May 14th, 2008
Queerspawn sighting: The Pine-Sol Lady!
Comedienne and cleaning spokesperson Diane Amos recently spoke to the San Francisco Bay Times about drawing from her life experience for material for her stand-up.
She says that talking about coming from a gay-parented family in her comedy worked to her advantage because other comedians couldn’t steal her material! Good point.
Excerpt:
Bay Times: How did having a lesbian mother impact you growing up?
Amos: It was pretty wonderful. It teaches you to be tolerant and accepting at a very early age. I think I was about seven when she came out. In the gay community, you make your own community. There were so many places where my mother had to be in the closet. She was a teacher, so you have to balance teaching your children honesty and integrity yet live a life that is somewhat secret, even though you’re out in the household and all that. I learned to make my own community pretty well and draw off of friends and extended family in ways I think people didn’t used to do.
Read the rest of the interview:
Diane Amos Headlines Funny Girlz
By Paul E. Pratt
May 1, 2008
I seem to remember seeing her also in a promotional video for the Tanqueray AIDS ride in the late 90s. Does anyone else remember that, too? I just remember seeing her in a Pine-Sol commercial in, say 1999, and wondering if she did the AIDS ride video before or after she signed with Pine-Sol.
Hat tip: Mombian
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OMG, I squealed girlishly (not a bad thing) when I read this! Hurray! That’s the power of Pine Sol, baby!