We are the winners; watch us glimmer
Like the sunset of champions!
We're in control, body and soul
We push ourselves to the maximum
The champions! The champions!
We are the champions!

Champ

Valerie

Primos

Backdoor Pilots

I Need a Rest

Scrambled Eggs

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Chesty Chums

"The Matchmaker" (October 4, 1994): Shortly into Frasier's second season, one episode made it clear once and for all that despite appearances otherwise, Frasier Crane was not gay. The episode features Eric Lutes as the dashing station manager who thinks he's going on a date with Frasier, and this first installment of the podcast has Glen and Drew talking about how the show slut-shames Roz, how Niles should have come out and why this particular episode got awards for doing a gay episode the right way.

Follow Glen on Twitter: https://twitter.com/iwritewrongs
Follow Drew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drewgmackie
On iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/gayest-episode-ever/id1357463744
On SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/gayestepisodeever
On Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iwj7vhtsbn4ahyn5hn3rv7daslu

Frasier's Boss Is Gay

"Isn't It Romantic?" (November 8, 1986): An award-winning Golden Girls outing does in the mid-1980s what many '90s sitcoms failed to do by introducing a nuanced LGBT character who's not just a prop for the hetero regulars. Lois Nettleton scored an Emmy nom for her turn as Dorothy's friend Jean, who falls for Rose and who is introduced to the audience as being 100 percent comfortable with her sexuality. Everyone else? Not so much. Actor and comedian Tony Rodriguez joins Glen and Drew to talk about why this is one of the best gay episodes of TV ever.

Follow Tony on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thetonyrodrig
Follow Glen on Twitter: https://twitter.com/iwritewrongs
Follow Drew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drewgmackie
On iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/gayest-episode-ever/id1357463744
On SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/gayestepisodeever
On Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iwj7vhtsbn4ahyn5hn3rv7daslu
Read Drew's interview with Golden Girls writers:   http://www.backofthecerealbox.com/goldengirls

Dorothy's Friend Is a Lesbian

"Judging Books by Covers" (February 9, 1971): At the very least, the fact that Richard Nixon hated this episode of All in Family should motivate you to consider why it's actually good. In it, Archie Bunker (Carroll O'Connor) fails to learn a lesson about who's gay and who seems gay. This Norman Lear-penned script has one of the first positive portrayals of an LGBT character ever in an American TV series, and Glen and Drew's discussion covers everything from TaleSpin to Carol Danvers to Luke and Laura from General Hospital. Trigger warning: You will hear the word "fag" a lot.

Drew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drewgmackie
Glen on Twitter: https://twitter.com/iwritewrongs
GEE on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/gayest-episode-ever/id1357463744
On SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/gayestepisodeever
On Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iwj7vhtsbn4ahyn5hn3rv7daslu

Archie Bunker Meets a Homo

"My Brother's Keeper (January 13, 1973): Actor and comedian Sam Pancake joins Glen and Drew to talk about this third-season episode of The Mary Tyler Moore Show, in which the last-minute revelation that Phyllis' brother is gay gets the biggest laugh of the show. That said, this is a sweet take on a gay episode that aired when most sitcoms didn't do them. Topics discussed include Bridget Loves Bernie, "Ode to Billy Joe," Murder by Death, the theme song to Phyllis' spinoff and how Gavin MacLeod's character sure seems kinda gay.

Sam on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jsampancake
Glen on Twitter: https://twitter.com/iwritewrongs
Drew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drewgmackie
GEE on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/gayest-episode-ever/id1357463744
On SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/gayestepisodeever
On Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iwj7vhtsbn4ahyn5hn3rv7daslu

Mary and Rhoda Meet a Homo

"Rough Housing" (August 24, 1979): You probably remember The Facts of Life, but you may not know that the show's first season introduced a whole slew of characters who wouldn't make it to season two and also that the first-ever episode dealt with Blair's homophobia toward a tomboyish classmate that didn't even turn out to be a lesbian. Playwright and Supernatural writer Steve Yockey joins Drew and Glen to talk whether Blair is a monster, whether Mrs. Garrett crosses a line addressing Blair's monster status and why Jenny O'Hara should have remained on the show.

