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00:00:01My wife told me to take out the trash.
00:00:03I said, I already did.
00:00:05She said, then why are you still here?
00:00:11I went to a restaurant so fancy,
00:00:13even the breadsticks had a reservation.
00:00:17I tried stand-up once.
00:00:18The audience was so quiet,
00:00:20I thought I walked into a library.
00:00:24I'm Murray Hill, and if you liked those jokes,
00:00:27I wrote them.
00:00:28And if you didn't, that was AI.
00:00:30And this is King of Drag.
00:01:00Real King.
00:01:01Viva Tuna Melt!
00:01:02Tuna Melt!
00:01:03Tuna Melt!
00:01:05Dang, I didn't get to really know Tuna.
00:01:07Even though we know it's a competition,
00:01:09it still shocked me.
00:01:10It was really sad,
00:01:11but also joyful to see him being the first
00:01:14stabbing up the sword with Murray,
00:01:16and the huzzah!
00:01:17That was almost me up there.
00:01:19I hate that it took scaring me that bad,
00:01:23but it was, I think, what I needed.
00:01:26And y'all better watch out next week.
00:01:28I ain't sad no more, it's going down.
00:01:32People have seen me stumble.
00:01:34Now, the pressure is on to pick myself back up
00:01:36and let them see that too.
00:01:37King Molasses, you were our first winner!
00:01:40You're the first ever winner!
00:01:43I'm super excited to keep my dupes up,
00:01:49because I know y'all coming now.
00:01:50I'm nervous.
00:01:51The view from the top is that you're seeing
00:01:54everybody climb for your spot.
00:01:56I'm looking at Big D,
00:01:57and I'm looking at Alexander the Great.
00:01:59Let's see drag, y'all!
00:02:01Gotta go shave!
00:02:07I'm so excited!
00:02:12Oh, they put our stuff up,
00:02:13so we home now!
00:02:16The Man Cave is feeling more like home
00:02:18now that we start to get to see our pieces
00:02:20on the racks.
00:02:21It feels like moving into
00:02:23a part of Drag King history.
00:02:25These are so sick!
00:02:27It really feels like it's our Man Cave.
00:02:29This is my Man Cave!
00:02:30Me, Man Cave!
00:02:32Me belong!
00:02:33You know, make that big ol' Germanic-ness!
00:02:35I got to peep some of the looks
00:02:37that everyone else has,
00:02:38and strategically,
00:02:39I kept some of my best challenge looks
00:02:41up, hidden,
00:02:42so they don't see all of my cards on the table.
00:02:44What's everyone's names and pronouns
00:02:46out of drag?
00:02:47My name's Kat.
00:02:48Any pronouns?
00:02:49And or you can call me Dickless Von Dyke.
00:02:52I currently live in Minneapolis, Minnesota,
00:02:55but I'm from St. Louis, Missouri.
00:02:57Love the Midwest!
00:02:58The Minneapolis drag scene
00:03:00is the first place I've ever lived
00:03:01where drag artists can really make a living,
00:03:03because it's just, like, rife with fans.
00:03:06I live in a two-bedroom house.
00:03:08Kat has a bedroom and Dick has a bedroom.
00:03:10Dick is like a best-case scenario for Kat.
00:03:13I still make all the same annoying jokes,
00:03:15but I make them so much louder and more confidently
00:03:18when I'm Dick.
00:03:19Dick is also three inches taller
00:03:20and has perfect vision.
00:03:22I'm Deanna Fleischer.
00:03:23I take she, her pronouns,
00:03:25but there's a lot of hippies in Bellingham
00:03:27who call me Big D out of drag as well.
00:03:30I'm a mom, and I work,
00:03:32so I don't get out, period.
00:03:34My path to, like, accepting myself
00:03:36in a female body has been lifelong.
00:03:40My character work really started to pop on stage
00:03:42after I started really getting into, like,
00:03:44masculine impersonation.
00:03:45I've been a clown teacher for probably, like, 18 years.
00:03:48I came up with teaching a Drag King comedy workshop
00:03:51as, like, the next level of my clown work.
00:03:53I use my vulnerabilities and my flaws
00:03:56as a way to create the character that I wear.
00:03:59I'm Trigger Mortis outside of drag,
00:04:01and I'm she, they.
00:04:02It's my old roller derby name.
00:04:04It just kind of stuck.
00:04:05I thought I was the oddball,
00:04:06but I met Big D.
00:04:07We're both close to 50.
00:04:09We're both femme-presenting out of drag.
00:04:11We both are married to men.
00:04:12My husband is very supportive of me
00:04:14putting my masculine side out there.
00:04:16Living in Texas is a hard thing
00:04:18because all the laws that keep getting passed.
00:04:21I understand when people want to leave,
00:04:23but there's also a need for people to stay
00:04:25and to fight.
00:04:26Buck is, like, my armor.
00:04:28I'm able to say so much more through Buck
00:04:30than I would be able to say on my own.
00:04:32I'm Joy Tawny.
00:04:33Any pronouns?
00:04:34Daytime job name, it's Benjamin.
00:04:37My name is also literally Alexander out of drag,
00:04:40but I'm just, like, Alexander the...
00:04:41He, him, in and out of drag all the time.
00:04:44I am KB.
00:04:45My pronouns are her and she.
00:04:47My name is Mo.
00:04:48My non-binary identity is really just
00:04:50an unsubscribe button.
00:04:52Really.
00:04:53You can call me Charlie,
00:04:55and my pronouns are she, they.
00:04:57I'm a beautiful, Mexican, indigenous blood
00:05:01with Shakira, with Chol,
00:05:02that has the privilege to show off my culture
00:05:05and share it alongside all of you,
00:05:07and just being able to do that is great.
00:05:11And just being in this show means the world,
00:05:15because those people out in this world
00:05:19needs to see every single one of you.
00:05:24Yo, it's fire now, kid.
00:05:26Yes, yes.
00:05:30Wait a minute.
00:05:31Who the hell are you kids?
00:05:34Are you molasses?
00:05:36No, I'm molasses.
