'The Simpsons' landmark gay episo keeps the fay

Contents:

• ‘THE SIMPSONS’ LANDMARK GAY EPISO KEEPS THE FAY
• BRYAN BATT TALKS SAL'S 'MAD MEN' FATE, HOLLYWOOD'S GAY PROBLEM
• JAGUARS ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR U.S.-BASED PRO LEAGU

‘THE SIMPSONS’ LANDMARK GAY EPISO KEEPS THE FAY

The SimpsonsCast & crewUser reviewsTriviaEpiso aired Feb 16, 1997TV-1423mAfter Marge beiends John, a gay store owner, Homer worri that his prence will have a negative effect on Bart's Marge beiends John, a gay store owner, Homer worri that his prence will have a negative effect on Bart's Marge beiends John, a gay store owner, Homer worri that his prence will have a negative effect on Bart's productn, box office & pany PhotosReview Bart Gets a LsonYou knew eventually the Simpsons would get around to alg wh gay people. A young guy who ns a shop wh pop cursi beiends the Simpsons and Homer thks he's great until Marge tells him the guy is gay.

BRYAN BATT TALKS SAL'S 'MAD MEN' FATE, HOLLYWOOD'S GAY PROBLEM

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.

JAGUARS ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR U.S.-BASED PRO LEAGU

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.

Is Bart Allen nonilly gay or am I misrememberg. I know the Virgil le season three gave the ht that he was and one of the wrers mented on the dick/Wally and Jaime/Bart pairgs sayg only one of those characters is gay their mds, and sce three out of four have girliends procs of elimatn dictat ’s Bart. Origal air date: 2/16/1997 (produced 1996)Productn : 4F11Homer beiends John, an eccentric antiqu aler, only to ll the iendship off upon learng that he's a homosexual.

He then begs to fear that Bart might be fluenced by John and bee gay.

Homer tak a likg to him and v him over to their hoe, where John is entertaed by the mp value of their posssns, although Homer seems unaware of what John's mpy meanor followg morng, Homer is told by Marge, no uncerta terms, that John is gay, a revelatn that tly shocks him, as he thought he didn't act flamboyant enough.

While Marge and the kids ntue to socialize wh John, Homer ref to associate wh him and begs to fear that Bart might be turng to a homosexual after seeg him sportg a Hawaiian shirt, dancg to "The Shoop-Shoop Song" wearg a bouffant wig and preferrg pk Sno-Balls for ssert stead of Hosts cholate cupk.

They then go to a steel l expectg to see manly men actn, but turns out the brawny-lookg steelworkers are very much flamboyant, and that the place also doubl as "The Anvil", a gay the tavern, Moe and Barney nvce Homer that the world is turng gay, and that the only way to keep Bart straight is to take him huntg.

While Moe and Barney are dismayed at the thought of beg rcued by a homosexual, Homer thanks John for savg his life and tells Bart he will love him regardls of his choic.

Lisa then tells a nfed Bart that Homer thks he's gay.