Lily Tomlin Wins May Madness: Queer Edition and more in this Month’s Round-Up!
A recap of this month in Glitterjaw.
May Madness: All Queer Edition from The Mixed Reviews
The Mixed Reviews brought back May Madness: All Queer Edition this month, putting some of your favorite queer icons in a bracket to compete for the coveted Pride Episode. This year, some returning faves and newcomers alike battled for your adoration and votes on TMR’s Instagram and Patreon.
On the east side of the bracket, Elliot Page brought home victory against Tessa Thompson while Lily Tomlin’s massive star power gave her the win over Gregg Araki. In Round 2, Lily took Elliot out handily and awaited the winner of Sir Ian McKellen and Rock Hudson. Then, in an upset no bracketologists saw coming, Hudson told McKellen that he shall not pass and sent Sir Ian packing.
Facing off on the Mixed Reviews Patreon for the finals, Lily told Rock it was she who would be moving on and showed Rock his last sunset (of the competition).
May Madness: All Queer Edition is a wrap, and we can’t wait to hear Gavin and Louie dive into Lily Tomlin’s career in June, from The Carol Burnett Show and The Magic School Bus to Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and 80 for Brady. While you wait, be sure to check out their latest episode on Mrs. Incredible herself, Holly Hunter!
Happening around Glitterjaw
Novel Gaming! played Sayonara Wild Hearts, a 2019 rhythm action game featuring motorcycles, magical girl transformations, and great music. Then, Doug and Katie discuss Julie Leong's 2025 novel, The Teller of Small Fortunes, and gave listeners a recap of all the videogame, TV show, books, and thoughts they’re thinking about.
The Q Division welcomed a new Bond and an extra special guest agent, editor, and writer Jamiroqueer to talk 1969’s On Her Majesty’s Secret Service. Our agents took a look at the making of the film, the casting of George Lazenby, Diana Rigg's driving, and holy matrimony!
Skreeonk! went up against battling monster brothers while watching The War of the Gargantuas, then served up one for the sad girlies in Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (2002).
Walloping Websnappers! tossed some Big Villain Energy our way, encountering Green Goblin and Doc Ock during their retrospective on The Spectacular Spider-Man’s Chemistry arc and the beginning of the symbiote arc. They also got tiny for a shrinking adventure in Spider-Man (1981)!
Are You My Mother? chatted with Morgan Roberts from The Female Gaze Podcast to rave about the Queen Clarisse Renaldi, reigning monarch from the film The Princess Diaries. Then, Chris Osborne from Play Comics sat down with David to discuss Millennial Mom Lois Wilkerson from Malcolm in the Middle.
Distant Echoes: A Star Wars Podcast answered fan-submitted questions on their 100th Episode, then Cass and Tommy kicked off their overview of Andor: Season Two with a discussion of the first three episodes. We’ve got grand theft auto, a wedding, and the Empire coming after the Ferrix survivors all while plotting something sinister for Ghorman.
Lee Carvallo’s Podding Challenge took a long walk around Springfield as they dove into the walking sim Virtual Springfield. Derek and Tommy time traveled to 1997 to discuss The Simpsons landscape, including the infamous Simpsons House Giveaway, and discussed Virtual Springfield’s status as a “cozy game.”
Fear Coded: A Queer Horror Podcast continued “MAY we suck your blood” with amazing Vampire Queerness in AMC’s Interview With The Vampire (2022). The trio sucked their last drops of blood as they discussed a much older piece of fanged media: Carmila (1872).
Gimmicks welcomed author Chris Farnell (Star Trek: Lower Decks Crew Handbook, Fermi's Progress) on board the Enterprise to discuss Star Trek: The Next Generation’s “First Contact”. PLUS! Derek and David treated listeners to a bonus episode reflecting the “Choose Your Own Adventure” style interactive episodes that were recently wiped from Netflix.
