Drool

Saturday, January 23, 2010


Here's a rather bracing bit of 1980s randomness: Madame, the loud and hideous yet weirdly endearing drag queen puppet of "Wayland Flowers and..." fame, performing a punk novelty song on her syndicated sitcom Madame's Place. Yes, this freaky, braying little monster had her own weekly show. Co-starring one of the Landers sisters. And Corey Feldman. (Jesus, this was a very '80s show.)

Madame's Place was pretty darn weird to start with, but I think this performance by "Drool" could be the show's weirdest moment, with Madame doing a surprisingly credible punk rock snarl while decked out like Captain Fantastic-era Elton John. (I've never been a Streisand fan, but it seems more than a little unfair for Madame to be busting on Streisand's nose. I mean, hasn't Madame ever looked in a mirror?)

2 comments:

S.C. January 23, 2010 at 3:36 PM  

"I mean, hasn't Madame ever looked in a mirror?"

Probably not, seeing as how she's a puppet. (sorry, I couldn't help myself)

Two semi-serious points to ponder:

One, doesn't Madame kind of have a voice made for punk rock, and

Two, I can't help but wonder if "Barbara Streisand's Nose" was supposed to be a kind of parody of "Bette Davis Eyes."

Greg Stacy . January 24, 2010 at 1:23 AM  

Oh, yeah, I think it's totally a parody of Bette Davis Eyes... Which is a weird song to parody for a faux punk band. I think this was one of those deals where it was 1982 and a bunch of 45-year-old comedy writers said, "Let's do a parody of this punk rock thing the kids are into..." So naturally they put Madame in Elton John glasses and had her do a parody of Bette Davis Eyes.

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