00:05:39Who's that?
00:05:40What?
00:05:41Who?
00:05:42Oh, .
00:05:43That's Big D.
00:05:44Ain't that wild?
00:05:45You kids are talking about pronouns.
00:05:47Actually, I don't have any pronouns.
00:05:48Please don't refer to me.
00:05:51Come on, let's get to work.
00:05:52Let's go, kids.
00:05:53Come on.
00:05:54All right, kids.
00:05:55You made it through the first episode.
00:05:58How you doing?
00:06:01This week, the theme is comedy.
00:06:05So, it could either go great,
00:06:07because comedy is what I care about,
00:06:09or I could embarrass myself.
00:06:10I could get no more comedy gigs ever,
00:06:12because I did so badly on this show.
00:06:14And that is a very real reality
00:06:16that I have thought about.
00:06:17I am so excited,
00:06:18because I am a campy king,
00:06:20and comedy is my thing.
00:06:21People do say I'm funny,
00:06:23but I am not funny on command.
00:06:25I am like a horse.
00:06:27You could lead me to the water,
00:06:29but I'm gonna pull out a Coca-Cola,
00:06:31because I don't drink water.
00:06:32For our weenie challenge,
00:06:34we are exploring the form of comedy
00:06:39most associated with joining a cult.
00:06:42Hey!
00:06:43Hey!
00:06:44Improv!
00:06:45Yes!
00:06:46That's a thumbs up.
00:06:47I did briefly join the improv club in high school,
00:06:51because I had a crush on someone in the improv club,
00:06:55and quickly realized that my crush in the improv club
00:06:59was not enough to keep me in the improv club.
00:07:01I know it's like, yes, and,
00:07:03but for me, it's more like, yes...
00:07:06but why?
00:07:08Now, here to help us judge the weenie challenge,
00:07:11veteran improviser,
00:07:13and notorious serial killer...
00:07:16Oh, what?
00:07:17...on Ryan Murphy shows...
00:07:18What?
00:07:19...please welcome my co-star
00:07:21from Somebody Somewhere,
00:07:23my good pal, Jeff Hiller!
00:07:25Oh!
00:07:26Jeff!
00:07:27Come on!
00:07:30What's up, bros?
00:07:34What's up?
00:07:35I used to watch Jeff Hiller on the UCB stage
00:07:37in New York in the early aughts.
00:07:39Unbelievable comic talent.
00:07:41He's one of the funniest people I know,
00:07:43and he's been doing improv for three decades,
00:07:47so I made him cum.
00:07:48Two decades, and he didn't make me cum that much.
00:07:52I didn't say it like that!
00:07:55I'm nervous.
00:07:58My improv experience is kind of limited,
00:08:01like, living life.
00:08:04Is that improv enough?
00:08:05A lot of my numbers include a lot of comedy,
00:08:08but improv?
00:08:09Not so much.
00:08:10What we're gonna do is play a game called Mansplainer.
00:08:13So I'm going to ask you a question that you will never know the answer to,
00:08:18but just like any good mansplainer,
00:08:20that ain't gonna stop you from answering, right?
00:08:22Have I ever been mansplained to?
00:08:24Like, it's my job.
00:08:25I should be paid for it.
00:08:26I might be guilty of mansplaining from time to time.
00:08:29Don't get me started on gardening, cats, or physics.
00:08:33Let's go.
00:08:34So as a group of three,
00:08:35you will mansplain a randomly selected topic.
00:08:38Each of you will say one word at a time.
00:08:43Now your answer doesn't have to be correct,
00:08:45but it should make grammatical sense.
00:08:47People think like,
00:08:48this is cum, this is in KB's back pocket,
00:08:50but with KB too funny and pressure are separate.
00:08:53So as a group, you need to work together
00:08:55rather than just trying to get that sexy noun or that sexy verb.
00:08:59What's a sexy noun?
00:09:01Ah, flesh.
00:09:04Ooh!
00:09:05Right? That is pretty sexy.
00:09:07Well, not really.
00:09:09Our first team will be Alexander the Great,
00:09:11Henlo Bullfrog, and Buck Wild.
00:09:14The second team is Percosex, Pressure K, and Dick Von Dyke.
00:09:19For me, emceeing is improv.
00:09:21I host shows so frequently,
00:09:24and I have to be ready to like interact
00:09:26with whatever audience walks through the door.
00:09:28So I feel really well-equipped.
00:09:30I'm just here to show up.
00:09:32I'ma look like I'm confident.
00:09:33Yo, I got y'all.
00:09:35Which leaves Big D, King Molasses, and Charles Galen King.
00:09:40This isn't Big D's wheelhouse?
00:09:42I'm a little worried that I may even bring folks down.
00:09:45As a clown teacher, I'm pulling from improv
00:09:47and using improv all the time.
00:09:48Am I good at it? I don't know.
00:09:50It's about subsuming your own self to play as a team.
00:09:53I may or may not be very good at that.
00:09:55It's time to pick your topics out of my sack.
00:09:59J.J., bring me my sack!
00:10:01Hey, J.J.
00:10:03Hey, J.J.
00:10:04Mama J!
00:10:05Mama J!
00:10:06Mama J!
00:10:07Mama J!
00:10:08Reach into my sack.
00:10:10I thought you'd never ask.
00:10:12Oh, Jesus!
00:10:15What the hell?
00:10:17I could be in Murray's sack all day.
00:10:19Deep pools of wisdom, of lightness, hearts, flowers, hair.
00:10:25You know?
00:10:26The stuff of showbiz.
00:10:31Where have you been sitting?
00:10:55All right.
00:10:56Our first group, what's your name and what are you mansplaining?
00:11:00Our team name is, well, actually, and we are mansplaining what happened to Amelia Earhart.
00:11:09All right.
00:11:10Well.
00:11:11Actually.
00:11:12She.
00:11:13Flew.
00:11:14Into.
00:11:15A.
00:11:16Vortex.
00:11:17In.
00:11:18The.
00:11:19Bermuda.
00:11:20Triangle.
