Anne Rice reveals that her next novel will feature the return of her beloved hero, the vampire Lestat. When it releases this October, PRINCE LESTAT will be the first new chapter in her bestselling series, The Vampire Chronicles, since 2003. With hosts Christopher Rice and Eric Shaw Quinn, Anne gives some story hints (but no spoilers!) and responds to the overwhelming excitement among her many fans who listened to the show live and posted questions for her on The Dinner Party Show’s Facebook page...
Mar 10, 2014•55 min
Our craziest “special correspondents” are all on (the pool) deck for this very special Oscar special, live from the home of West Hollywood’s most pretentious couple, Brock and Bastian. Fairly imbalanced newsman Breck Artery tries to bring order to the proceedings after hosts Christopher and Eric are locked in the social media room. Critic-at-large Jordan Ampersand delivers wretched red carpet coverage while tackling such pressing industry questions as, “Why was Sandra Bullock in that stupid outf...
Mar 03, 2014•47 min
Christopher and Eric interact live with their beloved Party People via the show’s Facebook page. No comment is too inappropriate, no question is off limits. Enough with all those fancy-pants celebrities. Tonight, YOU’RE the guest!
Feb 24, 2014•57 min
Armistead Maupin joins Christopher and Eric for an intimate and lively conversation about his latest novel, the final installment in his beloved TALES OF THE CITY series, THE DAYS OF ANNA MADRIGAL. Along the way Armistead answers questions from the Party People and shares witty, nostalgic tales of his storied career. Christopher and Eric agree; this episode is one of their finest. I once wrote in a novel that Hollywood was a town where you could die of encouragement. ARMISTEAD MAUPIN The Dinner ...
Feb 17, 2014•54 min
Live from center court at the Poison Creek Mall, relationship “expert” JoNell Samms is back for another ill-advised (and potentially dangerous) broadcast! She’s joined by the mall’s wacky support staff; Lupe, the mall manager who would love to see every show end in disaster, and Jim Bob, the maintenance director who can’t take a hint. And let’s not forget her special guests! The Rev. Graham Craquers is on hand to discuss the “right” kind of love, and the archery club from the local high school h...
Feb 10, 2014•42 min
It’s a hilarious salute to the very best in Christopher and Eric’s side-splitting, satirical commercials. The listeners have voted and the results are in! Christopher and Eric act like douchey sports announcers while revealing which fake advertisement took home the coveted title of The Golden Finger. (You get to enjoy a replay of the finalists as well.) Also, Eric has a breaking news update about a war on the holidays Fox News isn’t talking about!
Feb 03, 2014•56 min
Multiple Emmy-winner, and one of the stars of The Young and the Restless, Christian LeBlanc joins Christopher and Eric for a live in-studio interview featuring scintillating questions from our Party People. (And the revelation that Christian is one of Christopher’s oldest, oldest, oldest friends.) Get backstage gossip about the delicious world of soaps and revel in embarrassing stories about Christopher’s past.
Jan 27, 2014•1 hr
Jordan Ampersand, The Dinner Party Show’s most beloved and reviled special correspondent, finally gets his own series. When Eric Shaw Quinn discovers his tiny nemesis has become the new manager of Villa Pastenso, his historic West Hollywood apartment building, he vows to wrest back control with the help of his has-been neighbors and some hypersensitive lesbians who work at West Hollywood City Hall. Will Eric return Villa Pastenso to some semblance of normality or will Jordan’s Porn Star Poetry S...
Jan 20, 2014•34 min
It’s time for AT THE TABLE 2, a special collection of highlights from some of our best celebrity interviews. Find out what scares #1 bestselling crime novelist Patricia Cornwell. Twitter phenomenon Caprice Crane recounts her run-ins with barn animals. Chaz Bono breaks new ground in the national conversation on transgender issues. The lovely Miss Coco Peru is startled by a probing question from Christopher. Dan Savage talks about the real meaning of “gay community”.
