Actor/reality personality Will Wikle agrees with me that it’s a great idea to tell people, “I’m busy doing Fashion Week,” and then only go to the Blonds. Seen all over the tube are the Blonds-the long-running, glittery duo David and Phillipe Blond, who not only trot out eye catching ensembles for Fashion Week, but provide a swirl of buzzy excitement, thanks to the impossibly jazzy audience that flocks to their shows. Our goal is to have this show be a success and hopefully we can introduce more queens as time goes on to continue to showcase the ever evolving NYC drag community.” And if not, there must be a support group by now for drag queens who haven’t gotten on TV.
Their work ethic and drive to succeed in this industry makes them stand out as NYCs finest representation of diverse drag. As for how they cast the show-which premieres October 5-Cummings told me, “This group of queens represents the heart of NYC drag.
Today, gay people on TV are out and in dresses! Fusion TV just announced that it’s throwing Shade: Queens of NYC, a 12-part docuseries about the NYC drag culture, featuring local favorites like Marti Gould Cummings, Tina Burner, Paige Turner, Holly Box Springs, Jada Valenciaga, Jasmine Rice LaBeija, Chelsea Piers, and Brita Filter. I’m sure he was a beard! Sissy that TV Channel Yes, I know she was crazy for Sam theButcher. ( Neil Patrick Harris), the brother on Small Wonder, Tinky Winky ( Teletubbies), Squidward ( SpongeBob SquarePants), and anything played by Don Knotts-and as for the ladies, Jo ( Nancy McKeon) on The Facts of Life, Miss Jane Hathaway ( Nancy Kulp) on The Beverly Hillbillies, and Alice ( Ann B. Bullock) on Too Close for Comfort, Barnabas Collins ( Jonathan Frid) on Dark Shadows, Urkel ( Jaleel White) on Family Matters, Uncle Fester ( Jackie Coogan) in The Addams Family, Doogie Howser, M.D. Honorary Mention: Gomer Pyle ( Jim Nabors), Fred “Rerun” Stubbs ( Fred Berry) on What’s Happening!!, the Martian ( Ray Walston) on My Favorite Martian, Monroe Ficus ( Jim J. Buono was great as Tut, though he seemed more queen than King. Along with Bewitched, this show helped catapult me out of the closet even without the word “gay” ever having been uttered.
He later got busted in a movie theater oral sex incident that was hushed up.) The hit show Batman was famous for its gay-friendly guest stars like Eartha Kitt, Julie Newmar, Ethel Merman, and Tallulah Bankhead. (In Feud, he was seen announcing himself to Bette Davis as a big homosexual. In the tale of grotesque sibling rivalry What Ever Happened To Baby Jane?, he wasn’t so much villainous as sort of creepily sleazy, yet the most decent one in the room by default. Victor Buono was the go-to pudgy ‘60s character actor for campy villainy.