Steve on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SleepyPanda76
Drew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drewgmackie
Glen on Twitter: https://twitter.com/iwritewrongs
GEE on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/gayest-episode-ever/id1357463744
On SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/gayestepisodeever
On Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iwj7vhtsbn4ahyn5hn3rv7daslu
On Twitter: https://twitter.com/gayestepisode
On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gayestepisodeever/

Blair Warner Is a Homophobe

"Homer's Phobia" (February 16, 1997): Hot stuff, coming through! At long last, Homer Simpson asks the difficult question, "Hey, what if Bart is a homo?" This episode has none other than John Waters on hand as the primary non-Smithers Springfield queer, and the result is one of the better gay outings of the entire '90s. Learned person Dr. Bryan Wuest is on hand to help Glen and Drew talk through camp, kitsch and all manner of gayness.

Glen on Twitter: https://twitter.com/iwritewrongs
Drew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drewgmackie
Bryan's only internet presence: http://www.bryanwuest.com/
GEE on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/gayest-episode-ever/id1357463744
On SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/gayestepisodeever
On Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iwj7vhtsbn4ahyn5hn3rv7daslu
On Twitter: https://twitter.com/gayestepisode
On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gayestepisodeever/
Talking Simpsons, the podcast that inspired Drew to do this gay thing: http://www.lasertimepodcast.com/category/talking-simpsons/
Drew on Sewers of Paris: http://www.mattbaume.com/sewers-shownotes/2018/4/12/the-wrong-kind-of-gay-ep-163-jem-and-the-holograms

Homer Simpson Is a Homophobe

"Killing All the Right People" (October 5, 1987): In one of the most devastating sitcom installments ever aired, Sugarbaker & Associates plans the funeral of a young gay man dying of AIDS. This is *VERY* *SAD* episode, and we want you to know that it might choke you up, should you be the type who listens at the gym. That said, there's a lot to learn from this episode of Designing Women, both in what a TV show had to do in 1987 to make straight audiences pay attention to AIDS and how TV has evolved in the past 30 years in the way it features more complex, more nuanced LGBT characters. But yeah, tears. So many tears.

Drew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drewgmackie
Glen on Twitter: https://twitter.com/iwritewrongs
GEE on Twitter: https://twitter.com/gayestepisode
On iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/gayest-episode-ever/id1357463744
On SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/gayestepisodeever
On Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iwj7vhtsbn4ahyn5hn3rv7daslu
On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gayestepisodeever/
And the brand new official website: https://www.gayestepisodeever.com/

Julia Sugarbaker Plans a Gay Funeral

“The Outing” (February 11, 1993): Seinfeld won a GLAAD award for this episode all about how even the most well-meaning straight people would be horrified to be mistaken for gay. It helped popularize “not that there’s anything wrong with that” and, to a lesser extent, “single, thin and neat” as 90s-era gay catchphrases and also managed to spin a whole half-hour with minimal presence of actual LGBT characters. Emelie Burnette, copy editor to the stars, joins Glen and Drew to talk about what this episode gets right, as well as Veronica Mars’ enduring legacy, seeing Larry David in the men’s room, a rapper whose name sounds like Queef Latina, and why Elaine refuses to take off her coat. 

Emelie on Twitter: https://twitter.com/emeliesalot
Glen on Twitter: https://twitter.com/iwritewrongs
Drew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drewgmackie
GEE on Twitter: https://twitter.com/gayestepisode
On iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/gayest-episode-ever/id1357463744
On SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/gayestepisodeever
On Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iwj7vhtsbn4ahyn5hn3rv7daslu
On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gayestepisodeever/
And the official website: https://www.gayestepisodeever.com/

Jerry and George Aren’t Gay, Not That There’s Anything Wrong With That

"The Boys in the Bar" (January 27, 1983): When Sam Malone makes a show of supporting his newly out former teammate, the regulars at Cheers worry that bar will suddenly go queer. It's another case of straight hysteria and straight histrionics, but luckily it's Diane Chambers to the rescue. The first season of Gayest Episode Ever closes out with a remarkable installment of one of Drew and Glen's favorite shows and a singing of the praises of Shelley Long, patron saint of suffering creatives everywhere.

