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What's Gay About Perfect Strangers? Mar 20, 2020

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Happy Friday! Or maybe just tolerable Friday. Since everything sucks, we decided to give you an extra episode this week: a Patreon exclusive that we decided the general audience might want to listen to in case you're needing extra entertainment. We're still giving you a regular episode this next coming Wednesday, but meanwhile please enjoy this.

America or burst! For most of us '80s babies, Perfect Strangers is a quintessential sitcom of the era — it looked '80s, it had a perfect '80s opening theme, and like so many situation comedies aimed at families, it was maybe not the most ambitious show in terms of jokes and plots. However, there's also a lot there that reads as a little gay. In fact, Drew and Glen even dream up various ways a reboot could double-down on this queer element.

Listen to the two "lost" episodes that SoundCloud took offline but which are live again since we migrated to Libsyn: Everyone Loves Raymond's Possibly Gay Brother and Rebecca Howe Suffers From Gay Blindness. Suck it, SoundCloud!

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This episode's outro track is "Strangers in the Night" by Baltimore.

Drew and Glen Answer Listener Questions Mar 18, 2020

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It's a GEE Q&A! Following the Golden Girls table read, we decided to take a week off, and it turns out we needed one more before we jump into the cycle of actual "episode" episodes. So in lieu of that, Drew and Glen answer a bunch of questions we've been sent by listeners over the past two years. We swear it's actually content!

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Buy Glen's movie, Being Frank.

It's not exactly a Spotify playlist of all the GEE outro tracks, but if you want to spend some time in that general territory, this might do the trick.

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This episode's outro track is "AM/FM" by Natasha King.

Glen Writes a Golden Girls Mar 04, 2020

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"Vince Meat" (February 22, 2020)

Have you seen that one Golden Girls where Blanche accidentally sexes a man to death and the girls have to hide the body? Well, your answer should be no, because that episode didn't air back in the day. It's a script written by our own Glen Lakin and then, for the purposes of this episode, read by a host of our actor friends. It's fucked-up and funny, and we couldn't think of a better way to celebrate our fiftieth episode.

Cast: Dorothy: Meghan Parks Rose: Tony Rodriguez Blanche: Sam Pancake Sophia: Ted Biaselli Violet: Janie Haddad Tompkins

This episode was produced by Meika Grimm

Special thanks to Michael Iemma and Blaine Amidon!

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¿Es Joe Un Homo? Feb 26, 2020

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"Joe Goes to Heaven" (Date Unknown, 1979)

The United States' first bilingual sitcom and PBS's first attempt at a 30-minute comedy, ¿Que Pasa USA? proved to be a regional hit in Miami, where a local PBS affiliate created and produced the show, and then across the country as a whole. Overall, it plays out like a lost Norman Lear series centered around a Cuban-American family, and this episode revolves around the possibility that strapping young Joe may be gay. GEE regular Tony Rodriguez makes his first non-Golden Girls appearance to explain this show that is beloved by PBS-watching Latinos but may be wholly new to gringos whose PBS stations weren't lucky enough to air it.

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This episode's outro track is "Vamos a la Playa" by Righeria.

Frank Lambert Is Worried His Son Is a Hairdresser Feb 19, 2020

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"Frank & Son" (October 18, 1991)

Is Step By Step a classic sitcom? Glen says yes, but Drew says no. Listen to an episode that a different podcast that prompted us to examine paternal homophobia and a long-running but perhaps non-classic TGIF sitcom, which Drew prefers to shorthand as "shitbag Brady Bunch."

Listen to the episode of You're Making It Worse that inspired this episode.

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This episode's outro track is "Happy Song" by Baby's Gang, featuring Boney M.

Drew and Glen Rank the Sexiest Sitcom Dads Feb 12, 2020

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Two announcements: No. 1, Drew is tired and he is wanting to take a week off with an episode that requires less editing; and and No. 2, this podcast is launching a series of Patreon-only episodes where Drew and Glen discuss subjects unlikely to arise in their typical episodes. In this one, they both list off their picks for the hottest dads in sitcom history. And if you're seeing this for the first time on the main, non-Patreon feed, then there's already another one of these ready for your rabid consumption. Hit the link to our Patreon below to listen.

Want to see the dads we're discussing in this episode? Check out the gallery on the episode page.

The logo for this Patreon-only series was designed by Jeff Hinchee, who is awesome. See more of his work on his website.

Listen to Fruitbowl, a podcast that is an oral history of queer sex, hosted by Dave Quantic.

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This episode's outro track is "Daddy Joe" by Tasha.

Grace's Father-in-Law Is Gay… And Also Dead Feb 05, 2020

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"Emmet's Secret" (December 6, 1995) and "Emmett, We Hardly Knew Ye" (December 20, 1995)

Even those of us who came of age in the 1990s might be surprised to find out how big a deal Grace Under Fire was in its day. The show was a huge hit, and even if it burned too bright and too quickly, it deserved its popularity because it was funnier and more heartfelt than a lot of longer-lived TV series. In this installment, we talk about two consecutive episodes that outed Grace's father-in-law and then killed him off. It's not boring.

Because it never hurts to point it out, the number for the National Suicide Prevention Hotline is 1 (800) 723-8255. There's also an online chat option.

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This episode's outro track is "Baby, I'm Burnin' (Disco Mix)" by Dolly Parton.

Edith Bunker's Cousin Is a Lesbian… And Also Dead Jan 29, 2020

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"Cousin Liz" (October 9, 1977)

After two years and more than a few negative comments, Drew and Glen once again focus their gaze on All in the Family, a sitcom about America's favorite ignoramus. This episode is a sweet and it is elegant, and it shows how readily Jean Stapleton's Edith can accept that love between two women isn't at all different from her love for her husband. There's no B plot and only three characters, yet this is one of the best episodes GEE has reviewed so far.

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This episode's outro track is "Time and Love" by Tea for Two.

Susan's Dad Had a Gay Affair With John Cheever Jan 22, 2020

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"The Cheever Letters" (October 28, 1992)

Poor Susan Ross. If she only knew what her association with George Constanza would ultimately cost her, she would have run screaming. Early in the show's fourth season, Susan got a glimpse of what George was capable of when he indirectly caused her dad to be outed — if not as gay then at least certainly as a one-time lover of John Cheever. Mike Ciriaco joins Glen and Drew to discuss how this episode is a Seinfeld sleeper classic, both because of and in spite of how nonchalantly it deals with Mr. Ross's sexuality.

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And yes, we do have an official website! And we even have episode transcripts courtesy of Sarah Neal. Our logo was designed by Rob Wilson.

This is a TableCakes podcast.

This episode's outro track is "Fire" by Radiorama.

Homer Moves Into the Gayborhood Jan 15, 2020

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"Three Gays of the Condo" (April 13, 2003) Six seasons after its inaugural gay episode, The Simpsons revisited the subject matter in the age of Will & Grace, and the end result sent Homer to live with two guys in Springfield's gay district. This one exemplifies what it meant to do a gay sitcom after the point in time when it was no longer enough to just showcase straight characters being surprised that gay people exist, but is this a worthy successor to "Homer's Phobia"? Drew and Glen talk though the good and the bad and the Weird Al.

Watch the video for "Do the Bartman" (and look for the gay part).

The Dennis Miller interview with Matt Warburton.

Listen to Drew's episode of the Talking Simpsons podcast.

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And yes, we do have an official website! And we even have episode transcripts courtesy of Sarah Neal. Our logo was designed by Rob Wilson.

This is a TableCakes podcast.

This episode's outro track is "Everybody Is Gay" by Latin Rose.