'Walton and Johnson,' which has been on the air the South for over 35 years, featur stereotypil gay and black characters voiced by one of the whe hosts.
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- THE HIDN GAY LIV OF 'THE WALTONS' GRANDPARENTS ELLEN CORBY & WILL GEER SPE THEIR MARRIAG
- VIO - HOMOPHOBIC MAYOR PETE SUPPORTER DISVERS HER CANDIDATE IS GAY
THE HIDN GAY LIV OF 'THE WALTONS' GRANDPARENTS ELLEN CORBY & WILL GEER SPE THEIR MARRIAG
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I’d randomly tuned to the Walton and Johnson show, a talk rad program featurg two whe, male nservative hosts, pl three other disembodied voic: a lispy gay man (“Mr Kenh”), a ant black man (“Mr Ex”), and a drawlg, self-intified “redneck” (“Billy Ed”). Whenever Walton or Johnson uldn’t wrap their medcre heads around a gay rights issue, Mr. The gay character will argue wh Billy Ed, and they’re all equally reprented.
”Actual gay and black listeners, though, don’t necsarily agree. David Ahrens-Bryant, who’s both black and gay, moved to New Orleans om Detro and had a siar experience engagg wh the show. ”I uld not fd any gay Walton and Johnson fans to speak wh, perhaps bee Mr.
“I know I’ve heard them do anti–gay marriage thgs that were pretty off-puttg, but there was one b that was racist but also promoted vlence— may have been after the Charlottville shootg—and I jt felt that was too much.
VIO - HOMOPHOBIC MAYOR PETE SUPPORTER DISVERS HER CANDIDATE IS GAY
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”Greg Ellis, a gay man who’s been subjected to W&J many tim while livg Hoton, said, “I never felt reprented [by Mr. The hosts did seem to realize that makg fun of black people had s lims, but I don’t thk they ever realized that—asi om not makg AIDS jok—that makg fun of gays had lims. They’re g a gay voice to make anti-gay statements, ” asserted Shaffer.
However, they were gay real life and were volved homosexual relatnships. | Source: Getty ImagWILL GEER'S GAY LIFE, ACTIVISM, AND MARRIAGE Meanwhile, she lived a siar life to her long-time -star Geer, "Will Geer, who got blacklisted durg the anti-munist wch hunts, had a male lover.