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00:00:01My wife told me to take out the trash. I said, I already did. She said, then why
00:00:06are you still here? I went to a restaurant so fancy, even the breadsticks
00:00:14had a reservation. I tried stand-up once. The audience was so quiet, I thought I
00:00:21walked into a library. I'm Murray Hill, and if you liked those jokes, I wrote them.
00:00:28And if you didn't, that was AI. And this is King of Drag.
00:00:58Come on and get it hot. Yeah, I'm a real king.
00:01:01Viva Tuna Melt.
00:01:02Tuna Melt.
00:01:05Hey, I get to really know Tuna. Even though we know it's a competition, it still shocked
00:01:10me. It was really sad, but also joyful to see him being the first stabbing up the sword with
00:01:16Murray and the huzzah.
00:01:17That was almost me up there. I hate that it took scaring me that bad, but it was, I
00:01:25think, what I needed. And y'all better watch out next week.
00:01:31I ain't sad no more. It's going down.
00:01:33People have seen me stumble. Now, the pressure is on to pick myself back up and let them
00:01:37see that too.
00:01:38King Molasses, you were our first winner! The first ever winner!
00:01:46Super excited to keep my dupes up, because I know y'all coming now. I'm nervous. The view
00:01:53from the top is that you're seeing everybody climb for your spot. I'm looking at Big D, and
00:01:58I'm looking at Alexander the Great. Let's see drag, y'all.
00:02:01I'm so excited!
00:02:12They put our stuff up, so we home now.
00:02:16The Man Cave is feeling more like home now that we start to get to see our pieces on the
00:02:20racks.
00:02:21It feels like moving into a part of Drag King history.
00:02:25These are so sick! It really feels like it's our Man Cave.
00:02:29This is my Man Cave! Me Man Cave! Me belong!
00:02:33You know, make that big ol' Germanic-ness!
00:02:35I got to peep some of the looks that everyone else has, and strategically, I kept some of my
00:02:40best challenge looks up, hidden, so they don't see all of my cards on the table.
00:02:44What's everyone's names and pronouns out of Drag?
00:02:47My name's Kat, any pronouns, and or you can call me Dickless Von Dyke.
00:02:51I currently live in Minneapolis, Minnesota, but I'm from St. Louis, Missouri.
00:02:57Love the Midwest.
00:02:58The Minneapolis drag scene is the first place I've ever lived where drag artists can really
00:03:03make a living because it's just, like, rife with fans.
00:03:06I live in a two-bedroom house.
00:03:08Kat has a bedroom and Dick has a bedroom.
00:03:10Dick is, like, a best-case scenario for Kat.
00:03:13I still make all the same annoying jokes, but I make them so much louder and more confidently
00:03:18when I'm Dick.
00:03:19Dick is also three inches taller and has perfect vision.
00:03:22I'm Deanna Fleischer.
00:03:23I take she-her pronouns, but there's a lot of hippies in Bellingham who call me Big D out of
00:03:29drag as well.
00:03:30I'm a mom, and I work, so I don't get out, period.
00:03:34My path to, like, accepting myself in a female body has been lifelong.
00:03:40My character work really started to pop on stage after I started really getting into, like, masculine impersonation.
00:03:45I've been a clown teacher for probably, like, 18 years.
00:03:48I came up with teaching a Drag King comedy workshop as, like, the next level of my clown work.
00:03:53I use my vulnerabilities and my flaws as a way to create the character that I wear.
00:03:59I'm Trigger Mortis outside of drag, and I'm she-they.
00:04:02It's my old roller derby name. It just kind of stuck.
00:04:04I thought I was the oddball, but I met Big D.
00:04:07We're both close to 50. We're both femme-presenting out of drag.
00:04:11We both are married to men.
00:04:12My husband is very supportive of me putting my masculine sight out there.
00:04:16Living in Texas is a hard thing because all the laws that keep getting passed.
00:04:21I understand when people want to leave, but there's also a need for people to stay and to fight.
00:04:26Buck is, like, my armor.
00:04:27I'm able to say so much more through Buck than I would be able to say on my own.
00:04:32I'm Joy Tawny. Any pronouns?
00:04:34Daytime job name, it's Benjamin.
00:04:37My name is also literally Alexander out of drag, but I'm just, like, Alexander the...
00:04:41He, him, in and out of drag all the time.
00:04:44I am KB. My pronouns are her and she.
00:04:47My name is Mo.
00:04:48My non-binary identity is really just an unsubscribe button.
00:04:53Really.
00:04:54You can call me Charlie, and my pronouns are she, they.
00:04:58I'm a beautiful Mexican indigenous blood with Shakira, with Chol, that has the privilege to show off my culture and
00:05:06share it alongside all of you.
00:05:08And just being able to do that is f***ing great.
00:05:11Yeah.
00:05:11And just being in this show means the f***ing world because those people out in this world needs to see
00:05:21every single one of you.
00:05:23It's like...
00:05:24Yo, it's fired now, kid.
00:05:26Yes, yes.
00:05:27Yay!
00:05:30Wait a minute.
00:05:31Who the hell are you kids?
00:05:33Oh!
00:05:34Are you... Molasses?
00:05:36No, I'm molasses.
00:05:39Who's that?
00:05:41Who...
00:05:41Oh, s***.
00:05:42That's Big D.
00:05:43Ain't that wild?
00:05:45You kids are talking about pronouns.
00:05:47Actually, I don't have any pronouns.
00:05:48Please don't refer to me.
00:05:51Come on, let's get to work.
00:05:52Let's go, kids.
00:05:53Come on.
00:05:54All right, kids.
00:05:55You made it through the first episode.
00:05:58How you doing?
00:06:01This week, the theme is comedy.
00:06:05So, it could either go great, because comedy is what I care about, or I could embarrass myself.
00:06:10I could get no more comedy gigs ever because I did so badly on this show.
00:06:14And that is a very real reality that I have thought about.
00:06:17I am so excited because I am a campy king and comedy is my thing.
00:06:21People do say I'm funny, but I am not funny on command.
00:06:25I am like a horse.
00:06:27You could lead me to the water, but I'm going to pull out a Coca-Cola because I don't drink
00:06:31water.
00:06:32For our weenie challenge...
00:06:36We are exploring the form of comedy most associated with joining a cult.
00:06:42Hey!
00:06:43Hey!
00:06:44Improv!
00:06:45I did briefly join the improv club in high school because I had a crush on someone in the improv
00:06:55club.
00:06:55And, um, quickly realized that my crush in the improv club was not enough to keep me in the improv
00:07:01club.
00:07:01I know it's like, yes, and, but for me it's more like, yes...
00:07:06But why?
00:07:07Now, here to help us judge the weenie challenge, veteran improviser and notorious serial killer...
00:07:16Oh, what?
00:07:17...on Ryan Murphy shows...
00:07:18What?
00:07:19...please welcome my co-star from Somebody Somewhere, my good pal, Jeff Hiller!
00:07:25Oh!
00:07:26Jeff!
00:07:27Jeff!
00:07:30Jeff!
00:07:32What's up, bros?
00:07:34I used to watch Jeff Hiller on the UCB stage in New York in the early aughts.
00:07:39Unbelievable comic talent.
00:07:41He's one of the funniest people I know, and he's been doing improv for three decades, so I made him
00:07:48cum.
00:07:49Two decades, and he didn't make me cum that much.
00:07:53I didn't say it like that!
00:07:56I'm nervous.
00:07:58My improv experience is, is kind of limited, like, living life.
00:08:03Is that improv enough?
00:08:05A lot of my numbers include a lot of comedy, but improv? Not so much.
00:08:10What we're gonna do is play a game called Mansplainer.
00:08:13So I'm going to ask you a question that you will never know the answer to, but just like any
00:08:19good mansplainer,
00:08:19that ain't gonna stop you from answering, right?
00:08:23Have I ever been mansplained to? Like, it's my job. I should be paid for it.
00:08:26I might be guilty of mansplaining from time to time. Don't get me started on gardening, cats, or physics. Let's
00:08:33go.
00:08:34So as a group of three, you will mansplain a randomly selected topic.
00:08:38Each of you will say one word at a time.
00:08:43Now your answer doesn't have to be correct, but it should make grammatical sense.
