Listener Troy has totally flipped for this clip, the grand finale from an 80s afterschool special, starring Rob Stone from Mr. Belvedere and Wallace Langham from the Larry Sanders Show. Advisory: Don’t jump off warehouse roofs. Also: earworm!
And more: Troy’s also over the moon for “Starbucks Rejection Tour,” a short culture-hacking documentary starring “kooky crooner” […]

Says YouTuber BenBenDD, “crazy look, crazy woman, crazy song…” (Warning: male strippers!)
German transsexual superstar Romy is a former teen circus performer who ran the legendary glitter-rock era Berlin nightclub and cabaret Chez Romy Haag and went on to dazzle dance-floor denizens with sultry Europop hits like this.
Update: Thank you to listener Michael for pointing out […]

Have you seen it already? This post-apocalyptic stunner was shot in the streets of Berlin.

Kooky FoF pal Miss Understood sent in this campy clip. Though it’s a comedy, “Queen Kong” looks very much like “King Kong” but with boobs (not on the ape, though). The beauty who attracts the beast this time is a foppish fella with a taste for chicken-feather boas. Also stars inflatable dinosaurs, a pugnacious priest, […]

This clip’s many pleasures are obvious—my favorite is the audience’s reaction at the end: stunned silence. Thank you to listener David for the clip.
More from the pageant scene: Click through and see Miss Black America 2001 contestant Tandi Iman Dupree’s routine to “Holding Out for a Hero,” featuring one of the most phenomenal entrances in […]

After a long spoken intro, Shingo Mama busts out a hyper-hyper kids’-show production number about getting up in the morning. Notes listener Olah, “Shingo Mama is off the chain!” Watch out for a surprise guest appearance from a legendary American musician. Thank you for the clip, listener Steve.
More, more, more: Click to witness Shingo Mama’s […]

Last night, the mind-boggling Eartha Kitt wowed ‘em at Puffy’s party and even treated curbside onlookers to a few bars of this insightful, Dietrich-esque camp classic.
And that ain’t all: After the jump, intense young Eartha forcefully delivers one of her signature songs, “I Want to Be Evil.”

Congrats to U.S. sprinter Tyson Gay, who won the 100-meter event on Sunday at the world championships in Osaka, Japan, and set off a whirlwind of eye-catching headlines in the world press, including:
American Gay wins 100 metres at track worlds (CBC)
Gay Cements Status as World’s Fastest Man with Help From Mom (Bloomberg)
Gay destroys Powell to […]

A twee boy with broad shoulders wearing a fitted black T-shirt and tight jeans plays ukulele and sings a fruitiful rendition of a Beatles song on a beach. Five stars! You know who he reminds me of? Brendan Fowler from Barr!
Same song, different ladies: Dionne Warwick and Anne Murray duet on “Solid Gold.”