Aside from starring in a musical porno film with Matthew Morrison. Hmmm musical porno, I think I am on to a new creative endeavour here. It will fit in nicely with the new GLEE church I want to open - this church would also perform GLEE weddings.

 My fellow Renoites, you have another opportunity to catch the last TV show in Bruka's run of "Late Night TV Shows" - The Golden Girls.

This infamous television show featured some - if not the - funniest and smartest women in comedy and television; Betty White, Estelle Getty, Bea Arthur, and Rue McClanahan. These iconic women have left impressions on all us. For many us, these four women created a generation of gays and are responsible for the bright flames of our faggotry. In many ways, the show allowed for audience members to reminisce. What comes to mind for me when I think of the Golden Girls? Firstly, I think of staying up with my mother when I was young and watching episodes - like I said, a whole generation of gays.  When I came back to the show years later I found a greater appreciation for not only the humor but the strong social messages woven into the storylines. Four elderly women, all sexually active, struggling with such issues as divorce, gay siblings, pregnancy, sex, HIV/AIDS, suicide, and more. The four women shed light on struggles faced by the elderly - as well as many other populations in our society.  

We performed the episode, "the Artist", to a packed audience, who stood in awe of four men who were able to convincingly portray these characters. When Adam (Dorothy) first walked on stage, the audience went absolutely nuts. The mannerisms, the tone of voice, and the costume have all been worked and refined to get it as close as possible to the actual characters. Any who attend this show will not be disappointed. The show starts at 11:00pm at Bruka in the heart of downtown Reno, with doors opening at 10:30pm. Admission to the show is just a mere $5.   Hope to see you all there!!!

I have many grandiose fantasies about my future career in the entertainment arena; a touring drag show with Lady Gaga, an academy award winning performance with Meryl Streep, and being in a hit Broadway show with all the performers from GLEE just to name a few. Another one of my dreams is to have a theater showcase episodes from the Golden Girls and I would have the chance to don a pair of cushioney orthepedic tennis shoes, as myself and three other drag queens attempted to parody the iconic girls. That dream has finally come to fruition for me.

Bruka Theatre to close out their late night television show series wisely decided to put on the still ever popular Golden Girls, only with a slight twist; the "girls" would all be played by men. I came to learn that a number of major metropolitan cities including San Francisco, Chicago, and New York also do a version of "Golden Girls" live, so in some respects we are modeling ourselves after what other cities are doing. On the other hand, drag queens are few and far between in the Biggest Little City in the World and in some of those areas they are a dime a dozen.

I was cast to play the simple-minded Rose Nylund. What she lacks in higher cognitive functioning she makes up for in her kind heart and generous spirit. Rose Nylund was of course played by the infamous Betty White, who is the only living Golden Girl.

The episode Bruka decided to pick is called "The Artist". Lazzlo, a Hungarian artist shocwasing an exhibit at Blanche's museum, decided to ask Blanche to pose for him naked in order for him to sculpt the perfect woman. Throughout the episode, Lazzlo asks Rose and Dorothy to pose for him as well causing a ridiculous feud to occur.

We had a read through last night and it was absolutely ridiculous. The show does not lose anything with replacing the title roles with men; in fact we all thought it added an additional layer of humour to the episode. My hope is that this will do so well at Bruka that they will bring it back for their next season and do a run of it with maybe three or four episode instead of just the one.

This weekend has been absolutely crazy. A'DOLLed Fantasy held auditions for new spots within the company. We had a great turnout and we hired on some amazing new dancers to the company. They are all absolutely incredible and all bring different looks and talent to the table. Amidst all that, my icon and general role model, Miss Betty White, hosted one of the funniest Saturday Night Live episodes in a hell of a long time. It reminded me of the golden times of Saturday Night Live with Ana Gesteyer, Tina Fey, Molly Shannon, and more. They brought back some of my favorite segments and sketches for the episode.

Meanwhile, the Utility Players put up the newest episode of their podcast AWKWARD MOMENTS. This episode focused on a discussion of reality TV in all of its splendor. I have a very intimate relationship with reality tv - I basically grew up on it. I started out with a regular dosage of game show reality tv with The Price is Right, The Weakest Link, Hollywood Squares, Who Wants to be a Millionaire, Deal or no Deal, and more. I then quickly moved on to the reality tv sensation of Real World and Road Rules. Then of course, competition reality tv took over with Project Runway, Survivor, American Idol, Biggest Loser, and The Amazing Race. Finally, but certainly not least, the reality tv dating games are perhaps my favorite. I became an avid fan of Joe Millionaire, One Shot with Tila Tequila, the Bachelor, and the Bachelorette. My favorite one and probably the one that highlights the ridiculousness of reality tv was a dating game featured on the Bravo network called Boy Meets Boy. It was a gay reality tv dating show where this studly yet sensitive gay bachelor had 15 hot men to choose from. He even had the assistant of his fag hag best friend to aid him in choosing which bachelors to kick off. The caveat of this show - not all of the men on the show were straight. If bachelor ended up choosing a gay partner, then he and his partner would live happily ever after in gay bliss with $100,000. However, if a straight men was chosen as the bachelor's partner, the gay guy would get nothing and the straight men would walk away with $100,000. The bachelor and and the friend were unaware of this at the beginning and it was only revealed to them at the end.  I remember watching the show fascinated until the producers told the bachelor and the friend and the best friend freaked out. She broke down and thought that this was stupid and hurtful to do to another human being. I had that get real moment of "how far are we willing to go in order to entertain the masses?"