Jan 13, 2014•1 hr 14 min
In this live hour of unscripted talk, Christopher and Eric talk New Year’s resolutions, theirs and yours! Christopher resolves to be a happier person in 2014. And Eric asks the question we’ve all been wondering about -- how did snow during winter become headline news?
Jan 06, 2014•51 min
You voted, it’s time to hear the results! Christopher and Eric announce the winners of the first annual Forkie Awards. Find out who won for Best Sketch and Best Special Correspondent and enjoy all of the nominees along the way. The guys also count down their top ten favorite things for 2013.
Dec 30, 2013•1 hr 40 min
Host Jordan Ampersand and his drug-addled friends descend upon a glamorous L.A. shopping mall to explore the meaning of Christmas! They’re joined by Puffy The Christmas Elf and everyone learns an important lesson about dieting during the holidays.
Dec 23, 2013•48 min
Patricia Cornwell, the legendary queen of crime fiction, is the evening’s headliner with a fascinating and insightful interview about her career, the writing process and her controversial theories about Jack The Ripper. Christopher and Eric also welcome Dr. Joe Wenke, whose new book PAPAL BULL takes on the Catholic Church. Critic-at-large Jordan Ampersand enjoys a much anticipated reunion. Relationship expert JoNell Samms announces new plans and a new direction for the new year.
Dec 16, 2013•1 hr 56 min
Season 2 begins! It’s performance review time for the show’s special correspondents. Who will Christopher and Eric send packing? Christopher mourns the death of his imaginary relationship with a certain British Olympic diver. Eric rants about the indecent media coverage of mass shootings. Hilarious writer and Twitter phenom Caprice Crane joins the table to discuss her new novel, CONFESSIONS OF A HATER.
Dec 09, 2013•1 hr 16 min
It’s all new special in which hosts Christopher Rice and Eric Shaw Quinn are forced to answer the question fans of idiots have been asking for weeks - where the f&%k is Jordan Ampersand? Find out how the show’s incorrigible critic-at-large managed to insert himself into several recent news stories in a desperate attempt to make himself more famous.
Dec 02, 2013•32 min
It’s an all-new original special hosted by our very own expert on lousy relationships and taxidermy. While her previous special,"Live from Poison Creek", ended in an unfortunate hail of gunfire, Ms. Samms assures Christopher and Eric that her holiday-themed special will contain less violence and more homespun advice and good sense. Gird your loins, Party People!
Nov 25, 2013•38 min
Christopher and Eric celebrate the one-year anniversary of their first LiveCast, with special guest, "premier party person", Anne Rice. Don’t miss out on the gag reel and the show’s most popular satirical commercial.
Nov 18, 2013•53 min
Christopher is off to Toronto to see if he can smoke crack with the mayor. Do the boys talk too much politics? Eric and Christopher want your opinion on their opinions. Christopher dishes about meeting some of the show’s loyal party people in San Francisco.
Nov 11, 2013•1 hr 3 min
Christopher is home for a few days which means a special LIVE edition of Road Reports, featuring inside dish about the Lestat Ball in New Orleans and a mega-signing in Dallas, Texas. Eric has some choice words for Edward Snowden.
Nov 05, 2013•56 min
Christopher calls in from New Orleans for this special one hour of unscripted chat featuring the inside scoop about his cross-country book tour. Somehow Eric leads the conversation to drone crashes in the state of Florida. You’ll have to listen to find out how!
Oct 29, 2013•57 min
Christopher calls in via New York City in this special one hour of unscripted chat featuring inside dirt about his cross-country book tour for THE HEAVENS RISE. Eric brings him up to speed on the latest headlines from D.C and Hollywood and “the party people” are asked to weigh in about the fresh dramas related to the film adaptation of FIFTY SHADES OF GREY.
Oct 22, 2013•54 min
A special unscripted hour of no-holds-barred “cocktail chatter” with hosts Christopher Rice and Eric Shaw Quinn. The drink menu include Eric’s bold idea about the government shutdown, hits and misses in the new fall T.V. season and Christopher’s book tour for his new novel, THE HEAVENS RISE.
