Feast of Fun

Raspberries! Broadway icon Carol Channing died today, she was 97. One of our most popular episodes ever, Carol Channing spoke to us from her home in Palm Springs about the value of arts education in public schools, and her amazing life and career. P[...]

Christmas is the drag queen of holidays: it’s drunk on eggnog, it’s overly decorated with loud colors and glitter and it takes itself way too seriously. So when Christmas goes off the rails, it’s hilarious. Today, we wrap up the year with our an[...]

If you’re a guy who wants to get attention during the holidays, consider wearing the color red. A recent study suggest that men look their best during the winter months when they wear bold warm colors like red. Today we wrap up the year by lookin[...]

There’s something hilarious about turning those precious christmas carols into rotten songs all kids will love. Today our pal Manny Petty joins us for a live music session where we harmonize some hilariously rotten christmas song parodies. List[...]

Musician E.G. Daily is best known for bringing to life some of the most lovable rebels in film and television: Pee Wee Herman’s girlfriend, Dottie in Pee Wee’s Big Adventure, Buttercup in the Powerpuff Girls and Tommy Pickles in Nickelodeon’s Rugrat[...]

Christmas isn’t quite the same without the raunchy outrageous humor of our beloved drag mom Lady Bunny. For over a decade Bun-Bun’s twisted holiday parodies have been a favorite of our end of the year Incredibly Strange Christmas Music special. B[...]

One of our favorite oddball TV Christmas moments is Pee Wee’s Christmas Special, a star studded hour long event that aired in 1988 at the height of Pee Wee Herman’s popularity. Today we take you inside Pee Wee’s Christmas Special with the she-lar[...]

Every Christmas, link bait pops up all over Internet hating on poor Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer for portraying Santa Claus and Ru’s family as a bunch of hateful bigots. Today we take a look at the most famous reindeer of all, Rudolph the Red [...]

Scientists can get a little freaky when the lab coats come off and the real hard work of gathering empirical evidence regarding sex and sexuality begins. Who knew science could be so sexy? Today Brian Sweeney joins us to take a look at some of th[...]

The delightful Meg Grunewald joins us to take a look at the Hanukkah comedy spectacular “Home for Hanukkah with Bubbe” where she and other Chicago comedy improv stars invite you to participate in the traditions that make Hanukkah a festival of light[...]