00:08:47People think, like, this is comedy, this is in KB's back pocket.
00:08:50But would K be too funny and pressure are separate.
00:08:53So as a group, you need to work together rather than just trying to get that sexy noun or that
00:08:58sexy verb.
00:09:00What's a sexy noun?
00:09:01Ah, flesh.
00:09:04Ooh.
00:09:05Right? That is pretty sexy.
00:09:07Well, not really.
00:09:09Our first team will be Alexander the Great, Henlo Bullfrog, and Buck Wilde.
00:09:14The second team is Percosex, Pressure K, and Dick Von Dyke.
00:09:19For me, emceeing is improv.
00:09:21I host shows so frequently, and I have to be ready to, like, interact with whatever audience walks through the
00:09:28door.
00:09:28So I feel really well-equipped.
00:09:30I'm just here to show up. I'm gonna look like I'm confident. Yo, I got y'all.
00:09:35Which leaves Big D, King Molasses, and Charles Galen King.
00:09:40This isn't Big D's wheelhouse. I'm a little worried that I may even bring folks down.
00:09:45As a clown teacher, I'm pulling from improv and using improv all the time.
00:09:48Am I good at it? I don't know. It's about subsuming your own self to play as a team.
00:09:53I may or may not be very good at that.
00:09:55It's time to pick your topics out of my sack.
00:09:59JJ, bring me my sack!
00:10:02Hey, JJ.
00:10:04Mama, JJ!
00:10:06Mama, JJ!
00:10:08Reach into my sack.
00:10:10I thought you'd never ask.
00:10:11Oh, Jesus!
00:10:15What the hell?
00:10:17I could be in Murray's sack all day.
00:10:19Deep pools of wisdom, of lightness, hearts, flowers, hair, you know? The stuff of showbiz.
00:10:30Where have you been sitting?
00:10:35Yeah, I'm a real king.
00:10:37Yeah, I'm a real king.
00:10:52Yeah, I'm a real king.
00:10:56All right. Our first group, what's your name and what are you mansplaining?
00:11:00Our team name is, well, actually, and we are mansplaining what happened to Amelia Earhart.
00:11:09All right.
00:11:10Well...
00:11:11Actually...
00:11:12She...
00:11:13Flew...
00:11:14Into...
00:11:15A...
00:11:16Vortex...
00:11:16In...
00:11:17The...
00:11:19Bermuda...
00:11:19Triangle.
00:11:20They rehearsed this ahead of time. I don't know how or when they did. There's some, like, ESP going on
00:11:24there or some .
00:11:26Then...
00:11:27Found...
00:11:27I have no idea what we're talking about. I know there's an airplane involved.
00:11:32All...
00:11:32Of...
00:11:34The...
00:11:34Aliens!
00:11:35Ten seconds.
00:11:37Whom...
00:11:38Took...
00:11:39Her...
00:11:40With...
00:11:40Them...
00:11:41Two...
00:11:41Four...
00:11:42Three...
00:11:43Two...
00:11:44One.
00:11:44Spaceship.
00:11:45Great job, kids.
00:11:46Wow!
00:11:47Fantastic.
00:11:48Amazing!
00:11:49I really learned something there. I'm not sure what, but I learned something.
00:11:53You're welcome.
00:11:53We are the religion, and we are mansplaining what is the secret to eternal life.
00:12:00The...
00:12:02State...
00:12:03Of...
00:12:04My...
00:12:05Life...
00:12:05Is...
00:12:07Very...
00:12:07Chaotic.
00:12:08I was raised Catholic, so I'm trying to put some things away around this.
00:12:12And...
00:12:13Crusty.
00:12:13I have no idea what the secret to eternal life is. I'm pretty much an atheist, so I don't
00:12:18know what I'm talking about.
00:12:19To...
00:12:19Do...
00:12:20What...
00:12:21I...
00:12:22Must...
00:12:22Do...
00:12:23In order...
00:12:24My ability to speak comes from being able to form all sentences.
00:12:29Curses.
00:12:29People.
00:12:30Hatred.
00:12:32Binairies.
00:12:32I did go off topic a little bit. Grammar is not my strong suit.
00:12:36Ten seconds.
00:12:37Exclamation.
00:12:39Exaltation.
00:12:40Curses.
00:12:41Two.
00:12:42The.
00:12:43Three.
00:12:44End.
00:12:44Of.
00:12:45Time.
00:12:46One.
00:12:46Wow.
00:12:48Wow.
00:12:50You know, when the religion mansplains things, the religion goes big.
00:12:58All right, we're Dr. Brilliant with three L's and we're here to take more.
00:13:02And we are mansplaining the Higgs-Boston particle theory.
00:13:07Oh, good.
00:13:09You know, I was just wondering, could someone explain the Higgs-Boson particle theory?
00:13:14Hey.
00:13:15Testicles.
00:13:17Are.
00:13:18Big.
00:13:19And.
00:13:20Essential.
00:13:21Soft.
00:13:23To.
00:13:24The.
00:13:24Touch.
00:13:26Of.
00:13:26The.
00:13:27Mouth.
00:13:28Buttholes.
00:13:29All I want to do is look good in front of Jeff.
00:13:31My group and I are just on such different pages.
00:13:35I'm trying to, like, redirect, but I am outnumbered.
00:13:40Theoretically.
00:13:41Finger.
00:13:42Hard.
00:13:43My jaw dropped.
00:13:45Like, Perka, bless his heart, and I wanted to run over there and help them so bad, but
00:13:49then I had to remember, oh my God, wait.
00:13:50I'm in a competition.
00:13:52Everyone else got things that at least kind of made sense, and I pull out this bullshit
00:13:56on a fish.
00:13:58Hosen Boggs.
00:14:00Boggs Hosen.
00:14:01Did you be like, that's the game?
00:14:02I was like, the game is not the note?
00:14:04I'm not gonna tell you, you just have to keep kissing.
00:14:06Mmm, bows and hogs and...
00:14:08You.
00:14:09Will.
00:14:10Understand.
00:14:12Testicles.
00:14:15You know, before when I said, not everybody gets to say a sexy word?
00:14:21That meant you two teams.
00:14:22All of you just get to say sexy words.
00:14:24Nothing but.
00:14:25I'm sorry, Dick.
00:14:26I'm sorry, Pressure.
00:14:27Basically, this challenge was the screw your autism challenge.
00:14:31Socially, it's hard to keep up with people.
00:14:33Pick up on cues.
00:14:34Do you want to talk about your autism?
00:14:35I mean, I think the people who watch it don't, it's gonna be apparent.
00:14:39Like, they're gonna figure out.
00:14:41Well, the winner of this weenie challenge is...
00:14:49Amelia Earhart.
00:14:54What I love that you did was you listened to each other.
00:14:58So you made this sentence make sense.
00:15:00You've each won a $100 shopping spree at Rodeo.
00:15:04Oh, my God!
00:15:05Yay!
00:15:06This is the winning I thought I was going to be experiencing here.
00:15:10Yes!
00:15:10We deserve it.
00:15:11We killed it.
00:15:12$100 shopping spree.
00:15:14Teamwork does make the dream work, and I think we proved that.
00:15:16I am so proud of my team.
00:15:17I was like, yeah, come on, Texas Kings.
00:15:20And Enloe.
00:15:20The one thing about comedy that you might want to take with you,
00:15:24even if you think you screwed up,
00:15:26don't let the audience know that you screwed up.
00:15:29Make them feel safe and like you know exactly what you're doing.
00:15:34All right, my pal.
00:15:35Will you come back a little bit later?
00:15:37Sure!
00:15:37Isn't it Jeffrey great?
00:15:39I never would have known.
00:15:41Go, go, go.
00:15:43Kings, now it's time to get beefy.
00:15:49Today's beefy challenge is...
00:15:52The Dong Show, King of Drag's Celebrity Talent Show.
00:15:57Ooh.
00:15:57For the Dong Show, you must do a celebrity impersonation.
00:16:01I am not an impersonation person at all.
00:16:04Mommy, give me a break.
00:16:06What's hard about impressions is like,
00:16:07you've got to like be in the ballpark
00:16:09of what the person actually gives.
00:16:11You have to kind of talk like them and move like them,
00:16:13but also you have to have a take on it.
00:16:16And perform a talent show act.
