{"id":871,"date":"2021-10-21T20:38:41","date_gmt":"2021-10-22T00:38:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/derfmagazine.com\/home\/?p=871"},"modified":"2021-10-21T20:44:16","modified_gmt":"2021-10-22T00:44:16","slug":"george-takei-promises-to-be-greatest-gay-japanese-oktoberfest-grand-marshall-in-world-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/derfmagazine.com\/home\/entertainment\/george-takei-promises-to-be-greatest-gay-japanese-oktoberfest-grand-marshall-in-world-history\/","title":{"rendered":"George Takei promises to be greatest gay Japanese Oktoberfest Grand Marshall in world history"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>CINCINNATI, OH<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; Oktoberfest Zinzinnati has announced that the Grand Marshal of this year\u2019s event will be actor and author George Takei. Organizers of the event and Takei himself have promised that he will be the greatest gay, Japanese Grand Marshal of an Oktoberfest in the history of the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs one of the world\u2019s largest Oktoberfest celebrations,\u201d said event chair Deborah Roberts. \u201cWe seek to only provide the finest in Grand Marshals. We\u2019ve given the world Vern Troyer&#8230;the greatest drunken dwarf to lead an Oktoberfest. We\u2019ve given the world Vince Neil&#8230;the greatest syphilitic, glam-rocking, girl-puncher to ever lead an Oktoberfest. Now it is with great pride we shall sit back and watch this years event kicked off by George Takei, who will undoubtedly be the best gay Japanese man to lead a throng of chicken dancers in the history of mankind.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is why our Oktoberfest is better than that silly little one in Munich,\u201d said Cincinnati Regional Chamber vice-chair of celebrations Bernard Boone. \u201cWho do they have as grand marshal of their Oktoberfest? No one even knows! It\u2019s probably some German mayor or burgermeister or something. Ours has LaRosa\u2019s pizza, goetta balls, and now we\u2019ve even got Sulu. Plus, we do ours in September, a much more appropriate month. 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