# Hot Gay Action on "The Simpsons!" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 14, 2003, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-gay-action-on-the-simpsons/168612 "2003-04-14T12:52:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Early\_Out](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Early\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Early_Out)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2003, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-gay-action-on-the-simpsons/168612/41 "2003-04-14T21:32:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eve \* > \*\*…TV _never_ shows two men kissing. Unless they’re cartoons. \*\* Let’s not forget Buddy Morgan (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) kissing Eric Forman (Topher Grace) on _That 70s Show_. ---
**Author:** ![you\_with\_the\_face](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ecccb3/32.png) [@you\_with\_the\_face](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/you_with_the_face)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2003, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-gay-action-on-the-simpsons/168612/42 "2003-04-14T21:48:42Z")
> [@](#): > > A great Cletus line that just came back to me: “Now Ah gots a place to keep mah spiderses!” I laughed out loud at that line. ---
**Author:** ![BraheSilver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@BraheSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BraheSilver)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2003, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-gay-action-on-the-simpsons/168612/43 "2003-04-14T21:55:10Z")
“You’re coming home with _me!_” “Yes, colonel.” Hehe. I love Moleman. ---
**Author:** ![Fibber\_McGee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a6a055/32.png) [@Fibber\_McGee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fibber_McGee)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2003, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-gay-action-on-the-simpsons/168612/44 "2003-04-14T22:00:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Guinastasia \* > \*\* > BTW, what’s the deal with Lenny and Carl? \*\* I believe that they are “heterosexual life partners” in the grand tradition of Cheech & Chong, Bill & Ted, Wayne & Garth, Jay and Silent Bob, Fred & Barney, etc. ---
**Author:** ![AmbulanceChaser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4af34b/32.png) [@AmbulanceChaser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AmbulanceChaser)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-gay-action-on-the-simpsons/168612/45 "2003-04-15T00:33:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Fibber McGee \* > \*\*I believe that they are “heterosexual life partners” in the grand tradition of Cheech & Chong, Bill & Ted, Wayne & Garth, Jay and Silent Bob, Fred & Barney, etc. \*\* _Maybe_. There was the episode where the Nuclear Plant does a togetherness retreat on a snowy mountain and L & C are teamed together in the hiking competition. One of them (iirc Carl) says, “Lenny and Carl. I like the sound of that.” One of the best quasi-homosexual Homer moments was the “Summer of 4’2” " episode when the Simpsons stay at the Flanderseses beach house and Lisa sheds her dorkiness to find friends. The family is playing a “Life”-esque game (iirc called “Dream Dates”) and Homer gets the high school quarterback. He says something to the effect of “He’s so dreamy…” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-gay-action-on-the-simpsons/168612/46 "2003-04-15T00:51:13Z")
Not on topic at all, but I forgot to reset the clock on my VCR last weekend and didn’t notice until I went to watch my taping of The Simpsons this afternoon. GRRRRRR, I got Malcolm (eh) and that crap The Pitts. ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-gay-action-on-the-simpsons/168612/47 "2003-04-15T02:16:07Z")
[Nelson] HA HA! [/Nelson] ---
**Author:** ![Protesilaus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Protesilaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Protesilaus)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-gay-action-on-the-simpsons/168612/48 "2003-04-15T02:17:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Otto \* > \*\*Others include Smithers planting one on Mr Burns but IIRC that was a Halloween ep so it doesn’t count. \*\* That happened in the episode with the angel skeleton. ---
**Author:** ![TJ555\_The\_Golfer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/41988e/32.png) [@TJ555\_The\_Golfer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJ555_The_Golfer)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-gay-action-on-the-simpsons/168612/49 "2003-04-15T02:37:38Z")
> [@](#): > > _Maybe_. There was the episode where the Nuclear Plant does a togetherness retreat on a snowy mountain and L & C are teamed together in the hiking competition. One of them (iirc Carl) says, “Lenny and Carl. I like the sound of that.” No, Carl says, “Lenny and Carl. I kinda like the sound of that.” He says this after Lenny picks him for basketball. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-gay-action-on-the-simpsons/168612/50 "2003-04-15T02:57:35Z")
“It looks like you’re missing a piece from the puzzle there.” “Well it looks like you’re missing a wife.” “Well, I guess I walked right into that one.” ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-gay-action-on-the-simpsons/168612/51 "2003-04-15T05:39:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Protesilaus \* > \*\*That happened in the episode with the angel skeleton. \*\* “Smithers, I must thank you for making my last moments on Earth socially awkward!” 😃 Yeah, that’s right, he DID plant one on Topher Grace. Mmmmmmm…Topher Grace…mmmmm ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-gay-action-on-the-simpsons/168612/52 "2003-04-15T05:52:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eve \* > \*\*Lesbian action is alright, but TV _never_ shows two men kissing. Unless they’re cartoons. \*\* Two broadcast, two cable: _Dawson’s Creek_ _Oz_ _Queer as Folk_ and yes, _Will and Grace_ ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-gay-action-on-the-simpsons/168612/53 "2003-04-15T06:06:51Z")
Don’t forget _Siskel & Ebert_. No, wait, that was that time I had the DT’s. Never mind. ---
**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-gay-action-on-the-simpsons/168612/54 "2003-04-15T07:31:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Guinastasia \* > **"Smithers, I must thank you for making my last moments on Earth socially awkward!"** Umm, no. That was from the nuclear plant meltdown episode from season 2 or 3. And in the mountain-race episode, when Lenny & Carl were chosen together, Lenny said, "Aw, _nuts!_ Er, I mean…aw, _nuts!"_ (I guess he & Carl were on the outs, hehe.) And hasn’t anyone mentioned the episode where Homer kissed Ned Flanders full on the lips for giving him football tickets? (Carl: “What did he say? I dunno, something about being gay.”) ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-gay-action-on-the-simpsons/168612/55 "2003-04-15T12:10:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eve \* > \*\*Lesbian triple-post! \*\* That line cracked me up, and I don’t quite know why. And I loved this episode of the Simpsons. ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-gay-action-on-the-simpsons/168612/56 "2003-04-15T12:22:08Z")
Didn’t Cheers have Sam kissing another guy at one point? I never really watched it but I do remember that. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-gay-action-on-the-simpsons/168612/57 "2003-04-15T12:33:48Z")
My wife and I watched this ep with our 11-year-old son. We didn’t appreciate having our kid have to watch men kissing each other. It felt kinda forced, like the writers had some kinda agenda or something. The John Waters ep was a lot more fun. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-gay-action-on-the-simpsons/168612/58 "2003-04-15T13:01:33Z")
. . . I repeat, “unless they are cartoons.” ---
**Author:** ![Trion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-gay-action-on-the-simpsons/168612/59 "2003-04-15T13:05:17Z")
Regarding the whole “Lenny and Carl” thing … wasn’t there an episode where Carl was married? I remember Lenny talking to somebody about how he had been invited over to dinner by Carl anbd his wife and how he was nervous about it. What happened with that? Am I crazy? ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-gay-action-on-the-simpsons/168612/60 "2003-04-15T13:10:22Z")
In the Simpsons episode where they went to the SuperBowl everyone is talking about what they are going to do with their Superbowl rings. Carl says he is going to give his to his wife because it was their anniversary that day. **Trion** , the episode you are remembering is the one where Marge becomes the Listen Lady at church. Lenny goes to Marge for advice because he invited Carl over to dinner to meet his supermodel looking wife but admits to Marge he doesn’t even have a wife. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-gay-action-on-the-simpsons/168612.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-gay-action-on-the-simpsons/168612.md?page=4)