00:16:19The definition of talent is open for interpretation.
00:16:22This challenge is another example of like me
00:16:24taking the challenges too literally.
00:16:27I have a talent.
00:16:28I'm secretly a French horn player,
00:16:30and I'm really excited to show that talent on stage.
00:16:32Whatever you do, make sure you do it with daring,
00:16:36innovation, creativity, and charisma with a K.
00:16:40Just make us laugh, and God knows we need to laugh right now.
00:16:44Yay!
00:16:45And today in the Royal Hall, we will be joined by Jeff
00:16:48and another super somebody guest judge.
00:16:52Woo!
00:16:54You have two hours to prepare for the Dong Show.
00:16:57Feel free to help yourself with some elf cosmetics,
00:17:00because why the elves not?
00:17:03All right, kings, come on, circle up.
00:17:05Let's go.
00:17:05Yes!
00:17:06One, two, three.
00:17:08Long live the king!
00:17:13Yeah, I'm a real king.
00:17:40We have two hours.
00:17:42I'm not sure if that's enough time to channel the energy of 16-year-old Justin Bieber.
00:17:47I am a 34-year-old man, okay?
00:17:49Charlie, who you got?
00:17:50Count Olaf.
00:17:52Count Olaf.
00:17:53Count Olaf!
00:17:53Nice for up to.
00:17:54Doing drag impressions is challenging,
00:17:57because you have to study their mannerisms,
00:18:00study how they move, they talk,
00:18:02and being a drag character like Charles Galen King,
00:18:05it's just like, it's just me.
00:18:07Crusher, who are you doing?
00:18:09I am Rip Ross.
00:18:10I like chicken wings.
00:18:11Yes!
00:18:13So I'm excited.
00:18:14And I'm feeling good with the two hours,
00:18:16because I don't wear a lot of makeup.
00:18:18Right now, the biggest challenge is the Rick Ross beard.
00:18:22Uh, I'm kind of interested in bad makeup.
00:18:26How would a man put on makeup?
00:18:27Yeah, no, that makes sense.
00:18:28Like, too much and kind of badly.
00:18:30Not that mine looks .
00:18:31It looks good, but, you know.
00:18:33Let me look at this wig.
00:18:34Oh, my flowing rock locks.
00:18:36Is this maybe a black, a jack?
00:18:39Yes!
00:18:39I'm so excited to, like, let go and just have a little fun.
00:18:44You deserve to let go.
00:18:47That was last week, and now it's this week.
00:18:50And you deserve to be here, dude.
00:18:52I know I have something to prove this week.
00:18:53If I don't prove it, I might be in the bottom again.
00:18:56So who are you doing?
00:18:57I will be portraying Ira Glass,
00:18:59the host of This American Life.
00:19:02How do you make him funny?
00:19:04I picked Ira Glass because I knew
00:19:07no one would pick Ira Glass.
00:19:10For me to stand out in this challenge,
00:19:12I have to take a risk.
00:19:14It is a strategic risk
00:19:16because he's a bit of a quieter character,
00:19:18and I feel like I'm a bit quiet,
00:19:20especially in the group.
00:19:22I high-key relate to Steve Urkel
00:19:24because socially awkward,
00:19:26constantly up, but people still keep him around.
00:19:29Is that how you feel about...
00:19:30I don't know.
00:19:30Like, I just make a lot of mistakes
00:19:32because neurodivergency.
00:19:35Turns out I have PTSD.
00:19:37Hey.
00:19:38My brain is always on danger mode.
00:19:40My biggest competition is me,
00:19:42my, like, self-saboteur.
00:19:44These guys are not thinking about me.
00:19:46How does your family feel about your drag?
00:19:48I don't think they understand,
00:19:49why can't I just stay a pretty lady?
00:19:51I mean, first of all, like,
00:19:52they didn't want me to, like,
00:19:53be a performer as my life.
00:19:55They sent me to a fancy college
00:19:57so that I could become a clown.
00:19:58Do you consider yourself a clown?
00:19:59Oh, a thousand percent.
00:20:00That's my religion, really.
00:20:02Clown is about using your vulnerabilities
00:20:03as strengths.
00:20:05And, like, one of the things
00:20:05that I've been most ashamed about
00:20:07is how I felt about my gender
00:20:09and whether I was in the right body.
00:20:10So, obviously, that was where
00:20:12my clown was gonna go.
00:20:13So much about comedy
00:20:14is leaning into, like,
00:20:15the pain and grief of life.
00:20:17Part of the drag numbers I do,
00:20:19it's like I'm trying to beat a person
00:20:20I needed when I was younger.
00:20:21Yes.
00:20:22I think the funniest part about drag for me
00:20:24as, like, a girl growing up,
00:20:26I was always told, like,
00:20:27oh, you'd be so much prettier
00:20:28if you tweezed your eyebrows,
00:20:30you'd be so much prettier
00:20:31if you wore makeup.
00:20:32Like, I'm doing more women things
00:20:33to look like a man.
00:20:34Right. It's funny.
00:20:35It's funny.
00:20:36Being here means healing works
00:20:38because I don't know
00:20:38if I could have made it.
00:20:39I mean, drag saved my life.
00:20:41I get it.
00:20:41When I first started doing drag,
00:20:42I was looking for validation.
00:20:44I was looking for a way
00:20:45to express myself
00:20:46and express my masculinity
00:20:48and, like, play with these tools
00:20:50in the toolbox that, like,
00:20:51had always been out of bounds
00:20:52and forbidden for me.
00:20:53Getting to do drag has been, like,
00:20:55getting to find the part of myself
00:20:58that isn't just afraid to be myself.
00:21:01Everybody looks very busy at work.
00:21:03Keep doing your thing
00:21:04and I'm gonna have a one-on-one
00:21:06with you to see how you're doing.
00:21:08Look, you got a second?
00:21:09Come on up.
00:21:10Sure.
00:21:10Oh, my God.
00:21:12Who are you impersonating today?
00:21:13I'm gonna be the devil.
00:21:14Mm-hmm.
00:21:15I went to Catholic school.
00:21:16Oh, so you're working it out.
00:21:17I went to Catholic school, too.
00:21:19I'm still not over it.
00:21:21I'm not practicing now,
00:21:22but I like to play with religion.
00:21:24But still.
00:21:24There's nothing to be guilty of.
00:21:26We're raised with just, like,
00:21:27this overarching sense of guilt
00:21:28just for existing.
00:21:30Now, is it gonna be funny?
00:21:31You gonna add some comedy to it?
00:21:32Oh, listen, listen.
00:21:33The religion is funny in general.
00:21:35Sometimes we can't always afford
00:21:37to go to therapy for the Catholic guilt.
00:21:40So we do drag.
00:21:40Yes.
00:21:41That is my church and my therapy drag.
00:21:44Done.
00:21:45All right.
00:21:45Get out of here, you devil.
00:21:47Trying to see how long I want this.
00:21:49I start to do my beard, and it's not looking full.
00:21:53Like, I did practice at home,
00:21:55but maybe I didn't practice enough.
00:21:57I wanna ask for help.
00:21:59And who has the best beard?
00:22:00Mo.
00:22:01We are all here to win.
00:22:03I appreciate that.
00:22:03And if I wanna beat you,
00:22:04I gotta beat you honestly.
00:22:05Wait till this to dry.
00:22:07Mm-hmm.
00:22:07I create as straight of an edge as possible.
00:22:10Boom.
00:22:11Okay.
00:22:11I wasn't allowed to ask for help growing up.
00:22:13Like, I just heard my mama saying,
00:22:15don't ask for help.
00:22:16Do it yourself.
00:22:16You're supposed to be strong.
00:22:17So when Mo said, I got you,
00:22:20I think I might win today.
00:22:22Come on.
00:22:22Do you need some of this?
00:22:23Please.
00:22:23I'm using eyelash glue.
00:22:25You have one kid?
00:22:27Yeah.
00:22:27Yeah.
00:22:27I have a three-year-old daughter.
00:22:28Does your daughter see you?
00:22:29Oh, yeah.
00:22:30She thinks I look great.
00:22:31She's like, mommy, you look so good.
00:22:33In a big way, you're teaching your child
00:22:35to be open to new ideas.
00:22:37Yeah.
