Someone mentioned the Cowardly Lion, but I would also have to say The Tin Man.
Super Secret TV Formula, on VH1, did this very topic called “Gay But Not Gay Characters”. I don’t remember who they picked as number one, though.
Well, it was Bert Lahr and Jack Haley. We’re not exactly talking about the Hollywood He-Man’s Club there…
I agree, I see nothing gay about Barney.
But now Mr. Furley…
Don’t forget Mr. Chicken…
Cousin Oliver…
Mister Rogers…
Kazoo (the meddlesome space alien from the Flintstones)…
Tramp (the dog from my three sons)…
And Mister Wilson was a closet pederast.
Arnold Ziffel
That’s “Gazoo.”
Vanity Smurf.
People people, how could we forget Huckleberry Hound?
“I was so gay! And I couldn’t tell anybody.”
Next time on Behind the Laughter…
C’mon, Fred was gay. Ever wonder why Shaggy walked bowlegged and had a crackly voice?
The Mighty Hercules and Newton the centaur.
Yep. I remember one scene that involved a prostitute trying to proposition Sydney. He asks, “Can you pull a rabbit out of a hat?” She, puzzled, says, “No. . . .” He then responds, “Well you’ll need to do something like that first before you make any money on anyone in this house.”
Alfalfa.
Gomer Pyle.
The Doctor on Star Trek Voyager
The British guy on The Jeffersons
Sally and Richie on The Dick Van Dyke Show
Spock was bi…
I mean, when the Pon-farr hits the Pon-farr hits.
Both father and son on Silver Spoons
Ned Flanders (but his religion won’t allow him to admit it)
Koalabear wrote
I think you may have just described my dream porno
Katherine Janeway and Seven and Nine. And maybe the Borg Queen
The Fonz - he hung out in the mens toilet and the amount of women he saw seemed to suggest someone hiding a secret.
Skippy from Family Ties.
The Dad from Family Ties.
Jennifer from Family Ties.
“don’t mind me” <- right on with Richard. I couldn’t believe it when they hooked up. I think he told the screenwriters, “make me have a go with Caroline so the guys at the plant stop teasing my father.”
Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble got together privately after bowling. The theme song even said so: “We’ll have a gay old time!”
Corporal Agarn and Sergeant O’Rourke and Roaring Chicken .
Spin Evans and Marty Markham.
Pepperment Patty and Marcia.