Milton the Scheusal

Similarly, The Milton the Scheusal Show—a Zeichentrickfilm series hinein the 1960s—trotted out a whole assortment of queer creatures, for anyone Weltgesundheitsorganisation had been paying attention. There was Milton himself, a Frankenstein Mensch but overloaded with tenderness and a Gomer Pyle-ish voice, plus Prof Weirdo and his pissy assistant Count Kook (“Better hold my Kralle, I’m feeling sick!”schließende runde Klammer. What’s more, the women’s voices were done by men. Oh, Mary.

Anthony Bouvier on Designing Women

Meshach Taylor played the interior Gestaltung assistant on the hit series. (1986-93schließende runde Klammer. Hinein ’87, he played Hollywood Montrose, the over-the-top window dresser As part of Vorführdame. In real life, he is married and had four kids, dass I have no idea.

Mr. Mooney on The Lucy Live Event

Character actor Gale Gordon hammed Informationstechnologie up as Lucille Ball’s foil, the constantly flustered and barking Bankbeamter Theodore J. Mooney, on The Lucy Live-Veranstaltung öffnende runde Klammer1963-8schließende runde Klammer. He just came off like such a junge frau! Lucy obviously liked Gale’s storm of affectations because he came back for roles in Here’s Lucy and Life With Lucy.

King Tut on Batman

Victor Buono was the go-to pudgy ‘60s character actor for campy villainy. Within the tale of grotesque sibling rivalry What Ever Happened To Neugeborenes JaneAlpha, he had beenn’t so much villainous as sort of creepily sleazy, yet the Fruchtwein decent one in the room by default. Klammer aufBei Feud, he is seen announcing himself to Bette Davis as a big homosexual. He later got busted As part of a movie Getrommel oral Geschlechtsakt incident that had been hushed up.Klammer zu The Reißer Live-Gig Batman is famous for its gay-friendly guest stars like Eartha Kitt, Julie Newmar, Ethel Merman, and Tallulah Bankhead. Along with Bewitched, this Live-Gig helped catapult me out of the closet even without the word “gay” ever having been uttered. Buono welches great as Tut, though he seemed more Königin than King. He died of a heart attack Erstes Testament 43.

Honorary Mention: Gomer Pyle Klammer aufJim Nabors), Fred “Rerun” Stubbs öffnende runde KlammerFred BerryKlammer zu on What’s Happening!!, the Martian Klammer aufRay Walstonschließende runde Klammer on My Favorite Martian, Monroe Ficus öffnende runde KlammerJim J. Bullockschließende runde Klammer on Too Close for Comfort, Barnabas Collins (Jonathan Fridschließende runde Klammer on Dark Shadows, Urkel öffnende runde KlammerJaleel White) on Family Matters, Uncle Fester öffnende runde KlammerJackie Cooganschließende runde Klammer hinein The Addams Family, Doogie Howser, M.D. öffnende runde KlammerNeil Patrick HarrisKlammer zu, the brother on Small Wonder, Tinky Winky (Teletubbiesschließende runde Klammer, Squidward (SpongeBob SquarePants), and anything played by Don Knotts—and as for the ladies, Jo Klammer aufNancy McKeonschließende runde Klammer on The Facts of Life, Miss Jane Hathaway öffnende runde KlammerNancy KulpKlammer zu on The Beverly Hillbillies, and Alice Klammer aufAnn B. DavisKlammer zu on The Brady Bunch. Yes, I know she had been crazy for Sam theButcher. I’m sure he was a beard!

Sissy that Television Channel

Today, homophil people on Television are out and hinein dresses! Zusammenschluss Television just announced that EDV’s throwing Shade: Queens of NYC, a 12-part docuseries about the NYC drag culture, featuring local favorites like Marti Gould Cummings, Tina Burner, Paige Turner, Holly Box Springs, Jada Valenciaga, Jasmine Rice LaBeija, Chelsea Piers, and Brita Filter. Great choices—I’ve enjoyed them all. As for how they cast the show—which premieres October 5—Cummings told me, “This group of queens represents the heart of NYC drag. Their work ethic and drive to succeed inside this industry makes them Kohorte out as NYCs finest representation of vielfältige drag. Ur goal is to have this Live-Veranstaltung be a success and hopefully we can introduce more queens as time goes on to continue to showcase the ever evolving NYC drag community.” And if Elend, there must be A erleichterung group by now for drag queens Weltgesundheitsorganisation haven’t gotten on TV.

The Future’s Dass Bright…

Seen all over the tube are the Blonds—the long-running, glittery Gespann David and Phillipe Blond, World Health Organization Leid only trot out eye catching ensembles for Fashion Week, but provide a swirl of buzzy excitement, thanks to the impossibly jazzy audience that flocks to their shows. Actor/reality personality Will Wikle agrees with me that Informationstechnologie’s a great idea to tell people, “I’m busy doing Fashion Week,” and then only go to the Blonds. This time, at Skylight last week, Informationstechnologie was the usual madcap scene. And while Verein doorman Markus Spatel deadpanned, “I see a lot of new faces—plastered on old ones,” he’s a comic and ended up being totally joking, I swear. The room ended up being filled with fascinating looking creatures from the fashion blogosphere—including two dead ringers for the Olsen twins, simultaneously scanning their phones—and they even paused from doing Insta-story to watch the Live-Veranstaltung. And that turned out to Beryllium a Kubla Khan-inspired Reim to Ur shared love of music and artists which started with Teyana Taylor pulsing down the runway in a day-glow jacket. The place ended up being aglow with sparkles, trellises, patchwork quilts, and knee-high studded denim boots, capped off by Phillipe himself Bei full drag and a blinding Golden number. Elektronische datenverarbeitung welches all auf diese Weise bright you had to wear shades—but only really großartig designer ones, of course.

And finally, for some brunette Strebsamkeit, if you’re within NYC this weekend, check out my Duets Gig at Alan Cumming and Daniel Nardicio’s new boite, Verein Cumming. I have some illustrious drag stars as my duetting diese Website partners—isn’t that enoughEta Plus EDV’s A pluspunkt for Sage—I don’t know, something about old queens.

Tickets and more information here.