00:22:38In the 70s and 80s,
00:22:39my grandfather wanted us to assimilate.
00:22:41So every time we would start speaking Spanish,
00:22:44she would just correct us and say,
00:22:45no, no, no, we don't want you to do that.
00:22:46My religious background and my heritage are spaces
00:22:50that I didn't necessarily feel connected to
00:22:53or welcomed in or held by.
00:22:56So through Buck, I'm able to re-examine those spaces
00:22:59and reclaim them.
00:23:01It feels really good.
00:23:02It feels really good to be able to rewrite that story.
00:23:09Charles!
00:23:10It's his eye.
00:23:11You look a little different.
00:23:12Hi.
00:23:12It's just a little tweak here.
00:23:14When you're on a stage and you start feeling those nerves,
00:23:18what is your advice to hone those nerves?
00:23:21Yeah.
00:23:22You know, there are times I get nervous.
00:23:24It doesn't happen too much anymore
00:23:25because I'm a little dead inside.
00:23:26Totally.
00:23:27What's up?
00:23:27Yeah.
00:23:28When I do that,
00:23:29I do this little trick.
00:23:31Talk to someone in the audience.
00:23:33What's your name?
00:23:34Yeah.
00:23:34And I...
00:23:35It's a therapy thing, right?
00:23:36It's a...
00:23:37In rehab, they told me,
00:23:38move a muscle, change a thought.
00:23:40So it's like,
00:23:41I'm freaking out.
00:23:42I just the opening.
00:23:43I mess up.
00:23:44And then you go,
00:23:44can I get you a drink?
00:23:45And then you back out.
00:23:46Totally.
00:23:47That's the secret tip.
00:23:48I'm not gonna charge you for that today.
00:23:50I love you, Mary.
00:23:52I love you too.
00:23:54One hour left.
00:23:59I am so used to painting myself my way.
00:24:03I'm faced with the fact that I'm painting Bieber onto my face.
00:24:08I think the face is done.
00:24:09So let me foots with this.
00:24:11I'm worried about if things gonna go well
00:24:13and if they go wrong,
00:24:15can I just play it off that it's like,
00:24:18oh yeah, that was intentional
00:24:19because he's Steve Urkel.
00:24:20All right, I gotta get going.
00:24:22Yeah, you got twice the amount of face
00:24:23you usually gotta paint.
00:24:24I know, right?
00:24:25For this challenge, I have no beard.
00:24:27Contouring with the beard
00:24:29because it has to go on first
00:24:30plays like a huge part
00:24:31in how I map my face out.
00:24:33Wait, uh, molasses,
00:24:34forget the highlight.
00:24:35What are you using?
00:24:36I'm using kind of like a white,
00:24:37kind of making me a little...
00:24:39Okay.
00:24:39That's how I got my highlight
00:24:40to look like this.
00:24:41I don't know what the hell
00:24:42he was doing with his face.
00:24:43He was looking a little blue.
00:24:45It felt nice to be able to give back
00:24:47to him in that way
00:24:48because he helped me a lot last week.
00:24:50What the hell?
00:24:52Hope I don't blow it.
00:24:53Ah, Jesus!
00:24:54This looks like my...
00:24:55I don't know what that is.
00:24:56Don't worry.
00:24:57I'm like nervous.
00:24:58I can't even get the words out.
00:24:58I'm afraid of the goddamn alligator.
00:25:00What the is that?
00:25:01Nature shows have been
00:25:04such a centering force for me
00:25:06in my healing journey
00:25:07and, like, frankly,
00:25:09in my sobriety journey.
00:25:10So I wanted to kind of
00:25:11pay tribute to that.
00:25:12I started in the 90s
00:25:14in the club scene.
00:25:15Yeah.
00:25:15When you're drinking
00:25:16and you're feeling good,
00:25:17you go on stage,
00:25:18and it gives you this
00:25:19false sense of confidence.
00:25:20Mm-hmm.
00:25:21I had a good friend that said,
00:25:22you're better than this.
00:25:23And I stopped drinking
00:25:25before a performance,
00:25:26literally from that time on.
00:25:28That rocks.
00:25:28All right.
00:25:29I'm also, um,
00:25:30coming up on two years sober,
00:25:32so that's really...
00:25:32Oh!
00:25:33Sober from alcohol, so...
00:25:34Bro! Same.
00:25:35That rocks.
00:25:36It's funny.
00:25:36I'm putting a fake beard
00:25:37on my real beard.
00:25:38Beardception.
00:25:40I've had a beard
00:25:40since I was 13.
00:25:42I feel because I'm a lesbian,
00:25:43doctors just tried to get me out.
00:25:45It was my wife
00:25:46that figured out I had PCOS.
00:25:48That's when I was able to understand.
00:25:50It's another level of freedom.
00:25:52I'm the bearded lady.
00:25:54Justin?
00:25:55Mm-hmm.
00:25:55Oh, my God.
00:25:56Mm-hmm.
00:25:57One of the greatest songwriters
00:25:58of our generation.
00:25:59Absolutely.
00:26:00What's Justin's secret talent?
00:26:02Could you believe it?
00:26:03He is actually...
00:26:04A top dancer.
00:26:06Wow!
00:26:06We're going old-school vaudeville
00:26:08for Justin Bieber.
00:26:09A thousand percent, yes.
00:26:10Oh, my God.
00:26:10I have a wide range of talents
00:26:12to choose from,
00:26:13but I am thinking long game,
00:26:14and I want to bring out my big skills,
00:26:17my aerial acrobatics,
00:26:18for later in the competition.
00:26:20The finale.
00:26:21So how are you gonna bring
00:26:21some comedy into this?
00:26:22Justin has just such, like,
00:26:24an effortless energy,
00:26:25and so just being able to tune into that
00:26:28is gonna be a lot of fun.
00:26:30And funny.
00:26:31All right.
00:26:32Yeah.
00:26:36I think a lot of us
00:26:37are feeling some kind of way
00:26:38working outside of our usual paint,
00:26:40and knowing that perfection is expected.
00:26:42I'm definitely feeling the weight
00:26:43of the expectations.
00:26:44Five minutes, kings!
00:26:46Holy balls.
00:26:53Time's up, kings!
00:26:55That's right, fellas.
00:26:56Shake it off,
00:26:57put it back in your pants,
00:26:59and let's head to the royal hall!
00:27:06I'm feeling a little nervous.
00:27:09I think my choice is very out there and silly,
00:27:12but the risk of it is also weighing on me.
00:27:18Yeah, I'm a real king.
00:27:43And I'll see you next time.
00:27:43Welcome to
00:27:44The Dong Show, King of
00:27:45Drag's celebrity talent show. Each contestant
00:27:49has chosen a celebrity to impersonate,
00:27:51and as that celebrity,
00:27:53they have to reveal their
00:27:54hidden talent.
00:27:55But first, I'm very excited to bring out my good pal
00:28:00of 15 years, the star and creator of HBO's
00:28:05Somebody Somewhere, Bridget Everett!
00:28:10Oh, baby boy.
00:28:12You asleep?
00:28:14Somebody check for life.
00:28:17Bridget Everett!
00:28:20Thank you for being here, Bridget.
00:28:22I know a lot about you and some things I wish I didn't know
00:28:25Do you have a hidden talent that you can tell us?
00:28:27Uh, do my tits count?
00:28:28Oh, those aren't hidden.
00:28:32Jeffrey, you and I did live together when we were filming
00:28:34Somebody Somewhere.
00:28:36Is there something you can share with us that I don't know?
00:28:38Um, yeah.
00:28:39I can make my lips look like they have an invisible thread in them.
00:28:48Jeff Heller, everybody.
00:28:52Tonight, each of our celebrity contestants will show you their secret talent, hidden treasures, and family jewels.
00:29:00Let's meet them now.
00:29:03Here's someone from down under.
00:29:05It's the Devil.
00:29:07Now, Devil, how are you gonna stand out?
00:29:10I don't know. I'm gonna come out with a little bit of heat.
00:29:13A little bit of fervor.
00:29:16I don't know. I'm kind of, uh, one of those kind of kings that, uh, uh, can handle the heat,
00:29:22you know?
00:29:24I'm bringing the heat!
00:29:26Damn it.
00:29:27We have the original Canadian bacon, Justin Bieber.
