Gayest Episode Ever
Back in the day, a major sitcom doing a gay episode was a big deal. A proper gay episode would get headlines, but it would get the attention of two young guys who were still figuring things out — sexuality-wise and culture-wise. Gayest Episode Ever has screenwriter Glen Lakin and stay-at-home journalist Drew Mackie going through the great and not-so-great gay episodes of sitcoms past.
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The Nanny Has Bad Gaydar
06/22/2022
The Nanny Has Bad Gaydar
“A Fine Friendship” (February 6, 1995) One hundred episodes later, we return to The Nanny to find out what happens when Fran Fine mistakes a straight guy for a gay guy. This episode essnetially works as an inverse to we covered, right down to Fran being horrified by a gay-seeming person being straight rather than delighted by a straight-seeming person being gay. Watch Matt Baume’s video on Watch on why The Nanny had a gay sensibility Read Brett White’s column Go shop at ! Follow: • • • • • Listen: • • • • • And yes, we do have ! We even have courtesy of . Our logo was designed by . This episode’s art was designed by . This is a podcast.
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NewsRadio Never Did a Gay Episode
06/15/2022
NewsRadio Never Did a Gay Episode
“Halloween” (October 30, 1996) Considering that every other major Must See TV sitcom did at least one gay episode, it’s surprising that NewsRadio didn’t — especially when you consider the fact that its lead actor, Dave Foley, jumped straight to NBC from Kids in the Hall, which experimented with gender and sexuality a lot more freely. This episode was as close as we could find to a real gay episode. And while it does feature Dave Foley donning drag once again, there’s a lot more weird stuff going on, including Phil Hartman’s character getting a premonition of his own death — about a year and a half before he’d die in real life. All this plus Andy Dick and Joe Rogan! Yeah, this is a weird episode! Read: Watch: Listen: , the podcast all about moral panics, urban legends and conspiracy theories — and how they shape culture. Go shop at ! Follow: • • • • • Listen: • • • • • And yes, we do have ! We even have courtesy of . Our logo was designed by . This episode’s art was designed by . This is a podcast.
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Rosa Diaz Is Bi... And Brooklyn Nine-Nine Is Copaganda
06/08/2022
Rosa Diaz Is Bi... And Brooklyn Nine-Nine Is Copaganda
“Game Night” (December 12, 2017) Right off the top of the bat, we need to admit that yes, Brooklyn Nine-Nine is a show about cops. There’s no getting around that. We try our best to discuss how to weight its copaganda status against every other aspect of the show, and while we’re not going to try to sell anyone on this show, we will say that dismissing it means skipping over one of the better episodes of a sitcom ever to address bisexuality head-on. Speaking of addressing bisexuality head-on, we’re joined by Queer Quadrant co-host to discuss the Michael Schurverse, Eleanor Shellstrops on other shows and why Stephanie Beatriz is awesome. Follow Queer Quadrant Also listen to , a podcast all about moral panics, urban legends and conspiracy theories — and how they shape culture. Watch the weird, Latina-free Quebecois remake of Brooklyn Nine-Nine, . Listen to Stephanie Beatriz’s episode of Nicole Byer’s Go shop at ! Follow: • • • • • Listen: • • • • • And yes, we do have ! We even have courtesy of . Our logo was designed by . This episode’s art was designed by . This is a podcast.
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Troy McClure Isn’t Gay, But…
06/01/2022
Troy McClure Isn’t Gay, But…
“A Fish Called Selma” (March 24, 1996) In this episode, The Simpsons send up the glass closets of Hollywood and what some actors are willing to do to pass for “normal.” Troy McClure explicitly says he’s not gay, but the way the industry treats him for not fitting the leading man mold and what he does to find success anyway parallels what a lot of gay stars have done and what some are still doing. Read: Listen: The You Must Remember This episodes about and Go shop at ! Follow: • • • • • Listen: • • • • • And yes, we do have ! We even have courtesy of . Our logo was designed by . This episode’s art was designed by . This is a podcast.
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Trailer 3.0
05/29/2022
Trailer 3.0
It's just a new trailer, for promotional purposes. Please go about your day.
