Al Borland Is a Model for the Modern American Gay Bear
Added 2022-06-22 23:23:08 +0000 UTC“Roomie for Improvement” (November 4, 1992)
Al Borland is not gay. This episode makes a point of saying that he is a heterosexual, despite how many of his (comparatively) immasculine qualities might indicate otherwise. However for some, Richard Karn’s sensitive flannel man is an example of a kind of guy some of us would grow up to like and some of us would grow up to be: big, bearded, and free to be ourselves regardless of where on the gender spectrum we ended up being. Nick Del Prince joins Drew and Glen to discuss Home Improvement, one of the most successful shows this podcast has examined so far — and easily one of the straightest.
And here’s the queer SNL think you may recognize Nick from.
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Comments
Great podcast to end the season. Was never a big fan of this show, but it was in the background for almost the entirety of the 90s. Your take on it was, as always, informed and thoughtful.
VeeAaaRrr
2022-07-04 00:59:15 +0000 UTCIn the first episode Tim takes his shirt off, and his hairy chest gave me funny feelings as an 8 or 9 year old budding gay boy. So I avoided this show entirely even though the rest of my family watched it since I was afraid of those feelings at the time. This was a fun and interesting episode about a show I definitely was aware of but know almost nothing about.
Russ McGallian
2022-06-29 17:12:30 +0000 UTCOh, so you're the one.
Drew Mackie
2022-06-27 17:13:30 +0000 UTCAs someone for whom Goth!Mark was a sexual awakening, I have to register a complaint against all the Mark slander.
Callum Roper
2022-06-27 14:15:51 +0000 UTCThis was an-all-around great episode of the podcast (I always enjoy it, but the insights and history on this one were especially interesting). I realize I’d been harboring bad feelings about Patricia Richardson because I WAS mixing her up with Patricia Heaton, and I’m relieved to know that I can go back to liking her and that she would wish me well on a marathon. I was also ready to go to bat for the opulent Taylor house because I believe the show was set in Detroit (the main reason why my family watched it — it was rare and felt special for a show to be set in the state where I lived back then), where even in the 90s, housing prices were fairly reasonable, but also, none of my family in Detroit, which ranged from lower to almost upper middle class, and everyone had two working adults in their homes and 1-3 kids max — had a house anywhere near that fancy. So nevermind. It was just as unrealistic as most sitcom households.
Kat Heagberg
2022-06-25 21:06:51 +0000 UTC
