Harry Johnson: Soaps first gay character?
SaugusReb
gay. The other day when he came on to Ms Stoddard I was left thinking "Who's
he trying to kid?"
Beverly
SaugusReb wrote:
I guess you're younger than I am, because I feel certain that the
*character* would not have been gay, not in 1968. As you noted, times
have certainly changed.
My assumption is that Craig Slocum himself must have been incredibly
femme, and that, in spite of trying to play it 'straight', his tone and
mannerisms tell a much different story.
According to IMDb, his film career consisted solely of DS. If this is
true, I can't help but be curious as to how he got the job (and whether
either nepotism or the casting couch [yikes] played a part.) This is
not to cast any aspersions, or make any judgements whatsoever, on the
man's probable sexual orientation, only his 'acting.'
Beverly
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>SaugusReb wrote:
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>> Funny how times gave changed. I just assumed all along that Happy
>> Harry was gay. The other day when he came on to Ms Stoddard I was
>> left thinking "Who's he trying to kid?"
Strange and useless fact: there's a large chain of discount drugstores here in
wonderful Delaware called Happy Harry's. It gives out-of-staters a turn when
they have to go there for their pharmacopeia. <g>
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Charles Delaware Troll
saug...@aol.comBlah (SaugusReb) wrote:
> Funny how times gave changed. I just assumed all along that Happy Harry was
> gay. The other day when he came on to Ms Stoddard I was left thinking "Who's
> he trying to kid?"
I heard they were planning on making a gay Harry Johnson a major character!
First, he would go into a trance and started singing Judy Garland songs.
Then he'd raise an army of gay zombies who'd redecorate Collinwood.
Then he'd become a vampire who could only be repelled by potpourri instead
of garlic.
Jeez.... I'm so sick of these "what if they're gay???" threads....
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Tony Ning Lew
Beverly <bever...@my-deja.com> wrote:
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>
>SaugusReb wrote:
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>> Funny how times gave changed. I just assumed all along that Happy
>> Harry was gay. The other day when he came on to Ms Stoddard I was
>> left thinking "Who's he trying to kid?"
>>
>
>I guess you're younger than I am, because I feel certain that the
>*character* would not have been gay, not in 1968. As you noted, times
>have certainly changed.
In just a few years, in fact.
The character of Ron Updyke in the '74-'75 "Kolchak:Night Stalker" series
was almost certainly gay, though they never actually said he was.
DYu...@webtv.net
series
..So much so that he sings with elation as
he gaily tells Kolchak of his upcoming trip to San Francisco for an
assignment in one episode!
During the mid-1970's gay characters began appearing with frequency on
network shows...anyone remember 'Hot L Baltimore'? ABC didn't have the
guts to make the character of Jack Tripper on 'Three's Company' an
actual gay man but around 1969 John Ritter played a male hooker who rips
off client Vic Morrow in
a segment of 'Hawaii Five-O'. Then there's the episode of "Streets of
San Francisco" with John Davidson playing a homosexual female
impersonator.
"....his film career consisted solely of DS. If this is true, I can't
help but be curious as to how he got the job (and whether either
nepotism or the casting couch [yikes] played a part.)...."
Ah,,,,I think someone might have given Craig a spot on the show if they
DIDN'T have to sleep with him.
Charles Delaware Troll
DYu...@webtv.net wrote:
> Then there's the episode of "Streets of
> San Francisco" with John Davidson playing a homosexual female
> impersonator.
>
HAW HAW HAW!
You gotta love the "mirror scene" in THAT one!
And how could we forget the 2 part "Medical Center" from '75 where Robert
Reed gets the sex change? It'd be interesting to see now, since Reed
revealed he was gay before he died. (Bummer - you gotta love Papa Brady
too!)
I think the first major openly gay regular character on any television show
was Jody Dallas (Billy Crystal) on Soap in 1977-81. There was also an
occasional role of a gay cop on Barney Miller, as well as a gay couple who
got arrested for shoplifting now and then (the 12th pricinct was supposed
to be in Greenwich village).
And EVERYONE knows Mr. Ed was gay.
And we ALL know the secret meaning behind when Skipper called Gilligan
"little buddy."
And I'm sure everyone knows about when Dan Rather and Peter Jennings were
secretly married in Buenos Aires back in the early '80s.
I could go on and on....
DBrown3209
remember at least one occasion that he tried to flirt with Carolyn.
Joeytrom
remember at least one occasion that he tried to flirt with Carolyn.>
Perhaps not the character..the actor however....
Joey
Bill
>During the mid-1970's gay characters began appearing with frequency on
>network shows...anyone remember 'Hot L Baltimore'?
I thought of that show when reading this thread the other day! Didn't the gay
character on the program always enter with the Ted Baxter phrase, "Hi, Guys!?"
Bill
Nah, Mr. Ed was simply satanic, at least that's what a minister claimed. His
basic for such an accusation concerned the theme song from the series.
Supposedly, if you play it backwards, you hear, "The Source is Satan!"
Back when Rush Limbaugh wasn't taking himself so seriously, he did a hilarious
parody on this. Rush played a Slim Whitman record backwards, and the following
was heard:
"Beelzebub! Yes, it's me, the ol' devil himself, you found me out you little
rascal...lurking right here in the Slim Whitman record grooves! By the way,
where did you ever find a turntable that plays backwards? I've been trying to
find these for all my disciples so they can go around corrupting the youth of
America, and we can't find these backward turntables anywhere except in
ministers' houses...and we're not to anxious to go there!"
Bill
Nah, Mr. Ed was simply satanic, at least that's what a minister claimed. His
basis for such an accusation concerned the theme song from the series.
Supposedly, if you play it backwards, you hear "The Source is Satan!"
Back when Rush Limbaugh wasn't taking himself so seriously, he did a hilarious
parody on this. Rush played a Slim Whitman record backwards, and the following
was heard:
"Beelzebub! Yes, it's me, the ol' devil himself, you found me out, you little
rascal...lurking right here in the Slim Whitman record grooves! By the
way...where did you find a turntable that plays backwards?! I've been trying to
find these for all my disciples so they can go around corrupting the youth of
America, and we can't find these backward turntables anywhere except in
minsters' houses...and we're not too anxious to go there!"
MusicBear
of association, impression or personal opinion.
When I saw Harry, my Gaydar registered a positive!
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Vampire406
This is a no-no on this ng. Three years ago I touched on the topic of who was
gay on the show and was flamed so-o-o bad my modem smoked for a week.
I know there were several actors that were (and are) gay but some fans get all
bent out of shape at the very mention of this topic.
The Vampire
Lily Knol
>I know there were several actors that were (and are) gay but some fans get
>all
>bent out of shape at the very mention of this topic.
>
And isn't it funny that being bent is what the topic is all about anyway?
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DBrown3209
>remember at least one occasion that he tried to flirt with Carolyn.>
>
>Perhaps not the character..the actor however....
>
>Joey
Maybe, maybe not. I've never heard anything about him, one way or another.
Charles Delaware Troll
Or perhaps he could co-star in "Dick Shadows" along with Bandobras
Cocklins, Dr. Julia Humpme, Professor Strokes, Nookie Blair & of course,
Willie.
Apologies to all in advance!
JBrown1977
>Perhaps not the character..the actor however....
>
>Joey
>
Thats why its called acting. Because it doesnt matter what he does away from
the camera!
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