Do we enjoy watching reality tv because it is comforting to witness the lives of people who are worse off than we are? Does it provide solace? Do we tell ourselves, "as bad as my life is, at someone else has it worse than I do"?

There is no doubt that reality TV has molded and shaped our experiences and perception of pop culture. It will be interesting - and slightly scary - to see how reality television continues to evolve and works to shape entertainment.

Here is the podcast episode with the Utility Players sharing their own views and experiences with reality TV. Enjoy!!!!

In the immortal words of the one Savage Garden "I knew I loved you Betty White, before I met you"

Betty White, one of my favorite idols of all time, is set to host Saturday Night Live tonight!! Accompanied by an impressive host of stars including Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Molly Shannon, Maya Rudolph, Ana Gasteyer and Rachel Dratch - all of whom, interestingly enough, are mothers. The musical guest for the night is Jay-Z, which I'm not going to lie, I am a little less than thrilled about. Get Lady Gaga or Adam Lambert or Ricky Martin - somebody gay, fabulous, and fun to watch. I also have my Betty-White-Viewing-Party all lined up with appropriate snacks and Golden Girls episode lined up after SNL to watch and admire.

Although I have not stopped gay gasping since I heard the news, I am a little nervous about the episode tonight. I use to be an avid watcher of Saturday Night Live in the years of Will Ferrell, Tina Fey, and Cherri Oteri. The sketches were great with crisp writing and featured amazing musical and comedic guests for the night. I feel that SNL over the years have lost a little bit of that energy. So it is important to see how things shape up for this episode. You can have all of the amazing talent present on one stage but if the sketches are craptastic with marginal writing, nobody is going to be able to shine, even the infamous Betty White.

So while I am at auditions for A'DOLLed Fantasy, all I will be thinking about is White's opening monologue and how many potential hot and half naked men are going to make appearances throughout the run of the show. God bless you Betty White and your cougar self.

Make sure to check out Saturday Night Live for history in the making!!!!

This morning, my roommate told me the greatest news I ever heard. It's official, Betty White - from Mary Tyler Moore Show, Golden Girls, and the Proposal - is set to host Saturday Night Live May 8th of this year. The booking is a direct result of a facebook campaign advocating for White to be on the show, states creator and executive producer Lorne Michaels.The epic event will also feature the return of SNL alumni Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Amy Rudolph, Rachel Dratch, Ana Gasteyer, and Molly Shannon.

I cannot imagine what thy are going to come up with for the show or what White's monolgue is going to entail, but all I know is that it is going to be deliciously vulgar. I remember during the roast of William Shatner she came up with these epic lines:

"Bill and I are good friends, I was there to catch the bouquet at his wedding. Yeah I hope to live long enough to catch the cock ring at George Takei's wedding"

With Miss White hosting of SNL - supported by an impressive supporting cast of amazingly talented women - it might be the most epic SNL ever. I hope to god that there is a golden girls remake on the show!!

For the past couple of weeks, I have not stopped thinking about having a Golden Girls marathon. I feel that I need to pay homage to Bea - I mean I wore black for entire week, lit some candles, and re-watched my favorite episodes of Mauda & Golden Girls, but still. It is ridiculous to have such an emotional connection to that sictom - but I have no come across a gay man yet that  is not madly and obsessively in love with the Golden Girls. I remember watching the show for as along as I can remember along with Designing Women, Murphy Brown, and the Nanny - basically if it at one time or currently is showing on LifetimeTV I watched it with my mother.  The show was hilariously well-written and the relationships between Rue, Bea, Estelle, and Betty is incomparable I feel. On more than one occassion, my groups of friends have expressed an intense desire to end of their days in some Golden Girls esque fashion complete with ornery Italian mothers, cheesecake, and gentlemen callers. I'm not going to lie, I would make a pretty fierce Blanche Devereaux.

The show which ran from 1985 to 1992 was a hallmark television show with it's depiction of older women having sex, discussing abortions & gay rights, and painting a reality of getting older that conservatives did not necessarily agree with. In general the show tackled of wealth of social issues giving a voice to many. Of course the writing was my favorite part of the show, and here are a few of the best.

"I"m as jumpy as a virgin at a prison rodeo." - Blanche

Blanche: "We're collecting lingerie for needy sexy people"

Blanche: I am abhorred!
Sophia: We know what you are Blanche. I'm glad to finally hear you admit it.
Blanche: Sophia, I said "abhorred".
Sophia: A whore, a slut, a tramp, it's all the same.

Thank Golden Girls for being one of my roots in life and serving as role models and icons in this little drag queen's life.