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Janet from The Good Place Is a Nonbinary Icon
05/25/2022
Janet from The Good Place Is a Nonbinary Icon
“Janet(s)” (December 6, 2018) Spoiler warning: We totally spoil The Good Place, so if you have not seen it and want to go in fresh, go do that! It seems weird that The Good Place was a show on a broadcast network at all, much less one that ran for four seasons and gave viewers so much to think about. Perhaps one of the more surprising aspects was D’Arcy Carden’s Janet, who rose above “Busty Alexa” status to become one of the more interesting characters. Janet is not nonbinary, but as five-timer points out, Janet can work as metaphor for the nonbinary experience. In fact, there's a lot thats nonbinary about The Good Place in general. Go shop at ! Follow: • • • • • Listen: • • • • • And yes, we do have ! We even have courtesy of . Our logo was designed by . This episode’s art was designed by . This is a podcast. Articles read in preparation for this episode:
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The 150th Episode Spectacular: Hot Takes
05/18/2022
The 150th Episode Spectacular: Hot Takes
It’s our 150th episode, and we’ve decided to celebrate this milestone with something different: a hot takes episode, where we share our pop culture hot takes and we also share hot takes submitted from our listeners. Disclaimer: we cannot guarantee that you will find all takes equally hot, nor can we guarantee that you will find this episode to be spectacular. We did not, in the end, have time to get to every hot take submitted by listeners, but we thank you for submitting anyway and hope to address them in a hot takes follow-up episode, should that be deemed worthwhile. And because we lifted this idea directly from a recent hot takes episode of the Guide to the Unknown podcast, here is , which you may also like. Go shop at ! Follow: • • • • • Listen: • • • • • And yes, we do have ! We even have courtesy of . Our logo was designed by . This episode’s art was designed by . This is a podcast.
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Coach Meets a Gay Guy
05/11/2022
Coach Meets a Gay Guy
“A Real Guy’s Guy” (October 25,1991) Hear us out here: Coach is a good sitcom even if you don’t like football. In fact, Drew likes Coach even though he actively despises football. This fourth-season episode has Craig T. Nelson’s character reacting to news that one of his players is gay, and it’s actually pretty flawless in terms of what a gay episode can be: a sympathetically written one-off queer character + a realistic model for how someone who isn’t comfortable around LGBTers can admit this without taking it out on anyone else. In short, a total grand slam. Watch the opening sequence to . And check out Coach’s Clare Carey playing a sexy robot alien woman on the as a reminder of how weird this show actually was. Go shop at ! Follow: • • • • • Listen: • • • • • And yes, we do have ! We even have courtesy of . Our logo was designed by . This episode’s art was designed by . This is a podcast.
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Girlfriends Hosts a Lesbian Baby Shower
05/04/2022
Girlfriends Hosts a Lesbian Baby Shower
“And Baby Makes Four” (November 3, 2003) Before she was the literal mom on Blackish, Tracee Ellis Ross was the glue holding the figurative family together for eight seasons on Girlfriends. Drew and Glen are joined by to discuss why Ross is maybe one of the better examples of showbiz royalty and why this episode of TV is unique in offering viewers two black queer women in a relationship (guest stars Dawnn Lewis and Samaria Graham). Also: William is THE WORST. When they reunited for Blackish, the Girlfriends cast explained how their show . BTW: Two more viewing suggestions beyond Girlfriends: the episode of Blackish featuring that reunion and the episode of Frasier. Go shop at ! Follow: • • • • • Listen: • • • • • And yes, we do have ! We even have courtesy of . Our logo was designed by . This episode’s art was designed by . This is a podcast.
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Madame’s Place Was TV’s First Gay Puppet Sitcom
04/27/2022
Madame’s Place Was TV’s First Gay Puppet Sitcom
“#001” (September 20, 1982) Look, Madame’s Place wasn’t a good sitcom, but it was the gayest puppet-focused sitcom and also a contender for one of the first gay sitcoms, on account of its draggy sensibility and the fact that the man behind Madame was one of the first openly gay entertainers. Drew and Glen discuss how weird this show is, including the fact that its antagonist is a TV executive who’s literally missing a face and who can control the weather. All this plus dick jokes. Read a 1985 L.A. Times interview . Decades before Joan Rivers, might have been the first female late night talk show host — and also the first late night host of any gender identity. Watch: and . Listen to where Jeff Martin discusses naming Waylon Smithers after Wayland Flowers. The anime Glen fails to name, BTW, is . Go shop at ! Follow: • • • • • Listen: • • • • • And yes, we do have ! We even have courtesy of . Our logo was designed by . This episode’s art was designed by . This is a podcast.
