Monkeying Around with Monkeypox

Feast of Fun: Gay Talk Show

Fausto Fernós

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

4.4 • 831 Ratings

🗓️ 28 July 2022

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Step aside AIDS, move over Covid, there’s a new plague in town: Monkeypox. This week the World Health Organization declared the spread of Monkeypox a global emergency.

Men who have sex with men are the highest risk right now, but that could change very quickly if our health care system doesnt get it under control. Even worse, if the press continues to position this as a sequel to AIDS, folks may hesistate to get help if they worry that people will think they are gay.

Today comedian Matt Brown, Ms Brown if ya nasty, joins us to take a look at the hilariously named but definitely no joke Monkeypox pandemic, and how for gay men who lived through the AIDS crisis, this feels like deja vu all over again.

FOLLOW MATT BROWN: https://www.msbrowncomedy.com

Plus--

➤ Macy Gray and Bette Midler fall prey to right wing misinformation on trans women.

➤ Actor Ryan Gosling says he agreed to play Ken in the upcoming live action Barbie movie after receiving a sign from the universe.

➤ 80s pop star Pat Benetar says she won't sing “Hit Me with your Best Shot” because she thinks it glorifies mass shootings.

➤ A look at Jennifer Holiday’s unique singing style and Matt Brown’s web series Black Music Archive.

Episode #3042

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0:00.0	Step aside AIDS, move over COVID.
0:07.0	There's a new plague in town, Monkey Pox.
0:11.0	This week, the World Health Organization declared the spread of monkeypox a global health emergency.
0:18.0	For now, men who have sex with men are the highest at risk, but that could
0:22.7	change very quickly if our health care system doesn't get it under control. Even worse, if the
0:28.3	press continues to position this as a sequel to AIDS, folks may hesitate to get help if they
0:34.6	worry that people will think they're gay. Today, comedian Matt Brown, Miss Brown, if you're nasty,
0:41.3	joins us to take a look at the hilariously named, but definitely no joke,
0:45.3	Monkey Pox pandemic, and how for gay men who live through the AIDS crisis,
0:49.3	this feels like deja vu all over again.
0:52.3	Plus, Macy Gray and Bet Midler fall prey to right-wing misinformation on trans women.
0:59.0	Actor Ryan Gosling says he agreed to play Ken in the upcoming live-action Barbie movie after receiving a sign from the universe.
1:07.0	80s pop star Pat Benatar says she won't sing,
1:10.0	Hit Me With Your Best shot, because she thinks
1:12.9	it glorifies mass shootings. And a look at Jennifer Holliday's unique singing style and Matt
1:19.1	Brown's web series Black Music Archive. I'm Fausto Furnos. I'm Mark Fillion. And this is Feast of Fun.
1:30.5	You know, I've been making jokes about the AIDS for as long as the AIDS crisis has been happening.
1:38.0	Well, gallows humor gets you through it.
1:39.8	Yeah, you know, comedy is a way of dealing with some terrible things and allowing you to sort of laugh at the face of adversity, danger, and sorrow.
1:49.3	And our guest today excels of that is comedian Matt Brown, Miss Brown comic, if you're nasty.
1:57.2	I just, I'm so happy I know that we're recording this time.
2:00.4	I'm just so fucking confused guy. I'm just happy to be here wherever I am, I'm so happy I know that we're recording this time. I'm just so fucking confused guy.
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