Gay Pimpin' with Jonny McGovern

Gay Pimpin' with Jonny McGovern  is a free gay - and lesbian -themed podcast  originally based out of New York City then later moved to Los Angeles. The show began airing on January 15, 2006. It currently ranks the forth highest in popularity under the keyword "gay" on the iTunes  music store and has five out of five stars. The show hit #1 in mid-2006 The show has ran for 6 years and had completed 9 seasons called “Cycles”. As of May 22, 2012 there are 227 episode listed on ITunes.

Cycles (Seasons) New York City

 * Cycle 1: January 2006 - March 2006
 * Cycle 2: May 2006 - August 2006
 * Cycle 3: October 2006 - December 2006
 * Cycle 4: February 2007 - May 2007
 * Cycle 5: June 2007 - November 2007
 * Cycle 6: January 2008 - May 2008
 * Cycle 7: June 2008 - December 2008
 * Cycle 8: February 2009 - August 2009
 * Cycle 9: October 2009 - January 2010

Cycles (Seasons) Los Angeles

 * Season 1: August 2010 - December 2010
 * Season 2: February 2011 - December 2011
 * Season 3: January 2012–Present

Regular features

 * Spillin' the Tea (formerly The Five/Six): A rundown of activities McGovern and the cast have participated in, often glamorized.
 * Celebrity Donkey Punch : Headlines from the tabloids and pop culture news.
 * Music at Your Leisure: Featuring debuts of remixes of McGovern songs and tracks from podcast guests.
 * What Sophia Lamar Hates: A semi-regular rant on what the nightlife legend hates in gay culture and popular media, also featuring "Because You Asked Me", where Lamar answers fanmail from her website.

Recurring characters
These are characters, not celebrity impressions, who have appeared on the podcast more than once.

Joanie McGovern: Jonny's fictional Jewish and much older sister. She is from Mineola and speaks with an accent from that region.

Chocolate Puddin': An psychic, transvestite, prostitute, nanny and star of several fictional Blaxploitation films. {C} {C}Waffles: The morbidly obese backup dancer for performer Jennifer Hudson.


 * Joanie, Puddin' and Waffles have joined together as singing group That Lady after Puddin' was refused admission to La'Mady. That Lady has had two songs appear on the podcast. McGovern brought Chocolate Puddin' to television in the first season of The Big Gay Sketch Show and Waffles appeared in season two. Waffles premiered his debut single, "Eat That" (a parody of Janet Jackson's "Feedback"), on the February 25, 2008 episode.

Tranny-Tron 2000: The first ever transgendered identifying robot, built by Martín only to be smashed by Linda. Tranny-Tron 2000 begat Tranny-Tron 2001, who was also destroyed by Linda.

Numb Fat Tiger: A fictional tiger that eats human fat for sustenance and has an anesthetic bite.

Choo Choo: The fictitious security guard of the Gay Pimpin' warehouse. Described in cycle six as the "5am Waffles".

Jojo The F to M Penis, Made from a Clit: A talking penis formed from a clitoris during female to male gender reassignment surgery. Jojo performs consensual rape and sexually harasses or molests (consensually) lesbian and lesbro guests.

Moanie McGovern: Joanie's identical cousin, Moanie is an F2M transsexual undergoing hormone therapy. These treatments have made her very aggressive. She works as a bouncer at a number of local clubs.