L-R: Jonny, Linda and Martin |
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| Hosting | Jonny McGovern Linda James Martin Beauchamp |
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| Updates | Weekly (Tuesdays 12AM EST) |
| Debut | January 16, 2006 |
| Genre | Comedy, LGBTQ |
| Website | http://GayPimp.com |
Gay Pimpin' with Jonny McGovern is a bi-weekly free gay-themed podcast currently based out of Hollywood, California, originally out of New York City. The show began airing on January 16, 2006. It currently ranks the highest in popularity under the keyword "gay" on the iTunes music store, is the number #10 overall comedy audio podcast and has five out of five stars. The show hit #1 in mid-2006.[1]
McGovern announced on the January 11, 2010 episode that Gay Pimpin' with Jonny McGovern was ending as a regular podcast. He cited his upcoming relocation to Los Angeles and co-hosts Linda James and Martin Beauchamp's desire to spend more time with their respective families as the reasons.[2] McGovern began re-releasing earlier episodes and recording occasional episodes updating listeners on the activities of the cast and friends. On September 1, 2010 McGovern re-launched the podcast from Los Angeles.
Contents |
| Jonny McGovern | Host and Gay Pimp Daddy. |
| Linda James | Jonny's co-host, trans-identifying individual and a Team PIMP member. |
| Martín Beauchamp | aka Straighty Martín, token heterosexual and confirmed computer nerd. |
| Jonny McGovern | Host and still Gay Pimp Daddy. |
| Julie Goldman | McGovern's co-star from The Big Gay Sketch Show. |
| Brandy Howard | Actress, self-proclaimed "lesbian lurker," and Goldman's writing partner. |
| Michael Serrato | Actor and comedian, a former castmate of McGovern's on The Big Gay Sketch Show. |
| Calpernia Addams | Actress and singer, star of Transamerican Love Story. |
| Nadya Ginsburg | Actress, comedian, and Jonny's roommate. Known for her Madonna impersonations on YouTube. |
| Pom-Pom | Joined the cast in Cycle 3, Pom-Pom is a New York University student who worked for free as the show's intern. May 6, 2008 was Pom-Pom's last episode. Pom-Pom was renamed by co-host Linda James after comedian Kathy Griffin's dog of the same name from My Life on the D-List. |
| Erickatoure Aviance | A transgender-identifying mulatto individual and member of La'Mady, Team PIMP and show performer. |
| Adam Joseph | Soul hummingbird, singer-songwriter, producer and member of Jonny's Team PIMP whose single "Faggoty Attention" spent several weeks at #1 on Logo's music video charts. |
| Andy "Krunk" Jones aka Mother Krunk Sparkle Magick | Originally hailing from Tennessee and mother of the (conceptual) House of Sparkle Magick. Krunk is a self-proclaimed (conceptual) double Dutch champion. |
| Kevin Kiss | Jonny's ex-boyfriend. Also known as "The Moosch"; following a text message mishap temporarily became "The Miisch." McGovern announced their breakup on his October 13, 2009 podcast. |
| Sophia Lamar | An original club kid who expresses her views on what has irritated her lately. Until cycle 5, Sophia's rants were usually weekly. After cycle 5, Sophia's rants became monthly before disappearing. |
| Julie Goldman | Comedian, songwriter, Jew, and butch lesbian, also McGovern's co-star on The Big Gay Sketch Show. |
| Michael Serrato | Comedian and former cast member of The Big Gay Sketch Show, Serrato is a frequent correspondent, providing the Hollywood perspective on celebrity gossip. |
| Maxine Inniss | Is an African-American woman and soul singer who is one of Jonny McGovern's sources of "Black Lady Screamin'" and a member of Team PIMP. |
| Davey Makeout | A receptionist at the Mud Honey Beauty Salon in NYC. He is an American Idol junkie and was almost chosen for Project Runway 's third season. |
| Vanilla Makeout | Davey's wife. She is the daughter of a Polish consular official, leading Davey to (erroneously) claim that he has diplomatic immunity. |
| Donavan and Tim/Tammy | Two new interns who joined the show in cycle 6. Tammy got his nickname from Adam Joseph. Donavan did not return for cycle 7. |
| Jaytee Starr | The newest intern beginning with cycle 8. |
These are characters, not celebrity impressions, who have appeared on the podcast more than once.
