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A heated conversation builds around a fan Timmy Gilmore’s letter about being hated because you look gay. I’ve always felt that the biggest obstacle gay people face is other gay people.
This lead us to talk about the nature of conflict and dramatization, and how it’s inevitable. Whats avoidable is how we deal with conflict and how we overcome our differences.
Lots of talk about conflict in everyday life and in the political spectrum, and why Amanda Steinstein should be in the Alivn Ailey dance company. They have white people dancing with them now.
What would you do for $10,000 dollars? What’s the most humiliating or unlikely behavior you will do for ten “G”s?
Marc does a lot of window shopping as he eyes the guys walking down the street. He tries to find one for Amanda but darn is she picky!
Lots of talk about circumcision. A divorced couple is arguing in court about wether to circumcise their kid or not. Why won’t people just leave their dicks alone? Well, because they’re fun to play with, but do we really need to take a foreskin to court?
We talk about the Michael L. Jackson trial which is getting under way and other crazy stories of people gone mad- like the man who attacked Amanda, the man who attacked a family at a shopping mall and the people that attacked Kevin Avaince and oh, Madonna shopping at H&M.
The podcast that does more “Quarter Turns” than a vending machine- the Feast of Fools!
[Originally posted 06.16.06]
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Jason says:
June 26, 2007 at 22:20in honor of “honor amanda day” i just wanted to tell amanda my own special story about how much i love her.
my boyfriend and i are moving to dallas in august, and back in march we were looking for a house. he called realtor after realtor, and didn’t like any of them.
he finally called me with good news after hours of searching. when i asked him who he’d picked, he said “this lady that sounds just like amanda steinstein.” i was like, “who’s amanda steinstein.” he said, “this *hilarious* jewish lady from the feast of fools podcast.” long story short, we bought a house with the realtor in texas who he picked just because she sounded like amanda steinstein. turns out our realtor was a nice black girl from georgia. just imagine, here we are at the airport expecting this older jewish lady and we get this young black woman. (she said, “why are y’all looking at me like that?”)
she may not have been jewish after all, but her steinstein-like voice was the best choice no matter what! thanks amanda!
Maia says:
June 27, 2007 at 14:08Amanda, I love you too, but sometimes you say things that make me wonder if you were raised by a pack of Log Cabin Republicans…
Hate crimes are distinguished from other criminal acts because they target an entire class of people.
“To put it simply, a hate crime strikes at the individual to terrorize the group.”
(quoted from a Reader article that just came out last week)
The Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Bill (see the FOF forums) would add gays, lesbians, and transgenders to the list of protected groups. Because “gay-bashing” has become part of our lexicon for a reason — there are sickos who will attack someone they don’t even know, for the sole reason that the person comes across as gay or lesbian or trans. It makes sense to me that this kind of crime would not be treated as a simple assault, but as an attack on the gay/les/trans community as a whole, making us ALL terrified to walk down the street holding hands after dark. Because that’s what the motive behind it is.
That said, a discriminatory motive must be proved in court for something to be treated as a hate crime.
“The ‘hate’ in ‘hate crime’ refers to discriminatory motive, not to whether a perpetrator hates a victim.” (lawyer Betsy Shuman-Moore, in that same article)
Otherwise, it’s just a crime, as Amanda says. But I don’t think hate crimes are like the tooth fairy — they do exist.
Originally from Erie, Pennsylvania, Marc Felion works as a bartender. As co-host and producer of the Feast of Fools podcast, he helped launch one of the most successful podcasts in the world. He lives in Andersonville with his partner and co-host Fausto Fernós. he loves to watch sci-fi tv shows, read murder mysteries and fix cocktails.
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Marc Felion | August 7, 2008
I turned off the comments on the show episode due to spam. If you would like to make a comment, please email me and I’ll open it up again. Sorry for any...
Matt | August 7, 2008
Yay Rick! 
I love it when Rick is on. I’m one of his biggest fans! Woot Woot! Great show, I loved the segue between the lesbian wedding and the Gorilla’s in...
RcktMan | August 7, 2008
Darn it! And I had taken a loan out specifically for that purpose, too. Guess I’ll have to spend that money elsewhere. Wonder what would be a good cause? … hmmm...
Fausto Fernós | August 7, 2008
Update- Apple pulls the “I am Rich” iPhone app. http://www.bestweekever.tv/200 8/08/07/its-all-fun-and-games- until-someone-actually-buys...
Cliff Dix | August 7, 2008
125,000 Gorillas YAY! Always fun to hear from Rick. I love the Piss Miggy voice. Kissy kissy. You guys be careful of those tornadoes. Scary. Ya’ll made me nostalgic...
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Marc Felion | August 7, 2008
I turned off the comments on the show episode due to spam. If you would like to make a comment, please email me and I’ll open it up again. Sorry for any...
Matt | August 7, 2008
Yay Rick! I love it when Rick is on. I’m one of his biggest fans! Woot Woot! Great show, I loved the segue between the lesbian wedding and the Gorilla’s in...
RcktMan | August 7, 2008
Darn it! And I had taken a loan out specifically for that purpose, too. Guess I’ll have to spend that money elsewhere. Wonder what would be a good cause? … hmmm...
Fausto Fernós | August 7, 2008
Update- Apple pulls the “I am Rich” iPhone app. http://www.bestweekever.tv/200 8/08/07/its-all-fun-and-games- until-someone-actually-buys...
Cliff Dix | August 7, 2008
125,000 Gorillas YAY! Always fun to hear from Rick. I love the Piss Miggy voice. Kissy kissy. You guys be careful of those tornadoes. Scary. Ya’ll made me nostalgic...
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Cliff Dix says:
June 26, 2007 at 05:45Fausto sounds just like me when he does that southern accent while reading my letter on today’s classic show. Creepy.