Happy Pride, queerdos! We are joined for this special summer episode with actor and Dot-Marie Jones. You Might Know Her From Glee, American Horror Story, Golden Arm, Lizzie McGuire, Knights and Warriors, Patch Adams, The Boondock Saints, and Billy Eicher’s upcoming rom-com Bros. Dot-Marie shared her journey from athlete (she competed in the Olympic trials twice!) to the American Gladiators-like series Knights and Warriors, to her Emmy-nominated turn as Coach Beiste in Glee. We got the goods on the favor that Hilary Duff called in for Material Girls, the unaired Ryan Murphy pilot Pretty/Handsome, being part of the very gay ensemble of Bros, and her deep love of Rock of Ages and Vegas. We are just swooning for Dot-Marie and cannot imagine a better way to celebrate pride. Have a gay one, m’dears!

Lithuanian Flag Raising Parties (Cherry Grove lesbian parties)

Pam Anderson was great as Roxie in Chicago on Broadway

Anne catching up on “old” movies: The House Bunny and The Shape of Water

Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith wrote Legally Blonde & The House Bunny

New Top Gun has a terrifying opening direct address from Tom Cruise (No Kelly McGillis)

Is Jennifer Connelly good? She is hot to Anne

Tom Skeritt and Ed Harris are both hot to Damian

Who is the oldest person you would fuck? Dick Van Dyke! Judi Dench

“Do you want to fuck me Barbara?” is an insane moment from Notes on a Scandal (which is terrible and wonderful)

Judi Dench arm scene

Dot-Marie Jones is in Billy Eichner’s gay romcom Bros (opening in September)

The only clip we could find of Pretty Handsome (RJ is fucking Niecy Nash)

Coach Beiste on Glee (who transitioned on season 6)

Lots of tragedy with the cast of Glee

Dot was Lady Battleaxe on the American Gladiators spin off, Knights and Warriors

Arm wrestling champion and cameo’d in Golden Arm a comedy about arm wrestling

Was a shot-put champion and went to the Olympic Trials in 1988 and 1992

Dot-Marie Jones loves Vegas and Rock of Ages. She even played Dennis DuPree Off-Broadway

Appeared on Lifetime’s Celebrity Ghost Stories as well as The Haunting of with the medium Kim Russo who said that she sensed you had a gift and that you might be “a little psychic.”

Played a wrestler named Black Widow on an episode of Roseanne

Played Liz’s lesbian friend Tess on a few eps of Nip/Tuck

Worked with Hilary Duff on Lizzie McGuire (Coach Kelly) and Material Girls (Butch Brenda)

Was on a S2 ep of RuPaul’s Drag U called “Lesbians Gone Wild”

Anne cried watching Patti LuPone performing with Company on The Tonys (no clip from that performance so here’s a montage from same production)

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