We’re careening towards Thanksgiving, and you know what that means — an onslaught of holiday specials on the horizon. One that I’m particularly looking forward to is Santa Inc, a stop-motion special featuring the voice of comedian Joel Kim Booster. I spoke with Joel back in 2017, and this week we’re diving into the Sewers of Paris archive to revisit that conversation in preparation for the holidays.
Joel grew up in a household where his parents tried to control every aspect of his life — until he came out, at which point he found himself homeless, and then taken in by a family he barely even knew.
We’ll have that conversation in a minute. First a reminder to check out my YouTube channel where I post videos about queer pop culture. I’ve got one coming up about Jim Nabors, the Andy Griffith Show, and a scandalous fake marriage that nearly ended two closeted actors’ careers.
And you can also head over to my Patreon to watch hours of bonus videos featuring stories of TV and film history.
And check out my cute little newsletter where I share sneak peeks at what I’m working on at mattbaume.com.
And a big thanks to everyone who supports the Sewers of Paris at Patreon.com/mattbaume. And to everyone who’s left a review on Apple podcasts or wherever you listen.
Somewhere That's Green (Little Shop of Horrors/Brad Cerenzia)
It Was a Mindf**k (Ep 294 - Carol Channing/Terry LaBolt)
The Manic Fervor of a Tennessee Williams Heroine (Ep 293 - Sunset Blvd/Dashiell M. Silva)
Legendary Slumber Parties (Ep 292 - Greenwich Village/Robert Patrick)
Strip Mall Hypnosis (Ep. 291 - Clan of the Cave Bear/Michael Hobbes)
A Really Accomplished Fake (Ep. 290 - Video games & Radiohead/Daniel Villareal)
We Were Too Busy Being Gay (Ep. 289 - Stonewall/Tree)
The Pack Rat (Ep. 288 - Norman Lear/Steven Capsuto)
Superheroes Are Basically Naked (Ep. 287 - Marc Andreyko/Moonlighting)
Fairies and Mortals Can't Get Married (Ep. 286 - Dee Michel/The Wizard of Oz)
It Started as a Sexy Fun Project (Ep. 285 - Amos Mac/Original Plumbing)
Kind of Right & Kind of Wrong (Ep. 284 - Seth Rudetsky & Broadway)
I Paid my Dues, Baby (Ep. 283 - Charles Busch/Vampire Lesbians of Sodom)
The Night Australian TV Lost its Virginity (Ep. 282 - Number 96/Andrew Mercado)
Dream Role, Dream Show (Ep. 281 - Hedwig/Trystan Reese)
Don't Make Superman TOO Sexy (Ep. 280 - Joeboys/Joe Phillips)
Connect, Not Just Sex (Ep. 279 - Luis Buñuel/Dale Lazarov)
The Most Expensive Flop in History (Ep. 278 - Madeline Kahn/William V. Madison)
Failed Mystics (Ep. 277: Buffy, X-Men, He-Man, and Lwaxana Troi)
Queer People Before There Were Queer People (Ep. 276 - X-Men/Mike Ciriaco)
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