00:29:31How's your baby, baby, baby?
00:29:34So good. My mom says my mustache will grow in any day now.
00:29:36Yes.
00:29:38Same.
00:29:38Now, here's a guy who knows how to fist.
00:29:41It's Sylvester Stallone.
00:29:44Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.
00:29:46All right, Slime.
00:29:47How are you prepared if this competition gets rocky?
00:29:52Oh, yeah, it's like this. You know, you're just gonna fly now.
00:29:55You're gonna fly. You're gonna fly now.
00:29:57It's a song. It's just gonna...
00:29:59Anyway, don't worry about it.
00:30:02I have never performed this character before.
00:30:05Crikey! It's Steve Irwin!
00:30:07G'day, mate. How's it going?
00:30:09How does it feel to be alive again?
00:30:11I feel like, um, I'm in the natural habitat with a bunch of homosexuals.
00:30:16All right. Could you please, um, close those? I'm trying to do a show game.
00:30:20This is them closed.
00:30:24What are you talking about?
00:30:25I didn't mean to look. It was just looking at me.
00:30:27The eye of the tiger.
00:30:29I look good in these khaki shorts and nobody can tell me nothing, so...
00:30:32Here's one of the most popular guys in town, Jack Black.
00:30:36I'm ready to bring some rock and roll knowledge to the mass.
00:30:39All right, now, uh, this is a little self-serving, but I gotta ask you a question.
00:30:43Can you cast me in Kung Fu Panda 18?
00:30:46Only if you're willing to play the rice bowl.
00:30:48Showbiz, I love rice.
00:30:50You know his soothing voice, and now he's here in the flesh.
00:30:55Ira Glass.
00:30:59What's so funny?
00:31:00Ira, has anyone ever told you you have a face for radio?
00:31:04I might have a face for radio, Murray, but you have a face and a fit for Hollywood.
00:31:08Showbiz!
00:31:09Ira, you know I'm not one of the judges, so are you gonna bribe them?
00:31:12Well, judges, I hope you enjoy our episode and stay with us.
00:31:20I can't believe Bridget is here.
00:31:22I'm excited, and also I'm like, oh gosh, they got real funny people, so we might not get, like, the
00:31:27pity laugh.
00:31:28From Transylvania, nos...
00:31:31How do you say this?
00:31:33Nosferatu.
00:31:33Oh, s***.
00:31:36From Transylvania, it's Nosferatu.
00:31:39Nosferatu.
00:31:42Welcome.
00:31:44Ho, ho.
00:31:48I guess family does matter, after all, it's Steve Urkel.
00:31:52Hi-ni-ho, Mario.
00:31:55Hi.
00:31:56I like his suspenders.
00:31:58I like to leave the audience in...
00:32:01Suspense.
00:32:03Next, the big boss, Rick Ross.
00:32:06I'm the biggest boss you've seen this far.
00:32:08Rick, what's your beard care routine?
00:32:11Puff-puff pass.
00:32:14All right, thank you, Rick.
00:32:16Folks, that's our lineup.
00:32:17I'm so excited to see all your talents.
00:32:20Let's...
00:32:21Don!
00:32:23First up, please welcome to the stage...
00:32:26The Devil.
00:32:28I know I look so good.
00:32:30I know my moves are fantastic.
00:32:32But the props?
00:32:33Those are the X Factor here.
00:32:36Oh.
00:32:38Oh, a knife.
00:32:41Crocky, this is making me hungry.
00:32:47Something.
00:32:50Oh, what's that?
00:32:52Poppers.
00:32:58My brain is reeling.
00:33:00I'm trying to think about everything all at once.
00:33:02I have so many props.
00:33:03Sometimes they go right.
00:33:05Sometimes they go wrong.
00:33:06You just never know.
00:33:08See?
00:33:08Oh!
00:33:10Oh!
00:33:11Oh!
00:33:11Oh!
00:33:11Oh!
00:33:23Devil, that was hot.
00:33:25How did you come up with this amazing performance?
00:33:28I tell you, but I don't want you to give me the villain edit.
00:33:31Now, the Devil's single, and Bridget, what do you say?
00:33:34Would you get hot with this guy?
00:33:35Why not?
00:33:36You know, I like the moves.
00:33:37I like the heat.
00:33:38Yes.
00:33:38Come on.
00:33:39Get up in here.
00:33:42What neighborhood in hell are you from?
00:33:43Oh, I'm actually, I'm not staying at home right now.
00:33:46I'm staying at a really nice hotel.
00:33:48It's called the White House.
00:33:52Well, the White House is hell.
00:33:55Please, welcome to the stage, Justin Bieber!
00:34:00I want you to believe with me.
00:34:02Drop my beat.
00:34:06Let's go, JB!
00:34:0922 million!
00:34:23Alexander the Great is an incredible performer.
00:34:27But being funny is a very specific thing.
00:34:30And this performance, it's mostly dance.
00:34:41I wish I could move like that.
00:34:48Justin, I had no idea that you could tap.
00:34:51How long you been tapping?
00:34:54Since yesterday.
00:34:56What do you call some of those moves?
00:34:58Do they have names?
00:35:00Being myself.
00:35:01Oh, wow.
00:35:02And always say always.
00:35:03I don't actually have that much experience with improv.
00:35:07However, I was strong with my look and I was strong with my talent.
00:35:16Please, welcome to the stage, Sylvester Stallone!
00:35:22Sylvester Stallone, here we are.
00:35:24Sylvester Stallone in the house.
00:35:25Ask me what it's about.
00:35:27What's it about?
00:35:28Oh, you want to know what it's all about?
00:35:30Yeah!
00:35:31You want to know what it's all about?
00:35:32Yeah!
00:35:33It's not about.
00:35:34We'll just see how many times you win.
00:35:37And how many times you win and win and win and win and win and win and win and win.
00:35:42I can't understand what he's saying.
00:35:44I'm a fighter.
00:35:46Oh, oh, oh.
00:35:47But I'm also a domestic, you know?
00:35:49I have a beautiful wife, beautiful daughters.
00:35:51So I'm going to show you all how to fold a fitted sheet.
00:35:54All right.
00:35:56Warm it up.
00:35:57Boom, boom, boom.
00:35:58Hold on.
00:35:59Hold on.
00:35:59You're the disease.
00:36:01And I'm the cure.
00:36:02All right.
00:36:02Here we go again.
00:36:04All right.
00:36:04Here we go.
00:36:05Here we go.
00:36:06Here we go.
00:36:07Here we go.
00:36:08Here we go.
00:36:11Here we go!
00:36:12Here we go!
00:36:13He's right here.
00:36:14Who cares?
00:36:15Who cares?
00:36:18Ah? Just
00:36:19put it
00:36:19in the closet! Who cares?
00:36:23Who cares?
00:36:25I'm all
00:36:25out of skills, until I could tap dance!
00:36:29Adrian!
00:36:32Adrian!
00:36:33Adrian!
00:36:38Big D smashed it.
00:36:41Honestly, that might be a tough act to follow.
00:36:44How long you been training for that?
00:36:46All my life.
00:36:48I failed.
00:36:51Who's gonna fix the gaping wound to my masculinity?
00:36:57I need some tips. What's your workout routine?
00:37:00Juice.
00:37:01I start with a very nice juice,
00:37:04and then I follow with an oat milk latte.
00:37:07Then I just keep pushing up until I throw up.
00:37:12Bridget, I know you've watched all of the Rocky movies.
00:37:16Would you be the Adrian to this Rocky?
00:37:19Oh, absolutely.
00:37:20I need somebody to help me fold my sheets.
00:37:24I don't know if that's me.
00:37:30Next up, please welcome to the stage, Steve Irwin.
00:37:35All right. G'day, mates.
00:37:36So the secret to crocodile hunting is the element of surprise,
00:37:40which is completely out the window,
00:37:42because this Sheila knew I came in from the moment I walked in the door,
00:37:45because I always smell like shrimp bun the barbie.
00:37:48All right.
00:37:49So you can seduce your crocodile with your gifts of tonguing and fingering.
00:37:53Ooh.
00:37:59Dick is going right before me, and also working with brass instruments.
00:38:03That's a little scary, because I know we're gonna be compared to each other.
00:38:06Fun fact, crocodiles are the largest living reptile, like dinosaurs living in Florida.