Oct 14, 2013•53 min
Eric hosts this sneak peek inside Christopher Rice’s forthcoming novel and first supernatural thriller, featuring an interview with Anne Rice on the true definition of a horror novel. Christopher performs readings from the book itself. The Dinner Party Show’s “Special Correspondents”, relationship expert JoNell Samms and critic-at-large Jordan Ampersand, deliver their advance reviews of the book.
Sep 03, 2013•1 hr 8 min
Episode 41 is our last live show before a lengthy hiatus, so Christopher and Eric are launching a new special, COCKTAIL CHATTER, a one hour chat on The Dinner Party Show’s Facebook page every night at showtime, 8 PM ET, 5 PM PT. Journalist Karen Ocamb joins the party to help Christopher and Eric as they fight to keep The Dinner Party Show’s computer expert from facing deportation. Critic-at-large Jordan Ampersand takes an ill-advised trip to New York with his best friend Fitzpatrick. Relationshi...
Aug 26, 2013•1 hr 44 min
Christopher has lots to share about his upcoming new novel, his first supernatural thriller THE HEAVENS RISE. Eric discusses a startling life change. The lovely and charming Miss Coco Peru, one of America’s most acclaimed drag performers, drops by for an intimate and personal interview. The special correspondents are out in full force; fairly imbalanced newsman Breck Artery celebrates that for once North Carolina is looking like the crazier Carolina, critic-at-large Jordan Ampersand has a summer...
Aug 19, 2013•1 hr 45 min
The lovely Party People are the guests of honor ! Christopher and Eric serve up listener-generated news stories and topics and tackle the Winter Olympics controversy. Fairly imbalanced newsman Breck Artery has a vacation update on the do-nothing congress. Twan, Queen of the Stars, reads the signs before they read you. Relationship “expert” Jonell Samms faces down an arch rival who’s been writing her mean letters. Critic-at-large Jordan Ampersand has a frightening altercation with a 7 year-old du...
Aug 12, 2013•1 hr 46 min
Hosts Christopher Rice and Eric Shaw Quinn welcome famed prosecutor and critically acclaimed mystery novelist Marcia Clark. The result is a rousing discussion of Marcia’s new novel, KILLER AMBITION, and the latest headlines from the world of criminal justice (or lack thereof.) Relationship expert JoNell Samms has a direct response for a particularly irritating advice seeker, critic-at-large Jordan Ampersand is sick of waiting for his chance to interview novelist Anne Rice, and fairly imbalanced ...
Aug 05, 2013•1 hr 49 min
Special guest Jack Morrissey, host of the TEAM JACK podcast and partner to Oscar winner filmmaker Bill Condon, takes a seat at the table to discuss THE FIFTH ESTATE, Condon’s upcoming biopic of Wikileaks-creator Julian Assange. A discussion about gay men and Grindr gets real hot in all the wrong ways. The latest installment of our special series WORLD’S WORST PITCH MEETING features a dude known only as “Comic Con Guy”. Fairly imbalanced newsman Breck Artery carves out a biting exception to free ...
Jul 29, 2013•1 hr 49 min
Christopher and Eric are back to their regular format with another irregular show. Will Eric ever forgive Christopher for tricking him into a cruise with Jordan Ampersand? Why is GLAAD attacking the hot new Showtime series RAY DONOVAN? Have they drifted from their mission? Also, drones are falling out of the sky in Florida and Eric has opinions, as always. Christopher and Eric field questions and provocative comments from their beloved Party People. In a quick break before the featured guest, Tw...
Jul 22, 2013•1 hr 53 min
Ahoy, crazies! Get ready to set sail (by accident) aboard the world’s worst cruise ship, the Fiesta Burrito. Before leaving town for a public appearance in New York City, TDPS co-host Christopher Rice hatches a secret plan to set Eric Shaw Quinn and critic-at-large Jordan Ampersand out to sea together. The disastrous results include a kiddie pool full of fake sharks and a cruise ship talent show featuring a bizarre appearance by the late Bea Arthur. Yes, this entirely original one-hour special i...
Jul 15, 2013•38 min
