Thank you, @fishymessiah, for making me track down this classic Facts of Life episode where Blair finds out her boyfriend, med student Cliff, works as a male stripper when the girls take Mrs. Garrett to a strip club for her birthday. It’s surprising! Highlights: the club is called Wedgwood’s, Jo takes pictures and is not… Continue reading Great Sex Work Moments in Pop Culture History: The Facts of Life
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Saturday Night Live: “Strip Club”
This sketch is funny and, for the most part, accurate. Color us surprised, SNL. You can really tell that Jason Sudeikis thoroughly researched his part, a spot-on representation of strip club DJs (Dave Grohl’s no slouch, either). And Helen Mirren is known for wearing stripper shoes on the red carpet.
Sweatpants Boner Man, Widemouth Bass Man, and Other People Not to Be at the Strip Club
Paul Carr has been writing a series of reports from Las Vegas for the Huffington Post with his sobriety as the hook—what’s it like to be in Vegas sober, etc. His guide for part of the trip has been Ruth Fowler, fellow sober person, former stripper and author of the memoir No Man’s Land. For… Continue reading Sweatpants Boner Man, Widemouth Bass Man, and Other People Not to Be at the Strip Club
“Making it Rain” explained to cultural ignoramuses
The New York Times explains “making it rain.” I guess they didn’t cover this when the NBA All-Star game was in Vegas? Great explanation of making it rain for, well, old white people, I guess.