00:38:11Thank you for being a friend, righto.
00:38:14Don't try this at home.
00:38:15The key to crocodile hunting is waiting for your moment.
00:38:20Wait for it.
00:38:21What?
00:38:21You gotta find just the right, the right position.
00:38:25The right.
00:38:25Okay.
00:38:26And when the moment is right, you strike.
00:38:29Oh, not again.
00:38:31Stop.
00:38:31Oh, they're so strong.
00:38:33And I can't hold them.
00:38:35Oh, my God.
00:38:44I feel like it goes about as well as it could go.
00:38:46And any questions for Steve?
00:38:49Why Carmen?
00:38:50Because it is in the public domain, which is everything that I look for in my musical face.
00:38:57Yes, yes, yes.
00:38:58Don't you?
00:38:58What about woodwinds?
00:39:00Well, listen, Jeff, I bring my own woodwindy, if you know what I mean.
00:39:04Oh, I know what you mean.
00:39:06Let's hear it for Steve Irwin.
00:39:12Please welcome to the stage, Jack Black.
00:39:16Tonight, I shall unveil to you my pernicious pupils the secret to rock and hard.
00:39:22This sandwich is not the greatest sandwich in the world, no.
00:39:28This is just a tribute.
00:39:29Now, bread is best when marinating in the marrow of the bones.
00:39:33Gee, I'm talking about brass, baby.
00:39:35You take a little PB.
00:39:37You smear it.
00:39:38You spank that butter on there.
00:39:41I am scared because Henlo really leaned into the Jack Black.
00:39:44I like Kung Fu Panda, too, but, like, can we get Henlo?
00:39:46Sandwich Supreme is now flat-sized.
00:39:49Oh, we are not going to eat this sandwich.
00:39:51We are going to send it into the stratosphere.
00:39:53Yeah!
00:39:54I have one word to describe my performance, and it's unhinged.
00:39:57Is it going to go well?
00:39:58Is anyone's game.
00:40:09Oh, my God.
00:40:14Henlo, you're going to end up on a weird part of the internet.
00:40:17Yeah!
00:40:19Yeah!
00:40:20That's rock and roll!
00:40:23Hey, Jack.
00:40:25Hey, Tenderoni.
00:40:26Do you want to join my band?
00:40:28No, I'm good.
00:40:29I'm...
00:40:30It's hard to say where I landed.
00:40:32I was not expecting the judges to put me in the bottom last week,
00:40:35so I'm really afraid to guess anything and be disappointed if I'm wrong.
00:40:41Yeah, I'm a real king.
00:40:48This is The Dong Show, the unique celebrity talent show incomparable to any other show within a show.
00:40:56It's time for our next guest, Ira Glass.
00:41:00From WBEZ Chicago, I'm Ira Glass.
00:41:03Today, on King of Drag, I am here to present a hidden talent that you may not know.
00:41:09Act one.
00:41:11Push-ups.
00:41:13Push-ups are a calisthenic exercise that begin in the prone position, with your hands forward and your feet back.
00:41:20For you gays out there, you can also do it on your knees.
00:41:24You descend downward.
00:41:26Woo!
00:41:27And you explode up with the amount of vigor to taste.
00:41:30Let's do a couple.
00:41:31Count off if you can.
00:41:34One, two, three, four, five.
00:41:39Act two.
00:41:41Regret.
00:41:43Wow.
00:41:46I really wish I learned other talents at Northwestern, other than public radio and push-ups.
00:41:52Did you know, in the United States, a cis man has to do 28 push-ups to be considered fit?
00:41:59No.
00:41:59I didn't either, my interns told me.
00:42:02They're unpaid, but I think we can give a shot.
00:42:06And by golly, 15 seconds till dead air.
00:42:11Ready, gang?
00:42:12One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, seventeen.
00:42:29Well, I guess I'm trans.
00:42:33Am I intimidated by molasses?
00:42:35You know, no, I mean, not intimidated.
00:42:37It's just, like, recognition of the level.
00:42:41Mr. Glass, somebody who's just dipping her toe back in physical fitness,
00:42:44I was wondering if you could give me any tips on how to get those arms.
00:42:48Oh, these arms right here?
00:42:52Yes.
00:42:53It's not your turn, Jeff.
00:42:55I'm sorry.
00:42:56Don't worry, Jeff, we'll get to you.
00:42:59How many push-ups did you say a white guy has to do to be fit?
00:43:03Well, a white guy can do as many as he wants, given that he's white.
00:43:09Ira Glass, everybody.
00:43:14Next up, we have Nosferfito.
00:43:17Nosferatu!
00:43:22Dog goes woof, cat goes meow, bird goes tweet, and mouse goes squeak.
00:43:30But there's one sound that no one knows.
00:43:34Oh, what does the fox say?
00:43:39Ring, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding.
00:43:41Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding.
00:43:44I feel 100% confident in my memorization of my poetry.
00:43:49Hotche, hotche, hotche.
00:43:50Hang�, hang�, hangao!
00:43:50Do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do!
00:43:52That is definitely a choice.
00:43:55Ho, hoe, hoe, hoe, hoe.
00:43:57Ahoo.
00:43:58Ooh.
00:43:58What does the fox say?
00:44:05Hi, Nosferatu.
00:44:07What's your hair routine?
00:44:10Grab, pull, snap!
00:44:14Nosferatu.
00:44:15Nosferatu!
00:44:17Here's a throwback for you.
00:44:19Say hello to Steve Urkel.
00:44:25Howdy ho, judgy hoes.
00:44:27Now, today I'm going to share with you my hidden talent.
00:44:31It comes from a part of my body that people don't usually get to see.
00:44:34My brain.
00:44:36Before you is my transformation chamber.
00:44:39Before your very eyes, my DNA is going to be altered
00:44:42and I will be my persona, Stefan Urkel.
00:44:47After this transformation, I will be smoother, faster,
00:44:50and as sharp as this cheddar cheese.
00:44:54Here we go.
00:44:57For my talent, I'm doing a transformation chamber.
00:45:00There are so many things I don't have control over
00:45:02when it comes to this prop and this challenge,
00:45:04and I don't like that.
00:45:12Oh, no.
00:45:14I turned myself into a blue hedgehog.
00:45:17I gotta go fast.
00:45:22Did I do that?
00:45:25Does anyone have a chili dog?
00:45:27Any green hills I can run on?
00:45:30I'm just gonna go away now.
00:45:33Do I have to do your job too?
00:45:44What other settings does that incredible contraption have?
00:45:47Well, it has different settings.
00:45:49I can turn myself into a bottom.
00:45:53I can turn myself into a top.
00:45:55So that machine is very versatile.
00:45:59Good to know.
00:46:00Give him a round of applause.
00:46:04Was it good?
00:46:06Get the paper.
00:46:07I didn't feel that good about that.
00:46:09I think I did terrible.
00:46:11If I was in the judges panel,
00:46:12I would put myself in the bottom.
00:46:14It's nerve-wracking because I don't want to be setting the tone up
00:46:19that I can't perform because I can perform.
00:46:22Please welcome our last celebrity, Rick Ross.
00:46:25People think I like pears.
00:46:28But I love ribbons.
00:46:30Mmm!
00:46:40What would a homeboy do with a ribbon?
00:46:42He'll throw it at you.
00:46:43I'm like, oh, yeah, sure.
00:46:44You like that sauce?
00:46:45You like this tenoroni?
00:46:46Uh!
00:46:59I have never done impersonations.
00:47:03How long is your ribbon?
00:47:08Are you Team K-Dot or Team Drake?
00:47:12I make money off of both of them.
00:47:14You stay scheming!
00:47:16Rick Ross, everybody!
00:47:17Yeah!
00:47:18That concludes The Dong Show.
00:47:21Now beat it, would ya?
00:47:22I gotta go shine the gong!
00:47:37Welcome back, Kings!
00:47:39The King's Court has made some decisions.
00:47:43If they call your name, please step forward.
00:47:46Buck Wilde,
00:47:48Big D,
00:47:51King Molasses,
00:47:54Percasex,
00:47:56Dick Von Dyke,
00:47:59Alexander the Great.
00:48:01You are all...
00:48:05the tops and bottoms of this week.
00:48:09I don't think I'm in the bottom for this challenge.
