a few weeks ago i wrote about the sarah silverman program, but i failed to mention her gay neighbors, steve and brian. these are not your typical tv gays, thank you very much. these guys are overweight and scruffy and they like to have fart contests and play video games. this is not only long overdue — at least i think so — it is also absolutely hysterical.
in the first episode, “officer jay” (which you can actually purchase on itunes for a measly $2!), brian claims to be bisexual. steve protests and challenges him to name three parts of a woman’s vagina.
“labia, the filopian tube…” he stutters. “umm, the bumpy thing?”
“yeah, that’s what i thought,” steve replies. later on, he walks in on brian in the bathroom examining a lingerie catalogue. but that’s not the punchline! brian had pasted steve’s picture on top of every model’s head.
genius.
John T | 20-Feb-07 at 12:58 pm | Permalink
My gay boyfriend is overweight and scruffy and likes to fart and, well, it’s a good thing he doesn’t play video games — that would be a deal-breaker.
dave | 20-Feb-07 at 1:28 pm | Permalink
awesome. now where do i find a bear-dork boyfriend who likes indie rock, video games and farting contests?
seriously. email me.
Jared | 20-Feb-07 at 4:55 pm | Permalink
I’ve been waiting for nerd gay to be the new gay. Finally, I’m in style. Now if only I could get my boyfriend to stop playing Elebits on the Wii. So I can play Zelda.
Steve and Brian are the best gay thing to hit television since… wow, my other two choices are Willow on Buffy and Captain Jack on Dr. Who/Torchwood. I am such a dork.
Michael | 20-Feb-07 at 8:36 pm | Permalink
Jared - your other options aren’t (merely) a result of dorkiness…they’re also the only even vaguely OK gay characters (formerly) on TV!
Yeah, where do all these nerdy gay boys hang out? Are there indie nerd gay bars? Please tell me where!
dveej | 21-Feb-07 at 12:14 pm | Permalink
Michael wrote: “where do all these nerdy gay boys hang out?”
We all hang out in other people’s blogs’ comments. Hi there!