“He did have a legendarily large penis. 
It wasn’t the prettiest one I’d ever seen,
but it was the biggest.”
– Armistead Maupin on the late Rock Hudson.  You know what they say –
beauty is in the eye of the beholder.  It sounds like you might
have needed two hands to beholding Rock’s dick!

Last week, the Kennedy Center Honors were given out (the ceremony will air on CBS on December 23^rd).  The first thing I noticed, aside from the dubious assemblage of honorees, was that the iconic rainbow ribbon holding the award since its inception was gone.  Now the medal hangs on a simple blue ribbon – a curious color choice by a Republican.  While many have claimed this is a “war on rainbows”, the rainbow symbol is still being used.  There are rainbow colors around the Kennedy Center on the medallion itself, which was newly designed by Tiffany.

This year’s honorees are Sylvester Stallone, KISS, Michael Crawford, Gloria Gaynor, and George Strait (it’s always about straight people).  So once again, Liza got the shaft!  Let me say a word about Michael Crawford, because many have pointed out he isn’t a US citizen.  He’s British and lives in New Zealand and has never had US citizenship.  But you don’t need to be a US citizen to get this award.  The recipient must have made a significant contribution to American culture – and certainly Crawford has.  Previous non-US recipients include opera singers Luciano Pavarotti and Placido Domingo, dancer Rudolf Nureyev, and pop stars like Paul McCartney and Sting.

Gloria Gaynor, virtually the epitome of a one-hit wonder, was asked about accepting an award from Trump.  “It’s incredible to get the honor.  I don’t think it matters where it comes from.  So that has nothing to do with the presenter.  It has to do with me and my body of work and my impression that I’ve made on the world and being recognized for that.  And anybody that is looking hopefully, hopefully can see that maybe I deserve it.”  Or maybe it simply means that The Village People were busy!!!

This is likely the last Kennedy Center Honors we’ll see.  El Presidente and the Kennedy Center board (filled by Trump appointees and led by Trump himself) have voted unanimously that the Kennedy Center would soon be rechristened The Trump Kennedy Center.  Tim Shriver, nephew to JFK, brought up an interesting point: “Perhaps the board isn’t aware that the Kennedy Center is THE memorial to the president of the United States, John F. Kennedy.  Would they rename the Lincoln memorial, The Jefferson?”  I can answer that in one word – Yes.