00:48:12I think I did well enough that I'm in the top three.
00:48:14If your name was not called, you are safe.
00:48:17I feel very nice and warm,
00:48:20even though I still would've wanted to hear some feedback
00:48:23and see what else can I push myself to be
00:48:26to make it to the winning circle.
00:48:28It's time for feedback.
00:48:30Let's begin with Buck Wilde.
00:48:32I really like your look.
00:48:34I just wish that the energy for the look
00:48:36matched the energy for the number.
00:48:37Or maybe there was a few too many props
00:48:40and it's a Coco Chanel get rid of one element
00:48:42before you do the performance situation.
00:48:44What was missing for me was you.
00:48:46You know, and I think you're an incredible dancer.
00:48:48And when you fell down on the ground at the end,
00:48:50I just like a little couple of little bumps of the...
00:48:52You know, whatever you want to do,
00:48:53like take your heart and fill up the stage with you.
00:48:56Because when you do you, you're gonna win.
00:48:57I will take that.
00:48:59I will take that to my heart.
00:49:01I appreciate it some more.
00:49:05Backstage, right before I went on,
00:49:06something felt a little bit off in the air.
00:49:09I can feel Buck kind of crumbling away a little bit,
00:49:11and it's making me nervous and vulnerable.
00:49:14Alexander the Great.
00:49:15I loved your choice for Justin Bieber.
00:49:17I do think that you are so, so talented.
00:49:20The toes were great for me, but I was like,
00:49:23ooh, I wanted to see a little bit more comedy.
00:49:25Every once in a while you would do something like,
00:49:27just do Bieber move, and then like,
00:49:29tappity tap tap tap.
00:49:30And I think we just needed to heighten it,
00:49:32and we're just smacked across the face
00:49:34with hilarious camp.
00:49:36You got it. I'll smack you next time.
00:49:38I know Alexander to be great.
00:49:41I've seen you.
00:49:42You're an aerialist, comma, comma, comma.
00:49:45We thought there would be more reveal.
00:49:47I want you to serve.
00:49:50I really hope I can show you
00:49:52that I have so much more to bring to me.
00:49:55Yes, I love that.
00:49:56That's also the fight that you need.
00:49:57I am not feeling the same confidence
00:50:00that I was last week.
00:50:01This is jarring.
00:50:03All right, big D.
00:50:05At first I was like, what the is happening?
00:50:07Because I couldn't hear what you were saying,
00:50:09but then, but that's, you know, slide.
00:50:11Like, that's part of it.
00:50:17Now that's commitment.
00:50:18A method.
00:50:19I love that you had this story in it
00:50:21where you were saying,
00:50:22I've been defeated by this sheet,
00:50:24which is what Rocky does too, right?
00:50:26He doesn't win or whatever.
00:50:27So...
00:50:27He does win.
00:50:29I actually don't know.
00:50:30I've never seen Rocky.
00:50:31Jeffrey!
00:50:33Jeffrey!
00:50:34I mean, your mustache and beard
00:50:36were falling off,
00:50:37which is a bit of a drag no-no,
00:50:39but somehow you made it work.
00:50:41Your makeup looks very shiny.
00:50:43So I need you to, like, set your makeup.
00:50:46And I think that that would also help
00:50:47so your beard doesn't fall off too.
00:50:49But other than that, I am a big D fan.
00:50:54Dick Von Dyke.
00:50:56Incredible.
00:50:57You were able to volley with us
00:50:58and come up with great jokes on the fly.
00:51:00Very high-quality drag tonight.
00:51:02Thank you so much.
00:51:03Well, I love the shorts.
00:51:05These old things?
00:51:06And, uh, well, look.
00:51:07You know, to me, like, you fill a room.
00:51:09You have a real presence.
00:51:11I thought you were Australian.
00:51:12I was like, I really did.
00:51:14I was like, wow, okay.
00:51:15Yeah, I'm from down under in Missouri.
00:51:17That's where I...
00:51:18Yeah, okay.
00:51:18Well, I'm from Kansas,
00:51:19so maybe that's what I'm responding to.
00:51:21I'm wearing my Kansas ring right now.
00:51:22Oh, nice. I love it.
00:51:24There is no greater compliment in the world
00:51:27than making someone laugh
00:51:29who you think is funny.
00:51:31All right.
00:51:32King molasses.
00:51:33Your set was, like, a masterclass
00:51:37in celebrity impersonation.
00:51:39I don't even know Ira Glass like that,
00:51:40but you made me get to know it.
00:51:43It could have easily not been funny at all,
00:51:46and in your timing and delivery,
00:51:48it landed every single time.
00:51:50I may not think of myself as a comedian,
00:51:52but I am a storyteller,
00:51:54and Ira is a storyteller.
00:51:56I found the right shell
00:51:57to sort of show what I can do on stage.
00:52:00Purpose sex.
00:52:01When you came out as Steve Urkel,
00:52:04I was so excited.
00:52:05This was a great choice for you.
00:52:06I loved your mannerisms
00:52:07and how you really worked your way around Murray.
00:52:11I kind of lost it a little bit
00:52:12in the transformation scene.
00:52:14I also didn't know about the hedgehog
00:52:15because I'm old, you know?
00:52:17But I was expecting some kind of, like,
00:52:20something different.
00:52:21I went to meta because I am nerd.
00:52:25Fun fact, Julia White played Urkel
00:52:28and also voiced Sonic,
00:52:29and I made a mistake of thinking
00:52:31that was common knowledge.
00:52:32I was laughing when the transformation machine
00:52:35fell over and we got a,
00:52:37did I do that out of you?
00:52:39And then there really wasn't much after that.
00:52:42Never let us see you stressed out up there.
00:52:45Welp, looks like I'm the bottom king of the season.
00:52:47Okay, kings, please head back to the man cave
00:52:50while the court deliberates.
00:52:57We have to start with King Molasses.
00:53:00He had us in the palm of his hand the whole time.
00:53:02The dedication to staying in character.
00:53:05Sitting over there, talking with Murray.
00:53:07Playing the character,
00:53:08but also letting who he is as a performer shine through.
00:53:12His ability to do comedy was a question mark for me
00:53:15going into today,
00:53:16but he just continues to shine.
00:53:19How about Big D?
00:53:20He had that really great moment where he said,
00:53:22how will I fill the gaping hole with my masculinity?
00:53:25And I was like, oh my God, it's deep too.
00:53:28It was profound.
00:53:30There's a connection that he has with the audience
00:53:32that is going to take him a very long way.
00:53:35I do think his comedy is really his saving grace
00:53:37because his drag technically needs to be fine-tuned a little bit.
00:53:41How about Dick Von Dyke?
00:53:43I really like his charisma.
00:53:44He's a really good writer.
00:53:45He knew that script backwards, forwards, up and down.
00:53:49Which allowed him to have a looseness about it,
00:53:51which makes it fun for the audience.
00:53:53Top contender for sure.
00:53:54Now the hardest part,
00:53:55let's talk about the kings
00:53:56that we might be sending into elimination.
00:53:59I don't want to take part in this.
00:54:00It's too hard.
00:54:00It's too hard.
00:54:02Percosex, our Steve Urkel.
00:54:04Somebody who's very talented,
00:54:05has a lot of natural charm,
00:54:07a lot of watchability,
00:54:08but for me it wasn't well thought out enough.
00:54:10I really love Steve Urkel.
00:54:13I think they did such a great impersonation.
00:54:15They would have done more and more and more.
00:54:17I had no idea that Jaleel White did the sonic voice.
00:54:20Neither did I.
00:54:21He needs to just let the chaos subside a little bit.
00:54:25He needs a little Percocet.
00:54:27He needs a Percocet.
00:54:28What about Buck Wilde?
00:54:30Buck Wilde for me is tough because I want to see more.
00:54:33I want to see what they're capable of,
00:54:36but we didn't get it today.
00:54:37We're judging on what we saw today.
00:54:38Yeah, he also had a hard job like he had to open,
00:54:41but I love that it was like a Latin devil.
00:54:43The personification, the zoot suit, the details.
00:54:46He's clearly so talented at drag,
00:54:48it's surprising to see that he's not completely at home in the spotlight.
00:54:51We got more nerves than we got comedy.
