Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas is a stage and film musical that dramatizes the real-life Chicken Ranch scandal. Football provides a pivotal story beat, with madame Miss Mona moving forward with the annual tradition of entertaining the winners of the Texas Longhorns-Texas A&M Aggies game despite growing media scrutiny. Television personality Melvin P. Thorpe exposes the victory celebration, leading to the brothel's closure. This 1992 home movie captures an encore of "The Aggie Song" from Simon's Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, a long-running drag revue that raised money for local AIDS charities.
Watch the full video at: tinyurl.com/2hm63t7p
Explore the web exhibit, Game Film, at: tinyurl.com/es6vrude
Contributed to the Texas Moving Image Archive Program by Laurel Powers.
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas is a stage and film musical that dramatizes the real-life Chicken Ranch scandal. Football provides a pivotal story beat, with madame Miss Mona moving forward with the annual tradition of entertaining the winners of the Texas Longhorns-Texas A&M Aggies game despite growing media scrutiny. Television personality Melvin P. Thorpe exposes the victory celebration, leading to the brothel's closure. This 1992 home movie captures an encore of "The Aggie Song" from Simon's Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, a long-running drag revue that raised money for local AIDS charities.
Watch the full video at: tinyurl.com/2hm63t7p
Explore the web exhibit, Game Film, at: tinyurl.com/es6vrude
Contributed to the Texas Moving Image Archive Program by Laurel Powers.
