Funny Gay Males was an American comedy troupe in the 1980s and 1990s, consisting of comedians Bob Smith, Danny McWilliams and Jaffe Cohen.
First formed in 1988 after the performers appeared together on a comedy bill at New York City's Pride Week festivities, the troupe performed a touring comedy show which consisted primarily of each member performing his own solo stand-up comedy set, and also made television appearances on programs such as The Joan Rivers Show.
The troupe also collaborated on the 1995 comedy book Growing Up Gay: From Left Out to Coming Out, which was a Lambda Literary Award nominee in the humor category at the 8th Lambda Literary Awards.
The troupe stopped touring for several years in the late 1990s, with each member concentrating instead on his own solo career. They performed a reunion tour in the early 2000s, with Eddie Sarfaty joining the troupe at this time.
References
- ^ "'Funny Gay Males' is perfectly named". Baltimore Sun, April 22, 1992.
- Rousuck, J. Wynn (1992-09-04). "Funny Gay Males' bring revised show back to Theatre Project". Baltimore Sun. Archived from the original on 2012-11-07. Retrieved 2011-07-24.
- "Gay Males use humor to bring down the walls". Calgary Herald, April 24, 1993.
- Cerna, Antonio Gonzalez (14 July 1996). "8th Annual Lambda Literary Awards". Lambda Literary. Lambdaliterary.org. Archived from the original on 4 March 2012. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
- "See a funny gay male get yucks at Yuk-Yuk's". Ottawa Citizen, July 23, 1998.
- "Life on the Funny Side: A Conversation With Eddie Sarfaty". Huffington Post, November 1, 2013.