Podcast appearances and mentions of wayland flowers

Tom and Julie watch clips of Nick Adams promoting his new book on a duckboat, Linda Rae feuding with Joan Collins, Baz Luhrmann explaining his marriage in a TikTok street interview, and more. Plus Tom and Julie practice their pitch for an M. Night Shyamalan-directed Chubby Checker biopic called The Twist! They reveal what went on behind-the-scenes at their Summer Mummies livestream! And Julie pitches her new gameshows Mascot or Furry? and What are They On? Also Grease, Legoland, Wayland Flowers, A&W, Jiminy Glick, Midnight Run, Michael Phelps, the Phoenix Suns Gorilla, Pat O'Brien, Yanni, and more! FOLLOW LIL JUDY FUN FUN: https://www.instagram.com/liljudyfunfun CLIPS FROM TODAY'S EPISODE *Baz Luhrmann https://twitter.com/ComplexPop/status/1796186078161903989 *Nick Adams https://twitter.com/NickAdamsinUSA/status/1747408596667686968 *Michael Phelps https://www.tiktok.com/@nbcolympics/video/7382780014191758634 *Joan Collins vs Linda Rae https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2v61IDv6OA4 *Dian Thomas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUhichwkKug SUPPORT DOUBLE THREAT ON PATREON  Weekly Bonus Episodes, Monthly Livestreams, Video Episodes, and More! https://www.patreon.com/DoubleThreatPod   WATCH VIDEO CLIPS OF DOUBLE THREAT  https://www.youtube.com/@doublethreatpod   JOIN THE DOUBLE THREAT FAN GROUPS  *Discord https://discord.com/invite/PrcwsbuaJx  *Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/doublethreatfriends  *Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/doublethreatfriends   DOUBLE THREAT MERCH https://www.teepublic.com/stores/double-threat   TOTALLY EFFED UP T-SHIRTS  https://www.teepublic.com/user/dttfu   SEND SUBMISSIONS TO  DoubleThreatPod@gmail.com   FOLLOW DOUBLE THREAT  https://twitter.com/doublethreatpod  https://www.instagram.com/doublethreatpod   DOUBLE THREAT IS A FOREVER DOG PODCAST https://foreverdogpodcasts.com/podcasts/double-threat   Theme song by Mike Krol  Artwork by Michael Kupperman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jay Johnson talks to me about being introduced to puppetry by Ricky Layne and Velvel; starting with his cousins Jerry Mahoney doll at 11; having dyslexia; reading scripts; doing 918 shows the summer after high school at Six Flags in Georgia; hiss first puppet, Squeaky; working Rotary and Kiwanis Clubs in Texas; going to college for marketing; finding Edgar Bergen's trunk; Bob is in the Smithsonian; being friends for 40 plus years with Harry Anderson; surviving Reno with Harry; his 7 foot partner, Ruben Hickory (Rube Hick); making his TV debut on Merv Griffin; working clean; Otto and George and Wayland Flowers and Madame; getting Soap; favorite memories; the mind reading sequence; coming up with ideas for Chuck and Bob; director Jay Sandrich; being married 51 years; being part of an HBO special The Vent Event in 1979; hosting Celebrity Charades; a memorable Pyramid mishap; being mistaken for Dick Clark; an idea for Chain Reaction where Bob would be a contestant that was nixed by NBC's S & P; Mrs. Columbo; Something is Out There; a pilot Sutters Bay; guesting on The Love Boat; being a guest on The Tonight Show; talking to Johnny; his talk/game show So You Think You've Got Troubles; being on the last Jerry Lewis telethon and the first without him; working the phones on the telethon; his Tony Award winning one man show The One and Only; his producers Paul Kreppel and Murphy Cross; going on David Letterman to promote; being cut from a ventriloquist episode of Night Court; the "New Night Court"