00:54:53Okay, let's talk about Justin Bieber.
00:54:55You can tell Alexander the Great has taken a lot of tap dance.
00:54:59It is a talent show, but really it's a comedy show.
00:55:02I like a little edge and darkness in my comedy.
00:55:05He's very bubbly and I think he can tap into pushing himself
00:55:09to discover what the darker sides of him really are.
00:55:12This is so hard.
00:55:13We have to choose two people to send into the final thrust.
00:55:18I think we have our decision then.
00:55:20Do we all have an agreement?
00:55:30All right, Kings, it is time for the court's royal decree.
00:55:36Jeff, the time has come to name the winner of this week's episode.
00:55:42Maybe I'm delusional.
00:55:43It feels like I got the most laughs.
00:55:45The king we have chosen as the winner is...
00:55:52King Molasses!
00:55:53Hey!
00:55:58Don't look surprised.
00:56:00Who are you, Beyonce?
00:56:02Like, we did it. We did it, Ira.
00:56:04Congratulations, King Molasses.
00:56:06This means that you are currently first in line for the throne.
00:56:10Act four.
00:56:12Big D and Dick Von Dyke, you are also safe.
00:56:16Did I want to win?
00:56:17Absolutely.
00:56:18I did my best.
00:56:19I still didn't win.
00:56:21I don't know that there's anything I, like, would have or could have done differently.
00:56:24Now, the part that nobody likes.
00:56:27Which kings are in danger of leaving the competition?
00:56:31Buck Wilde, we are obsessed with your drag.
00:56:35We just wanted to see you own your power a little bit more in the spotlight.
00:56:40Alexander the Great, you are talented beyond belief.
00:56:44We just wanted a little bit more humor and want to see you push yourself to the very edge.
00:56:48Finding myself in the bottom is not on the agenda and, quite frankly, has knocked the breath out of me
00:56:54a little bit.
00:56:55Percosex, your Steve Urkel was perfection, but you needed a little bit more scripting so that you had a framework
00:57:02to support your amazing performance.
00:57:03I'm worried that the judges think I am bad at drag, that I don't belong here, that I don't deserve
00:57:08to be here.
00:57:09I know I'm good at the things I'm good at, it's just that these past two weeks have not been
00:57:13my week.
00:57:14Cheetahs are fast, but if you tell it to fly, it's not going to end well.
00:57:22We've decided.
00:57:28Alexander the Great, you are safe.
00:57:32Thank you, thank you.
00:57:34Holy .
00:57:34I really feel like I am not ready to go home yet, and the fact that the judges have saved
00:57:40me is giving me everything I need to know that I can keep going in this competition.
00:57:44Buck Wilde, Percosex, you two are up for elimination and must face off in the final thrust.
00:57:56I just need to get myself together, get myself in the game.
00:57:59I have to be prepared to send my brothers home.
00:58:01I know that I'm good at what I do, or I wouldn't be here.
00:58:04I have more to say, and I want them to see so much more of me.
00:58:06Your final thrust challenge is you must perform a one-minute stand-up set for the King's Court.
00:58:16I'm not going to just give up, especially if it's something that I know I'm good at, and I can
00:58:20finally show to the judges, look, I am talented.
00:58:23I feel pretty good about my stand-up skills. I'm pretty confident.
00:58:26This is your last chance to make us laugh.
00:58:29I use Buck as a shield to the world, and as a vehicle to put my self-confidence out there.
00:58:36He's always there when I need him.
00:58:39Oh, now I really feel bad for Buck, because I know I'm going to kill this .
00:58:45Yeah, I'm a real king.
00:58:52This is the final thrust.
00:58:56Our bottom kings were asked to prepare a short but sweet stand-up set.
00:59:01By luck of the draw, Buck Wilde has been chosen to go first.
00:59:06Your one-minute starts now.
00:59:10You ever had one of those gigs that just went so awry that it pops into your head randomly when
00:59:15you're in the shower, and you're like, ooh.
00:59:16Mine happened ten years ago when I was double-booked for a fundraiser.
00:59:21My go-go dancers and I went to the second spot, and there's a line of people around the building.
00:59:25I was like, oh, are all these people here for me?
00:59:27And I got my answer when we got to the entrance, and out front was a sign that said, free
00:59:32gumbo.
00:59:34I couldn't even be bad, because gumbo? Delicious.
00:59:37But free gumbo?
00:59:40We were running late, so we ran right in, got to the stage.
00:59:43The DJ goes, I don't even know how to introduce this person next.
00:59:47He?
00:59:47She?
00:59:48It?
00:59:49And I was like, yes, and.
00:59:54I got to the main event where I had my big prop, and I unzipped my pants and pulled out
01:00:01a handkerchief that was a mile long.
01:00:03It had a confetti cannon at the end of it, by the way.
01:00:06And I threw it into the crowd, and it landed in a bowl of gumbo where a lady was eating
01:00:11mid-bite.
01:00:12She goes, what's this?
01:00:13And I go, oh.
01:00:13That's our time.
01:00:15Damn it.
01:00:18You had a great ending ready for it.
01:00:20You know.
01:00:22Really?
01:00:23I don't get the finish?
01:00:24It's really funny.
01:00:25I promise.
01:00:26Next up is Percosex.
01:00:31Your one minute starts now.
01:00:36Distinguished panel of judges.
01:00:38And Jeff.
01:00:41You know, I'm not nervous.
01:00:43This is not the first time my bad choices has led to a painful bombing experience.
01:00:48Because if you saw the people I tried to date, you would know.
01:00:51And for those who do not know me or Sonic the Hedgehog,
01:00:55I am a trans man outside of drag.
01:00:57I know you can't tell because I'm not wearing a button-down shirt or I'm dressed like Justin Bieber.
01:01:01And one thing I love about being a drag king and being trans is that it's easy to explain it,
01:01:06because straight people both know them as male impersonation.
01:01:09Oh.
01:01:11And one of the perks of me doing drag is I get to wear a lot of amazing outfits.
01:01:17When I'm looking at you, nice suit.
01:01:19It just feels nice to be able to wear a suit in drag and not be called the defendant.
01:01:27If I offended you tonight, hello, I'm Dave Chappelle.
01:01:31That's your turn.
01:01:32Thank you, Percosex.
01:01:33Thank you, Percosex.
01:01:35Thank you, Percosex.
01:01:39Court, you may now cast your vote for the king you think should stay in the competition.
01:01:46Starting with you, Bridget.
01:01:50It's Percosex for me.
01:01:53Jeffrey.
01:01:54I'm gonna vote for Percosex to stay.
01:01:57Wayne.
01:01:58My vote is for Buck Wilde.
01:02:02Sasha.
01:02:03This was very close.
01:02:05But my vote is also for Percosex to stay.
01:02:09Tenderoni.
01:02:10This was a very hard decision because I love both of these kings.
01:02:14My vote is for Percosex to stay.
01:02:18Percosex, you are safe.
01:02:20Your pursuit of the crown continues.
01:02:25I'm sending Buck Wilde home.
01:02:28I just didn't feel as connected to Buck in that moment when he's not there.
01:02:35It kind of makes me a little vulnerable.
01:02:37Of all the times that this could happen, why this moment when I need him the most?
01:02:47Sorry.
01:02:55King Buck Wilde.
01:02:58I dub thee an honorary member of the King of Drag family.
01:03:06Every one of us behind you has your back.
01:03:11You may rise.
01:03:13Buck! Buck! Buck! Buck! Buck! Buck! Buck! Buck! Buck! Buck!
01:03:16I know this is a tough moment.
01:03:17There's no doubt in my mind that I'm good at what I do.
01:03:21But the real win is being here.
01:03:24Having been one of the first ten is a historical moment.
01:03:28Buck, do you have any parting words?
01:03:31No matter what life throws at you, always remember who the Buck you are.
01:03:38All right Buck, please pack your packer and head home.
01:03:44Every single day I run into somebody when I say I'm a drag king, they go, what's a drag king?
01:03:49Now everybody's going to know what kings are. It's been a great experience.
01:03:53Remember, we all need somebody somewhere.
01:03:58Good night.
01:03:59You're going down to the train every week.
01:03:59Oh my gosh, no one is!
01:04:00Oh my gosh.
01:04:00I got a way to find a way to get a little on take off the train.
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