Happy season! We're here with friend of the show, Jess Rothschild who is telling us all about the second season of her hit docu-series Finding Fire Island--breaking down the mythology around the queer mecca, the celebs that have frequented it since way back when (Hey, Liz Taylor), and how the very You-Might-Know-Her-From-y way actress and former Ziegfeld Follies girl helped start it all!
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Discussed this week:
Finding Fire Island Season 1 and Season 2
@Jessxnyc Jess Rothschild from "Hot Takes and Deep Dives," did a special Fire Islands episode with Ben Rimalower, which led to her series
Cherry Grove Stories by Mike Fisher (2018)
A House is Not a Disco by Brian J. Smith (2024)
When Ocean Meets Sky by Crayton Robey (2003)
Season 2 of Finding Fire Island is working with Pines Historical Society
Rose Levine will invite you into his home
Pines Pantry is the heartbeat of the island
France Jolie and Party 79
L. Scott Bromley is a hot 85-year-old architect
Bob Howard and Ron Martin
Daniel Nardicio has created great programingJustin Vivian Bond hosted Carol Channing and Alan Cumming
John Waters, Billy Porter, Jay Jurden, DJ Lina Bradford, Julio Torres, we are trying to lock down Robin Byrd
Why won't Wanda Sykes' publicist get her to Jess
Shequida and Wanda Sykes
Big gets for S1 included Matt Rogers, Margaret Cho, Joel Kim Booster
Fran Tirado
Joey with the Mustache - 5HTP
Peggy Fears socialite/former Ziegfeld girl/Broadway Producer had relationship with Louise Brooks (who Liza based her Cabaret bob on)
Her girlfriend Tedi Thurman hung out at Duffy's and a bunch of lots open in the Pines and she was the first person to develop what eventually became The Blue Whale
Gets John Whyte as an investor and he eventually thought everyone out.
Sara Ramirez does voice of Peggy Fears in When Ocean Meets Sky
Austin Tracy is Ethel Furman
DJ Susan Morabito
AA Meetings in Cherry Grove and The Pines