George joins me to talk about his favorite radio programs; growing up with music; moving to Las Vegas; Sammy Davis, Jr; his wife, Jolene Brand; Ernie Kovacs; his biggest talent is to make things funny; inventing the Vegas lounge act; working on The Dinah Shore Show; Fat Jack Leonard; new comedians and brighter colors; can talk about many different topics like sex and politics; laughter is a panacea; taping Al Hirt on a high rise next to a dead man; origins of Laugh-In; predicting Reagan's presidency; getting Nixon elected; booking Ronald Reagan and the Marquis Chimps in Vegas; Barbara Feldon didn't get the dirty jokes; Lily Tomlin gives the finger; Judy Carne shows her nipple; comedy should be fun; Martin Short; Bill Maher; breaking TV's color barrier; Sammy Davis Jr. vs. Micey Rooney; getting fired from The Judy Garland Show; British comics; discovering Byron Allen, Pamela Rodgers, Robin Williams, Lenny Schultze, and Tiny Tim; Frank Sinatra meets Wayland Flowers and Madam; Turn On; hiring Albert Brooks; creating Soul and working with Redd Foxx; Gregory Hines & Sammy Davis Jr.'s challenge dance; creating Speak Up America for Marjoe Gortner and Jayne Kennedy; George Carlin getting his inseam measured by his wife before a show; working with Geoge Burns, Jack Benny, and Goldie Hawn

Picture it: The Windy City, 1975. You're surrounded by scores of naked men, TV celebrities, a very chatty puppet, AND... world famous fan dancer, Sally Rand! For Chicago LGBT Hall of Famer Gary Chichester, it was "just another day at work." I chatted with the gay rights activist and entertainment producer about his tenure as manager of the legendary gay bathhouse, courting Sally Rand and shushing Paul Lynde, clowning around inside a big top, close encounters with the Boys in the Band, and why learning about LGBT history is the only way to securing our Queer future. Shout outs to the incomparable Chuck Renslow, Wayland Flowers and Madame, Bruce Vilanch, Franne Golde, Owen Keehnen, Tracy Baim, Circus Vargas, and so many others in this super gay, extra PRIDEful edition of Show Boys.  Read more about Gary Chichester's 50+ years in gay rights activism and show business: https://www.windycitytimes.com/lgbt/Gary-Chichester-A-Remarkable-Life/28823.html Follow Chris Harder: @TheChrisHarder on Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, and www.HarderChris.com Questions for Chris? Email him at ShowBoysPod@gmail.com or HarderBurlesque@gmail.com Special thanks to Mel and the Leather Archives and Museum: https://leatherarchives.org/ Gary Chichester and the Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame: https://chicagolgbthalloffame.org/chichester-gary/  

Oh how we've missed you, our little turkeys! We are here this week with actor and director LisaGay Hamilton.You Might Know Her From The Practice, Beloved, Winning Time, The Lincoln Lawyer, The Dropout, Vice, Nine Lives, House of Cards, Jackie Brown, and her Peabody-winning documentary Beah: A Black Woman Speaks. LisaGay gave us the skinny on network TV vs. the streamers, how Rebecca Washington's natural hair was revolutionary on The Practice, and how she formed a bond with legendary actress Beah Richards on the set of Beloved that later turned into a film. All that plus, we finally figured out the stories behind LisaGay's mystery roles in The L Word and Halloween: H20. This one was surprising at every turn. Both GoFundMe sites below have been verified by the Denver Post Support for the Club Q Families and Survivors Victims of Club Q Colorado Springs Mass Shooting Follow us on social media: @damianbellino || @rodemanne Discussed this week: “I'm going to howl at the moon now” Adam and Steve written and directed by Craig Chester who was best friends with Parker Posey 9th Street Video Columbia, MO  The Anniversary Party written and directed by Alan Cumming and Jennifer Jason Leigh The Staircase on HBO a series based on the Netflix documentary Trini Alvarado coming out of retirement to star in The Staircase with Toni Collette, Juliette Binoche Barney documentary, I Love You, You Hate MeAnne watched Teletubbies and we both watched Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Lambchop (and Hushpuppy) are vaudeville (Intimate Nights mentioned Shari Lewis was allegedly horrible) Madame (and Wayland Flowers) is vaudeville   Starred on The Dropout (HULU) and Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers (HBOMax) LisaGay Hamilton IMDB Starred as young Sethe in the film adaptation of Toni Morrison's novel, Beloved (1998, dir: Jonathan Demme) LisaGay worked with Beah Richards in Beloved and later created a documentary about her life, Beah: A Black Woman Speaks Worked with: Adam Mckay (Vice), Eastwood (True Crime), Quentin Tarantino (Jackie Brown), Terry Gilliam (12 Monkeys) Played Rebecca Hamilton in The Practice (David E Kelley) who eventually gets made partner Nine Lives, Mother & Child (dir: Rodrigo Garcia)  Came into To Kill a Mockingbird on Broadway in November 2019, right before COVID hit Most of her scenes from The L Word were cut because of lack of sexual chemistry with Jennifer Beals (had played her mom in tv movie, (A House Divided) Cherry Street, South of Maine sitcom pilot with Salma Hayek (written by Tom Arnold and Roseanne Barr) Is “The Full Jaffrey” a real thing (reference YMKHF ep #25 with Sakina Jaffrey) LisaGay starred in an episode of Sex and the City (S5, Ep6) but never watched it OR the reboot Servy-n-Bernice 4Ever (play with Cynthia, her dear friend) Halloween: H20 voiceover with LL Cool J Worked with these legends: Pam Grier (Jackie Brown), Danny Glover (Honeydripper), Brad Pitt (Ad Astra), Cicely Tyson (House of Cards) Who was most prepared? Brad and Pam! Played Condoleeza Rice in Vice RuPaul's “Peanut Butter” Buy tickets to see Topdog/Underdog on Broadway Craig Chester interview with Illeana Douglas  Jason Lee apparently no longer a Scientologist (whoops he left the church in 2016)  

