The hilarious 1996 La Cage aux Folles adaptation, The Birdcage, is celebrating it’s 25th anniversary! To commemorate this big occasion we devoted an entire episode to it!

We brought back to the podcast Broadway/film/TV actor Benny Elledge and making his AI debut fellow NYC actor/UMD alumn Brian Skellenger. It was fun to reminisce about our old college days and break down this comedic classic.

We end this episode with a fun Starting 5 game and our Patrons get to hear our Top 5 LGBTQ+ Films Draft.

Enjoy!

2:27 Miller’s Crossing
5:07 The Prom (Netflix)
7:05 Tiger (HBOMax)
9:07 Normal People (HULU)
12:06 Buegs’ Favorite Meal
13:00 Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
15:10 Plugarooni’s
15:46 Patreon.com/theavidindoorsmen
18:18 Benny Elledge (@benny_elledge) and Brian Skellenger (@bskellenger)
21:00 DBC Improv Show every Wednesday @ 8:40 PM The Peoples Improv Theater https://www.facebook.com/thepitnyc/
22:47 The Birdcage Plot Synopsis
24:52 Buegs’ Hot Take
26:05 Rob’s Hot Take
28:49 Benny’s Hot Take
31:32 Brian’s Hot Take
37:00 Straight Actors Playing Gay Characters
49:30 The Dude
55:51 The Tucci Award
1:08:10 The Dingus
1:17:30 Show Me The Money
1:26:53 Buegs Boo Hoo Moments
1:30:29 Movie Trivia
1:36:55 Judgement Day
1:38:20 The Starting 5 (Movies with a type of bird in the title)
1:57:46 Top 5 LGBTQ+ Films Draft