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Lights Off, Pants Down

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Personal Journals, Arts, Society & Culture, Comedy, Performing Arts

4.65.7K Ratings

🗓️ 17 February 2026

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

David Zellnik tells Kevin Allison about a moment of sexual liberation in a dark back room at a gay bar in the early 90s. Check out all of our Conversation Stories! 🎙️Conversation Story: Allowed to Look by David Zellnik David has a transformative night at a gay bar in the early 90s, during the ongoing AIDS crisis. It felt risky but it also helped him to feel more visible and confident in his identity, changing his perspective on sexual relations. 🌈 Support RISK! & Get Involved 🎟 See RISK! Live in NYC⁠! ✍️ Pitch your story⁠ ❤️ Support us on Patreon⁠ or ⁠make a one-time PayPal donation⁠ 📚 Shop merch or the RISK! book⁠ 🎓 Take storytelling classes with us⁠🎥 Hire Kevin as a coach or get personalized videos Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

On this episode of Frisk, you'll hear he gets on his knees.

0:07.5

I can't believe I'm telling all this.

0:09.4

And you'll hear the first thing I'd ever said to this guy.

0:13.6

I was like, can I get your number?

0:16.4

He couldn't think of what to say at first, but then he said, oh, it's in Spanish.

0:22.6

And me, on the show where people tell true stories, they never thought they'd dare to share.

0:32.7

Something special is up.

0:38.3

Something special is something special is something special we have

0:40.3

We have Shurpercial is Hello, folks. This is one of our conversation.

1:03.0

I'm Kevin Allison, and this is one of our conversation story episodes, where someone

1:09.4

tells me a story and we chat about it.

1:12.8

We're calling this episode Lights Off Pants Down.

1:19.9

Today it's a story from David Zelnick that he told me about going to gay bars and clubs in New York in the early 90s, which is where and how

1:30.0

he and I first met. I'll say more about David later, but don't miss his other phenomenal

1:36.0

stories on his YouTube channel at David Zelnick, 1946. Now, let's take a quick break and then we'll hear David's story.

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2:23.2

Now, here I am with David Zelnick, with his story, allowed to look.

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