Meet Wayland Flowers and Madame, a top draw in nightclubs and on tv during the 1970s and 80s. Wayland was a fine ventriloquist and his puppet Madame -- who he styled as a saucy southern lady -- was a great character, full of sass and snark. From frequent variety show gigs, to a faux talk show (Madame's Place), to a short run as center square on the Hollywood Squares, Wayland and Madame were all over the entertainment map during their decade long run. Find extra cuts in the comments at laughtracksradio.com and thanks for sharing our shows!

Happy Pride Month! In this episode, we explore the lives of activist Sarah Hegazi, playwright and activist Larry Kramer, and legendary entertainer Wayland Flowers (and, of course, Madame).

“#001” (September 20, 1982) Look, Madame's Place wasn't a good sitcom, but it was the gayest puppet-focused sitcom and also a contender for one of the first gay sitcoms, on account of its draggy sensibility and the fact that the man behind Madame was one of the first openly gay entertainers. Drew and Glen discuss how weird this show is, including the fact that its antagonist is a TV executive who's literally missing a face and who can control the weather. All this plus dick jokes. Read a 1985 L.A. Times interview with Wayland Flowers. Decades before Joan Rivers, Faye Emerson might have been the first female late night talk show host — and also the first late night host of any gender identity. Watch: Bea Arthur vs. Madame and Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama Party. Listen to the Round Springfield episode where Jeff Martin discusses naming Waylon Smithers after Wayland Flowers. The anime Glen fails to name, BTW, is The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya.   Go shop at our TeePublic store! Follow: GEE on Facebook • GEE's Facebook Group • GEE on Twitter • GEE on Instagram • Drew on Twitter • Glen on Twitter Listen: Apple Podcasts • Spotify • Stitcher •  Google Podcasts • Himalaya • TuneIn And yes, we do have an official website! We even have episode transcripts courtesy of Sarah Neal. Our logo was designed by Rob Wilson. This episode's art was designed by Ian O'Phelan. This is a TableCakes podcast.

