FOF #2812 – The Santaland Diaries, and other Strange Christmas Jobs

Feast of Fun: Gay Talk Show

Fausto Fernós

Comedy Interviews, Tv & Film, Comedy, Tv Reviews, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.4 • 831 Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2019

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

To make it as an artist today you have to have a side hustle and during the holidays, that sometimes entails slipping into an elf costume to become Santa’s little side ho ho ho.

David Sedaris’ masterpiece, “The Santaland Diaries,” which explores the legendary writer’s gig as an elf at Macy’s Santaland in New York City, is now playing at the Goodman Theater starring Steven Strafford who joins us to look at all the odd holiday jobs we’ve taken over the years including his current job playing “Crumpet the Elf.”

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0:00.0	To make it as an artist today, you have to have a side hustle.
0:09.8	And during the holidays, that sometimes entails slipping into an elf costume to become Santa's little ho, ho.
0:18.2	David Sedaris's masterpiece, The Santa Land Diaries, which explores the legendary writer's
0:23.4	gig as an elf at Macy's Santa Land in New York City, is now playing at the Goodman
0:28.4	Theater starring Stephen Strafford.
0:30.6	Today, writer, actor, and fellow elf, Steven Strafford joins us to look at all the odd
0:37.2	holiday jobs we've taken on over the years,
0:40.3	including his current gig, playing Crumpet, the Elf.
0:44.2	Plus, is Amy Sedaris a Jedi in Star Wars Mandalorian?
0:48.6	Billy DeWilliams says making Lando Colerician a pansexual robot lover in the film solo was a huge mistake.
0:57.5	And Miriam Webster names they as its word of the year. I'm Fausta Furnos. I'm Mark Fillion.
1:04.1	And this is Feast of Fun. I get this all the time.
1:15.5	People say that I have an elf voice.
1:18.3	Oh.
1:19.2	Why would you say that?
1:21.1	I had someone say to me after the show.
1:24.7	She's like, you sound just like David Sedaris.
1:27.2	And I was like, very cool things.
1:29.8	Gee, thanks.
1:30.6	Yeah.
1:31.0	Our guest today is theatrical author and fellow elf, Stephen Strafford, who's taking on David
1:39.6	Sedaris's masterpiece, The Santa Land Diaries, now playing at the Goodman Theater until December 29th, here in Chicago.
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