Gayest Episode Ever

Gayest Episode Ever

Drew Mackie & Glen Lakin

Episodes 308
Avg. Duration 1h 31m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 4.8 (544)
Since Mar 2018
Latest Episode Jun 2026

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Back in the day, a major sitcom doing a gay episode was a big deal. A proper gay episode would get headlines, but it would get the attention of two young guys who were still figuring things out — sexuality-wise and culture-wise. Gayest Episode Ever has screenwriter Glen Lakin and stay-at-home journalist Drew Mackie going through the great and not-so-great gay episodes of sitcoms past.

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S9E11 Duckman Investigates Homosexuality (If Only Briefly)

Jun 04, 2026 2h 22m

"Forbidden Fruit" (January 16, 1996) At long last, we are proud to announce the first episode of our podcast to feature both hosts of Talking Simpsons, Henry Gilbert and Bob Mackey. It's also the…

S9E10 Dungeons & Dragons Has the Queeniest Knight in Saturday Morning HIstory

May 28, 2026 1h 7m

This is a rerun of an episode that originally aired in 2019. "Odyssey of the Twelfth Talisman" (September 28, 1985) Once upon a time, there was a Saturday morning cartoon based on Dungeons &…

S9E9 Oh Grow Up: Short-Lived, Underrated and Gay

May 21, 2026 1h 38m

Whelp, here it is: the final time this podcast is ever going to teach you about a short-lived show that you maybe never heard of. In the grand scheme of 90s sitcoms about attractive people living in…

S9E8 Married… With Children Meets a Beach Gay

May 06, 2026 1h 24m

"Life's a Beach" (May 21, 1989) For our final season, we're not hitting up that many of the GEE favorites. There's no Seinfeld, no Friends, no Roseanne, no Golden Girls. Hell, there's not a Simpsons…

S9E7 Dear John Meets a Gay

Apr 22, 2026 1h 24m

"Stand by Your Man" (February 16, 1989) This might well be the last time we're discussing a one-off gay episode done by a mainstream sitcom. Dear John's popularity burned bright but quickly, and…

S9E6 Jennifer Slept Here Is a Little Gay Boy's Fantasy

Apr 08, 2026 1h 30m

This is a rerun of an episode that originally aired in 2019. "Jennifer: The Movie" (October 29, 1983) We're celebrating both Halloween and week two of our celebration of Ann Jillian with an episode…

S9E4 Star Trek Isn't a Sitcom But It Sure Is Gay

Apr 01, 2026 2h 17m

"The Offspring" (March 12, 1990) Yeah, we finally did an hourlong — and if you're surprised that we picked Star Trek: The Next Generation, then you are probably unaware how many fans of GEE are also…

S3E4 Dinosaurs Uses Vegetarianism as a Metaphor for Homosexuality

Mar 25, 2026 57m

Heads up! This is a rerun of an episode that originally aired in 2019. We're putting a few of our favorite episodes in the off-weeks of our final season. "I Never Ate for My Father" (October 2, 1991)…

S9E3 Ned & Stacey Is Secretly the Prequel to Will & Grace

Mar 18, 2026 1h 16m

"The Gay Caballeros" (February 19, 1996) Full disclosure: We didn't come here to say nice things about Debra Messing. What we will say is that she's forever trapped in sitcom mode, to the point that…

S9E2 Happy Days Puts Richie Cunningham in the Closet

Feb 25, 2026 1h 43m

"You Go to My Head" (October 1, 1974) We're kicking off our final season by discussing what's arguably the most important sitcom that we haven't profiled yet: Happy Days. Technically, Happy Days…

S9E1 Gayest Episode Ever: The Final Season

Jan 16, 2026 26m

Yes, we're wrapping up the podcast. Is it Heated Rivalry's fault? Kinda! We had a really good go, but after a lot of conversations about this, we have decided that we will end Gayest Episode Ever…

S8E38 Sailor Moon Meets the (Trans?) Sailor Starlights

Jan 09, 2026 1h 35m

"A Night Alone Together: Usagi in Danger" (August 17, 1996) In our fourth look at Sailor Moon, we're discussing the final season, which features the Sailor Stars. Canonically, they're female…

S8E37 Ellen Won't Say Gay on Christmas

Dec 23, 2025 1h 24m

"Ellen's First Christmess" (December 17, 2001) Yes, we're closing 2025 with a lump of coal rather than a sugarplum fairy. Believe it or not, Ellen Degeneres had a second sitcom between her first one…

S8E36 The Golden Girls Meet a Gay… for the Final Time?

Dec 10, 2025 1h 10m

"The Artist" (December 19, 1987) Over the years, we've shared a lot of laughs with the girls on the laini, but our journey with the four horniest seniors in the history of Miami has come to an end,…

S8E35 Happy Endings Comes Out for Thanksgiving

Nov 27, 2025 1h 21m

"More Like Skanksgiving" (November 20, 2012) Here you have it: the one other gay-themed Thanksgiving episode of a sitcom. Three seasons in, this one reveals heretofore-unheard canon that the Happy…

S8E34 The Gay Subtext of Dobie Gillis, TV's First Teen Sitcom

Nov 12, 2025 1h 28m

"The Ruptured Duck" (October 10, 1961) On the surface, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis tells the story of a teen boy who falls in love with every girl except Zelda Gilroy, who pines for him…

S8E33 Marge Simpson Meets a Drag Queen

Oct 22, 2025 1h 31m

"Werking Mom" (November 18, 2018) Yes, The Simpsons did a drag episode, and you might be interested to know that the idea did not originate with "Hey, let's do one about RuPaul's Drag Race." In fact,…

S8E32 Small Wonder Celebrated an 80s Kid Who Was Different

Oct 08, 2025 1h 52m

"The Neighbors" (September 14, 1985) "Victor / Vicki-toria" (February 14, 1987) "The Bad Seed" (November 7, 1987) Ignore whatever you might have heard about Small Wonder and focus instead on how the…

S8E31 Fired Up Had the Best Gay Character on Must See TV

Sep 24, 2025 1h 30m

"Truth and Consequences" (September 29, 1997) Though it didn't even get a chance to finish out its second season, Fired Up was one of the rare Must See TV sitcoms to feature two female leads. What's…

S8E30 Not Just Bugs Bunny in Drag! (Seven Very Gay Looney Tunes Shorts)

Sep 10, 2025 2h 30m

It may not be news to listeners of this podcast, but the Looney Tunes cartoons can be very gay. In celebration of the nearly 800 shorts being hosted on Tubi, Drew, Glen and returning guest Tony…

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