Sewers of Paris: A Strange Kind of Family (Ep 484 - Grey Gardens & Second Life/Tony & Brad)
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Bonus Video! Paris is Burning & My So-Called Life
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For this week's bonus video, we're taking a look at the origins of Rickie Vasquez on My So-Called Life -- and how the show took inspiration from the documentary Paris is Burn...
2024-09-01 16:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostSewers of Paris: I Got Excommunicated (Ep 483 - House of Heat/Koaty & Sumner Blayne)
This week on The Sewers of Paris, I’m chatting with two guests, 2024-08-29 16:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Bonus Video! Unexpected Allies at the Top of the Disney Corporation
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For this week's bonus video, we're taking a look at how the Disney corporation went from being surprisingly debauched in the 1920s ... to pretty intolerant of gays ... to a place...
2024-08-25 16:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostSewers of Paris: An Angry Phone Call from Faye Dunaway (Ep 482 - Mommie Dearest/A. Ashley Hoff)
My guest this week is ...
2024-08-22 16:44:12 +0000 UTC View PostBonus videos! The clever tricks hidden in the Little Shop end-of-the-world finale
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For this week's bonus video, we're taking a closer look at the gorgeous (and seldom-seen) original ending of Little Shop of Horrors -- including some especially crafty techniques...
2024-08-18 04:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostSewers of Paris: The Grateful Dead at a Christian College (Ep 481: Grateful Dead/Jason Durant)
My guest this week on the Sewers of Paris podcast is Dr. Jason Durant, a New York based t...
2024-08-15 16:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostSewers of Paris: What Makes You Stand Out (Ep 480 - The Little Mermaid/Terry Blas)
As you may have heard, I have a new YouTube video coming this weekend about Howard Ashman, the lyricist behind The Little Mermaid among many other works. So for this week’s episode,...
2024-08-08 16:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostBonus Video! All of the amazing actresses who almost played Ursula
You would not BELIEVE some of the actresses they considered for Ursula in The Little Mermaid, and for this week's bonus video we're taking a look at some of the most surprising. Mrs. Garre...
2024-08-04 15:25:05 +0000 UTC View PostSewers of Paris: A Lonely Dramatic Experience (Ep 479: Who Framed Roger Rabbit/Greg Lockard)
My guest this on this week's Sewers of Paris podcast is 2024-08-01 16:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Matt's So-Cast Pod: Resolutions (with Aaron Berman)
Happy 1995! On this week's podcast, it's a new year and time to make some resolutions ... which will al...
2024-07-29 16:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostBonus Video! How One Disney Executive Nearly Ruined The Little Mermaid
Hello there! For this week's bonus video, Ollie and I have a story for you about the time Jeffrey Katzenberg nearly ruined The Little Mermaid, and how Howard Ashman fought tooth and nail t...
2024-07-28 16:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostSewers of Paris: Royalties and a Husband (Ep 478 - Let my People Come/Eric Marcus of Making Gay History)
You may have seen that 2024-07-25 16:00:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Matt's So-Cast Pod: So-Called Angels (with H. Alan Scott, Kerri Doherty, Cindy Howes, and Alonso Duralde)
It's Christmas this week on the So-Cast Pod, but the yuletide is not particularly gay for Rick...
2024-07-22 16:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostBonus Video! The Weird Broadway Saga of "Let My People Come"
Picture it: New York, 1974, and you're going out on the town for a night of classy theatrical delights ... at a new off-Broadway show called Let My People Come. This was an absolutely real...
2024-07-21 16:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostSewers of Paris: What Feels Euphoric to Me (Ep 477: JP Karliak/X-Men '97)
Returning to The Sewers of Paris this week is voice actor 2024-07-18 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Matt's So-Cast Pod: On The Wagon (with Aaron Berman)
This week on the podcast: We've reached episode 14, in which Rayanne is one month sober -- but alas, sh...
2024-07-15 16:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostBonus Video! Howard Ashman's lost & forgotten projects
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For this week's bonus video, we're taking a look at some of Howard Ashman's more obscure projects -- a fun ode to a cow; some songs rescued from Little Shops' cutting room floor;...
2024-07-14 16:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostSewers of Paris: The Performance of Sex (Ep 476: Gay Porn/Christopher Rice)
This week I’m chatting with 2024-07-11 16:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Bonus video! Some of my archive discoveries in LA
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I'm in Los Angeles this week, combing through various film and TV archives, and I've found some fun tidbits for upcoming videos. A few highlights: A bizarre misunderstanding of q...
2024-07-07 16:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostHollywood Pride (Ep 475: Queer Hollywood History/Alonso Duralde)
My guest on this week's Sewers of Paris is Alonso Duralde, author of the new book 2024-07-04 16:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Matt's So-Cast Pod: Pressure (with the 80s TV Ladies)
On the podcast this week: No longer content with the boiler room assignations, this week Jordan's naggi...
2024-07-01 16:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostBonus video! The scrappy little theater that saved Disney
You've probably never heard of the Workshop of the Player's Art, but this grungy little 99-seat theater had a colossal impact on American culture -- and helped save Disney animation in the 90s. In ...
2024-06-30 16:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostThe Best of The Sewers of Paris: Science Fiction
Apologies for this week's episode coming a day late! I'm just catching up between Pride events and a po...
2024-06-28 16:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostMatt's So-Cast Pod: Self-Esteem (with Sam Pirie)
On the podcast this week, we're back from our little summer vacation and ready to tackle some saucy secrets. ...
Bonus video! The Plant that ate (Off) Broadway
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For this week's bonus video, we're heading back in time to a scrappy little off-off Broadway theater where a frustrated lyricist named Howard Ashman has decided he's going to mak...
2024-06-23 16:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostThe Best of The Sewers of Paris: Comic Books
This week, I’m continuing the monthlong Pride special, bringing you excerpts from some of the very best Sewers of Paris conversations I’ve had over the last nine years.
This...
2024-06-20 16:00:16 +0000 UTC View PostBonus Video! The Little Mermaid's Humble Origins in a Broadway Flop
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I just got back from my big trip to New York & Toronto and boy are my arms tired. I got a TON of great research done in some performing arts archives, and I'll share some hi...
2024-06-16 16:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostThe Best of The Sewers of Paris: Musicals!
On this week's Sewers of Paris, I’m continuing the monthlong Pride special, bringing you excerpts from some of the very best conversations I’ve had over the last nine years. On this ep...
2024-06-13 18:26:37 +0000 UTC View PostBonus video! Don't be Alarmed, Judi Dench is SUPPOSED to Sound Like That
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I'm back for some more archive research, and also a big fabulous Pride event at the Toronto Public Library (to which you're invited! Details below!) ... but that won't st...
2024-06-09 19:46:28 +0000 UTC View Post