Bruce Vilanch's New Hyundai Has a Blind Spot with Trixie
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Who is Bruce Vilanch?
That's one person clapping, but that's 100% of the people in the room. But a ferocious clapper. A ferocious clapper. Big time. Today we have with us legendary comedy writer, comedy... Today we have with us legendary comedy writer, actor, singer. He's won Emmys for writing for the Academy Awards and was a judge on Drag Race. It is Bruce Valanche. Hello. Thank you.
Hello, my camera. This is you. This is me. This is a fabulous profile shot of me, which is amazing. I do kind of look like Alfred Hitchcock.
What do you think about this? You know, everybody hates our new set. We just painted it blue. What do you think?
It's not gay enough. You think? And it's very self-referential. So, I mean, as I suppose it should be. But why not? And these flowers are even, these are, oh, well, they're plastic. They're plastic, they are. They're not, you know, it's a gay touch, sort of. Yeah. But it's lovely. What's not to love? And you got, you know, color-coded pink and purple microphones. Isn't that nice? They all look like, you know, I mean, horses when they're happy. Studs, at least.
Well, you're kind of like, you know, when we have Katya, she's worn wigs like your hair in her career, so it kind of feels like we have her wig today. She's worn a Bruce wig.
Yes.
Do people go as you for Halloween? Do what? Do people go as you for Halloween?
Oh, yeah, they do, actually. Yes. I mean, I wasn't... When I was living in West Hollywood at both Tender Queens, a restaurant there, and on Halloween would come and I'd be on my balcony and I would watch the Bruces go by. There was a period where there was... It was an easy thing for a fat guy to do, just put on a blonde wig and a T-shirt that said something obscene, and it was me.
What does Bruce think about Halloween costumes?
The eyewear also. The eyewear, the red glasses, yes. It's easy to find, that's true. I always wore glasses, but when I was on Hollywood Squares, I had different glasses every night, but then the prescription changed, and I would have to take a second mortgage to get them all. It happened that week on the show we had Sally Jessie Raphael.
I was just, we're so psychic.
Who was, you know, for those of you who are too young to remember, a talk show host who did a kind of Oprah sort of show in the daytime. And she had, she was blonde with red glasses. Right. We had the same lawyer, actually. So I said, I said, I have to get all these glasses changed. She said, she said, I said, she said, well, you can have red ones if you want. I said, no, but that's your brand. And she said, I'm retiring. I said, oh, may I? So I took the red glasses and that's all I wear now.
I was listening to you talk and I was like, it's Sally Jessie. It really is. And so it's like crazy that you brought that up because I was like, it is kind of Sally Jessie. It's Sally Jessie if she shaved. It's also a little bit Ghostbusters. What do you want? Remember her in Ghostbusters? She has like fun glasses. No, actually. Remember their receptionist in Ghostbusters?
Oh, yeah. I want to say Carol Kane, but it wasn't Carol Kane. It was someone like that. She's so gorgeous. Like Annie Potts or somebody like that.
Yeah, like a character actress. Very pretty, though. A cute character actress, yes. Do you think that character actress means unattractive? Generally.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
Who is Bruce Vilanch?
1:09–2:56
2
What does Bruce think about Halloween costumes?
2:56–8:48
3
What is Bruce's new book about?
8:48–22:30
4
What challenges did Vanessa Williams face as Miss America?
22:30
5
How did drag culture evolve over time?
12:55–31:23
6
What memorable experiences does Bruce share from his career?
31:23–31:50
7
What was it like working with the Brady Bunch?
31:50–47:10