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.

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Drew’s article on The Golden Girls: https://www.backofthecerealbox.com/goldengirls

Interview: Stan Zimmerman

Happy pride month! To celebrate the gayer side of made-for-TV magic, Sam is giving you the gift of a new episode that is not about a horror film. I know, I know. THAT CERTAIN SUMMER is a 1972 drama starring Hal Holbrook and Martin Sheen, and it’s the first teleplay to address the subject of homosexuality in a positive, sympathetic manner. It’s actually a good movie this time. Sam is joined by Bryan Safi — actor, comedian and host of the Throwing Shade podcast — to talk through this TV movie milestone. And no worries: We will be back next week with the first episode of the new season.

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Listen to Throwing Shade: https://www.earwolf.com/show/throwing-shade/

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THAT CERTAIN SUMMER with Bryan Safi

Is Dr. Alex Lauder losing his mind? Or his he being visited by the ghost of his daughter? Or is it a third shocking thing? Melanie Hutsell, comedic actress and all-around neat lady, attempts to answer these questions and more. DAUGHTER OF THE MIND, which aired in 1969,  happens to be one of the first high-quality offerings from ABC's Movie of the Week.

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Listen to Throwing Shade: https://www.earwolf.com/show/throwing-shade/

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This podcast is edited by Meika Grimm: https://flannelbush.com/

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DAUGHTER OF THE MIND with Melanie Hutsell

There’s a woman in trouble and her only hope for rescue is… Olivia de Havilland, a former asylum patient whose hands don’t work. This might seem like very bad odds for the woman in question, but don’t count Olivia de Havilland out yet: at a spry 104 years old, this Hollywood legend might just outlive us all. Actress, comedian and fellow screaming woman Janie Haddad Tompkins joins Sam to discuss this exciting entry in the “old ladies in peril” canon.

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Janie’s cool new podcast, Stay at Homekins: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/janie-aaron-does-hollywood/stay-f-homekins-with-janie-haddad-tompkins-paul-f-tompkins

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This podcast is edited by Meika Grimm: https://flannelbush.com/

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THE SCREAMING WOMAN with Janie Haddad Tompkins

What if Mary from Little House on the Prairie got magical powers? No, she doesn’t get her eyes back. In, this 1981 made-for-TV marvel answers the question in the darkest possible way, and a very funny lady with green hair, actress and comedian Jessica Jean Jardine, is on hand to talk up the Craft-iness of it all.

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Jessica’s Kardashian podcast, Kar Dishin It: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/kar-dishin-it-all-things-kardashian/id1209287641 

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MIDNIGHT OFFERINGS with Jessica Jean Jardine

You are not having as bad of a week as Valerie Harper is in this movie, but if you’ve ever wanted to see Rhoda get dragged through hell, this 1982 offering is the movie for you. And Ruth Gordon is there too! And an iguana! This week, Sam is joined by easily the least famous guest he’s had so far: Drew Mackie, producer of Monday Afternoon Movie and also the host of Gayest Episode Ever, a podcast about the LGBT-focused very special episodes of classic sitcoms.

And if you want to play the “make your own horror movie” game that Drew brings up, you can do that on the episode page: https://www.mondayafternoonmovie.com/episodes/dont-go-to-sleep-1982-drew-mackie

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Listen to Gayest Episode Ever: https://www.gayestepisodeever.com/
And listen to Sam’s episode, in which Mary and Rhoda meet a homo: https://www.gayestepisodeever.com/episodes/mary-tyler-moore-gay

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DON’T GO TO SLEEP with Drew Mackie

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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