Drew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drewgmackie
Glen on Twitter: https://twitter.com/iwritewrongs
GEE on Twitter: https://twitter.com/gayestepisode
On iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/gayest-episode-ever/id1357463744
On SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/gayestepisodeever
On Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iwj7vhtsbn4ahyn5hn3rv7daslu
On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gayestepisodeever/
And the official website: https://www.gayestepisodeever.com/

Diane Chambers Is an LGBT Ally

A veteran sitcom writer, Stan Zimmerman is one half of the duo that penned the script for “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” the episode of Roseanne in which the main character is kissed by a lesbian. In this interview, Stan talks about the process of writing that episode and riding through the controversy surrounding it, but he also offers behind-the-scenes insight from his time on Golden Girls, the gay-centric Showtime series Brothers, his efforts to get his sitcom project Silver Foxes on a screen near you and the role he played in getting RuPaul the role of Miss Cummings the guidance counselor in The Brady Bunch Movie.

Stan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/zimmermanstan
Drew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drewgmackie
Glen on Twitter: https://twitter.com/iwritewrongs
GEE on Twitter: https://twitter.com/gayestepisode
On iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/gayest-episode-ever/id1357463744
On SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/gayestepisodeever
On Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iwj7vhtsbn4ahyn5hn3rv7daslu
On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gayestepisodeever/
The official website: https://www.gayestepisodeever.com/
Drew’s article on The Golden Girls: https://www.backofthecerealbox.com/goldengirls

Interview: Stan Zimmerman

“A League of Her Own” (November 17, 2017): For the second of the “off season” bonus episodes, Drew and Glen wanted to compare how a modern day, family-friendly sitcom compares with the classic versions they discussed in the first season. They picked ABC series Fresh Off the Boat, which in its fourth season had a prominent character — Nicole, the “Winnie Cooper” of this flashback series on whim the lead character has a crush — come out as a lesbian. The storyline is handled very well, and what’s most surprising is that in 2017, a coming out story on a mainstream show isn’t controversial in the least.

Drew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drewgmackie
Glen on Twitter: https://twitter.com/iwritewrongs
GEE on Twitter: https://twitter.com/gayestepisode
On iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/gayest-episode-ever/id1357463744
On SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/gayestepisodeever
On Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iwj7vhtsbn4ahyn5hn3rv7daslu
On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7z85L3qZh0DXAXRZQWoCPB
On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gayestepisodeever/
And the official website: https://www.gayestepisodeever.com/

Fresh Off the Boat Outs the Girl Next Door

“Rebecca’s Lover... Not” (April 23, 1992): Gayest Episode Ever kicks its hiatus into the gutter with the first installment of it second season. And yes, we’re back in Boston with Cheers, but it’s a very different show in its tenth season and featuring not Shelley Long but Kirstie Alley as the barmaid having to address her feelings about homosexuality. Harvey Fierstein guest stars in an episode that has connections to both She-Ra and Fright Night, and that makes for a big gay win.

Glen on Twitter: https://twitter.com/iwritewrongs
Drew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drewgmackie
GEE on Twitter: https://twitter.com/gayestepisode
On iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/gayest-episode-ever/id1357463744
On SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/gayestepisodeever
On Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iwj7vhtsbn4ahyn5hn3rv7daslu
On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gayestepisodeever
The official website: https://www.gayestepisodeever.com

Drew and Tony’s podcast, You Have to Watch This Movie: https://www.youhavetowatchthismovie.com

Rebecca Howe Suffers From Gay Blindness

“The Peggy Horror Picture Show” (January 28, 2007): When Peggy Hill mistakenly shops at a store for drag queens, she gets mistaken for one. And while that might seem like hokey sitcom setup, this eleventh-season King of the Hill episode manages some real emotions and some perspectives on gender you wouldn’t have seen on TV at the time. 

Drew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drewgmackie
Glen on Twitter: https://twitter.com/iwritewrongs
GEE on Twitter: https://twitter.com/gayestepisode
On iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/gayest-episode-ever/id1357463744
On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7z85L3qZh0DXAXRZQWoCPB
On SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/gayestepisodeever
On Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iwj7vhtsbn4ahyn5hn3rv7daslu
On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gayestepisodeever
The official website: https://www.gayestepisodeever.com

Sam Pancake’s podcast, Monday Afternoon Movie: https://www.mondayafternoonmovie.com
TalKing of the Hill’s first episode: https://talkingsimpsons.libsyn.com/talking-of-the-hill-pilot-with-matthew-jay
What a Cartoon’s King of the Hill episode: https://whatacartoonfeed.libsyn.com/what-a-cartoon-king-of-the-hill-peggys-headache
The model sheets cautioning against Shapely Peggy: https://www.cartoonbrew.com/tv/king-of-the-hill-dos-and-donts-76888.html