Joined this ep by the outstanding Jason Gore! Comedian, actor, writer- from 108.9 The Hawk, The Best Show, Meet My Friends The Friends, Midlife Crisis, Dead Dads Club. Nice to see you!, 50 First Dates, Drew Barrymore, Drew's News Food Dude, Eric Cunningham, Music and Lyrics, ranch soda, McDonalds pizza, Trader Joes, Radford, VA, Terry Gross, Mike Birbiglia, UCB, alienating audiences, sketch teams, 108.9 The Hawk, southern accents, Sam Elliot, Yellowstone, national parks, Benedict Cumberbatch, Tracy Letts, Carrie Coons, Ghostbusters Afterlife, True Blood, southern actors, Danny McBride, acting school, character types, Rust, insulting auditions, careers in show biz, This Is Us, Bosch, Jack Reacher, Friday the 13th the series, Dan Brown, David Cross, Live from New York audiobook, Tracy Morgan audiobook, Kids in the Hall reunion, Bob and David, Mr. Show, Party Down, Wings, Jackass, The Eagles, Joe Walsh, meeting celebrities, autographs, Dwight Yoakum, Sling Blade, Teri Hatcher, Desperate Housewives, Jaim Gertz, Tom Savini, Jeff Bezos, Mike Huckabee, SNL, comedy therapy, Kurt Vonnegut, ranch dressing, Family Guy, Charles Bronson, Globetrotters on Scooby Doo, Wayland Flowers and Madame, Sherry Lewis and Lamb Chop. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/whatsthatfrom)

Pop Culture Thursdays arrive! We discuss Divas, 90s TV, and why Elycia can go f*ck herself.Anita Baker is an Aquarius.Gladys Knight is a Gemini.Gloria Estefan is a Virgo. Gloria remembers the bus accident here.Bette Middler is a Sagittarius. Siskel and Ebert gave Beaches 2.5 stars, calling it mechanical and sentimental. Watch Middler sing "I Think It's Gonna Rain Today" here. Cher is a Taurus. Aaron was referencing "not.com.mercial," which showcased Cher's writing and was released through her website. She took the songs to the studio in 1994, but they wouldn't release it (saying it wasn't commercial).  Whitney Houston is a Leo. We reference her performance of "I Loves You, Porgy" along with "And I Am Telling You" plus "I Have Nothing" at the 1994 American Music Awards. Watch that here. Mariah Carey is an Aries.  Dolly Parton is a Capricorn. See her performance of "Does He Love You" with Reba here. Adele is a Taurus. ____ Dionne Warwick hosted the first season of Solid Gold, aided by comedian Marty Cohen, with veteran Los Angeles DJ Robert W. Morgan announcing. After Warwick left the series, singers Andy Gibb and Marilyn McCoo were brought in as co-hosts and puppeteer Wayland Flowers joined the series as a secondary comedic act with his puppet Madame. Gibb left Solid Gold in 1982 and Rex Smith replaced him, but he too would leave after one season. Following a season where McCoo hosted by herself, she left in 1984 and Rick Dees of the Weekly Top 40 radio show was hired. Arsenio Hall joined the series during this time as the in-house comedian in place of Marty Cohen. At the midway point of the 1984–85 season, Dees left Solid Gold and a series of guests were used in the interim. Original host Dionne Warwick returned toward the end of the 1984–85 season and stayed on through the following season, finally leaving the program for good in 1986. Susan Hallock Dey (born December 10, 1952) is a retired American actress, known for her television roles as Laurie Partridge on the sitcom The Partridge Family from 1970 to 1974, and as Grace Van Owen on the drama series L.A. Law from 1986 to 1992. A three-time Emmy Award nominee and six-time Golden Globe Award nominee, she won the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Drama Series for L.A. Law in 1988.James references a scene with Julia Sugarbaker (Dixie Carter) reading another woman who'd maligned her younger sister, Suzanne Sugarbaker (Delta Burke) to FILTH. (Designing Women.)James's poem, "Four Letters from SPC Elycia Loveis Fine" was first published in the spring 2005 issue of the Hiram Poetry Review under J. Allen Hall (cringe!) – and you can access that issue here. There's a really good Shane McCrae poem in the issue called "Immunity."

The Best Neighbors Podcast Ep 122 "Wayland Flowers And /Or Madam"   Hi ya, Neighbors? Hope you all had a lovely & safe Thanksgiving. Now that it's almost December, bring on the trash TV! This week, we do our usual spin around the Real Housewives Universe (RHOP/RHOSLC) & we've turned the corner w/ Brooks; Mary is an enigma, wrapped in Chanel, & coated in crazy! We also have a ton of true-crime docs; music docs, Hillbilly Elegy, & loads more. Get ready for leftovers!  Thank you for listening to the Best Neighbors Podcast Be sure to Like our Facebook Page! You can subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts! We are on Twitter @bestneighbors On Instagram find us at  Best Neighbors Podcast Email us at bestneighborspodcast@gmail.com Send us a message if you would like stickers and/or a pin! Bye neighbors!

