idea this year, and what the horny people will be wearing to get laid at the office party.

Kitty Powers, the drag queen behind the popular video game Matchmaker, is in heat, traveling the globe spreading her special brand of love with the people. Today, Kitty joins us to give us the top scores at the GaymerX, the LGBTQ themed convention focused on games and gaming culture.

While the debate was going on, Bianca Del Rio stormed into Chicago to provide much relief from this depressing election with her she-larious new show “Not Today Satan” where she insults the crowd and weighs in on reality TV and RuPaul’s Drag Race. Today, we take a look at Bianca Del Rio’s new comedy show in light of the second Presidential Debate, Trump’s pussy grabbing comments and why Kenneth Bone and his red sweater won the debate.

About a hundred years ago, long before reality TV, folks dreamed of making it big in show business by working the vaudeville circuit, a place where cross dressing was celebrated and loved. Today, Wisconsin drag queen Jaymes Mansfield, a gal with a good head on her shoulders, joins us to talk about drag queen Her-story, straight identifying men through the ages who regularly put on a dresses to wow the audience.

People are so freaked out at the possibility of a Trump presidency that the cast of Will & Grace reunited after ten years to make a mini episode imploring Americans to get out the vote. Today, comedic actor, Vine superstar Meg Grunewald joins us to talk about her new career as a Hillary Clinton impersonator and helps us digest more of the debate.