TableCakes Productions: https://tablecakes.com
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tablecakes
Newsletter: https://tablecakesproductions.substack.com

Peggy Hill Meets a Drag Queen

“Lez Be Friends” (April 28, 1997): For a lot of ’80s kids, Amanda Bearse was one of the first gay people they ever heard about. And while Bearse came out in 1993, she got to put LGBT themes in the spotlight in a 1997 episode in which she plays both Marcy D’Arcy and her lesbian cousin, Mandy. It’s a product of its time, for sure, but at its heart is a fairly thoughtful depiction of a happy, function person who’s better off for having come out of the closet. Bonus points for Elaine Hendrix.

Check out A Love Bizarre, Los Angeles’ new queer art space: https://www.instagram.com/alovebizarrestore

Watch the 1994 Amanda Bearse interview segment on Network Q: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5UudWfO7dA

Listen to Drew's other podcast talk about Amanda Bearse in Fright Night: https://www.youhavetowatchthismovie.com/episodes/8b-jeffrey-mccrann-fright-night

Glen on Twitter: https://twitter.com/iwritewrongs
Drew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drewgmackie
GEE on Twitter: https://twitter.com/gayestepisode
On iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/gayest-episode-ever/id1357463744
On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7z85L3qZh0DXAXRZQWoCPB
On Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iwj7vhtsbn4ahyn5hn3rv7daslu
On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gayestepisodeever
The official website: https://www.gayestepisodeever.com

TableCakes Productions: https://tablecakes.com
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tablecakes
Newsletter: https://tablecakesproductions.substack.com

Marcy D'Arcy Has a Lesbian Cousin

”Odyssey of the Twelfth Talisman” (September 28, 1985): Once upon a time, there was a Saturday morning cartoon based on Dungeons & Dragons, and in its final few episodes it had one of its male characters hit it off with a one-off NPC who was witty and matched him, insult for insult. This one-off also happened to be male, and whether by accident or whatever, the resulting episode plays out kinda like a male-on-male romcom that just happens to be situated in medieval fantasy setting. Don’t worry if you’ve never experienced a Dungeons & Dragons anything; Glen and Drew will walk you through it.

Check out A Love Bizarre, Northeast Los Angeles’ queer art space: https://www.instagram.com/alovebizarrestore
 
Check out our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/gayestepisodeever

Cartoons That Made Us Gay, the 1980s cartoon episode that inspired this episode: https://www.gayestepisodeever.com/episodes/gay-80s-cartoons
 
Matt Baume’s D&D podcast, Queens of Adventure: https://queensofadventure.com/
Critical Role, the D&D podcast starring Ashley Johnson: https://critrole.com/

Nasim Pedrad looks like Jill, Kermit’s co-worker from Muppets Take Manhattan: https://www.backofthecerealbox.com/2015/11/with-it-being-dated-businesswear.html

Glen on Twitter: https://twitter.com/iwritewrongs
Drew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drewgmackie
GEE on Twitter: https://twitter.com/gayestepisode
On iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/gayest-episode-ever/id1357463744
On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7z85L3qZh0DXAXRZQWoCPB
On Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iwj7vhtsbn4ahyn5hn3rv7daslu
On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gayestepisodeever
The official website: https://www.gayestepisodeever.com
 
Logo designed by Rob Wilson: http://www.robwilsonwork.com

TableCakes Productions: https://tablecakes.com
Newsletter: https://tablecakesproductions.substack.com
 
This episode’s outro track is Lancelot by Valerie Dore (Buy here: https://www.amazon.com/Lancelot/dp/B00P1BWN6W)

The Gayest Saturday Morning Cartoon Episode Ever

“I Never Ate for My Father” (October 2, 1991) When Robbie Sinclair fails to kill his first live prey, he begins to wonder if he might be more herbivorously oriented — and that fits in really well with this episode’s extensive use of vegetarianism as a metaphor for homosexuality. (But also drug use and communism, because America.)

