#janethephoole

What an absurdly hilarious day! Thank you to every #Phooligan fan of #JanethePhoole who came out to my Ville, the @janesvillerenfaire - from the uproarious chaos at the Tent of Meat & Heat to my impromptu hour-long stand-up set at the military encampment, it was an epic and ridiculous laugh-fest. Thank you! https://www.instagram.com/p/Bxqu5fdhtOT/?igshid=1jpsfam6mgexb

#Janeuary is a month of memories from a quarter-century of being a 16th-century jester, #JaneThePhoole - and what's a few centuries between good friends? I will never forget the first time I met two of my most-hardcore best-loved #Phooligans, Alan and Chris - they rolled up to a joust I was MCing with a huge entourage of their own, as Arthur, King of the Britons and Sir Bedevere the Wise, with WI Monty Python's Knights of the Round Table - they do routines and chorus scenes with footwork impeccable! I had to let them present the awards for the joust - and we've been mad pals ever since! They are thoroughly good, kind, loving humans, with beautiful and kind families, who do good things for all kinds of people. This world can make you feel like there aren't wholesome, joyful people in it - so I hope you get to meet Al and Chris someday, because they will confirm for you that nobility and joy can be both sought and exuded. When they're in character, they only speak in lines from whatever Monty Python film or sketch those particular characters are in - and they find brilliant ways to work in every part of the Python canon for any situation. They even made me my own little monkey Patsy! How fortunate a Phoole I am to know fellows like these! https://www.instagram.com/p/BtNDaHwnOxt/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1oh14mo62satr

#Janeuary is a month of memories from 25+ years of being #JaneThePhoole! Here's a moment I know I will never forget - @c2e2 2012, when Jester Jane met Captain Jack Harkness, a/k/a the ebullient, delightful, boundlessly-energetic and kind @johnscotbarrowman ! As I approached he grinned blindingly and shook his head, letting me know I was the most extraordinary character he'd met that day; I know the look! One of his handlers leaned over to him and introduced me: "This is Jane the Phoole, one of our local celebrities," and - look, I know I work for the pretend Queen of England and all, but having someone say that to John Barrowman about me made me ridiculously giddy! Still smiling and shaking his head, he waved me to come right up to the table, and lifted up my smile mask (by @jeffsemmerling of course!), and then just looked at me, just puzzled and entertained. I did my spiel: "It's my badge of office, or as I like to say, badge of orifice, on account of it's a mouth." He threw his head back and guffawed. It was a gift of pure loud joy. He then set about straightening the mask on my chest. He turned to his team and explained, "It has to be symmetrical. You know it does. Who has my camera? Get ready." (If you've only ever experienced John on a small screen, nothing prepares you for the bewildering charisma he has in person - he is white-hot magnetism and boisterous mischief, and it is really difficult to think clearly in his presence, even after he's spent hours and hours signing autographs and posing for photos with thousands of adoring fans. His power was a lesson to me in energy management, generation, and distribution as a charming person in public life.) He turned back to me. "Okay. You have to feign over-the-top surprise." I knew what would happen next - the second photo in this series drew plenty of applause live! Other fans immediately offered to buy the mask off me. Nope! That's a relic now. The third image in the series is the photo he signed for me. It reads, "For Jane the Phoole - I love you and your boobs! Captain Jack / John Barrowman." https://www.instagram.com/p/BtESfP3Hmoa/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1iklh2eb42m4e

It's #Janeuary - a whole month of memories from 25+ years of being #JaneThePhoole! Part of being internationally-micro-famous is having friends from all over the world, one of whom is the sophisticated, kind, hilarious and loving #Phooligan Nicole Dh (a/k/a Poppy La Pew)! She is French, and I have burdened her with the epithet 'Fuzzy Li'l Foreigner' for so many years and she's borne it with an indulgent smile! She and her beloved @chris.hobby.potter (a/k/a Panse de Brebis Farcie) are two of the hardest-core hardcore Phooligans (note their Smile Pins by @jeffsemmerling!) and I love any time I get to spend with them. J'aime Panse et Poppy! https://www.instagram.com/p/Bs_KNsEnvBw/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=lh2ohasvilbt

#Janeuary is a month of memories of adventures in the guise of #JaneThePhoole, today featuring my beloved @it_is_tiff - who used to live as my own Tom Fool for over 40 years! The first image shows her in the Fasso Latido troubadour suit with me at @muncastercastle in 2010; the second is from the summer of 2018, after she relented and finally let me make her the lady version of the Fasso ensemble. We joined the same #renaissancefaire cast in 1990 and worked near each other for 10 years before we really met - we’ve been married now for lucky 13 years and always will be together. She has held me up through all of my journeys to be my best self - it is a joy and honor now to walk with her as Tiffany becomes who she truly is! #truelove #lovewins #16thcentury #16thcenturyclothes #nothistoricallyaccurate #transwomenarewomen #transpride #transpride🌈 #jesters #fools #courtjester #courtfool #janethefool https://www.instagram.com/p/BsvcbJOn5z-/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1ercq26xsmnht

#Janeuary continues with this photo from 2011 by @it_is_tiff featuring Myrtle, a young coati mundi! Whenever cute animals are around, #JanethePhoole’s day turns into a nature show. #cutemammals #cutecoati #janethefool #adventureswithnewworldanimals #16thcentury #jester #fool #courtjester #courtfool #femalefool #femalejester https://www.instagram.com/p/BsTImU8nj79/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=rq1twr1a7snr