S&W Episode 950: Blowies with Bowers

·1 hr 23 min·5 clips

A listener hates Kate's Northern English accent so much he demanded an American voice instead.

The episode begins with host Kate Rambo addressing a negative Apple Podcasts review from a listener who complained about her Northern English accent, specifically during an episode about abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell. This leads to a comedic discussion about accents and listener sensibilities. The hosts then announce a weekly Gay Pride month series. They transition to discussing famous public outings, focusing on George Michael's 1998 arrest for a 'lewd act' in a public restroom in Will Rogers Park, Beverly Hills, which forced him to publicly come out as gay on CNN. They debate whether it was a police sting operation and play audio of Michael describing the incident as entrapment on 'Letterman.' The conversation shifts to the episode's central figure: Scotty Bowers, introduced as a sexual matchmaker or 'gentleman hustler' for Hollywood's Golden Age elite. Kate explains Bowers wrote the book 'Full Service' in 2012, detailing his experiences. She describes his early life, including alleged childhood sexual abuse by Catholic priests, which he reportedly monetized. After serving in the Marines at Iwo Jima, Bowers moved to Hollywood and began working at a gas station on Hollywood Boulevard, which became the base for his operation. The hosts list numerous celebrities Bowers claimed to have serviced or arranged partners for, including Walter Pidgeon, Cary Grant, Randolph Scott, Rock Hudson, Charles Laughton, Tyrone Power, Cole Porter, Raymond Burr, Errol Flynn, Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, and J. Edgar Hoover. Specific, graphic anecdotes are shared: Charles Laughton allegedly eating a feces-smeared sandwich, Tyrone Power's interest in 'water sports' and scat, Cole Porter's prolific oral sex, and Spencer Tracy's drunken gay encounters. The hosts discuss the studio system's 'heterosexual dictatorship' and the use of 'lavender marriages' to hide stars' homosexuality. They note Bowers's death in 2019 at age 96. The episode concludes with promotional content for their Patreon 'second show' and a segment of listener phone calls, including one questioning a handcuffed cobra figurine in Kate's home and another from 'Epic Farter' discussing sciatica and medical leave.

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A filthy, funny postwar celebrity story gets the full Sick and Wrong treatment.

S&W Episode 950 follows Scotty, a 23-year-old ex-Marine working at a gas station, into a postwar story where sex work, celebrity, and survival all blur together. E.

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You are getting a postwar Hollywood sex story about Scotty, a golden age movie star, and a closing swerve into Cole Porter.

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