Buy the DVD of Glen’s movie, Being Frank: https://t.co/FJmpd4pb9s?amp=1
Buy or rent Being Frank on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/being-frank/id1476505836

Check out A Love Bizarre, downtown Los Angeles’ new queer art space: https://www.instagram.com/alovebizarrestore
 
Check out our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/gayestepisodeever

Glen on Twitter: https://twitter.com/iwritewrongs 
Drew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drewgmackie
GEE on Twitter: https://twitter.com/gayestepisode
On iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/gayest-episode-ever/id1357463744
On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7z85L3qZh0DXAXRZQWoCPB
On Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iwj7vhtsbn4ahyn5hn3rv7daslu
On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gayestepisodeever
The official website: https://www.gayestepisodeever.com
 
TableCakes Productions: https://tablecakes.com
Newsletter: https://tablecakesproductions.substack.com
 
This episode’s outro track is Gigolo by Green Ice (Buy here: https://www.amazon.com/Gigolo-Green-Ice/dp/B07D2HV82P)

Dinosaurs Uses Vegetarianism as a Metaphor for Homosexuality

“Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall” (November 7, 1968) When it came time to pick a Halloween special for Gayest Episode Ever, the only real choice was Bewitched, a seasonally appropriate sitcom that also happens to be one of the gayest things ever broadcast on network television. In this fifth-season outing, Endora curses Darren to become hopelessly vain, and Dick York makes the decision to play his newly narcissistic character as pretty damn gay. Comedian, actor and classic TV superfan Chase McCown joins Glen and Drew to talk through an episode that is very gay — if regrettably Uncle Arthur-free. (There’s always next Halloween!)

Check out our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/gayestepisodeever

Buy or rent Glen’s movie, Being Frank, on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/being-frank/id1476505836

Check out A Love Bizarre, downtown Los Angeles’ new queer art space: https://www.instagram.com/alovebizarrestore

Chase McCown on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mchasemccown
Drew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drewgmackie
Glen on Twitter: https://twitter.com/iwritewrongs
GEE on Twitter: https://twitter.com/gayestepisode
On iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/gayest-episode-ever/id1357463744
On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7z85L3qZh0DXAXRZQWoCPB
On Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iwj7vhtsbn4ahyn5hn3rv7daslu
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/gayestepisodeever
The official website: https://www.gayestepisodeever.com

TableCakes Productions: https://tablecakes.com
Newsletter: https://tablecakesproductions.substack.com

This episode’s outro track is Tonight (Crazy Night!) by Dorine Hollier (Buy here: https://www.amazon.es/Tonight-Crazy-Night-Dorine-Hollier/dp/B00E0LN5OI)

Endora Turns Darren Into a Homo

“What’s With Robert?” (January 10, 2000) Drew had never seen an episode of Everybody Loves Raymond before Glen pulled a gun on him and forced him to watch this one. To Drew’s surprise, this ostensibly family-friendly CBS sitcom handles gay panic a lot more thoughtfully than other shows of the era, even if it hinged around the ridiculous proposition that a man as tall as Brad Garrett might be homosexual.

Check out our Patreon page: https://patreon.com/gayestepisodeever

Buy or rent Glen’s movie, Being Frank, on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/being-frank/id1476505836

Listen to Underbelly L.A., the new TableCakes true crime podcast that Drew helped produce: https://www.underbellyla.com/

Check out A Love Bizarre, Los Angeles’ No. 1 best queer art space: https://www.alovebizarre.store

Listen to Fruitbowl, Dave Quantic’s oral history podcast about gay sex: https://www.fruitbowlpodcast.com/podcast

Glen on Twitter: https://twitter.com/iwritewrongs
Drew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drewgmackie
GEE on Twitter: https://twitter.com/gayestepisode
On iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/gayest-episode-ever/id1357463744
On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7z85L3qZh0DXAXRZQWoCPB
On Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iwj7vhtsbn4ahyn5hn3rv7daslu
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/gayestepisodeever
The official website: https://www.gayestepisodeever.com

TableCakes Productions: https://tablecakes.com
Newsletter: https://tablecakesproductions.substack.com

This episode’s outro track is ”Hawai” by Hawai (Listen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zmxlg_aaPBY)

Everybody Loves Raymond’s Possibly Gay Brother

“The One With the Lesbian Wedding”(January 18, 1996) Carol and Susan forever! In our previous look at Friends, we concluded that the ten-season sitcom put homosexuality in a bad light. Around the same time, everyone else concluded that as well, but what if season two’s “The One With the Lesbian Wedding” actually doesn’t suck so hard? Emelie Burnette Battaglia Balenciaga returns to talk about the episode the second Friends episode that ties LGBT issues with a recently deceased old lady.