00:11:21They rehearsed this ahead of time.
00:11:22I don't know how or when they did.
00:11:23There's some, like, ESP going on there or some .
00:11:26Then.
00:11:27Found.
00:11:28I have no idea what we're talking about.
00:11:30I know there's an airplane involved.
00:11:32All.
00:11:33Of.
00:11:34The.
00:11:35Aliens.
00:11:36Ten seconds.
00:11:37Whom.
00:11:38Took.
00:11:39Her.
00:11:40With.
00:11:41Them.
00:11:42Two.
00:11:43Four.
00:11:44Three.
00:11:45Two.
00:11:46One.
00:11:47Spaceship.
00:11:48Great job, kids.
00:11:49Wow.
00:11:50Fantastic.
00:11:51Amazing.
00:11:52Okay.
00:11:53I learned something.
00:11:54You're welcome.
00:11:55We are the religion and we are mansplaining what is the secret to eternal life.
00:12:01The.
00:12:02State.
00:12:03Of.
00:12:04My.
00:12:05Life.
00:12:06Is.
00:12:07Very.
00:12:08Chaotic.
00:12:09I was raised Catholic so I'm trying to put some things away around this.
00:12:12And.
00:12:13Crusty.
00:12:14I have no idea what the secret to eternal life is.
00:12:16I'm pretty much an atheist so I don't know what I'm talking about.
00:12:19To.
00:12:20Do.
00:12:21What.
00:12:22I.
00:12:23Must.
00:12:24Do.
00:12:25In order.
00:12:26My ability to speak comes from being able to form all sentences.
00:12:29Curses.
00:12:30People.
00:12:31Hatred.
00:12:32Binares.
00:12:33I did go off topic a little bit.
00:12:35Grammar is not my strong suit.
00:12:36Ten seconds.
00:12:37Exclamation.
00:12:38Exaltation.
00:12:39Courses.
00:12:40Five.
00:12:41The.
00:12:42Four.
00:12:43Three.
00:12:44End.
00:12:45Of.
00:12:46Time.
00:12:47Got it.
00:12:48Yeah.
00:12:49Wow.
00:12:50Wow.
00:12:51You know when the religion mansplains things.
00:12:54The religion.
00:12:55Goes.
00:12:56Big.
00:12:57Alright we're Dr. Brilliant with three L's and we're here to take more and we are mansplaining
00:13:04the Higgs boss in particle theory.
00:13:07Oh good.
00:13:08oh good you know i was just wondering could someone explain the higgs boson particle theory
00:13:14hey testicles are big and essential soft to the touch of the mouth
00:13:28buttholes all i want to do is look good in front of jeff my group and i are just on such
00:13:34different pages i'm trying to like redirect but i am outnumbered theoretically finger hard my jaw
00:13:44dropped like perka blessed his heart and i wanted to run over there and help them so bad but then i
00:13:49had to remember oh my god wait i'm in a competition everyone else got things that at least kind of made
00:13:54sense and i pull out this on a fish hosen bogs bogs hosen did you be like that's the game the game
00:14:03is not to know i'm gonna tell you you just have to keep kissing um bows and hogs and you will
00:14:10understand testicles
00:14:15you know before when i said not everybody gets to say a sexy word that meant you two teams all of you
00:14:23just get to say sexy words nothing but i'm sorry dick i'm sorry pressure basically this challenge
00:14:28was the screw your autism challenge uh socially it's hard to keep up with people pick up on cues
00:14:34do you want to talk about your autism i mean i think the people who watch it don't it's gonna be
00:14:38apparent like they're gonna figure out well the winner of this weenie challenge is
00:14:46what i love that you did was you listened to each other so you made this sentence make sense you've
00:15:00each won a hundred dollar shopping spree at rodeo oh my god yay this is the winning i thought i was
00:15:08going to be experiencing here yes we deserve it we killed it hundred dollar shopping spree teamwork
00:15:14does make the dream work and i think we proved that i'm so proud of my team i was like yeah come
00:15:18on texas kings and then look the one thing about comedy that you might want to take with you even if
00:15:24you think you screwed up don't let the audience know that you screwed up make them feel safe and like
00:15:31you know exactly what you're doing all right my pal will you come back a little bit later sure isn't it
00:15:38jeffrey great i never want to know kings now it's time to get beefy today's beefy challenge is
00:15:51the dong show king of drag celebrity talent show for the dong show you must do a celebrity impersonation
00:16:01i am not an impersonation person at all mary give me a break what's hard about impressions is like
00:16:07you've got to like be in the ballpark of what the person actually gives you have to kind of talk like
00:16:12them and move like them but also you have to have a take on it and perform a talent show act the
00:16:19definition of talent is open for interpretation this challenge is another example of like me taking the
00:16:25challenges too literally i have a talent i'm secretly a french horn player and i'm really excited to
00:16:31show that talent on stage whatever you do make sure you do it with daring innovation creativity and
00:16:38charisma with a k just make us laugh and god knows we need to laugh right now and today in the royal hall
00:16:47we will be joined by jeff and another super somebody guest judge you have two hours to prepare for the
00:16:56dong show feel free to help yourself with some elf cosmetics because why the elf's not all right
00:17:04kings come on circle up let's go one two three
00:17:13yeah i'm a real king
00:17:26we have two hours i'm not sure if that's enough time to channel the energy of 16 year old justin bieber
00:17:47i am a 34 year old man okay charlie who you got count orlock count orlock let's put up two doing
00:17:54drag impressions is challenging because you have to study their mannerisms study how they move they
00:18:01talk and being a drag character like charles galen king that's just like it's just me pressure yes who
00:18:08are you doing i am rip ross i like chicken wings yeah so i'm excited and i'm feeling good with the two
00:18:15hours because i don't wear a lot of makeup right now the biggest challenge is the rick ross beard uh
00:18:24i'm kind of interested in bad makeup how would a man put on makeup yeah like too much and kind
00:18:29of badly not that mine looks it looks good but you know let me look at this wig oh my flowing rock
00:18:36locks is this maybe a black a jack yes i'm so excited to like let go and just
00:18:42have a little fun you deserve to let go that was last week and now it's this week and you deserve to
00:18:51be here dude i know i have something to prove this week if i don't prove it i might be in the bottom
00:18:55again so who are you doing i will be portraying ira glass the host of this american life how do you
00:19:02make him funny i picked ira glass because i knew no one would pick ira glass for me to stand out in
00:19:11this challenge i have to take a risk it is a strategic risk because he's a bit of a quieter character
00:19:18and i feel like i'm a bit quiet especially in the group i high key relate to steve urkel because
