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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episode 48: The Dream On Guy Has a Gay Dad
“Pop Secret” (June 23, 1993)
The HBO sitcom Dream On got a rep for being both a more grown-up take on sitcoms... and also a showcase for boobs. But this show’s fourth-season gay episode lands pretty well today. It’s all about series protag Martin Tupper (Brian Benben) finding out his dad is gay and processing it more realistically than other characters on other sitcoms would.
The Entertainment Weekly article “HBO’s ‘Dream On’ Is the Sauciest Show on Television,” which describes how the show came about and how the clips were selected.
Watch What’s Allen Watching? and the allegedly excellent episode of The Hitchhiker starring Tom Skerritt.
The Vulture interview with Denny Dillon in which she reveals that she was the first LGBT SNL cast member.
Glen wrote Ninjago Decoded. WATCH IT!
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This episode’s outro track is “Baby Baby” by Daydream: Spotify • Amazon Music