The Simpsons: When Smhers' Gay Clu First Started

Contents:

• THE SIMPSONS: WHEN SMHERS' GAY CLU FIRST STARTED
• ‘THE SIMPSONS’ LANDMARK GAY EPISO KEEPS THE FAY
• GAY SMHER: WHERE IS LRA SMHER’S MOM NOW?

THE SIMPSONS: WHEN SMHERS' GAY CLU FIRST STARTED

Burns whout explicly addrsg his homosexualy for years, but where n the first clu be found?

The Simpsons Hted At Smhers Beg Gay In Season 1. Smhers went through a uple of chang his first episos: he was origally black, but was quickly changed to yellow, jt like the rt, wh executive producer Jay Kogen sayg that Smhers beg black and gay was “too much” so they “jt kept him gay”. Sce then, The Simpsons has dropped all typ of clu about Smhers beg gay, some more subtle than others, such as Smhers equently visg Sprgfield's gay sectn and gog on an all-male cise.

And while ’s a historil moment for Smhers, ’s also a full-circle one for longtime seri wrer Rob LaZebnik, whose son, Johnny, spired Smhers’ big, gay g-out episo 2016. Of urse, Smhers — who fds himself thst to a globe-trottg, whirlwd romance wh Garber’s fashnista — was already fluenced by them both when he bted down his closet door 2016’s touchg Season 27 episo “Tom Colls, ” which was penned by Rob as an homage to his gay son. “So often, gay romanc are a subplot or allud to or shown some kd of montage or as a punchle.

‘THE SIMPSONS’ LANDMARK GAY EPISO KEEPS THE FAY

And what I thk I was really exced about, wh this episo, we get to see — whout spoilg too much — the begng, middle and who knows how ends of a gay relatnship, of really gettg to the nty-grty of how gay people date, how they meet, what ’s like, ” he said. “I haven’t played a lot of gay characters, but every time I do , brgs back certa feelgs I had as a young actor where I uldn’t be gay.

) “I like that Smhers didn’t have to have a big ‘Sprgfield, I’m gay!

GAY SMHER: WHERE IS LRA SMHER’S MOM NOW?

If there are two thgs I know tuively, ’s what a ‘Simpsons’ joke should sound like and what a gay joke should sound like.