“So Was Friends Homophobic?” by Kelsey Miller: https://lithub.com/so-was-friends-homophobic/

“Homophobic Friends,” a 50-minute supercut of Friends’ lamest LGBT moments: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsQ5za-J6I8

Check out our Patreon page: https://patreon.com/gayestepisodeever

Buy or rent Glen’s movie, Being Frank, on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/being-frank/id1476505836

Listen to Underbelly L.A., the new TableCakes true crime podcast that Drew helped produce: https://www.underbellyla.com/

Check out A Love Bizarre, Los Angeles’ No. 1 best queer art space: https://www.alovebizarre.store

Emelie on Twitter: https://twitter.com/emeliesalot
Glen on Twitter: https://twitter.com/iwritewrongs
Drew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drewgmackie
GEE on Twitter: https://twitter.com/gayestepisode

On iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/gayest-episode-ever/id1357463744
On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7z85L3qZh0DXAXRZQWoCPB
On Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iwj7vhtsbn4ahyn5hn3rv7daslu
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/gayestepisodeever
The official website: https://www.gayestepisodeever.com

TableCakes Productions: https://tablecakes.com
Newsletter: https://tablecakesproductions.substack.com

This episode’s outro track Nobody’s Bride by Peggy & The Pills (Listen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7uRx_WPjsU)

Ross’s Lesbian Ex-Wife Gets Lesbian Married

“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 (https://twitter.com/meghan__parks)
Rose: Tony Rodriguez (https://twitter.com/thetonyrodrig)
Blanche: Sam Pancake (https://twitter.com/jsampancake)
Sophia: Ted Biaselli (https://www.instagram.com/animateted)
Violet: Janie Haddad Tompkins (https://twitter.com/janiehaddad)

This episode was produced by Meika Grimm (https://twitter.com/MeikaGrimm)

Special thanks to Michael Iemma and Blaine Amidon!

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Glen Writes a Golden Girls

“Oy Vey, You’re Gay” (October 23, 1995)

With her over-the-top outfits and bigger-than-life persona, Fran Drescher has a certain queer appeal. In fact, more than a few little boys probably turned a love of Fran Drescher and Fran Fine into a love of drag. However, the show didn’t necessarily mine its Broadway theater milieu for a ton of gay storylines. In its third season, it did give us Catherine Oxenberg as a potential rival for Mr. Sheffield’s affections, were it not for a plot point that’s given away in the episode title.

We mention the Monday Afternoon Movie episode about the Wes Craven film Summer of Fear, which stars Fran Drescher. Listen to that episode here: https://www.mondayafternoonmovie.com/episodes/summer-of-fear-stranger-our-house

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This episode’s outro track is “Princess of the Night” by Kenny Martinez. Listen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygUyqQVEIKk)

The Nanny Meets a Lesbian

“The Gay Bar” (December 3, 1977) And then there’s Maude — for a second time! In this final-season installment, Maude battles Arthur (Conrad Bain) over his opposition to a gay bar that’s just opened up in town. It’s basically Arthur having conversation after conversation in which other character break apart his justifications for homophobia. But funny! Listen to , the new podcast Drew produced. Check out the work of , the talented artist who contributed some original art to a forthcoming GEE merch project. Thanks, Norn! If you want the backstory about how Maude came to be, listen to  about it. And if you want to find out about the strange way Maude ended, listen to , in which Drew apparently ended up talking about it. No, he doesn’t remember why either. Back in the early days, SNL was  in a way it’s not really capable of anymore. Also  is a song she never had any business singing.  And, of course,  of the theme to Maude. Buy Glen’s movie, . Support us ! Follow:  •  •  Listen:  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  And yes, we do have ! And we even have  courtesy of . Our logo was designed by . This is a  podcast. This episode’s outro theme is “She Has a Way” by Bobby O ( /  / )

Maude Goes to a Gay Bar

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A Quick Fix If You’re Having Audio Problems with GEE’s Clips

Coming soon to a podcast app near you. Choo choo, Shelley Long!

The Shelley Longcast

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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