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Just the Ten of Us Almost Did a Gay Episode
04/20/2022
Just the Ten of Us Almost Did a Gay Episode
“Betrayal” (September 13, 1989) You might classify Just the Ten of Us with rest of the TGIF also-rans, but trust us: this show was better — funnier, edgier and with two actual, explicit gay jokes that ran on the same night as Urkel, to say nothing of the fact that its four sexy teenage daughters gave little gay boys a favorite no matter what kind of diva they’d end up worshipping. joins us to talk about the Nightmare on Elm Street connection, the WandaVision connection, how this one particular outing almost becomes a gay episode and why it’s maybe notable that a show about a Catholic family punishes the most religious child for being a judgmental scold. Listen to of Sam Pancake Presents the Monday Afternoon Movie. Here’s claiming that JTTOU’s cancelation happened because it was the only non-Miller Boyet production in the TGIF block. Watch , which didn’t. Go shop at ! Follow: • • • • • Listen: • • • • • And yes, we do have ! We even have courtesy of . Our logo was designed by . This episode’s art was designed by . This is a podcast.
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3rd Rock from the Sun Goes to a Gay Bar
04/13/2022
3rd Rock from the Sun Goes to a Gay Bar
“World’s Greatest Dick” (November 10, 1996) Sally Solomon is a straight, cis character, but for the first two seasons of the 3rd Rock from the Sun, there was this queer or trans aura around her. This episode dispels it, for the most part, and allows the writers to craft storylines and jokes that are no longer different versions of the “man trapped in a woman’s body” trope. Drew and Glen disagree on exactly what the gay man trying to date her thinks is going on with Sally, but for all that could go wrong with this kind of plot, it’s not that bad. The ending sucks, sure, but we point out how it could have played out better. There is actually between salmagundi, a dish that is basically charcuterie posing as a salad, and Solomon Grundy, the Superman villain. There are only two bits of She TV on YouTube today: and . is a trip. Go shop at ! Follow: • • • • • Listen: • • • • • And yes, we do have ! We even have courtesy of . Our logo was designed by . This episode’s art was designed by . This is a podcast.
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Peggy Hill Had Sex With a Gay Guy
04/06/2022
Peggy Hill Had Sex With a Gay Guy
“Luann Virgin 2.0” (March 11, 2001) We’re very happy to return to Arlen, Texas, to discuss a King of the Hill episode that has a small gay subplot: Peggy technically lost her virginity before she met Hank to a friend who needed to figure out if he was gay. However, in having that thread introduce a discussion of what’s reason enough for good, red-blooded heterosexual Christians to get married, this episode (accidentally?) also makes a good argument in favor of the reasons same-sex couples wanted to get married. Wayne Trotter, we wish we’d met you. This episode begins with a discussion of that argued why Peggy Hill is a bad mom. You don’t need to read the piece to understand what we’re talking about, but if you really feel like you must there it is. Listen to our previous King of the Hill episodes: Go shop at ! Follow: • • • • • Listen: • • • • • And yes, we do have ! We even have courtesy of . Our logo was designed by . This episode’s art was designed by . This is a podcast.
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The Cartoons That Made Us Gay: Gargoyles
03/30/2022
The Cartoons That Made Us Gay: Gargoyles
Yes, we said there was no episode this week, but then we realized that we had all these bonus episodes just lying around on Patreon, so here is one of those. BTW, listen to more queer readings of old cartoons for just $1 a month. “The Mirror” (September 11, 1995) It is technically possible that someone could have watched Gargoyles and not realized that it was one of the horniest animated series ever. We think this episode — which has a very fey Puck teaming up with Demona to turn our heroic gargoyles into humans, loincloths still in place — helps demonstrate just how much homoeroticism was going on, both in the minds of viewers and the minds of people Want to spend more time with Goliath? Then listen to the What a Cartoon podcast's take on of Gargoyles. (We will assert that ours is at least marginally gayer.) Read about the extended Gargoyles universe that could have been. Also read about the plans for the . When did English-speakers decided that ? Also read about the difference between . (This show should technically be called Grotesques.) Watch a commercial for 1985’s English language dub, . Purchase the first issue of Drew and Glen’s new comic anthology, . Go shop at ! Follow: • • • • • Listen: • • • • • And yes, we do have ! We even have courtesy of . Our logo was designed by . This episode’s art was designed by . This is a podcast.
