Gay Card Revoked

If you love pulled pork products, but hate kids playing Marco Polo in the pool, then grab your sash and tiara and let's go to Mount Rose Minnesota for the incredibly brilliant and groundbreaking look at small-town pageants: DROP DEAD GORGEOUS Rob and Robbie discuss how this movie went from critical failure to queer success, the genius of Allison Janney, the Academy Awards' ignorance about comic performances, their favorite lines, a wish for Kirstie Alley, and why this movie is surviving...

In episode twenty-nine of Gay Card Revoked, Rob and Robbie go back to 1968 and watch the visceral and campy Drag Queen beauty pageant of 1967, The Queen, which is a lesser appreciated piece of LGBTQIA+ cinema. The boys look at the gay life before Stonewall, drag culture as a community foundation, the life or death stakes of a blonde fall, and an epic takedown by Crystal LaBeija, are all the beautiful little nuggets that make up this film that has been eclipsed by Paris Is Burning and...

Hello, Gorgeous! It's time to look at the screen debut of the patron saint of queerdom, Barbra Streisand, in her Academy Award winning performance as Fanny Brice in FUNNY GIRL. Walking the boys through this movie is The Book of Mormon's very own Jordan Matthew Brown who loves all things Babs. The boys discuss the queer coding of "People," why Babs knocked it out of the park on her first movie, what moments of the film are iconic cinema, the beauty of Omar Shariff, and who might be right for...

We are going back to the swinging 60s to discuss the first queer icon American audiences gladly welcomed into their home: Comedian Paul Lynde. Rob and Robbie discuss Paul's triumphs and tragedies, both on and off-screen, and how his particular brand of humor has inspired countless generations of queer men. Follow us on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook DONATE HERE Next episode: FUNNY GIRL

Once Upon A Time.....in a far off television studio.....lived an indie actress with a single dream: To get all of her famous friends in one room, have them weirdly act out the most demented fairy tales, and make sure that every little queer child knew that you don't need happily ever after when you have Shelley Duvall's Faerie Tale Theatre. Today's queer expert is celebrated actor Wyatt Fenner who comes with not only a battered moleskin filled with notes and observations but a TedTalk on...

Happy 25 to Gay Card Revoked! To celebrate, Rob and Robbie are heading back to 28 Barbary Lane to examine the subsequent TV series in the Tales canon: More Tales of the City, Further Tales of the City, Tales of the City: 2019 The boys look at why Olympia Dukakis always get blackmailed, Jim Jones living in a park, Swoosie Kurtz's need for a room with a view, losing Mary Ann Singleton in Season 3, Mother Mucca, and the brilliance of Barbara Garrick! Follow us on Instagram, Twitter, and...

One of the most optimistic movies of the LGBTQIA+ canon is celebrated on episode 24. Back when printers were dotted, headshots were black and white, and you had to talk to a real person before sleeping with them, there were two queer men named Gabe and Mark and all they wanted to do was find a place to hook up in the crazy, comical world of TRICK. Rob and Robbie take a glance at Drag Race UK vs. Drag Race US, the acting brilliance of Tori Spelling, the prettiness of "Enter You," podcast...

This week Rob and Robbie head to San Francisco to follow the lives and love affairs of those who reside at Anna Madrigal's apartment complex in Armistead Maupin's groundbreaking book and television series TALES OF THE CITY. Walking the boys down the winding streets of the city by the bay is celebrated actor Vince Gatton who discusses the impact of the show on queer youth, the brilliance that is Laura Linney, seeing trans representation through the lenses of many decades, comparing the book...

Hello, darlings! Today we Rob and Robbie become the students as they learn about the life of queer icon Tallulah Bankhead, whose outspokenness on sex, love, queerness, and feminism were light years ahead of her time. Joining the boys is Tony nominee and Broadway legend Lee Roy Reams, who not only does a fabulous Tallulah impression, but was the first openly gay actor to play an openly gay role in a musical. Lee Roy dishes on Tallulah, her escapades with both sexes, her wit, her wisdom, and...

In episode twenty-one of Gay Card Revoked, Rob and Robbie look at Paul Rudnick, Patron Saint of 90s Gay Movies, and his incredible 1993 story JEFFREY, about a gay man who decides it's easier to be alone than to be in love.....until he meets the dreamy, HIV+ Steve. Joining the boys is Bryan Batt, who played Darius in the play and film version of Jeffrey, and is best known for his performance as the closeted art director Sal on AMC's Mad Men. The boys discuss the ability to laugh during a...

