Kitsch versus camp and the politics of quiche. The Man Who Ate Too Much Related: Mai tais with Allan Katz Coconut shrimp with Julia Loken Check out all our episodes so far here. If you like, pledge a buck or two on Patreon. If you'd rather make a one-time gift, [...]
"Posto 896 is, in a lot of ways, an archetypal Los Angeles hidden gem. It’s in the Valley, next to an eyelash extension store in a run-down strip mall with valet-only parking. The food is interesting and thoughtful, another standard feature of our understated restaurants. However, inside there’s [...]
Episode artwork by Ian O’Phelan. “Blank Relay” (August 13, 2000) Honestly, we could have picked just about any episode of Strangers With Candy to focus on for this podcast about queer themes, but we ended up deciding on the one where we see Jerri Blank at her [...]
Welcome back to the Monday Afternoon Movie! Sam's return to horror continues with this 1975 installment of ABC's Wide World of Mystery that features the premiere of the one and only Kate Mulgrew. Here to probe into this 70s television masterpiece is none other than drag queen, activist, actor and [...]
" If you only know me from my work on this site, you might be surprised to learn that I like more than just video games. I like The Simpsons, for example, and until a few years ago, I had not met anyone who knew more about the [...]
Episode artwork by Ian O’Phelan. “Joey’s First Crush” (January 28, 1987)Few other shows changed as much as Gimme a Break, which began as a fish-out-of-water sitcom that had Nell Carter playing mom to three white girls in California but ended up with Nell and her best friend, Telma [...]
Crows. You gotta hand it to them. Check out all our episodes so far here. If you like, pledge a buck or two on Patreon. If you'd rather make a one-time gift, I'm on Venmo and PayPal. Creature Feature Secretly Incredibly Fascinating Podcast Katherine TikTok Smart Mouth newsletter Smart Mouth IG Music: I [...]
Episode artwork by Ian O’Phelan. “Lisa the Drama Queen” (January 25, 2009) So here’s an interesting one. In its twentieth season, The Simpson did an episode inspired by Heavenly Creatures, the 1994 Peter Jackson movie that has Kate Winslet and Melanie Lynskey playing schoolgirls who flee into [...]
by Katherine Spiers " Here are your food talking points for the week " Read the article here: Food Fights & Bakeries iTunes • Google Podcasts • Stitcher • Spotify • RadioPublic • TuneIn • Libsyn Check out all of The Smart Mouth episodes here. If you [...]
Episode artwork by Ian O’Phelan. “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” (November 29, 2011) Yes, Tim Allen’s follow-up to Home Improvement got branded as the most conservative sitcom on network TV, but is that fair? We’re honestly not sure, because the ninth episode of Last Man Standing’s first [...]