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Oscar From The Office Comes Out
03/23/2022
Oscar From The Office Comes Out
“Gay Witch Hunt” (September 21, 2006) Whelp, you asked enough so we finally did it: we covered The Office, despite the fact that its entire series run came and went during the age of online recaps and extensive online coverage. This is one of the most requested episodes we've gotten since we began this podcast. It’s up to you to decide what we can add to discourse about this mid-2000s phenomenon — which, BTW, was not as big of a hit as you might remember — but we can at least point out that the epidemic of arrested development glimpsed on The Office the show was not limited to Michael Scott. No, Drew was right: there *was* on this show. Purchase the first issue of Drew and Glen’s new comic anthology, . Go shop at ! Follow: • • • • • Listen: • • • • • And yes, we do have ! We even have courtesy of . Our logo was designed by . This episode’s art was designed by . This is a podcast.
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Gomer Pyle Writes Gay Love Letters
03/16/2022
Gomer Pyle Writes Gay Love Letters
“Love Letters to Sarge” (January 29, 1965) Not only is this the only installment of a podcast that will explain the gay history of Gomer Pyle and the man who played him, but also it’s the only discussion of Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C to feature relevant clips from both The Simpsons and Sailor Moon, because that’s the kind of show this is. Special thanks to listener Robyn Pavlakovich for suggesting this episode. Watch on Gomer Pyle and Jim Nabors by friend of the show Matt Baume Watch the video of , just two years before the rumors ended their friendship Listen to Drew talk about Pete's Dragon on the . Listen to the latest episode of . Find out what TV shows are part of Purchase the first issue of Drew and Glen’s new comic anthology, . Go shop at ! Follow: • • • • • Listen: • • • • • And yes, we do have ! We even have courtesy of . Our logo was designed by . This episode’s art was designed by . This is a podcast.
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Becker Meets a Trans Woman
03/09/2022
Becker Meets a Trans Woman
“He Said, She Said” (November 1, 1999) The legends speak of a forgotten volume of lore known as… Becker. Allegedly a hit CBS television series starring Ted Danson, it is apparently a victim of the same magic spell that befell Wings, making it all but forgotten from pop culture discourse today. However, as guest brought to our attention, Becker did a 1990s twist on the “old friend in town turns out to be trans” trope we discussed in our recent Jeffersons episode. This will likely be the only podcast you will listen to this week that will discuss not only Becker but also the pop culture legacy of Jadzia Dax, the extreme gendering of Ms. Pac-Man and Persian custom of taarof in a single episode. Read , which is what brought this episode to our attention in the first place. Purchase the first issue of Drew and Glen’s new comic anthology, Go shop at ! Follow: • • • • • Listen: • • • • • And yes, we do have ! We even have courtesy of . Our logo was designed by . This episode’s art was designed by . This is a podcast.
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Philip J. Fry Accidentally Kills His Gay Grandpa (But Saves the Universe)
03/02/2022
Philip J. Fry Accidentally Kills His Gay Grandpa (But Saves the Universe)
“Roswell That Ends Well” (December 9, 2001) Equal parts sitcom and sci-fi epic, Futurama has some deep lore, and at the core of one of its most important storylines — that Fry is genetically destined to save the universe — is the fact that he also accidentally kills his gay grandfather and impregnates his own grandmother. Which is a lot, we realize, but in this episode we try to explain why Futurama is great and why dead, gay Grandpa Enos is vital to the cosmology of the show. If you like deep dives into Futurama, go throw money at t, where they’ve done whole bonus seasons about it. What does it mean that Leela is ? If you want to listen to us discuss a far less good episode by the same writer, listen to about the Simpsons episode “There’s Something About Marrying.” It really sucks! Less critical is Bender’s connection to The Breakfast Club is sourced to , which sadly does not cite its sources. Listen to Astonishing Legends breakdown of . Listen to Smart Mouth’s episode about how World War II made American children eat . Read about the history of Japanese . Read about how can make you retroactively do better on it, time causality be damned. No, microwaved water and neither are microwaves. And listen if you dare to Tom Arnold’s rendition of from the movie The Stupids. Purchase the first issue of Drew and Glen’s new comic anthology, Go shop at ! Follow: • • • • • Listen: • • • • • And yes, we do have ! We even have courtesy of . Our logo was designed by . This episode’s art was designed by . This is a podcast.
