“Life is nothing if you’re not obsessed.” –John Waters
Join comic geniuses Jackie Clarke (Showgirls: The Best Movie Ever Made, Ever!, Death By Roo-Roo, FREE-FM) and Julie Klausner (Hell House, Free To Be Friends, Cat News) as they host an evening based around the theme of obsession. Guests include writers, comedians, and actual loons (collectors, super-fans, aficionados and devotees of television actresses, novelty food, fan fiction, pop-topping, Andrew Lloyd Webber, and more), all of whom Julie and Jackie are totally obsessed with.
Past Guests Include:
Nick Kroll (battled his unhealthy obsession with Raven-Simone)
Iris Rose (”The Martha Stewart of the East Village” and collector extraordinaire)
John Flynn (Accumulator of pop culture treasures on video; shared a priceless Nell Carter blooper with us)
Michael Musto (Obsessed with Suzanne Somers, and her amazing poetry)
Eric Drysdale (The Colbert Report, The Daily Show; 3-D photography collector)
Barry Mitchell (Has taped every version of Jerry Lewis singing “You’ll never walk alone” from the Labor Day Telethon since 1969)
Fred Armisen (SNL; Obsessed with Guitar Hero II)
Tom Scharpling(The Best Show on WFMU; Obsessed with Morton Downey, Jr.)
Cintra Wilson (Salon, Rolling Stone; Obsessed with Liz Renay)
Steve Baldwin (Obsessed with Wild Brooklyn Parrots)
Joan Vonderbruggen (Presented a fantastic Super-8 film of her family pointing firearms at each other on xmas morning)
Janeane Garofalo(Obsessed with HBO’s Rome)
John Mulaney(Gave a compelling presentation about American History)
Seth Rudetsky(Blew minds deconstructing his footage of Donna McKechnie dancing “Turkey Lurkey Time” on the 1969 Tonys and Rip Taylor on The Brady Bunch Hour)
Patrick Borelli on the book proposal for “The Incredible Sex Machine,” and his consequent book cover designs
Rachel Kramer Bussel on her sexual fetish for washing dishes
Tom Courtney on his substantial doll collection
Joe McGinty & Nick Danger on failed musicals
Dr. Lanny Latham on getting psyched
Jackie Hoffman on her collection of newspaper articles about dead babies
Brett Gelman on his OCD
Kristen Schaal on popularity�
Will Becton on L. Ron Hubbard
Frank DeCaro on his collection of Batman paraphenelia
Jeremy Laverdure
John Gemberling as The Ghost of Liberace