Drew Mackie

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David Duchovny on 'Twin Peaks'; Heather Graham on 'Twin Peaks'; Michael Cera on 'Twin Peaks The Return'. Photo: Paramount+ (3) More than three decades ago, audiences took their first detour through the small northwestern town of Twin Peaks.

Oct 29, 2024 | gayestepisodeever.com | Drew Mackie

“And Then There Was Shawn” (February 27, 1998)Somehow, Boy Meets World got ABC to say yes to a parody of Scream within the confines of the TGIF lineup. That’s wild enough, but it’s even more surprising what this “it was all a dream” episode lifts directly from the 1996 slasher. Joining us to discuss this unlikely intersection of franchises are the hosts of the Guide to the Unknown podcast, Kristen Anderson and her little brother, Will Rogers (not the gay beach).

Oct 25, 2024 | gayestepisodeever.com | Drew Mackie

“The Joker Is a Card” (October 14, 1965)Nearly two hundred episodes later, we’re finally returning to Bewitched to give Uncle Arthur a proper introduction. And while he’s a big part of Bewitched’s gay fandom, Paul Lynde brings a lot of baggage to the role that taught Americans to laugh at eccentric gay weirdos everywhere. Watch the new season of Glen's show, Ninjago: Dragons Unleashed!Listen to Drew discussing 16-bit horror video games on Retronauts.

Oct 22, 2024 | thrillingtalesofoldvideogames.com | Drew Mackie

What’s notable about this is that it implies a shared universe between Street Fighter and Red Earth, which is especially odd because, unless I’m mistaken, no such link exists between Street Fighter and DarkStalkers, which is a lot more popular than Red Earth ever was. In the English localization of the game, Red Earth takes place during the 1300s, but the Japanese one takes place in a post-apocalyptic version of the year 1999.

Oct 21, 2024 | gayestepisodeever.com | Drew Mackie

“Simpson and Delilah” (October 18, 1990)Not only the earliest gay-themed Simpsons episode we’ve ever done, this one is also the first gay-themed episode The Simpsons ever did. And while the enigmatic Karl doesn’t get to be explicitly gay, we argue whether having a gay-coded character might have been the show’s way to — in its second season and at the height of Simpsons mania — signal to grown-ups that no, despite the t-shirts, this was not a show for kids and it could operate at a higher level.