# Do you think those two chipmunks from the Looney Tunes cartoons were a gay couple? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 10, 2000, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-those-two-chipmunks-from-the-looney-tunes-cartoons-were-a-gay-couple/25080 "2000-07-10T02:58:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![beakerxf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc79bd/32.png) [@beakerxf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beakerxf)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2000, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-those-two-chipmunks-from-the-looney-tunes-cartoons-were-a-gay-couple/25080/41 "2000-07-13T17:47:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Edwardina \* > \*\*My question: who cares!!! > > As a child I never thought twice about Bert and Ernie. Shows for pre-school age children can be more sexually ambiguous because children don’t make those kinds of distinctions until they’re older. > > \*\* Actually… My mom did one of her college research papers on cartoons when she went back to get her bachelors. The early Tex Avery and Warner Bros. cartoons were written with an _adult_ audience in mind. So I find it highly believeable that Mach and Tosh were intentionally written as a gay couple. As for the rest…yes I agree. Bert and Ernie are non-sexual, as are Bananas in Pajamas, and Chip and Dale have clearly been written as heterosexual. ---
**Author:** ![DAVEW0071](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19b73/32.png) [@DAVEW0071](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DAVEW0071)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2000, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-those-two-chipmunks-from-the-looney-tunes-cartoons-were-a-gay-couple/25080/42 "2000-07-13T21:49:42Z")
> [@](#): > > OOOOOH, I love Bananas in Pajamas. 'nuf sed. ---
**Author:** ![Byzantine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dfb087/32.png) [@Byzantine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Byzantine)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2000, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-those-two-chipmunks-from-the-looney-tunes-cartoons-were-a-gay-couple/25080/43 "2000-07-14T00:57:11Z")
I think this whole debate is bigoted. For shame! Debating the sexual orientation of others! What’s next? A fight between Richard Simons and some other fey seeming guy?! Where do you homophobic bigots get off anyway?! (Brought to you by the folks in support of Needs2know.) Personally, I think you’re all gay. So there! Now, stop being silly and having fun and debate the merits of public TV or something intelligent! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Gammu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b77776/32.png) [@Gammu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gammu)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2000, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-those-two-chipmunks-from-the-looney-tunes-cartoons-were-a-gay-couple/25080/44 "2000-07-14T01:15:39Z")
Well if the Goofy Gophers would just 'fess-up, no one would care. Everyone seems to accept Betty Boop’s relationship with her boyfriend Bimbo. And they say a dog’s a MAN’s best friend, sheeesh. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2000, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-those-two-chipmunks-from-the-looney-tunes-cartoons-were-a-gay-couple/25080/45 "2000-07-14T01:35:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Byzantine \* > \*\*(Brought to you by the folks in support of Needs2know.) > > \*\* Byz, are there any?? ---
**Author:** ![Byzantine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dfb087/32.png) [@Byzantine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Byzantine)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2000, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-those-two-chipmunks-from-the-looney-tunes-cartoons-were-a-gay-couple/25080/46 "2000-07-14T02:09:39Z")
Well, no. But I was trying to be supportive. But I turned out just to be a silly, bigoted bitch. Sigh. I try soooo hard to be nice. Guess I should just accept that it’s nice to be hard! ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2000, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-those-two-chipmunks-from-the-looney-tunes-cartoons-were-a-gay-couple/25080/47 "2000-07-14T10:11:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by beakerxf \* > Actually… > My mom did one of her college research papers on cartoons when she went back to get her bachelors. The early Tex Avery and Warner Bros. cartoons were written with an _adult_ audience in mind. So I find it highly believeable that Mach and Tosh were intentionally written as a gay couple. > > As for the rest…yes I agree. Bert and Ernie are non-sexual, as are Bananas in Pajamas, and Chip and Dale have clearly been written as heterosexual. \*\* I concur. I read somewhere that those bits where Bugs Bunny puts on a wig and a dress and Elmer Fudd, who had been trying to kill him, falls in love with him (disturbing in so many ways-and I mean that as the highest compliment) were taken from gay nightclub acts of the time. On the other hand it is pretty disturbing (and I mean that in a bad way) that somebody would imagine some three year old watch teletubbies and musing “Tinky Winky is purple. The color of gay pride. He has a purple triangle. The symbol of Gay Pride. He is carrying a bag, which, though hardly know what sex I am yet, I know is effeminate. I like Tinky Winkly. Perhaps homosexuality is a viable alternative lifestyle, which I will therefore experiment with or at least vote for special rights for in fifteen of twenty years.” ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2000, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-those-two-chipmunks-from-the-looney-tunes-cartoons-were-a-gay-couple/25080/48 "2000-07-14T17:04:29Z")
Wasn’t a minor muppet retired after Jim Henson died? My understanding was that they weren’t going to make any new Bert & Ernie skits (Henson did Ernie), but would continue to show previously filmed ones. True or false? Mac and Tosh are two of my favorites. “Might you have a pin on you?” “I might, I just might…” “May I borrow it for a moment?” “Certainly.” “You’re sure it’s no trouble?” “No, no, not at all!” “You’re quite sure?” “Quite.” “Thannnnnnnnnnnnnnnk you.” “No, no - thannnnnnk _you_!” Esprix ---
**Author:** ![Trion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2000, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-those-two-chipmunks-from-the-looney-tunes-cartoons-were-a-gay-couple/25080/49 "2000-07-14T17:35:06Z")
Esprix wrote: > [@](#): > > Wasn’t a minor muppet retired after Jim Henson died? The only Muppet I know of that was retired was Scooter. He was retired when his operator died, but it wasn’t Jim Henson. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2000, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-those-two-chipmunks-from-the-looney-tunes-cartoons-were-a-gay-couple/25080/50 "2000-07-14T17:45:52Z")
OK, is anyone besides me of the opinion that Warner Bros needs to institute a “create your own DVD” program where you could sign on to a web site, pick the cartoons you want, and they would print up a DVD and ship it out to you? For example, I would love to get a DVD featuring all the Goofy Gopher shorts. Where can I get one? On a related topic, where can I find a site that would recommend good collections of old cartoon shorts to buy on DVD? The videocassettes I see at Target seem kind of cheesy and low-quality to me. ---
**Author:** ![zwaldd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a9adbd/32.png) [@zwaldd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zwaldd)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2000, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-those-two-chipmunks-from-the-looney-tunes-cartoons-were-a-gay-couple/25080/51 "2000-07-14T19:50:35Z")
anyone who has seen wizard of oz as an adult can attest to this: the tin man is gay. no question about it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-those-two-chipmunks-from-the-looney-tunes-cartoons-were-a-gay-couple/25080.md?page=2)