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The Jeffersons Meet a Trans Woman
02/23/2022
The Jeffersons Meet a Trans Woman
“Once a Friend” (October 1, 1977) Often cited as TV’s first sympathetic portrayal of a trans character, this episode of The Jeffersons introduces Edie Stokes as someone who, unlike other trans characters in earlier portrayals, is not at a point of crisis. She’s transitioned, she’s living the life she wants and she’s merely reaching out to her old Navy buddy to say hi — not to get his approval. Drew and Glen are joined by Marsha’s Plate host to discuss why this episode is not only good for when it aired but also better than many portrayals of trans characters who’d come in the years to follow. Subscribe to , Diamonds podcast that discusses topics relevant to the black trans community. Make to Black Trans Women Inc. or . Listen to the episode of where she interviews Veronica Redd, who played Edie. Listen to that features Diamond as a guest. Also listen to the , a new TableCakes podcast hosted by Lindsey Deaton and featuring a weekly guest. Follow on , on or on . Purchase the first issue of Drew and Glen’s new comic anthology, Go shop at ! Follow: • • • • • Listen: • • • • • And yes, we do have ! We even have courtesy of . Our logo was designed by . This episode’s art was designed by . This is a podcast.
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Ross Geller Brings Gay Panic to The Single Guy
02/16/2022
Ross Geller Brings Gay Panic to The Single Guy
“Neighbors” (November 2, 1995) So it’s been a hot second since we talked about friends, and to be honest, we can’t mentally deal with the combined phobia attack that is Friends so instead we are offering everyone a glimpse of a forgotten, perhaps even lost fragment of the Friends would tour of terrible, that being Ross Geller’s pitstop on The Single Guy, where he helped bring about gay panic. Honestly, this episode is not actually all that bad, and it makes a guy wonder why this show failed when other Friends clones succeeded. Listen to the latest episode of . Purchase the first issue of Drew and Glen’s new comic anthology, Go shop at ! Follow: • • • • • Listen: • • • • • • And yes, we do have ! We even have courtesy of . Our logo was designed by . This episode’s art was designed by . This is a podcast.
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I Dream of GEE-nnie
02/09/2022
I Dream of GEE-nnie
“Indispensable Jeannie” (November 25, 1968) We’re as surprised as anyone that we’ve found an episode of I Dream of Jeannie that we can cover on this podcast. All credit goes to , who’s not only host of the podcast but also the guy currently writing a book on the life of Hayden Rorke, who played Dr. Bellows on Jeannie but also was openly gay to the show’s cast and crew — and who pulled some important strings in TV history. This episode is even more interesting when considered in the context of Rorke’s life, but it does actually feature a real live gay joke. Listen to Must Have Seen TV’s Yes, is online in all its Mark Hamill-inclusive glory Beware Follow Brett and also give him money to write Also follow his husband Sebastian Dekken and buy Listen to the episode of Sam Pancake Presents the Monday Afternoon Movie , in which Sam followed up having Drew and Glen as guests with founding SNL star Laraine Newman, making us look like real chumps Purchase the first issue of Drew and Glen’s new comic anthology, Go shop at ! Follow: • • • • • Listen: • • • • • • And yes, we do have ! We even have courtesy of . Our logo was designed by . This episode’s art was designed by . This is a podcast.
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Happy Endings Explores Gay Subcultures
02/02/2022
Happy Endings Explores Gay Subcultures
“Ordinary Extraordinary Love” (January 8, 2013) Bears, twinks, otters, wolves, panthers, yetis and bunniculas. The breadth of subcultures that gay life offers is both wide and weird — and a subject rarely approached by mainstream sitcoms. However, Happy Endings brought this to broadcast in the mid-2010s, all centered around the uncategorizable Max. The content warning that wasn’t: In the original intro clip, Max references a trans slur that, if we’re being responsible, would have gotten a warning. It’s a garbage joke. I cut it from our episode, and it could be removed so cleanly that 1) you won’t notice it being gone and 2) you have to realize how unnecessary it was in the first place. Should you watch the Happy Endings episode, be forewarned that it does feature this pointless joke. See the framed otter photo that Drew thinks looks like Glen . Read After Elton’s piece on in its first season Read the NY Magazine piece Purchase the first issue of Drew and Glen’s comic anthology, . Go shop at ! Follow: • • • • • Listen: • • • • • • And yes, we do have ! We even have courtesy of . Our logo was designed by . This episode’s art was designed by . This is a podcast!
