# 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:** 11\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-gay-action-on-the-simpsons/168612/81 "2003-04-15T19:54:45Z")
I think the key there is “ **daytime** viewers”. Is this on a soap? I’m surprised no one’s mentioned the Flaming Homer/Flaming Moe reference yet… ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-gay-action-on-the-simpsons/168612/82 "2003-04-15T20:29:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jr8 \* > \*\*I think the key there is “ **daytime** viewers”. Is this on a soap? > > I’m surprised no one’s mentioned the Flaming Homer/Flaming Moe reference yet… \*\* In the case of this episode, shouldn’t it be a “Flaming Maeux”? ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-gay-action-on-the-simpsons/168612/83 "2003-04-15T20:31:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Evil Captor \* > \*\*I liked the John Waters gay ep just fine. It was the tone of the whole thing: “Watch these two men kissing – it’ll be GOOD for ya!” > > Pfui. \*\* So you’re OK with The Simpsons presenting gay men to your children as long as they’re completely sexless. Got it. Not really sure how you got “it’ll be GOOD for ya!” out of a two second cartoon man kiss which ended with one of the two men fleeing in terror. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-gay-action-on-the-simpsons/168612/84 "2003-04-15T22:38:13Z")
> [@](#): > > Didn’t Cheers have Sam kissing another guy at one point? I never really watched it but I do remember that. I don’t remember that, but I do remember an episode where the regulars were worried that Cheers was going to turn into a gay bar. After much hand-wringing, two men (not regulars, but still part of the “gang”) out themselves to Norm by kissing him, one on each cheek IIRC. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-gay-action-on-the-simpsons/168612/85 "2003-04-15T22:54:18Z")
Sam did kiss a guy to settle a bet that he lost. The guy was a friend of his who smacked Sam in the face and then confirmed their tee time as he left the bar. ---
**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 26, 2003, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-gay-action-on-the-simpsons/168612/86 "2003-04-26T14:07:16Z")
On the Simpsons when Lisa is elected President, she says “Yes, I am proud to be America’s first straight female President.” And someone mentions voting for Chastity Bono. ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2003, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-gay-action-on-the-simpsons/168612/87 "2003-04-26T21:04:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Otto \* > \*\*Armisted Maupin is a renowned gay author who wrote the “Tales of the City” newspaper column (later books, later three and counting mini-series). The sign is a pun on his name. > > Not familiar with “This Life” but not only do we have the British QAF on video we have our own home-grown version. It airs on Showtime which is a pay cable station, and thus does not fall under Eve’s “(non-cable) TV” guideline. \*\* This Life is(was ?) a gay show on PBS. ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2003, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-gay-action-on-the-simpsons/168612/88 "2003-04-26T21:08:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Evil Captor \* > \*\*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. \*\* Two men being affectionate with each other. Yeah. Sounds like an agenda to me. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2003, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-gay-action-on-the-simpsons/168612/89 "2003-04-26T21:12:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Evil Captor \* > \*\*I liked the John Waters gay ep just fine. It was the tone of the whole thing: “Watch these two men kissing – it’ll be GOOD for ya!” > > Pfui. \*\* Gee. I love how most television and movies have the tone of: “watch this man and woman who might or might not be married to other people have soft core porn style sex to the latest music.” Yeah. My retinas needed that kind of torture. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2003, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-gay-action-on-the-simpsons/168612/90 "2003-04-27T00:41:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mockingbird \* > \*\*This Life is(was ?) a gay show on PBS. \*\* Ah. Therein lies the confusion. The title is [In The Life](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0248645). It’s a newsmagazine show so really doesn’t involve a lot of “hot gay action.” ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2003, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-gay-action-on-the-simpsons/168612/91 "2003-04-27T01:04:08Z")
Unless **Otto** and/or **Mockingbird** is whooshing me, I’m guessing that PBS might be showing the BBC show **This Life** about a bunch of young legal types living in London. If so, there’s a lot of people going at it hot and heavy in both male-male and male-female combinations over the course of the series. It’s not _specifically_ a gay show, though. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-gay-action-on-the-simpsons/168612.md?page=4)