Last Monday a reader sent me a video interview of a transvestite show business performer named Kelly Mantle.
(Kelly Mantle (r): Nephew of switch-hitting Yankees legend Mickey)
Mr. Mantle is the son of 69-year-old Larry “Butch” Mantle, brother of New York Yankees great Mickey Mantle.
Turns out Kelly Mantle has a long, legitimate list of TV acting credits, including roles on CSI: Las Vegas, NYPD Blue, Judging Amy and the feature film Superfag.
The Oklahoma native, like his famous baseball-playing uncle, is also a stage performer and singer.
Kelly’s father Butch Mantle is a longtime high school and college football coach. Most recently Butch was reported to be coaching eight-man high school football in Oklahoma.
Kelly claims that she still keeps in touch with Butch, and that his father follows his career closely:
“My dad’s my biggest fan. He’s still calling me and telling me he listens to the CD every day, all the way through.”
With Kelly having such extensive show business experience, it is interesting to note that he wasn’t cast in Billy Crystal’s film about his father and Roger Maris: 61.
Perhaps Kelly will gain consideration from Crystal for a role in the stage adaptation.
As for the public persona of Kelly Mantle, it is interesting that he hasn’t been mentioned in main sports media before, despite being featured in many mainstream newspapers, like the CHICAGO SUN-TIMES, for his show business work.
If Kelly Mantle had the same, legitimate entertainment resume but wasn’t a transvestite, I have a feeling we would know more about him by now. (Though his cross-dressing didn’t bother media companies that air CSI, NYPD Blue and Judging Amy.)
11:56 am on March 19th, 2010
brooks u know i comment on this site a lot and also recommend it to many…the malware virus disabled my computer and others too and now its at a repair shop… all i asked u was to tell us what happened and suggest you see if a sponsor might help us deal with the fact it costs…seems like a rational question
9:01 pm on March 19th, 2010
It hit me too, and it sucked. Are you doing anything to avoid this in the future? I almost didn’t open your site tonight. Invest a few bucks in antivirus software and keep us safe.
10:26 am on March 20th, 2010
I had no idea where that trojan horse came from, I guess it got me from here too. I managed to luckily fix it on my own. Worst virus I ever got in 13 years, get it together Brooks or you will lose a lot of viewers.
2:08 pm on March 20th, 2010
it hit me too. Thanks Brooks, now I have to take it to repair it. Using my wifes comp now.