00:19:24socially awkward constantly up but people still keep him around is that how you feel about i don't know
00:19:30like i just make a lot of mistakes because neurodivergency turns out i have ptsd hey my brain
00:19:38is always on danger mode my biggest competition is me my like self-saboteur these guys are not thinking
00:19:45about me how does your family feel about your drag i don't think they understand why can't i just stay a
00:19:50pretty lady i mean first of all like they didn't want me to like be a performer as my life they sent me
00:19:55to a fancy college so that i could become a clown you consider yourself a clown oh a thousand percent
00:20:00that's my religion really clown is about using your vulnerabilities as strengths and like one of the
00:20:05things that i've been most ashamed about is how i felt about my gender and whether i was in the right
00:20:10body so obviously that was where my clown was going to go so much about comedy is leaning into like the
00:20:15pain and grief of life part of the drag numbers i do it's like i'm trying to beat a person i needed when
00:20:20i was younger yes i think the funniest part about drag for me as like a girl growing up i was always
00:20:26told like oh you'd be so much prettier if you tweezed your eyebrows you'd be so much prettier if you
00:20:32wore makeup it's like i'm doing more women things to look like a man right it's funny it's funny being
00:20:36here means healing works because i don't know if i could have made it i mean drag saved my life i get it
00:20:41when i first started doing drag i was looking for validation i was looking for a way to express myself
00:20:46and express my masculinity and like play with these tools in the toolbox that like had always been
00:20:51out of bounds and forbidden for me getting to do drag has been like getting to find the part of
00:20:57myself that isn't just afraid to be myself everybody looks very busy at work keep doing your thing and
00:21:05i'm going to have a one-on-one with you to see how you're doing thank you look you got a second come
00:21:09on sure oh my god who are you impersonating today i'm going to be the devil i went to catholic school
00:21:16oh so you're working it out i went to catholic school too i'm still not over it i'm not practicing
00:21:22now but i i like to play with religion there's nothing to be guilty of we're raised with just
00:21:26like this overarching sense of guilt just for existing now is it going to be funny you're going
00:21:31to add some comedy to it oh listen listen the religion is funny in general sometimes we can't
00:21:36always afford to go to therapy yeah for the catholic guilt so we do drag yes that is my church and my
00:21:42therapy drag done all right get out of here you devil trying to see how long i want this i start to
00:21:50do my beard and it's not looking full like i did practice at home but maybe i didn't practice enough
00:21:57i want to ask for help and who has the best beard mo we are all here to win and if i want to beat you
00:22:04i got to beat you honestly wait till this to dry i create as straight of an edge as possible boom
00:22:11okay i wasn't allowed to ask for help growing up like i just heard my mama said don't ask for help
00:22:15do it yourself you're supposed to be strong so when mo said i got you i think i might win today
00:22:21come on do you need some of this please i'm using eyelash glue
00:22:25you have one kid yeah yeah i have a three-year-old daughter does your daughter see you oh yeah she
00:22:30thinks i look great she's like mommy you look so good in a big way you're teaching your child to
00:22:35be open to new ideas yeah in the 70s and 80s my grandfather wanted us to assimilate so
00:22:42every time we would start speaking spanish he would just correct us and say no no we don't
00:22:45want you to do that my religious background and my heritage are spaces that i didn't necessarily feel
00:22:52connected to or welcomed in or held by so through buck i'm able to re-examine those spaces and reclaim them
00:23:01it feels really good it feels really good to be able to rewrite that story
00:23:09charles it's his eye you look a little different hi it's just a little tweak here
00:23:14when you're on a stage and you start feeling those nerves what is your advice to hone those nerves
00:23:21yeah you know there are times i get nervous it doesn't happen too much anymore because i'm a little
00:23:25dead inside but you know yeah when i do i do this little trick talk to someone in the audience
00:23:32what's your name and i it's a therapy thing right it's a in rehab they told me move a muscle change
00:23:39of thought so it's like freaking out you just up the opening ah mess up and then you go can i get
00:23:44you a drink and then you're back out totally that's the secret tip i'm not going to charge you for that
00:23:49today i love you mary one hour left i am so used to painting myself my way i'm faced with the fact
00:24:05that i'm painting bieber onto my face i think the face is done so let me foots with this man i'm worried
00:24:12about if things gonna go well and if they go wrong can i just play it off that it's like oh yeah that was
00:24:18intentional because he's steve urkel all right i gotta get going yeah you got twice the amount
00:24:23of face you usually gotta paint i know right for this challenge i have no beard contouring with the
00:24:28beard because it has to go on first plays like a huge part in how i map my face out wait uh molasses
00:24:34forget the highlight what are you using i'm using kind of like a white kind of making me a little
00:24:39that's how i got my highlight to look like this i don't know what the hell he was doing with his face
00:24:43he was uh looking a little blue it felt nice to be able to give back to him in that way because
00:24:48he helped me a lot last week what's that help hope i don't blow it ah jesus this looks like my
00:24:55i don't know what that is don't worry i'm like nervous i can't even get the words out i'm afraid
00:24:59of the goddamn alligator what the is that nature shows have been such a centering force for me
00:25:06in my healing journey and like frankly in my sobriety journey so i wanted to kind of pay tribute to that
00:25:12i started in the 90s in the club scene yeah when you're drinking and you're feeling good you go
00:25:17on stage and it gives you this false sense of confidence i had a good friend that said you're
00:25:22better than this and i stopped drinking before a performance literally from that time on that rocks
00:25:28all right i'm also um coming up on two years sober so that's really sober from alcohol bro that rocks
00:25:36it's funny i'm putting a fake beard on my real beard beard exception i've had a beer since i was 13.
