MoPod Show 2.1 - Gay Comedy Podcast

Longtime listeners of the show know very well that we appreciate the talents of dolphins…well one dolphin in particular…and with that headline, I know you are going to think that Peasha went to Sea World and this is some kind of euphemism for a trist with Flap Jack from the Bottlenose boys.    However, its something much more amazing than even that!  I am absolutely blown away by what the dolphins at Sea World in Orlando are doing in the tank.  This is just flat out incredible!    I had two thoughts that kept creeping into my mind as I watched this…

1.  Is this real?!!

2.  If they had opposable thumbs, they would be our overlords.

Your thoughts?

Del Martin moved in with her partner Phyllis Lyon on Valentines Day, 1953.  She never left her and fought and led by example to gain the right for legal recognition of their relationship.  55 years later, when the California Supreme Court approved same sex marriages, they were first in line to make their vows.  (See our earlier story from June 2008)

Del passed away today and leaves behind a legacy that she aptly described as:  “being able to help make changes in the way lesbians and gay men view themselves and how the larger society views lesbians and gay men.”

Thanks Del!  Rest in Peace.

Click here for the full story from CNN

As if China wasn’t a scary enough superpower, now word has leaked that they have developed cats with WINGS!  I’m not sure, but I’m guessing there are at least two possible applications for flying cats.  First: they could be used in factories to deliver parts or do assembly work.  Flying sweatshop kitties.  Tsk Tsk.  Second: they could be used for military strikes.  Imagine legions of flying cats climbing onto military planes like little furry gremlins.  And like so many cats they would make their way in …snuggle up…and then turn and scratch out the eyes of pilots and soldiers.

The cute little devils began sprouting bumps on their backs, which later turned into wing-like growths, during a recent spell of hot weather in China’s Sichuan province.

One cat owner said her kitty grew wings after becoming stressed during the recent mating season. She claimed her cat’s wings are a result of stress after he was ‘harassed’ by females looking to mate. However if that were really a cause, thousands of gay men would be walking around with wings.

Read the whole story here…

A recent study at Tufts University examined the ability of both men and women to discern the sexual orientation of men by looking at their picture for a very short time (less than a second!).

It turns out that people accurately determined sexual orientation about 60% of the time.   I wonder what the pictures looked like exactly.  Were there color cues?  Feather boas?

Check out the full story here.

Olivia, the entertainment and tourism company owned by women which focuses on serving the lesbian community, is moving into the housing development business. The company is planning a new development of resort-style housing in Tuscon, Arizona.  The development looks really cool, but has an interesting aspect to it.  It seems to be laid out in the shape of a penis.  Maybe its just me.  Maybe I just see penises everywhere, but really…it kind of looks like a penis.

But don’t think about the penis (yeah right…).  Instead, go ahead and take a look at what luxurious lesbian living looks like.

Our focus on sports this week is really starting to make me feel super butch.  I may go visit a sporting goods store later today to pick up a new jock or something.  Of course, I’ll make sure that I buy a good one that really fits so that I don’t have the same problem that the University of Southern California football team is having this week.

According to a report in the Los Angeles Times, as much as 25% of the team has been affected by a run of tinea cruris, known more colloquially as “jock itch.” Head coach Pete Carroll told the Times he’d never seen anything like the current outbreak and pointed a finger at new compression shorts the team has been wearing underneath their football pants.

“We’ve had to adjust to some new equipment that we’re wearing that didn’t work out right,” Carroll said. “It’s funny how that happened.” You’ll forgive tailback Joe McKnight and wide receiver Travon Patterson if they aren’t laughing. Both were unable to practice Wednesday because of the severity of the irritation.

“It burns,” Patterson said. “Sometimes they can’t walk,” said tailback Stafon Johnson. “I don’t know what it is, but I’m staying away from it.”

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Need a reason to stay away from fast food?  Well, the next time you find yourself putting the turn signal on to pull into a Burger King, just visualize this.

Burger King Corp. said Tuesday it has parted ways with an employee who was recorded taking a soapy bath in the restaurant’s utility sink in a Xenia, Ohio Burger King. The nearly four-minute video, which was posted Thursday on MySpace.com, shows the unidentified employee taking the bath to celebrate his birthday.

The worker, who refers to himself as “Mr. Unstable,” appears to be naked.

Burger King spokeswoman Denise Wilson said two employees involved in the incident were fired and another quit. She declined to identify the employees or say whether the man who took the bath quit or was fired.

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Recently there have been a couple of interesting items in the news regarding wrestlers. Not professional wrestlers, but high school and college wrestlers. These hyper-masculine sports have been “rocked” by news that some of their own have posed for gay porn (NSFW: exhibit 1 and exhibit 2) (and by most accounts have done a particularly good job of it). And now we received news about another wrestler who allegedly exposed and placed his genitals in a pinned wrestler’s mouth.

A colleague and I were talking about the first incident involving college wrestlers posing nude and doing solo masturbation video scenes for the web. At first she seemed really surprised that these guys would do something like that. Aside from the questionable judgment, I assured her that posing nude was not even close to the gayest thing they had ever done. I reminded her that wrestlers obsess about their weight, wear ridiculously tight clothing, and explore each other’s nooks and crannies while rolling around together all hot and sweaty.

As far as the second incident goes, it sounds like someone has some psycho-sexual and emotional issues to work out. If the allegations are true, it was highly inappropriate for a high school wrestling practice. Now in a few years if he wants to re-enact that scene at say IML, I’m sure he’ll find some willing takers.