Joanie McGovern: Jonny's fictional aunt who is the editrix of Star Magazine. She is from Mineola, New York, and speaks with an accent from that region.
Chocolate Puddin': A psychic, transvestite, prostitute, nanny and star of several fictional Blaxploitation films. Owner of the Spooky Fry Hut, which is a haunted snack shop that serves "spooky fries" and "zombie BBQ".
Waffles: The morbidly obese backup dancer for performer Jennifer Hudson.
Tranny-Tron 2000: The first ever transgender identifying robot, built by Martin only to be smashed by Linda. Tranny-Tron 2000 begat Tranny-Tron 2001, who was also destroyed by Linda after performing an anti-Linda diss track.
Numb Fat Tiger: A fictional tiger that eats human fat for sustenance and has an anesthetic bite.
Choo Choo: The fictitious security guard of the Gay Pimpin' studio.
Jojo The F to M Penis, Made from a Clit: A talking penis formed from a clitoris during female to male gender reassignment surgery. Jojo performs consensual rape and sexually harasses or molests (consensually) lesbian and lesbro guests.
Moanie McGovern: Joanie's sister, Moanie is an F2M transsexual undergoing hormone therapy. These treatments have made her very aggressive. She works as a bouncer at a number of local clubs.
Wendy McBurgerking: a socially awkward, mildly mentally challenged young woman whose sole conversational gambit is to randomly blurt out the names of fast-food restaurants where her mother had worked.
Rape Ghost: The diminutive spirit of a raped and murdered young girl (as in The Lovely Bones). She spends the afterlife constantly reminding loved ones of her rape and murder.
| Kevin Aviance | New York nightlife superstar, trend setter, and gay icon who sings the theme for "Spillin' The Tea." multiple appearances |
| Martha Wash | Singer, song writer, and founding member of The Weather Girls (It's Raining Men) and voice of several 1990s dance anthems. |
| RuPaul | Singer (Supermodel (You Better Work)), song writer, talk show host (The RuPaul Show), and gay icon. |
| Xander | Fashion superfan and 'number one door bitch', Xander often stops by to give his opinion on celebrity fashions all while describing his own look in detail. |
| Blu Kennedy | Noted adult film actor and go-go boy who has starred in several films. |
| Damon Demarco | Porn star, go-go boy, blogger, and boyfriend of Hunter James. |
| Hunter James | Porn star, go-go boy, blogger, and boyfriend of Damon Demarco. No relation to co-host Linda James. |
| Robert W. Richards | An illustrator who has worked in many artistic genres, covering the New York, Paris, Milan and Los Angeles fashion collections for American newspapers. multiple appearances |
| Richard Jay-Alexander | Entertainment producer and director of Barbra Streisand tours and Bette Midler's Kiss My Brass tour. Mentor to Jonny McGovern and producer of his first music video. |
| Calpernia Addams | Transgender actress and activist. First appeared on the March 11, 2008 podcast. |
| Brandy Howard | Hollywood starlet and "number one lesbian lurker". McGovern and James met her on a Rosie cruise to Canada. |
| Junior Vasquez | DJ and producer. Appeared on the March 30, 2009 podcast. |
McGovern sells "Faggo-tees," t-shirts with slogans inspired by his music and jokes from the podcast, through his website.[4] He has released two compilation albums of material from the podcast through iTunes.
Jonny McGovern, co-hosts, and friends frequently use slang and vernacular that is commonly referred to as "queen's speak" in the gay community; some of said vernacular are references to inside jokes on the podcast as well as the drag queen community in New York City's pier areas. Much of the vernacular is often quoted from the documentary "Paris is Burning". They include: