by Katherine Spiers "Continuing the hibachi/teppanyaki journey from last week! This profile of the founder of Benihana, Rocky Aoki, is interesting, and it features my favorite restaurant critic (and total, unabashed shill), Clementine Paddleford." Read the article here: Roasting Cocktail Weiners on the Hibachi iTunes • [...]
Episode artwork by Ian O’Phelan. tags: 80s | facts of life | NBC “Menage a Phyllis” (November 2, 1974) In the third-season episode “My Brother’s Keeper,” Rhoda famously said the word “gay,” turning a plot about her association with Phyllis’ brother on its head. Two seasons [...]
by Katherine Spiers "I recently noticed that people often use “hibachi” and “teppanyaki” interchangeably, especially when talking about Benihana-style restaurants where diners sit at the griddle and the cook puts on a show with onion towers and flying ingredients. Technically, that is teppanyaki." Read the article here: Hibachi [...]
Episode artwork by Ian O’Phelan. tags: 80s | facts of life | NBC “Cousin Geri” (December 24, 1980) Fun game for listeners: Take a shot every time Drew mentions the phrase “gigantic bitch” in connection with Lisa Welchel’s Blair, who is in rare form this episode [...]
Will Shelley Winters finally have her revenge on Sam Pancake and the Monday Afternoon Movie? Now that we're back to the horror genre, Sam has invited iconic filmmaker and confirmed cult leader Peaches Christ into the fold to talk about REVENGE!, the 1971 ABC movie of the week starring Sam's [...]
by Katherine Spiers "After all that hubbub, David Chang has announced he will no longer be pursuing trademark protection for “chili crunch.” It’s so wild that Momofuku thought its cease and desists would be received differently than they were." Read the article here: Cultivated Chicken; Japanese 7-11 [...]
"Delhi Belly: Good food, weird service! The coconut pumpkin curry is fantastic and extremely spicy, the amritsari fish fry is a treat (you'll think you won't finish the plate, but then you will), and the tandoori Cornish game hen is one of the best in town. Rice is [...]
Episode artwork by Ian O’Phelan. tags: 2000s | Animated | Comedy Central “Gay Bash” (November 10, 2004)For better or worse, Drawn Together represents a very real trend in mid-2000s humor. It specifically sought out to tell the most offensive jokes it could get on air, but that’s what [...]
by Katherine Spiers "In January of last year PBS NewsHour ran a segment that got me so worked up. The topic was the rising price of eggs, but that’s old news; what made me mad was the angle that NewsHour took. Because it was wrong, you see. And [...]
Episode artwork by Ian O’Phelan. tags: 90s | Animated | MTV Spend a little time in a Daria fan community and you’ll find folks who ship the title character with her best friend, Jane. The show actually never does a gay episode and only gets the [...]
