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Bustin’ makes me feel good! Today we’re celebrating the Nine Year Anniversary of the Feast of Fools by going after some common and non-so-common myths and misconceptions about food, crime, sex and biology. You know the stuff we just love to talk about.

For example:
• Do the letters of the GAP clothing store mean “Gay And Proud?”
• Why did actor Dick York (the original Darrin Stevens on the TV show Bewitched) leave the show?
• Was Walt Disney frozen upon his death in order to wait for the day when medical technology makes his re-animation possible?
• Does eating celery result in negative calories?
• Can you tell about a loaf of bread by looking at the color of the plastic twist tag?
• Does micro-waving plastic release toxic chemicals?
• Is the Fiji Mermaid real?
• Are green potatoes poisonous?
• Does hair grow back thicker when you shave it?
• Will the police be summoned if you type your PIN number backwards?
• Did Lee Marvin and Captain Kangaroo fight together at the battle at Iwo Jima?
• Have any people ever had naturally occurring blue hair?
• Is the Feast of Fools the worlds most downloaded GLBT podcast?
• Is Grey’s Anatomy a good TV show?

In case you didn’t know the Feast of Fools began as a fund-raiser for the now-defunct Randolph Street Gallery. Although we couldn’t save the gallery, the Feast of Fools went on and on, first as a drag show, then as a cabaret, later on as a rock and roll play, and now as an award-winning podcast.

The name comes from an essay that gay activist Harry Hay wrote about how people need to feel free to express themselves, no matter how foolish they might fear to come across. I just loved his idea, and I came up with the name “Banquet of Fools” to name the variety show, which was quickly renamed “Feast of Fools.” Who doesn’t like alliteration?

Join us as my mom does a surprise phone call and Amanda surprises us all with some bittersweet news.

The podcast that is like a baseball bat against ignorance and fear- Feast of Fools.

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