On episode twenty of Gay Card Revoked, Rob and Robbie get some joie d' vivre (watch out CC!) and revisit one of the funniest television series in the canon of mandatory LGBTQIA+ media: The Nanny starring Fran Drescher. The boys invite The Fran Fine Fashion Database curator, Eva, onto the show to discuss the iconic theme song, Fran Drescher's love of Lucille Ball, Lucy's love of Xmas gifts, how Rob witnessed a Nanny wedding, Robbie's beautiful celebration of Niles' shade-throwing, the iconic...

On episode nineteen of Gay Card Revoked, Rob and Robbie join Brenda, Elise, and Annie as they reclaim their time from their loutish ex-husbands in the 90s gay totem that inspired young gays all over the world to live by the motto "Don't Get Mad. Get Everything.": The First Wives Club Joining the podcast is longtime listener, first time caller, writer Kasey RT Graham who walks the boys through Bette Midler's acting style, Stockard Channing's definitive performances, Diane Keaton's love of...

Happy Holidays from your neighborhood Kweens of Christmas! Rob and Robbie spread holidays cheer by looking back on their television holiday traditions, their Must See TV during the month of December (including twink elves, the butch queen fantasy of Alice the Maid, Judy Garland's hatred of Mel Torme, etc) and how we can all don our gay apparel in 2021! Playlist: Bob Hope Is Jack Frost A Muppet Family Christmas A Very Brady Christmas Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer Married: With...

I Love Lucy and so do we the Rob and Robbie. They take a look at the pioneer of comedy and her television show that created the face of television: Lucille Ball's sitcom I Love Lucy. Guiding the boys back to the 1950s is acclaimed actor/playwright Ryan J. Haddad as he serenades them with a bit of Edie Adams' That's All, reflects on how Lucy and the gang informed his skills as an actor and writer, why Lucille Ball is a gay icon, and the secret life of Mrs. Trumbull. Follow us on Instagram,...

While they may have lost the Spokes model category, that doesn't deter Rob and Robbie to venture back into the world of 1980s realness with Broadway diva Linda Eder's mind blowing appearances on TV's Star Search Joining the boys is Star Search alumni and recording star Marty Thomas who walks the boys through the life of a Star Search contestant, which Linda Eder song is the most iconic, how Linda influenced him as an artist, what exactly was the Spokes Model Category, his coming out...

Put on your beret, get in the old jalopy, and brush up on your hanky code because Rob and Robbie are going back to 1930s Paris to worship at the alter of icon Julie Andrews (and Liza Minnelli) in the 1982 movie Victor/Victoria and the 1995 musical of the same name. Joining the boys is Schitt's Creek impressionist and social media sensation Michael Judson Berry who tells the boys about his rise to internet stardom, what it was like getting the Catherine O'Hara seal of approval, why all gay...

On episode fourteen of Gay Card Revoked, Rob and Robbie put on their pastel shoulder pads and fly on down to Miami Beach to praise the four women who celebrated queer identity, made sex over sixty hot, and became the lucky charms for gay identity: The Golden Girls. Podcast host Patrick Hinds of True Crime Obsessed leads the boys into a deep dive of queer characters on The Golden Girls like Coco the Cancelled Houseboy, Jean the Lesbian who does not know Danny Thomas, Clayton and Doug whose...

Fasten your seat-belts, its going to be a bumpy night......and with that iconic line Rob and Robbie are ready to delve into the 1950 Best Picture Winner All About Eve. And who better to walk us through the backstage bitchery and backstabbing than Broadway Baby Rob Maitner? Rob teaches the boys about the wit and wisdom of Joseph Mankiewicz, Bette Davis' brilliance onscreen and her biting wit off-screen, Celeste Holm's morbid sense of humor, the gay coding of Anne Baxter and George Sanders,...

On episode twelve of Gay Card Revoked, Rob and Robbie take a listen to the historic one night only concert known as JUDY AT CARNEGIE HALL which has been hailed as the greatest concert in history. Cabaret star Travis Moser enlightens the boys about Judy Garland's film career, her trials and tribulations leading up to this concert, why Judy Garland is a gay icon, a remembrance from an audience member over fifty years later, deconstructing Judy's greatest moments, questioning/celebrating Rufus...

CW: Some passages of this podcast discuss the details of a murder case. It vs. Is: That's the discussion we have with playwright, and Hitchcock devotee, Erik Champney as we do a deep dive into Alfred Hitchcock's 1948 Rope which starred John Dall, Farley Granger, and James Stewart and dealt, loosely, with Leopold and Loeb, who were not only murderers but lovers. Erik walks us through the history of LGBTQIA+ characters in Hitchcock's films, the sordid history of the true life murder that...