guttermorality: the "smelly chair" commercial

Monday, September 28, 2009

trio's "da da da" came up on on shuffle tonight for the first time in a long time, triggering a memory of the first overtly-gay tv ad i ever saw.

it's still pretty cute.

hubbard said...: I don't get why it's gay. . .; September 28, 2009 at 2:53 PM
mkf said...: hubbard: you've obviously never watched a gay couple shop for furniture.; September 28, 2009 at 9:54 PM
Hubbard said...: I see them do it all the time at Bed Bath and Bendover/ Beyond and I still don't get it.; September 29, 2009 at 9:48 AM
mkf said...: hubbard: i guess context is everything. this commercial was made for and debuted during the coming-out episode of ellen degeneres' sitcom, so while it's technically in the "gay vague" category, it's always seemed overtly gay to me.; September 29, 2009 at 12:43 PM
Will said...: I agree, although I would not have used the adjective "overtly" myself. I think it's sweet and gentle and plays right into my tendency to assume whenever I see two guys in a supermarket together to think, "there's another couple."

The first overtly gay commercial on TV would have been for anything Paul Lynde was selling.; September 30, 2009 at 10:37 AM

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