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Friday, January 20, 2012

Are gay bars and clubs relevant today?


Tabatha takes over, a hit show on Bravo, shows how a lesbian can make a difference, and gives it her all to save this Long Beach historic gay bar.



Club Ripples -- Long Beach, CA

Club Ripples used to be the gay hot spot, but now it's empty seven nights a week. Can Tabatha bring it into the new millennium?

PREMIERE: Tuesday January 17, 10 pmEpisode Image
Club Ripples, the first gay dance club in Long Beach, CA, is owned by couple Larry Hebert and John Garcia. Ripples used to be the gay hot spot, but now it's empty seven nights a week and they blame the competition and their staff. Tabatha quickly discovers the real problems are John's penny pinching business practices and Larry's crazy club rules. To make matters worse, the bar has a bad reputation in the community and the employees' suggestions are falling on deaf ears. Can Tabatha get John and Larry to change their stubborn ways in order to save a Long Beach gay icon and bring it into the new millennium?

What other gay bars face extinction? Could Tabatha save any or all of them?

Or may be the challenge is to draw out hot men to the bars and clubs and make them feel welcum?







3 comments:

  1. I saw this show. It would be interesting to see a follow up as to how the bar is doing now and not just right after they re-opened.

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  2. When I was a young man I used to go and dance at Ripples atleast twice a month sometimes. Often it was like heaven in that club. The music, the men, your friends all coming together to make the night magical. I hope they pull it together. It would be a shame to loose a gay dance club in a city that doesn't have many to loose.

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  3. Thanks Stan and Gaylord. Yep, great gay dance bars were magical.
    I just wonder if she can really bring back that spark.

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