00:25:42i feel because i'm a lesbian doctors just tried to get me out it was my wife that figured out i had
00:25:47pcos that's when i was able to understand it's another level of freedom i'm the bearded lady
00:25:54justin oh my god one of the greatest songwriters of our generation absolutely what's justin's secret
00:26:01talent could you believe it he is actually a top dancer wow we're going old school vaudeville for
00:26:08justin bieber a thousand percent yes i have a wide range of talents to choose from but i am thinking
00:26:14long game and i want to bring out my big skills my aerial acrobatics for later in the competition
00:26:20the finale so how you can bring some comedy into this justin has just such like an effortless energy
00:26:25and so just being able to tune into that is gonna be a lot of fun and funny all right yeah
00:26:36i think a lot of us are feeling some kind of way working outside of our usual paint
00:26:40and knowing that perfection is expected i'm definitely feeling the weight of the expectations
00:26:44five minutes kings holy balls
00:26:53time's up kings that's right fellas shake it off put it back in your pants and let's head to the royal hall
00:27:06i'm feeling a little nervous i think my choice is very out there and silly but the risk of it is
00:27:13also weighing on me
00:27:18yeah i'm a real king
00:27:43welcome to the dong show king of drag celebrity talent show each contestant has chosen a celebrity
00:27:50to impersonate and as that celebrity they have to reveal their hidden talent but first i'm very
00:27:57excited to bring out my good pal of 15 years the star and creator of hbo's somebody somewhere
00:28:07bridgette everett oh baby boy are you asleep sorry somebody check for life
00:28:17bridgette everett thank you for being here bridgette i know a lot about you and uh some things i wish i
00:28:25didn't know do you have a hidden talent that you can tell us uh do my tits count oh those aren't hidden
00:28:29jeffrey you and i did live together when we were filming somebody somewhere is there something you
00:28:37can share with us that i don't know um yeah i can make my lips look like they have an invisible thread
00:28:42in them
00:28:52tonight each of our celebrity contestants will show you their secret talent hidden treasures and family
00:29:00jewels let's meet them now here's someone from down under it's the devil now devil how are you gonna
00:29:09stand out i don't know i'm gonna come out with a little bit of heat a little bit of fervor i don't
00:29:17know i'm kind of a one of those kind of kings that uh uh can handle the heat you know i'm bringing the
00:29:25heat damn it we have the original canadian bacon justin bieber how's your baby baby baby so good my mom
00:29:34says my mustache will grow in any day now yeah same now here's a guy who knows how to fist it's sylvester
00:29:42stallone all right slime how are you prepared if this competition gets rocky oh yeah you know you're
00:29:54just gonna fly now you gotta fly you're gonna fly now it's a song because this is good anyway don't worry
00:30:00about her i have never performed this character before crikey it's steve erwin g'day mate how's it
00:30:08going how does it feel to be alive again i feel like um i'm in the natural habitat with a bunch of
00:30:14homosexuals all right could you please uh close those i'm trying to do a show game this is them closed
00:30:21please what are you talking about i didn't mean to look it was just looking at me the eye of the
00:30:28tiger i look good in these khaki shorts and nobody can tell me nothing so here's one of the most popular
00:30:33guys in town jack black i'm ready to bring some rock and roll knowledge to the mass all right now uh
00:30:40this is a little self-serving but i got to ask you a question can you cast me in kung fu panda 18
00:30:46only if you're willing to play the rice bowl showbiz i love rice you know his soothing voice
00:30:53and now he's here in the flesh ira glass what's so funny ira has anyone ever told you you have a face
00:31:03for radio i might have a face for radio murray but you have a face and a fit for hollywood showbiz
00:31:09ira you know i'm not one of the judges so are you gonna bribe them well judges
00:31:15i hope you enjoy our episode and stay with us i can't believe bridget is here
00:31:22i'm excited and also i'm like oh gosh they got real funny people so we might not get like the pity
00:31:27laugh from transylvania nose how do you say this nose for up oh
00:31:34i guess family does matter after all it's steve urkel hi-ni-ho murio
00:31:54hi i like his suspenders thank you i like to leave the audience in suspense
00:32:03next the big boss rick ross i'm the biggest boss you've seen this far rick what's your beard care
00:32:10routine puff puff pass all right thank you rick folks that's our lineup i'm so excited to see all
00:32:19your talents let's dawn first up please welcome to the stage the devil i know i look so good i know
00:32:30my moves are fantastic but the props those are the x factor here oh a knife
00:32:40oh what's that poppers
00:32:58my brain is reeling i'm trying to think about everything all at once i have so many props
00:33:03sometimes they go right sometimes they go wrong you you just never know
00:33:23devil that was hot how did you come up with this amazing performance i tell you but i don't want
00:33:29you to give me the villain edit now the devil's single and bridget what do you say would you get
00:33:34hot with this guy why not you know i like the moves i like the heat yes come on get up here in
00:33:39your mind in here to my coochie what neighborhood in hell are you from oh i'm i'm actually i'm not
00:33:45staying at home right now i'm staying in a really nice hotel it's called the white house
00:33:50well the white house is hell please welcome to the stage justin bieber i want you to believe with me
00:34:02drop my beat
00:34:24alexander the great is an incredible performer but being funny is a very specific thing and this
00:34:31performance it's mostly dance
00:34:48justin i i had no idea that you could tap how long you've been tapping since yesterday what do you call
00:34:57some of those moves do they have names being myself oh wow and always say always i don't
00:35:04actually have that much experience with improv however i was strong with my look and i was strong
00:35:11with my talent please welcome to the stage sylvester stallone
00:35:21ask me what it's about what's it about oh you want to know what it's all about you want to know
00:35:31what it's all about yeah it's not about we'll just see you how many times you win and how many times you
00:35:38win and move and win and move i can't understand what he's saying i'm a fighter oh oh but i'm also a
00:35:47domestic you know i have a beautiful wife beautiful daughters so i'm going to show you all how to fold a
00:35:53fitted sheet warm it up you're all boom boom boom hold on you're the disease and i'm the cure all right here we go
00:36:03oh again all right here we go here we go here we go here we go
