The Simpsons nstantly allud to Mr. Smhers beg a gay man, but took years for the show to overtly make an aspect of his character.
Contents:
- THE SIMPSONS: WHEN SMHERS' GAY CLU FIRST STARTED
- AFTER DES, THE SIMPSONS REVEALED SMHERS WAS GAY - HERE'S HOW
- GAY SMHER: WHERE IS LRA SMHER’S MOM NOW?
THE SIMPSONS: WHEN SMHERS' GAY CLU FIRST STARTED
The father-son wrg duo Rob and Johnny LaZebnik teamed up (wh an assist om Christe Baranski) to at last create an openly gay romantic life for Waylon Smhers on “The Simpsons.” * is smither gay *
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.
) “I like that Smhers didn’t have to have a big ‘Sprgfield, I’m gay! If there are two thgs I know tuively, ’s what a ‘Simpsons’ joke should sound like and what a gay joke should sound like. “I squeezed as much siry gay-culture stuff as I uld, ” Johnny said.
AFTER DES, THE SIMPSONS REVEALED SMHERS WAS GAY - HERE'S HOW
” As they worked on the script together, “my dad would pch the very niche, extremely filthy gay jok, ” Johnny said. ”“My dad wrote , ” Johnny tweeted, “which prov how well he knows the gay muny.
GAY SMHER: WHERE IS LRA SMHER’S MOM NOW?
After Des, The Simpsons Revealed Smhers Was Gay - Here's How. Smhers beg a gay man, but took years for the show to overtly make an aspect of his character. Smhers has been nsired a queer character sce the ceptn of The Simpsons, took until Season 27 for the show to overtly foc on his experience as an openly gay man.
Acrdg to The Simpsons shownner and producer Al Jean on the DVD mentary for Season 1's "The Telltale Head, " Smhers beg gay was pched by -executive producer Sam Simon. Comg durg a time perd when havg an openly gay character would have ed issu wh Fox, The Simpsons only allud to Smhers' specific attractn to Burns -- wh supervisg director David Silverman tellg MTV that he was "Burns-sexual" above anythg else.
The Simpsons sually nfirmed Smhers' orientatn Season 8's "Homer's Phobia, " which was primarily centered on Homer g to terms wh his new iend John -- played by director John Waters -- beg an openly gay man.