
COMMUNITY's Christmas takedown of GLEE
24/12/2025 | 54 mins.
Bonus episode! We wanted to wash the bitter Glee taste out of our mouths and send everyone off with a good Christmas episode, so we're chatting about Community's "Regional Holiday Music" -- a musical parody of Glee by way of Invasion of the Body Snatchers.A proud part of The Glitterjaw Queer Podcast CollectiveTip us on Ko-Fi | Gimmicks WebsiteEmail: [email protected] | Bluesky | InstagramTheme song: "Disco Tears" by Raven | Creative Commons Attribution 3.0

GLEE sings about Christmas (with Hamish Steele)
17/12/2025 | 2h 7 mins.
Glee: "Extraordinary Merry Christmas"Well, it's come to this: we cover the Ryan Murphy creation Glee and all its slushie-stained complicated creation and ongoing story. Luckily, Hamish Steele joins us to talk about the best of the Christmas episodes of this important but derisive series which all began with a gym cruising adjacent pitch. We talk about capitalism, autotune, a related reality TV show, and an era when it felt like the gays won.Check out Hamish's Podcast:Super Mario MomentA proud part of The Glitterjaw Queer Podcast CollectiveTip us on Ko-Fi | Gimmicks WebsiteEmail: [email protected] | Bluesky | InstagramTheme song: "Disco Tears" by Raven | Creative Commons Attribution 3.0Sources: LA Times article "Cool for School"Christmas TV writeup for this episodeBillboard article "'Glee' Warblers Album Flies High"

ALL IN THE FAMILY tells the truth
03/12/2025 | 1h 29 mins.
All in the Family: "Everybody Tells the Truth"Those were the days, but how do YOU remember them? Archie Bunker and Mike disagree on the night's events, leading to an uproariously funny rapid-fire take on the Rashomon episode! And in true All in the Family fashion, this episode still manages to tackle different ways racism can manifest in both liberals and conservatives. We talk about this influential show from the extensive Norman Lear universe (and how Lear himself was a total smokeshow), Carroll O'Connor's roaring, Edith doing pup play, and the criminal underuse of Sally Struthers as Gloria.A proud part of The Glitterjaw Queer Podcast CollectiveTip us on Ko-Fi | Gimmicks WebsiteEmail: [email protected] | Bluesky | InstagramTheme song: "Disco Tears" by Raven | Creative Commons Attribution 3.0Sources: Ethnic Notions (1987) a documentary by Marlon RiggsWarm Up the Snake (2006) by John Rich Even This I Get to Experience (2014) by Norman Lear

PEE-WEE'S PLAYHOUSE goes up for sale (with Kevin Cafferty)
19/11/2025 | 1h 46 mins.
Pee-wee's Playhouse: "Playhouse for Sale"Come on in, and pull yourself up a chair (Like Chairry!) Kevin Cafferty joins us for the series finale of the hugely popular fusion of Saturday Morning kids edutainment and underground surrealist performance art, and its melancholy clip show goodbye inspired by Howdy Doody. We get into the alt-comedy and punk roots of the Pee-wee Herman character, Pee-wee mania in the 80s, the horrible ways Paul Reubens and his sexuality was handled by the media, and why this finale centers on Miss Yvonne and the playhouse puppets rather than Pee-wee himself.Check out Kevin's Podcasts:Gleaming the TubeBest Stuff in the WorldA proud part of The Glitterjaw Queer Podcast CollectiveTip us on Ko-Fi | Gimmicks WebsiteEmail: [email protected] | Bluesky | InstagramTheme song: "Disco Tears" by Raven | Creative Commons Attribution 3.0Sources: Inside Pee-wee’s Playhouse: The Untold, Unauthorized, and Unpredictable Story of a Pop Phenomenon (2012) by Caseen GainesPee-wee as Himself (2025) a documentary by Matt WolfNo Trick, Just a Treat (2021) by Chris Azzopardi for Philadelphia Gay NewsCritics Notebook: ‘Pee-wee’s Playhouse redux: Bonus talk with Paul Reubens” by Robert Lloyd for the LA TimesAlison Mork - Under the Puppet #91Kevin Carlson - Under the Puppet #9

Late night shows are turned on their heads
12/11/2025 | 1h 5 mins.
Bonus episode! With the recent developments in the landscape of late night television programs, we wanted to talk about what's going on and look back at some of the high concept and experimental episodes that are part of the long history of this type of TV. In particular, we will discuss the Late Night With David Letterman airing from December 9, 1986. Link to watch care of archivist Don Giller.A proud part of The Glitterjaw Queer Podcast CollectiveTip us on Ko-Fi | Gimmicks WebsiteEmail: [email protected] | Bluesky | InstagramTheme song: "Disco Tears" by Raven | Creative Commons Attribution 3.0Source: The Lost Laughs of Letterman, Don Giller



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