My guest this week left his old life behind to chase dreams of freedom with the love of his life. Buck Jones was working a corporate job with a homophobic boss when he and his then-boyfriend, now-husband sold their home and moved overseas to open a little cafe in Paris. It was the culmination of a lot of childhood dreams, informed by Buck’s love of classic mid-century sitcoms — but it was also the start of a lot of work, and a gigantic culture shock.
We’ll have that conversation in a minute. First, a reminder to head over to mattbaume.com to subscribe to my newsletter — this week I have a story about the movie Twilight and its connection to squids.
Also take a look at my YouTube channel for videos about film and TV history. I just posted a video about the conflict over the sitcom Soap that engulfed America in the summer of 1977. And head over to my Patreon to support The Sewers of Paris and watch hours of bonus videos, including an interview with Marsha Posner Williams, producer of The Golden Girls and Soap and many other shows.
Demons & Ghosts (Ep 392 - Hamish Steele/Dead End: Paranormal Park)
Everything but His Underwear (Ep 391 - Swedish Drag/Markus)
Every Gay Bar Was Owned by Mafia (Ep 390 - Stonewall/Tree)
Quite a Lovely Revolution We Were Having (Ep 389 - David Bowie/Joan Jett Blakk)
Magic Horses & Middle School (Ep 388 - Hugh Ryan/magic horses)
Camp is like Pornography (Ep 387 - Eurovision/Jānis)
Did I Just Get Married? (Ep 386 - Pedro Almodóvar/Alejandro Varela)
Betrayed by Books (Ep 385 - Fantasy novels/Oliver Darkshire)
Learning to be Myself More (Ep 384 - Live drag soap opera/Harold Slazer)
Oracular Garbage Pile (Ep 383 - James Bond/Andrew Wheeler)
A Crew of Proto-Queer Boys (Ep 382 - Spice Girls/Little Miss Hot Mess)
Space Ballerinas (Ep 381 - Sailor Moon/Ryan La Salla)
It's Petty Drama (Ep 380 - The Hills/Xavier D'Leau)
Secrets Kill (Ep 378 - Disaster films/Christopher Rice)
Raised by Hippies (Ep 377 - Room with a View/Michael Bach)
The Moon's About to Fall (Ep 376 - Majora's Mask/Enrique)
Funny and Salacious and Dangerous (Ep 375: Andrew/Soap)
I was Quite Happy to be the Villain (Ep 374: Tork Shaw/Kenneth Williams)
Behind the Scenes with Betty White (Ep 373 - The Golden Girls/Jim Colucci)
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