The Gay Origins of Mister Ed
Added 2024-01-25 06:46:16 +0000 UTC“Sorority House” (February 8, 1961)
A few times on this podcast, we’ve bent over backwards to find a gay interpretation of a sitcom that never did anything gay, but this is not one of those. Mister Ed was developed by Arthur Lubin, a closeted gay director who was married to a woman but eventually ended up cohabitating with a male companion. It’s interesting, then, that he’d be into making a TV show out of a story about Wilbur Post, who’s married to a woman and who’s outwardly a traditional guy even if his most significant relationship is with a male — a horse, but a male nonetheless — that he has to keep secret. Primitive though it might be, Mister Ed is actually the blueprint for more traditional magic sitcoms like Bewitched and I Dream of Jeannie.
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Comments
Well, I’m possessed now.
JMlad
2024-02-10 21:05:34 +0000 UTCRe: that failed Mr. Ed reboot, there's a pretty famous audio clip of rapper Ol' Dirty Bastard auditioning for the title role. https://youtu.be/lJBnmoXkCHY?si=epVxInwQu8SQbWts
Erin Hardy
2024-01-31 21:20:25 +0000 UTCRequesting a “Here’s Luffy!” shirt. please and thank you
Lobo
2024-01-26 22:21:54 +0000 UTCMe too but they pronounce it a little weird in a way that made me think it was actually Pennycost
Drew Mackie
2024-01-26 18:25:11 +0000 UTCI would totally watch "Here's Luffy!"
N S P
2024-01-26 18:21:09 +0000 UTCWhat a delightful title to wake up to
Lobo
2024-01-26 04:42:19 +0000 UTCMrs. Pentecost made me think of the pentecostal church everytime I heard her name.
JonJamesM
2024-01-25 23:43:42 +0000 UTCOkay but how do you feel about being possessed
Drew Mackie
2024-01-25 18:54:18 +0000 UTCThe show’s theme song backwards sounded like Twin Peaks characters in the Black Lodge conversing with Agent Cooper.
Sandip Sarma
2024-01-25 18:53:47 +0000 UTCKind of blown away by this angle which never dawned on me. And not a pained stretch, either.
knope2001
2024-01-25 13:09:27 +0000 UTC