00:36:17oh god uh just put it in the closet you don't have to throw it
00:36:22oh my god
00:36:38big d smashed it honestly that might be a tough act to follow how long you've been training for that
00:36:46all my life i failed i'm just gonna fix the gaping wound to my masculinity
00:36:58i need some tips what's your workout routine juice i start with a very nice juice and then i follow an
00:37:04oak with an oat milk latte and i just keep pushing up until i throw up
00:37:10richard i know you've watched all of the rocky movies would you be the adrian to this rocky oh
00:37:19absolutely i need somebody to help me fold my sheets i don't know if that's me
00:37:30next up please welcome to the stage steve erwin all right good eye mates so the secret to crocodile
00:37:38hunting is the element of surprise which is completely out the window because this sheila knew
00:37:43i came in from the moment i walked in the door because i always smell like shrimp and the barbie
00:37:48all right so you can seduce your crocodile with your gifts of tonguing and fingering
00:37:59dick is going right before me and also working with brass instruments that's a little scary
00:38:04because i know we're going to be compared to each other fun fact crocodiles are the largest living
00:38:08reptile like dinosaurs living in florida thank you for being a friend right don't try this at home
00:38:15the key to crocodile hunting is waiting for your moment wait for it what you got to find that just
00:38:22the right the right position the right okay and when the moment is right you strike
00:38:30oh not again oh they're so strong and i can't hold them oh my god
00:38:44i feel like it goes about as well as it could go and any questions for steve why carmen because it is in
00:38:50the public domain which is everything that i look for in my musical case yes yes don't you what about
00:38:59woodwinds well listen jeff i bring my own wood windy if you know what i mean oh i know what you mean
00:39:06let's hear it for steve irwin
00:39:12please welcome to the stage jack black tonight i shall unveil to you my pernicious pupils the secret
00:39:20to rock and hard this sandwich is not the greatest sandwich in the world no this is just a tribute
00:39:29now bread is best when marinating in the marrow of the bones yeah i'm talking about brass baby
00:39:35you take a little pb you smear it you spank that butter on there i am scared because headlo really
00:39:42leaned into the jack black i like kung fu panda too but like can we get him low sandwich supreme is now
00:39:48flat size oh we are not going to eat this sandwich we are going to send it into the
00:39:52stratosphere i have one word to describe my performance and it's unhinged is it going to go
00:39:58well is anyone's game oh my god hello you're going to end up on a weird part of the internet yeah
00:40:20that's rock and roll hey jack hey tenderoni can you want to join my band no i'm good it's hard to
00:40:31say where i landed i was not expecting the judges to put me in the bottom last week so i'm really afraid
00:40:36to guess anything and be disappointed if i'm wrong yeah i'm a real king
00:40:48this is the dong show the unique celebrity talent show incomparable to any other show within a show
00:40:56it's time for our next guest ira glass from wbez chicago i'm ira glass today on king of drag i am here
00:41:06to present a hidden talent that you may not know act one push-ups push-ups are a calisthenic exercise
00:41:15that begin in the prone position with your hands forward and your feet back for you gays out there
00:41:21you can also do it on your knees you descend downward and you explode up with the amount
00:41:29of vigor to taste let's do a couple count off if you can one two three four five act two regret
00:41:44wow i really wish i learned other talents at northwestern other than public radio and push-ups
00:41:52did you know in the united states a cis man has to do 28 push-ups to be considered fit no i didn't
00:42:00either my interns told me they're unpaid but i think we can give a shot and by golly 15 seconds till dead air
00:42:09ready gang
00:42:28well i guess i'm trans
00:42:30am i intimidated by molasses you know no i mean not intimidated it's just like wrecking recognition
00:42:39of the level mr glass somebody who's just dipping her toe back in physical fitness i was wondering if
00:42:45you could give me any tips on um how to get those arms oh these these arms right here yes it's not
00:42:54your turn jeff i'm sorry don't worry jeff we'll get to you how many push-ups did you say a white guy
00:43:01has to do to be fit well a white guy can do as many as he wants given that he's white
00:43:09ira glass everybody
00:43:11next up we have no surfito nosforatu
00:43:22dog goes woof
00:43:24cat goes meow bird goes tweet and mouse goes squeak but there's one sound that no one knows
00:43:34what does the fox say ring ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding
00:43:44i feel 100 confident in my memorization of my poetry
00:43:52that is definitely a choice
00:43:54what does the fox say
00:44:06hi nosforatu what's your hair routine grab pull snap
00:44:14nosafaratu
00:44:17here's a throwback for you say hello to steve urkel
00:44:24hi ho judge yo's now today i'm gonna share it to you my hidden talent comes from a part of my body
00:44:32that people don't usually get to see oh my brain
00:44:36before you is my transformation chamber before your very eyes my dna is going to be altered and i will be
00:44:44my persona stefan urkel after this transformation i will be smoother faster and as sharp as this cheddar
00:44:52cheese
00:44:54here we go
00:44:57for my talent i'm doing a transformation chamber there are so many things i don't have control over
00:45:02when it comes to this prop and this challenge and i don't like that
00:45:05oh no i turned myself into a blue hedgehog
00:45:17i gotta go fast
00:45:22did i do that does anyone have a chili dog any green hills i can run on
00:45:29i'm just gonna go away now do i have to do your job too
00:45:44what other settings does that incredible contraption have well it has different settings
00:45:49i can turn myself into a bottom i can turn myself into a top so that machine is very versatile
00:45:59good to know give him a round of applause
00:46:01i think i did terrible files of the judges panel i would put myself in the bottom it's nerve-racking
00:46:15because i don't want to be setting the tone up that i can't perform because i can't perform please
00:46:22please welcome our last celebrity rick ross people think i like pears but i love ribbons
00:46:40what would a homeboy do with a ribbon he'll throw it at you i'm like oh yeah sure you like that sauce
00:46:44why should you let this tampa brownie on
00:46:59i have never done impersonations how long is your ribbon
00:47:05are you team k-dot or team drake i make money off of both of them
00:47:16rick ross everybody that concludes the dong show now beat it would you i gotta go shine the gong
00:47:35welcome back kings the king's court has made some decisions if they call your name please step
