Thursday, June 02, 2005

Tickled Pink - a peek in the closet, "blatantly or coded gay television characters".
  • OK, Paul Lynde and Dr Smith on Lost in Space, I'll buy those. But Mr Spock? A total daffodil. Jeannie the Genie? Obvious bull dyke. Batman? Gay as a caballero. Starsky and Hutch? Their wrists were so limp they could barely hold their guns.
  • What about Yancy Derringer (played by Sally Field's stepfather!). First of all, his name was Yancy and he always traveled with an inseparable male companion, a hunky Indian named Pahoo, who was played by an actor whose REAL first name was X. Finally, look at these lines from his theme song: "They say that Yancy Derringer had ruffles on his wrist, brocade and silver buckles, and iron in his fist."
  • What 'bout those two guys on Dragnet? Tell me those two didn't like to smoke the White Owl.
  • Five words: Davy Crockett and Georgie Russel.
  • There was also no mention of the incestuously gay Dukes of Hazzard.
  • And of course, the most obvious of all - Lee Marvin on M-Squad. Talk about flaming!

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