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Sandy's Sunday What's On Tap - Folie à Deux and The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City
[music] Okay that is one of my favorite songs. When Karen Carpenter does it this is Lady Gaga and it's a little little off the way it sounds. It's the debut of Sandy Sunday. What's on tap? It's Sandy Megs joining us. What now the Joker? Foley Odoo. Is that how we pronounce it? And I said okay, Foley Odoo. It premiered on, well it's been premiering over the last couple weeks and you were in London when they had the premiere and you actually got to see Lady Gaga. It was very funny. In Leicester Square that is the place that all those red carpet premieres happen because there are three big cinemas there but now these days they put up a big fence and they put up huge LED screens and there's the red carpet and they're the reporters and they're the fans and it is a big deal so I was actually taking a shortcut because I had about an hour before I was going to see a play with my boyfriend and we're like well let's just walk through Leicester Square because you walk through Chinatown on that way like this would be a great touristy route to walk. I'm like oh what's blocked off are they doing construction here and then all of a sudden right and then all of a sudden you hear this and everybody's getting excited for the red carpet arrival of Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga. And the director. So it truly was and you know who ready for Hollywood you see those spotlights shining in the sky it was an event. And how was she dressed because she always has the most interesting outfits. Gorgeous head to toe in red on a red carpet which I always think is a bold choice too you know but I mean it was the happening and it was surreal. Yep yep so I stayed there for about half an hour I left before the interview started but we did get to see the arrivals and it's very funny to see Joaquin Phoenix who is just this artiste and just him smiling as much as he possibly could with the fans and like you could just tell it like he cringes at every selfie it's like oh I just want to get to the film. He's not rude but it's just like that's not his part of it. But Lady Gaga looking gorgeous so it was very fun to be part of the excitement and the hoopla around this very distinct film because it's called a crime a drama and a musical which kind of excites me because I'll go to anything that Lady Gaga's and well yeah yeah and just the previews of it that I've seen it's a really interesting chemistry between her and Joaquin Phoenix. It is dark it is as grim as the first Joker film with Joaquin Phoenix and I got a film review from my friend John Suntress at the word balloon podcast on Friday on what's on TV. What's he saying because they're mixed reviews. Exactly and I was worried he was gonna be mad at me that you know he spent time in the theater watching this he said they pull it off that it's its own thing that it really is a unique film and he said great art moves you and he was moved by this film. All right the Joker is a Batman villain. Lady Gaga please Harlequin she's a Batman villain. Is Batman in this Batman not included? No this is a completely separate story. A Batman free film. Oh wow yeah I I'm just so excited to see it. Are you going are you going? I'm now very tempted I will tell you that I borrowed the Joker from the library because I it's been a while since I've seen it so we'll be probably spinning that in my home this evening and then that's a great. I'm interested in seeing this one. You know Lady Gaga has become it go I don't know Madonna so she's not gonna be mad at me but Lady Gaga has become like what Madonna really wanted to be. Yeah an incredible actress she's you know Madonna Strider had it directing. She's fine talented but but Lady Gaga holds off everything that she's in and she's got a new album associated with this. And also the thing about Joker Foliadir is that it's basically a jukebox musical. It's all standards that Lady Gaga and Harlequin Phoenix are singing. Sort of like they did with Mulamurs. Yes but that was more pop music but these are those those you know American classic standards. So Lady Gaga has a new album and then she just did a secret show in LA. You had to put all your phones away you will not see any video of it but it's getting a great review. Did she do all the music from the film? Yes and in a very punk rock high energy way with a horn section and everything and it's being described like the the review that I read in Variety was this is a way for her to capture that energy that she used to have when she was starting out as this real music dance artist to get the attention to go hey you know I really am an artist. Well I think the difference between Lady Gaga and Madonna is Lady Gaga actually as talent. I mean she's classically trained. No she's classically acclaimed trained as a vocalist and a musician and Madonna. When Madonna was Madonna. She was a dancer. She was a dancer. Yeah yeah so let's let's move on because in and around the city now it's apparently it's on Bravo now. Yes but several months ago some of the real housewives were here in the city. They were here in February. Wow. And they filmed two episodes of the Real Housewives of Salt Lake City. Why were they here? They were here because I talked with Claire Canig of Visit Milwaukee who was super involved in the production of Top Chef. Those producers at Top Chef enjoyed Milwaukee so much that they said we'd like to bring you another show and they were able within a month to arrange all these great places for the Real Housewives of Salt Lake City to get on their private jets and enjoy the luxury side of Milwaukee including a VIP experience at the Milwaukee Bucks. They're staying at the Ken Guest House which is gorgeous inside and slick. They went to the bobblehead museum. Which is quirky and fun and they also went to Potawatomi and then next week on Wednesday it airs on Bravo then you can stream it now on Peacock. You can see Milwaukee on Peacock on this episode. They're going to go to This Is It which is Wisconsin's longest running LGBTQ+ bar. They're going to go curling. They're going to hang out at Harley Davidson and it looks like they're going to have dinner on the Miller Caves. So it's nice to see Milwaukee again on Facebook. That's all I want to know. I haven't seen a big table flipping but there's a whole lot of snarky comments to each other. Absolutely. Okay. Finally, Sammy, this week what do you have on What's On Tap? The Kooji Kooji Queen. Sharo is going to be one of my guests. She's performing in Baraboo next Friday and she's going to be one of my guests. I'm excited. She's just a joy. She has such bright energy and an incredible flamenco guitarist. She's a virtuoso guitarist. She is a musician as well. But yeah, if you remember seeing her on the love boat, she is just as vibrant now as she always has been. Well, I think a lot of us are looking forward to hearing the Kooji Kooji Queen. Sharo, with Sammy Max on What's On Tap. Thanks for joining us this morning. My pleasure. Yeah.