Matt Baume

For this week's bonus video, I've been rooting around in some interview archives and dug out a very fun story about a near-disastrous ad about marriage equality recorded by the cast of Will & Grace. A whole bunch of things went wrong with this 30-second PSA, and it's a combination of sheer dumb luck

My guest this week is Steven Salvatore, author of young adult romances like And They Lived…, No Perfect Places, and When Love Gives You Lemons. Steven’s plan, when he was younger, was to be an artist… until a cruel art teacher crushed his dreams. But that set the stage for him to discover a passion

My guest on The Sewers of Paris this week is Jon Kinnally, author of the new memoir I'm Prancing As Fast As I Can: My Journey From a Self-Loathing Closet Case to a Successful TV Writer With Some Self-Esteem. Jon knew from an early age that he wanted to entertain people, and he got his shot in the ‘9

You are almost certainly acquainted with my guest on this week’s episode of The Sewers of Paris podcast — through the episodes he wrote of Will & Grace, Cybil, Frasier, and the show he helped create, The Chris Isaak Show. Bill was a theater guy who get his foot in the door of TV thanks to a few luck

Hello there! In this week's bonus video we're taking a little peek at the love life of Tab Hunter -- and some of the very expensive lengths to which he went to keep those loves hidden. Tab's boyfriends include actor Anthony Perkins and ice skater Ronnie Robertson, as well as a blackmailer or two, an

I’m speaking this week with Wilson Paulino, who co-hosts the Wilferland podcast with his partner Fernando. Wilson grew up in a pretty idyllic tourist town in the Dominican Republic, where life was good … as long as he didn’t talk about who he really was. Quietly closeted, he watched gay couples on A

Hello there! For this week's bonus video I'm visiting a place I've long heard of, The Outside, with my friend Ollie (a dog). I've got stories for you about a ~forbidden~ commercial that the cast of Will & Grace recorded; an interview with the guy who cancelled Ellen (the first time); and an incredib

Good afternoon or whatever! I'm chugging away on a video about Will & Grace and wanted to share some more fun discoveries with you, including the time the actor who played Will said that he wanted his character to date Brad Pitt, and instead wound up dating Max Goof. Also! I stumbled across a VERY u

Well hello! In his week's Bonus Video we're looking at the reasons why all four lead actors on Will & Grace initially declined their roles and we nearly had an EXTREMELY different show. Also: How David Hyde Pierce, fresh off an Emmy win for playing Niles on Frasier managed to singlehandedly nominate

There's a great big Will & Grace video headed your way in a few weeks, all about that show's monumental impact not just on TV but on American politics -- including a very unexpected moment where my work intersected with Joe Biden. In this week's bonus video, I'm bringing you some fun behind-the-scen

Dynasty's known for cliffhangers, and the bizarre UFO scene in the finale of the Colbys spinoff is -- I think -- their greatest work. Alas, America didn't quite see it that way, because the show was cancelled before it had a chance to explain itself. But we can still speculate about what the hell th