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Rose Nylund vs. the Stigma of AIDS
01/26/2022
Rose Nylund vs. the Stigma of AIDS
“72 Hours” (February 17, 1990) We figured the only proper way to start this season would be to say goodbye to Betty White — and a great way to do that would be to discuss a Golden Girls episode where Rose takes an HIV test. Not only does it showcase a wider range of Betty’s acting chops, but it’s also a great kickoff to a new sort of episode we’ll be covering on GEE in the future: very special episodes about HIV and AIDS. Even if there are no LGBT characters in this episode, the subject matter hit home for the community — and the fact that so many AIDS/HIV episodes revolved around the heterosexual experience of the disease is itself very telling. Goodbye, Betty. You will be missed. Read NPR’s piece The episode of Date With the Angels we discuss is — worthwhile watching for diehard Betty White completionists The pilot to the Alfred Molina series Ladies Man, with a stacked female cast that included Betty, is also Listen to our previous AIDS episode, Listen to our previous Golden Girls episodes: Purchase the first issue of Drew and Glen’s comic anthology, . Go shop at ! Follow: • • • • • Listen: • • • • • • And yes, we do have ! We even have courtesy of . Our logo was designed by . This episode’s art was designed by . This is a podcast.
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The Cartoons That Made Us Gay: Jem & The Holograms
01/10/2022
The Cartoons That Made Us Gay: Jem & The Holograms
“The Bands Break Up” (September 28, 1987) We’re not *quite* ready yet to swing into regular production, so we’re tossing up an episode of our Patreon-only bonus podcast, The Cartoons That Made Us Gay, onto the main feed. It’s the Jem and the Holograms episode that is titled “The Bands Break Up” but would me more accurately titled “Kimber and Stormer Are Gay Lesbians Making Beautiful Queer Music Together.” Intentionally gay or not, it is hard to dismiss these girls’ relationship as just platonic, to the point that we don’t have to work hard at all to find the queer elements — especially in a show that already offers a lot for LGBT viewers. Showtime, Synergy! And if you like this episode, you might also like of Cartoons That Made Us Gay, which is all about Sailor Moon. You can listen right now on Patreon by pledging just $1 a month. And we’re not charging you all for the next month to account for the lighter content output. Show notes: Watch a featurette on Jem’s speaking voice singing . Read on Barbie’s victory over Jem. Read all about , creator of Jem and (we’re guessing) a gay person. Queer readings of kids shows, previously: with special guest Henry Gilbert with special guest Matt Baume with special guest Ted Biaselli episode “Harley and Ivy” The logo for The Cartoons That Made Us Gay was designed by . This is a podcast.
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It’s a Will & Grace Christmas!
12/22/2021
It’s a Will & Grace Christmas!
“A Little Christmas Queer” (December 8, 2005) Lest you be tempted to believe that Christmas miracles aren’t real, we finally found an episode of Will & Grace that Drew doesn’t hate. This one, from the final season of the show’s original broadcast run, focuses on Will and company spending Christmas with his family and the problems posed by the fact that Will’s nephew seems so very gay. It’s actually a more nuanced look at the difficulties of being gay and leaving your life to spend the holiday with your (presumably straight) family. It doesn’t suck! Not even the Grace storyline! Mental Floss has detailing Kellogg’s Cornflakes and their origin as an effort to get people to masturbate less. And has a piece on William Faulkner’s long-term love affair with binge drinking. Listen to the about The UFO Incident with Scott Philbrook. Listen to the titled “Why Are U.S. School Lunches Like This?” Listen to the titled “My Save Point Is a Hot Shower.” Buy the first issue of Drew and Glen’s new comic anthology, . Go shop at ! Follow: • • • • • Listen: • • • • • • And yes, we do have ! We even have courtesy of . Our logo was designed by . This episode’s art was designed by . This is a podcast.