00:47:45forward buck wilde big d
00:47:52king molasses percosex
00:47:56dick von dyke alexander the great you are all
00:48:06the tops and bottoms of this week
00:48:10i don't think i'm in the bottom for this challenge i think i did well enough that i'm in the top three
00:48:14if your name was not called you are safe i feel very nice and warm even though i still would have
00:48:21wanted to hear some feedback and see what else can i push myself to be to make it to the winning
00:48:28circle it's time for feedback let's begin with buck wilde i really like your look i just wish that the
00:48:35energy for the look match the energy for the number or maybe there was a few too many props and it's a
00:48:40coco chanel get rid of one element before you do the performance situation what was missing for me was
00:48:46you you know and i think you're an incredible dancer and when you fell down on the ground at the
00:48:49end i just like a little couple little bumps of the you know whatever you want to do like take your
00:48:53heart and fill up the stage with you because when you do you you're gonna win i will take that
00:48:59i'll take that to my heart i appreciate it some more backstage right before i went on something
00:49:06felt a little bit off in the air i can feel but kind of crumbling away a little bit and it's making
00:49:12me nervous and vulnerable alexander the great i loved your choice for justin beaver i do think that
00:49:18that you are so so talented the toes were great for me but i was like oh i wanted to see a little
00:49:24bit more comedy every once in a while you would do something like just do beaver move and then like
00:49:29tappity tap tap tap and i think we just needed to heighten it and we're just smacked across the face with
00:49:34hilarious camp you got it i'll smack you next time i know alexander to be great i've seen you
00:49:42you're an aerialist comma comma comma we thought there would be more reveal i want you to serve
00:49:49thank you i really hope i can show you that i have so much more to bring yes i love that that's
00:49:56also the fight that you need i am not feeling the same confidence that i was last week this is jarring
00:50:03all right big d at first i was like what is happening because like i couldn't hear what you
00:50:09were saying but then but that's you know slide like that's part of it now that's commitment a
00:50:18method i love that you had this story in it where you were saying i've been defeated by this sheet
00:50:24which is what rocky does too right he doesn't win or whatever so he does win i actually don't know
00:50:29i've never seen rocky jeffrey um jeffrey i mean your mustache and beard were falling off which is
00:50:38a bit of a drag no-no but somehow you made it work your makeup looks very shiny so i need you to
00:50:44like set your makeup and i think that that would also help so your beard doesn't fall off too but
00:50:49other than that i am a big d fan dick von dyke incredible you were able to volley with us and come
00:50:59up with great jokes on the fly very high quality drag tonight thank you so much well i love the shorts
00:51:04these old things well look you know to me like you fill a room you have a real presence i thought
00:51:11you were australian i was like i really did i was like wow okay yeah from down under in missouri that's
00:51:17where okay well i'm from kansas so maybe that's what i'm responding to i'm wearing my kansas ring right
00:51:22oh nice i love it there is no greater compliment in the world than making someone laugh
00:51:30who you think is funny all right king molasses your set was like a master class
00:51:37in celebrity impersonation i don't even know ira glass like that but you made me get to know it
00:51:43could have easily not been funny at all and in your timing and delivery it landed every single time
00:51:50i may not think of myself as a comedian but i am a storyteller and ira is a storyteller
00:51:55i found the right shell to sort of show what i can do on stage purpose sex when you came out as
00:52:03steve urkel i was so excited this was a great choice for you i loved your mannerisms and how
00:52:08you really worked your way around murray i kind of lost it a little bit in the transformation scene
00:52:14i also didn't know about the hedgehog because i'm old you know but i was expecting some kind of like
00:52:20something different i went to meta because i am nerd fun fact julio white played urkel and also
00:52:28voiced sonic and i made a mistake of thinking that was common knowledge i was laughing when the
00:52:34transformation machine fell over and we got a did i do that out of you and then there really wasn't
00:52:41much after that never let us see you stressed out up there well looks like i'm the bottom king of the
00:52:47season okay kings please head back to the man cave while the court deliberates
00:52:58we have to start with king molasses he had us in the palm of his hand the whole time the dedication
00:53:03to staying in character sitting over there talking with murray playing a character but also letting who
00:53:09he is as a performer shine through his ability to do comedy was a question mark for me going into today
00:53:16but he just continues to shine how about big d he had that really great moment where he said how
00:53:22will i fill the gaping hole with my masculinity and i was like oh my god it's deep too profound
00:53:30there's a connection that he has with the audience that is going to take him a very
00:53:34long way i do think his comedy is really his saving grace because his drag technically needs to be
00:53:40fine-tuned a little bit how about dick von dyke i really like his charisma he's a really good
00:53:45writer he knew that script backwards forwards up and down which allowed him to have a looseness
00:53:50about it which makes it fun for the audience top contender for sure now the hardest part let's talk
00:53:55about the kings that we might be sending into elimination i don't want to take part in this
00:53:59it's too hard it's too painful percus acts are steve urkel somebody who's very talented has a lot of
00:54:06natural charm a lot of watchability but for me it wasn't well thought out enough i really love steve
00:54:12urkel i think they did such a great impersonation they would have done more and more and more i had
00:54:17no idea that that jaleel white did the sonic voice neither did i he needs to just let the chaos
00:54:23subside a little bit he needs a little percocet he needs a percocet what about buck wild buck wild for
00:54:30me is tough because i want to see more i want to see what they're capable of but we didn't get it
00:54:36today we're judging on what we saw today yeah he also had a hard job like he had to open but i love
00:54:41that it was like a latin devil the personification the zoot suit the details he's clearly so talented
00:54:47at drag it's surprising to see that he's not completely at home in the spotlight we got more nerves
