# Old TV (not transvestites) homosexuality

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tv-not-transvestites-homosexuality/7382>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 31, 1999, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tv-not-transvestites-homosexuality/7382 "1999-08-31T15:39:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 1999, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tv-not-transvestites-homosexuality/7382/21 "1999-09-02T20:26:00Z")

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I still say Gilliagan and the Skipper were homophobic. I mean the guys slept fully clothed. Saliors do not do that. They sleep in their underwear.

ALSO:

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> PTVroman  
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> Actually, the first homosexual TV character was Ward Cleaver. They only let this out on one show. June was going to a PTA meeting, or something like that, and asked Ward if he wanted to go along. His response was "No thanks. I think I’ll stay here with the boys and pack some fudge.

What does \*pack some fudge[/] mean?

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**Author:** ![PTVroman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bb73d2/32.png) [@PTVroman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PTVroman)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 1999, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tv-not-transvestites-homosexuality/7382/22 "1999-09-02T21:47:00Z")

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Why, it means to make a sugary chocolate candy which needs to be pressed onto a pan to cool. You didn’t think that it meant anal intercourse, did you?

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