Episode 14: The Fourteenth One... and Alec Mapa
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English - June 26, 2020 11:51 - 1 hour - 74.9 MBComedy Interviews Comedy TV & Film Film Interviews 2000s comedy interviews over 50 1980s music 1970s 1990s age is just a number photography bridesmaids Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Wendi and Dfernando's fourteenth episode and their guest interview is with GLAAD Award-winning actor, comedian and writer Alec Mapa.
Ellen Degeneres has called him “smart, hilarious and funny.” Variety has said, “Alec Mapa is a freak. No one should be this talented.” With uproarious live performances and groundbreaking television roles, Alec Mapa has entertained audiences worldwide in every imaginable medium.
Audiences first discovered Alec on Broadway in the original 1988 Tony Award-winning production of M. BUTTERFLY (opposite the legendary Tony Randall), and he has guest starred on over 40 television series, including ALIAS, FRIENDS, ROSEANNE, SEINFELD and NYPD BLUE, among others.
Alec played network television’s very first gay Asian series regular role on the CBS sitcom SOME OF MY BEST FRIENDS. He then starred in four seasons of the UPN sitcom HALF & HALF, and went on to appear in the ABC hit UGLY BETTY and was a frequent guest star on DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES and had recurring roles on ABC Family’s SWITCHED AT BIRTH and Lifetime’s DEVIOUS MAIDS. You can see Alec in his recurring role as Animal Vegetable Mineral Man on the hit series DOOM PATROL now streaming on HBO Max and DC Universe.
His Showtime comedy special Alec Mapa: BABY DADDY, is based on his award-winning solo show, which hilariously, irreverently chronicles Alec’s journey to fatherhood via foster adoption.
On film, Alec played “N’Cream” in the wildly popular drag queen musical CONNIE AND CARLA. Other films include PLAYING BY HEART, MARLEY & ME, YOU DON'T MESS WITH THE ZOHAN, and the upcoming action-comedy CHICK FIGHT, opposite Alec Baldwin, Bella Thorne and Malin Akerman.
An accomplished stand-up comedian, Alec’s WISECRACK comedy special premiered on LOGO in 2005 and has since become a cult favorite. His follow-up comedy specials AMERICA'S GAYSIAN SWEETHEART and NO FATS, FEMMES OR ASIANS aired on the HERE! and LOGO networks respectively.
Alec was awarded the prestigious Davidson Valentini GLAAD Award for promoting equal rights for the LGBTQ community. A tireless fundraiser, Alec has toured the country on behalf of The Human Rights Campaign and The Matthew Shepard Foundation earning him the unofficial title of “America’s Gaysian Sweetheart.”
Alec lives in Los Angeles with his husband Jamie and his son Zion.
Also on this episode, Wendi and Dfernando discuss the latest social media platform TikTok, peach cobblers and once again, the legendary Shirley Bassey. On the weekly RIPE & ROTTEN REPORT there's the 45th anniversary of the 1975 masterpiece JAWS, salt pipe inhalers and the current nightly fireworks situation.
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