The History of Drag with Frank DeCaro Encore

Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast

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Visual Arts, Tv & Film, Comedy, Arts

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🗓️ 21 October 2024

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

To celebrate National Book Month and the recent publication of his new book, "Disco: Music, Movies and Mania Under the Mirror Ball," GGACP presents this ENCORE of a 2019 interview with comedian and author Frank DeCaro. In this episode, Frank takes Gil and Frank through the history of drag performers and performances and discusses his book, "Drag: Combing Through the Big Wigs of Show Business." Also in this episode: Tommy Velour! "Jethrine" Bodine! The artistry of Charles Pierce! The other side of Flip Wilson! Uncle Miltie's "meaty tuck"! And Herman Munster becomes a cocktail waitress! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Here we go
0:03.3	go once, two, one two, one two three. Gilbert and
0:15.0	Gilbert at Frank. colossal love sessions.
0:18.0	Hi, I'm Gilbert Godfrey and I'm here with my co-host
0:22.0	Frank Santo Padre and this is Gilbert and
0:24.7	Frank's amazing colossal obsessions. Yes? We have with us today. Ah, someone who has a new book out called Drey coming through the big wigs of show business, Frank Dacaro.
0:47.0	Yeah, you see you gave him credit for saying Dicaro off Mike.
0:50.0	I know.
0:51.0	None of that Dacaro shit.
0:52.0	Had you guys known each other from the stand-up world.
0:54.0	No, but I was there the day that I was the night that you did the aristocrats joke.
1:00.0	I was in the room because I was either on the day as for that one not speaking but sitting there
1:05.0	I was on the daily show in those days. Yes. Yeah that was the you have no roast. Oh my God it was amazing. Yeah, it was it was one of those moments where you're like,
1:14.4	I can't believe I was in the room for this.
1:16.1	Yeah, so no, it's, and I had never heard that joke.
1:18.0	Yeah.
1:18.4	So you had never heard the aristocrats joke
1:20.3	until the night you were in the room.
1:21.6	Who, I waited for the best. No one has ever taken the Italian out of the name
1:25.7	Santa Padre like you. There is not an art form. There is not a whiff of
1:29.9	garlic left in that name when you get done with it.
1:32.6	I'll tell you.
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