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Julie Wetherell's avatar

I never attended a drag show as a kid, but I loved Waylon and Madam on Hollywood Squares. Never hurt me any. And I suspect the performers who read stories at the library these days are a lot more like Mrs. Doubtfire than like Madam on the bawdiness scale. On the other hand, I did attend a clown show at age 5 and found it terrifying. Mom says I cried all the way through. Still not going to watch "It" any time soon.

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Bridget Collins's avatar

Did you watch MASH?

Bosom Buddies?

Or if you're old enough - Milton Berle? And as someone else reminded me, Max Baer Jr. played both Jethro and Jethro's sister in the Beverly Hillbillies.

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Sheaster's avatar

Yes! We could bring in 2 of the networks, PBS, and the syndicated channel. I LOVED MASH, and Flip Wilson, and Hollywood Squares when Paul was the center square. On Sundays, we'd take baths, get our hair put in curlers, and sit thru the rest of Wild Kingdom, so excited for Disney....

I had to create an imaginary country for a school project. I worked on it after school, watching McHale's Navy and The Beverly Hillbillies. All the names were from TV, like Mt. Clampett, the Baer River, Quinton City, etc.

Love me some old TV....

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Sheaster's avatar

Waylon and Madam were so great!

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Jeff S.'s avatar

For anyone here who has never actually seen a drag queen story hour, follow this link to Youtube. The reader is Mrs Kasha Davis.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3Z2FAezsVs

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