Love is odd. Love is dark. Love is pain. Why is that drag queen brandishing a chainsaw? And why are Wayland Flowers and Madame here? A strange relationship in Houston's gay neighborhood in the 1980s goes terribly, terribly wrong.

Monday can be a total bummer, so this Monday we present you with a new podcast to get you through your work day. In this episode we cover everything from Jamie’s work with Girl’s Rock Camp and the local drag queen story time. Christine catches you up on the things on her mind from Wayland Flowers and Madame, Taco and her upcoming creative projects.

http://www.UnderThePuppet.com - This is the first in a series of short episodes spotlighting puppeteers who have been mentioned on the show but are no longer with us. This episode we focus on Wayland Flowers, known best for his puppet character Madame.  A video version of this episode is available at underthepuppet.com. MORE ON WAYLAND FLOWERS: WIKIPEDIA - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayland_Flowers IMDB - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0283222/ UNIMA - https://wepa.unima.org/en/wayland-flowers/ Center for Puppetry Arts - https://bit.ly/2WFKdIR CLIPS COURTESY OF YOUTUBE USERS: Eileen Prose Alan Eichler Don Blackmore In Celebration: The 5th Dimension pannoni4 Sammy Dee Michael Carpenter CONNECT WITH THE SHOW http://www.twitter.com/underthepuppet http://www.facebook.com/underthepuppet CONNECT WITH GRANT http://www.MrGrant.comhttp://www.twitter.com/toasterboy https://instagram.com/throwingtoasters/ Art by Parker Jacobs Music by Dan Ring Help us make more shows like this one.  Become a patron of Saturday Morning Media and get cool rewards!  Visit www.patreon.com/saturdaymorningmedia for info! ©2019 Saturday Morning Media - http://www.saturdaymorningmedia.com

Dana and Guy are in Easton, Pennsylvania chatting about Jurassic Park The Ride, E. T., The Jerky Boys Movie and Wayland Flowers and Madame. Also, probably something about Disney.

Today Ken welcomes singer/songwriter/author/all around talent Marshall Crenshaw to the show. Ken and Marshall discuss how the third time is the charm, seaside music venues, Club Passim, Marshall's book "Hollywood Rock", The MTV age, the hub of hitchiking, That Thing You Do, La Bamba, Buddy Holly, the early 60s, The Adventures of Pete & Pete reunion, Beatlemania, SCTV, being surprised by Robert Gordon doing your song on your favorite show, The Merv Griffin Show, Wayland Flowers and Madame, The David Letterman Show, Detroit Rock and Soul, The MC5, The Stooges, Jackie WIlson, Jack Scott, scored due to failure, growing up in the anonymous suburbs, watching shocking amounts of television, getting a classic cinema education via TV, showing your children Citizen Kane, realizing that the Pee Wee's Playhouse Christmas Special is 30 Years old, Gilligan's Island vs. The Monkees, Jack Parr, Anglophilia, Steptoe & Son, Malcolm Muggeridge, The Beverly Hillbillies, the variety of true classic top 40, Solid Gold, no dancers but a Beach Boys' studio backing track, your children revisiting your work, Wild Guitar with Arch Hall Jr., Ray Dennis Stecklar, Psychotronic Video, Johnny Cash in Five Minutes to Live aka Door to Door Maniac, Jonathan Ross' Incredibly Strange Film Show, Night Flight, Catalina Caper with Little Richard, That Tennessee Beat, the power of documentaries, Hail Hail Rock n Roll, Let the Goodtimes Roll, MC5: A True Testimonial, Standing in the Shadows of Motown, The Blacklist, Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, Larry Wilmore, John Oliver, and talking to Dr. Licks.

Playwright and actor Ryan Landry talks Provincetown, burial plots, Wayland Flowers and Madame, and the age of his house on this weeks hilarious episode.