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Totally Trans Talks All in the Family and Beverly LaSalle
12/21/2021
Totally Trans Talks All in the Family and Beverly LaSalle
Special presentation! The podcast is covering the All in the Family character of Beverly LaSalle in a three part series this week because it marks a pairing of trans representation on a sitcom with the Christmas season. In an effort to promote this in-depth look at All in the Family, we’re posting the first part on our feed. Have a listen — and then subscribe to Totally Trans to hear parts two and three as well as everything Ada-Rhodes, Henry and Katie will be discussing in 2022. Subscribe on… Also follow Totally Trans support them !
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Out of This World Does a Gender Swap Episode
12/15/2021
Out of This World Does a Gender Swap Episode
“Evie Stevie” (December 16, 1989) Whether you remember it as the show with the talking geodesic dad cube or the one with the girl who could freeze time, Out of This World has been relegated to the further reaches of 80s nostalgia. You might even believe some naysayers that it wasn’t a good show; however, it was exactly as good of a show as you could hope for about a half-alien teen girl whose supernatural powers cause wacky, zany hijinx. It’s not Norman Lear, but you know what? Neither were ALF, I Dream of Jeannie or Sabrina the Teenage Witch. Watch the episode we’re talking about (PW: garland) And the weird clip Drew mentions about the episode with the twins who materialize to sing about bad breath. If you want to see what David Lynch TV looks like minus the macabre, watch of On the Air. Finally, is the Lincoln Center performance of Twelfth Night starring Helen Hunt. Buy the first issue of Drew and Glen’s new comic anthology, . Go shop at ! Follow: • • • • • Listen: • • • • • • And yes, we do have ! We even have courtesy of . Our logo was designed by . This episode’s art was designed by . This episode was edited by . This is a podcast.
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Mad About You Hijacks a Coming Out Storyline
12/08/2021
Mad About You Hijacks a Coming Out Storyline
“Ovulation Day” (January 7, 1996) Mad About You was one of NBC’s major sitcoms in the 90s, but it hasn’t left a legacy the way many of its Must See TV mates have. We talk about why in this episode, which is actually the part one of a two-part crossover with the queer film podcast , where we’re also discussing Helen Hunt’s Oscar-winning turn in 1997’s As Good as It Gets. Listen to Drew and Glen guest on A Piece of Pie’s discussing of As Good as It Gets . Subscribe to A Piece of Pie and follow them . Read the New York Times’ . Read the Vulture piece on . Watch and then jump through a plate glass window in the after school special Desperate Lives (which is actually not the angel dust movie, which is called Angel Dusted and which is also entertaining). Buy the first issue of Drew and Glen’s new comic anthology, . Go shop at ! Follow: • • • • • Listen: • • • • • • And yes, we do have ! We even have courtesy of . Our logo was designed by . This episode’s art was designed by . This is a podcast.
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Empty Nest Uses the F-Slur
12/01/2021
Empty Nest Uses the F-Slur
“Single White Male” (January 7, 1995) Even if you were the kind of person who watched all of NBC’s Saturday night sitcoms back in the day, the following things may surprise you: 1) Empty Nest is a solid sitcom. 2) Empty Nest was a strong ratings performer that often beat the show it spun off from, The Golden Girls. 3) Empty Nest was still on in 1995. 4) When it uses the “f”-slur, it actually uses it appropriately — to mark someone as being heinously gauche. Watch where Rita Moreno talks about hating the filming of the backdoor pilot to Empty Nest. Read the Slate article about how . Also read the Slate article about . Buy the first issue of Drew and Glen’s new comic anthology, . Go shop at ! Follow: • • • • • Listen: • • • • • • And yes, we do have ! We even have courtesy of . Our logo was designed by . This episode’s art was designed by . This episode was edited by . This is a podcast.
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Bob Belcher Is Bi
11/24/2021
Bob Belcher Is Bi
Bob’s Burgers, “Turkey in a Can” (November 24, 2013) — Why did the fourth-season Thanksgiving episode of Bob’s Burgers make some people think Bob Belcher is bisexual? In short, it’s a single line — “I’m mostly straight” — but the real answer is a more complicated one that has to do with the show’s queer sensibility,
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