00:54:52than we got comedy okay let's talk about justin bieber you can tell alexander the great has taken
00:54:58a lot of tap dance it is a talent show but really it's a comedy show i like a little edge and darkness
00:55:04in my comedy he's very bubbly and i think he can tap into pushing himself to discover what the darker
00:55:10sides of him really are this is so hard we have to choose two people to send into the final thrust
00:55:16i think we have our decision then do we all have an agreement
00:55:30all right kings it is time for the court's royal decree jeff the time has come to name the winner of
00:55:40this week's episode maybe i'm delusional it feels like i got the most laughs the king we have chosen as
00:55:48the winner is king molasses
00:55:58don't look surprised who are you beyonce
00:56:02like we did it we did it ira congratulations king molasses this means that you are currently first in
00:56:09line for the throne act four big d and dick von dyke you are also safe did i want to win absolutely
00:56:18i did my best i still didn't win i don't know that there's anything i like would have or could
00:56:23have done differently now the part that nobody likes which kings are in danger of leaving the
00:56:30competition buck wild we are obsessed with your drag we just wanted to see you own your power a little
00:56:38bit more in the spotlight alexander the great you are talented beyond belief we just wanted a little
00:56:45bit more humor and want to see you push yourself to the very edge finding myself in the bottom is
00:56:50not on the agenda and quite frankly has knocked the breath out of me a little bit percosex
00:56:55your steve urkel was perfection but you needed a little bit more scripting so that you had a
00:57:01framework to support your amazing performance i'm worried that the judges think i am bad at drag that i
00:57:07don't belong here that i don't deserve to be here i know i'm good at the things i'm good at it's just
00:57:11that these past two weeks have not been my week cheetahs are fast but if you tell it to fly it's not
00:57:18going to end well we've decided
00:57:28alexander the great you are safe thank you thank you holy i really feel like i am not ready to go home
00:57:37yet and the fact that the judges have saved me is giving me everything i need to know that i can
00:57:42keep going in this competition buck wilde percosex you two are up for elimination and must face off
00:57:52in the final thrust i just need to get myself together get myself in the game i have to be
00:57:59prepared to send my brothers home i know that i'm good at what i do or i wouldn't be here i have more to
00:58:04say and i want them to see so much more of me your final thrust challenge is you must perform a one
00:58:13minute stand-up set for the king's court i'm not gonna just give up especially it's something that i
00:58:19know i'm good at and i can finally show to the judges look i am talented i feel pretty good about
00:58:24my stand-up skills i'm pretty confident this is your last chance to make us laugh i use buck as a shield
00:58:31to the world and as a vehicle to put my self-confidence out there because he's always there
00:58:37when i need him oh now i really feel bad for buck because i know i'm gonna kill this
00:58:41this is the final thrust our bottom kings were asked to prepare a short but sweet stand-up set
00:59:01by luck of the draw buck wilde has been chosen to go first your one minute starts
00:59:07now you ever had one of those gigs that just went so awry that it pops into your head randomly when
00:59:14you're in the shower and you're like mine happened 10 years ago when i was double booked for a fundraiser
00:59:21my go-go dancers and i went to the second spot and there's a line of people around the building i was
00:59:25like oh are all these people here for me and i got my answer when we got to the entrance and out front
00:59:31was a sign that said free gumbo i couldn't even be bad because gumbo delicious but free gumbo
00:59:40we were running late so we ran right in got to the stage the dj goes i don't even know how to
00:59:45introduce this person next he she it and i was like yes and
00:59:51i got to the main event where i had my big prop and i unzipped my pants and pulled out a handkerchief
01:00:02that was a mile long it had a confetti cannon at the end of it by the way and i threw it into the
01:00:06crowd and it landed in a bowl of gumbo where a lady was eating mid-bite she goes what's this and i go
01:00:13that's our time thank you i had a great ending ready for it really i don't get the finish it's
01:00:24really funny i promise next up is percosex
01:00:31your one minute starts now distinguished panel of judges and jeff
01:00:39you know i'm not nervous this is not the first time my bad choices has led to a painful bonding
01:00:46experience because if you saw people i tried to date you would know and for those who do not know
01:00:53me or sonic the hedgehog i am a trans man outside of drag i know you can't tell because i'm not
01:00:58wearing a button-down shirt or i'm dressed like justin bieber and one thing i love about being a drag
01:01:04king and being trans is that it's easy to explain it because straight people both know them as male
01:01:08impersonation oh and one of the perks of me doing drag is i get to wear a lot of amazing outfits
01:01:17weighing i look looking at you nice suit it just feels nice to be able to wear a suit in drag and
01:01:23not be called the defendant if i offended you tonight hello i'm dave chapelle thank you percosex
01:01:37court you may now cast your vote for the king you think should stay in the competition starting
01:01:47with you bridget it's percosex for me jeffrey i'm gonna vote for percosex to stay wayne my vote is
01:01:59for buck wilde this was very close but my vote is also for percosex to stay tenderoni this was a very
01:02:11hard decision because i love both of these kings my vote is for percosex to stay percosex you are safe
01:02:20your pursuit of the crown continues i'm sending buck wilde home i just didn't feel as connected to buck
01:02:31in that moment when he's not there it kind of makes me a little vulnerable of all the times
01:02:39that this could happen why this moment when i need him the most
01:02:47sorry
01:02:56king buck wilde i dub thee an honorary member of the king of drag
01:03:05family every one of us behind you has your back you may rise
01:03:16i know this is a tough moment there's no doubt in my mind that i'm good at what i do but the real win
01:03:23is being here having been one of the first 10 is a historical moment but do you have any parting words
01:03:29words no matter what life throws at you always remember who the buck you are
01:03:38all right buck please pack your packer and head home
01:03:44every single day i run into somebody when i say i'm a drag king they go what's a drag king
01:03:49now everybody's gonna know what kings are it's been a great experience remember we all need
01:03:55you need somebody somewhere good night
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