# The least convincing hetrosexual on TV **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 8, 1999, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-least-convincing-hetrosexual-on-tv/12300 "1999-12-08T05:07:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 1999, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-least-convincing-hetrosexual-on-tv/12300/1 "1999-12-08T05:07:00Z")
Without debating whether or not these people are gay, I just find it hard to see these folk playing straight people. [ul][li]Neil Patrick Harris[/li][li]The guy Berg on Two Guys & a Gal[/li][li]Matthew Perry[/ul][/li] I’m not stating these people are gay, it is just they don’t seem to play convincing hetrosexuals to me. Any others you can think of?? Remember I don’t want to hear if they are gay or straight, just whether they are able to play a straight role convincingly ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 1999, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-least-convincing-hetrosexual-on-tv/12300/2 "1999-12-08T05:24:00Z")
Woody Woodpecker Rocky Squirrel Gumby & Pokey The Pink Panther …And that stupid rabbit who kisses men on the lips and is dressed in drag half the time! * * * Elmer J. Fudd, Millionaire. I own a mansion and a yacht. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 1999, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-least-convincing-hetrosexual-on-tv/12300/3 "1999-12-08T06:23:00Z")
That Richard guy on Caroline in the City. It was a dreadful show, anyway, but I just never bought him being a love interest. And is Andy Dick’s character straight? * * * I used to think the world was against me. Now I know better. Some of the smaller countries are neutral. [Laura’s Stuff and Things](http://members.aol.com/lrconaway) ---
**Author:** ![putrid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e5b9ba/32.png) [@putrid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/putrid)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 1999, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-least-convincing-hetrosexual-on-tv/12300/4 "1999-12-08T07:49:00Z")
_Most_ of the SNL line-up. Michael Jackson Basically I have a hard time thinking of _any_ actor as hetero. I mean, they wear _make-up_ for crying out loud. Most of the guys in commercials. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 1999, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-least-convincing-hetrosexual-on-tv/12300/5 "1999-12-08T09:03:00Z")
Chuck Norris on _Walker, Texas Ranger_. Does he think he’s fooling anyone with this whole “straight” act? ---
**Author:** ![kawliga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ea666f/32.png) [@kawliga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kawliga)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 1999, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-least-convincing-hetrosexual-on-tv/12300/6 "1999-12-08T09:15:00Z")
Ellen DeGeneres, during the first two or three seasons of ELLEN. ---
**Author:** ![SqrlCub](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SqrlCub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SqrlCub)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 1999, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-least-convincing-hetrosexual-on-tv/12300/7 "1999-12-08T14:15:00Z")
Niles and Frasier Crane are pretty unconvincing as straight men. They just constantly flame. There are a lot of other ones. HUGS! Sqrl * * * Gasoline: As an accompaniement to cereal it made a refreshing change. Glen Baxter ---
**Author:** ![Shadowfox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Shadowfox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shadowfox)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 1999, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-least-convincing-hetrosexual-on-tv/12300/8 "1999-12-08T14:26:00Z")
My vote would go to David Foley, who was on Newsradio. No idea if the actor is straight or not, but he certainly wasn’t very convincing as a straight guy on that show. I would also have to vote for Andy Dick from that same show. ## Now, on the opposite end, I have a hard time believing that Will from “Will and Grace” is gay. He plays it too straight, if you know what I mean. Shadowfox “We are what we pretend to be.” - Kurt Vonnegut ---
**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 1999, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-least-convincing-hetrosexual-on-tv/12300/9 "1999-12-08T14:32:00Z")
_Shadowfox: Now, on the opposite end, I have a hard time believing that Will from “Will and Grace” is gay. He plays it too straight, if you know what I mean._ On another opposite: how about Sean Hayes, Jack McFarland on W&G? He plays straight guys in commercials. (Puffy Doritos being shot out of a laundromat dryer and caught by a model & the three-headed lounge lizard) ---
**Author:** ![eden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5f9b8f/32.png) [@eden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eden)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 1999, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-least-convincing-hetrosexual-on-tv/12300/10 "1999-12-08T15:51:00Z")
I’m hoping the final episode of Frasier will feature Niles & Frasier’s marriage. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 1999, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-least-convincing-hetrosexual-on-tv/12300/11 "1999-12-08T15:55:00Z")
How about Dr. Smith from ‘Lost in Space,’ who was SO nelly and was always going off on “camping trips” with Will Robinson? "Oh, the pain . . . the pain . . . " ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 1999, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-least-convincing-hetrosexual-on-tv/12300/12 "1999-12-08T15:57:00Z")
The butler on \*The Nanny{/i]. This guy, whoever he is, is the personification of “fey”. ---
**Author:** ![StrTrkr777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@StrTrkr777](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StrTrkr777)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 1999, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-least-convincing-hetrosexual-on-tv/12300/13 "1999-12-08T16:08:00Z")
Eden, who are you wanting Niles and Fraser to marry? Remember they are brothers, I do not think (even if they had them be gay), that they would have them be so sick as to marry each other. Jeffery ---
**Author:** ![eden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5f9b8f/32.png) [@eden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eden)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 1999, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-least-convincing-hetrosexual-on-tv/12300/14 "1999-12-08T16:49:00Z")
Oh, I completely meant they should marry each other. It could turn out that they’re not brothers after all, or something. Seriously, aren’t they perfect for each other? They’re both always trying to impress people who can’t appreciate their efforts. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 1999, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-least-convincing-hetrosexual-on-tv/12300/15 "1999-12-08T16:54:00Z")
I’ve gotta do something to drive Squrlcub over the edge here. My vote is for **Ed Asner**. * * * “Some people are worried about the difference between right and wrong. I’m worried about the difference between wrong and fun.” ~P.J. O’Rourke~ ---
**Author:** ![SqrlCub](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SqrlCub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SqrlCub)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 1999, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-least-convincing-hetrosexual-on-tv/12300/16 "1999-12-08T17:54:00Z")
Just popped in to say, **THANK YOU UNCLE BEER**. I love you too in the platonic uncle-y way. HUGS! Sqrl * * * Gasoline: As an accompaniement to cereal it made a refreshing change. Glen Baxter ---
**Author:** ![Alphagene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Alphagene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alphagene)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 1999, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-least-convincing-hetrosexual-on-tv/12300/17 "1999-12-08T17:56:00Z")
Rosie O’Donnell. A crush on Tom Cruise. Right. * * * If I wanted smoke blown up my ass, I’d be at home with a pack of cigarettes and a short length of hose. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 1999, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-least-convincing-hetrosexual-on-tv/12300/18 "1999-12-09T06:08:00Z")
I still laugh at columnist Michael Musto’s comment when Rosie said she was jealous of John Travolta’s wife Kelly Preston for kissing Tom Cruise: “I am so confused on so many levels.” Oh, another not-straight guy: the male Team Rocket member on Pokémon. The real femmy blue-haired guy. Very Dr. Smith. ---
**Author:** ![rubes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@rubes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rubes)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 1999, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-least-convincing-hetrosexual-on-tv/12300/19 "1999-12-09T06:25:00Z")
Christopher Lowell, though, I’m pretty certain he’s not even trying to be hetero ---
**Author:** ![meek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce73a5/32.png) [@meek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meek)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 1999, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-least-convincing-hetrosexual-on-tv/12300/20 "1999-12-09T06:52:00Z")
## Ernie and Bert and pretty much _ANY_ of the “TeleTubbies”. Wishing all you at the SDMB Happy Xmas and a GREAT 2000 and beyond! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-least-convincing-hetrosexual-on-tv/12300.md?page=2)