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Gay Male Student #1 (Ep. 149 - Carol Burnett)
🕑 Added 2018-01-18 14:00:01 +0000 UTC It's a Hollywood cliche -- the pretty young face that moves to LA with no plan other than to get into the motion pictures. And yet it happened to this week's guest, Justin Root. He was a shy Ohio kid who feared the spotlight until he discovered how good it made him feel to be in it. A few weeks after graduating high school, he'd moved to LA. A few weeks after that, he was in movies. And not long after that, he had a recurring role on TV. It didn't take long for the entertainment industry to discover Justin, but it took another decade -- and some terrified cruising in the local video store -- for Justin to find himself.We'll have that conversation in a minute -- but first, a reminder that starting in February, I'm going to be making monthly bonus episodes of Sewers of Paris, with bonus livestreams and new YouTube videos about LGBT entertainment. Mark your calendars now for a kickoff livestream on February 10th, where I'll be chatting live with Sewers of Paris listeners about the entertainment that changed your life -- I'll have more details soon about how you can join that.
To everyone already supporting The Sewers of Paris on Patreon: huge thanks. And to everyone who hasn't pledged yet, February is going to be a great time to start. Just head to SewersOfParis.com and click "support the show on Patreon."
If you're not able to support the show financially, there’s other ways you can help -- just by listening, tweeting about the show, following The Sewers of Paris on Twitter and Facebook, and by writing reviews. All of that is a huge help and I'm very very grateful. And you can also write in to sewerspodcast@gmail.com. Listener Bojan Djordjevic writes that:
"Movies and TV shows have always shaped me, for better or worse, and they have always been a way for me to feel closer to the gay world ... the podcast helps me see how we've always been here and we've always been relevant whether others knew it or not."
Bojan also writes,
"My first idol was Lucille Ball. ... I didn't sleep much as a child and I had a TV in my room so I would watch any sort of old black and white movie on at 4 am. ... I remember a movie with Lucille Ball and Vivian Vance. It was in color and it was about them on the run and that's about all I can remember. I can't find it online."
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Comments
Not so much I do find them very funny and love them though. It was more Justin's personal experience going through school and the way he views things. Felt very familiar listening to it and I loved it. I didn't know of him before today but followed him on Twitter immediately.
Matt Baume
Oh wow, I'm glad it resonates with you! Were Lucy and Carol big influences for you as well?
Omg, I haven't even finished this episode yet and I'm shook. With the exception of the acting portion its like I'm listening to an interior monologue. So much of this strikes home so hard. Things that I thought to myself or I felt guilty for turns out are things that I alone do not think, and its interesting to hear a story that while does not mirror my experience is so very close... Bravo!!
