This is a scene from the American Dad episode “Blood Crieth Unto Heaven,” which is both a celebration of and a send-up of theater. Normally, on an animated show, basically anything can happen. By reimagining American Dad as a live stage play, however, this episode lets itself be restrained by the rules of an actual theater, which makes for some weird and creative reinterpretations of how cartoon sitcom standards like cutaways and rapid scene changes. As a result, we get something that is both technically ambitious but also constantly showing the rough edges that come out when you’re forcing one medium into another that can’t accommodate it.

As we discuss with our guest for this episode, Johnny LaZebnik, this is also an example of not only why American Dad is a good show but also why it’s not the Family Guy clone some people might assume it is. It does weird things that no other animated sitcom does, to the point that ‘high concept” becomes the default from this episode on.

Have a listen!

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The Ed and Lucius scene in S3 E5 "Anything For You" is basically Lucius talking and Ed being like

babe are you okay?? it’s the first day of pride month and you’ve barely touched your 2x18 “the heat is on”

Thanks Drew Mackie for mentioning my blogpost about The Addams Family vs The Munsters on this recent edition of “The Gayest Episode Ever” on Tablecakes. The episode in question relates to the new Netflix show Wednesday, an Addams Family spin-off, with many episodes directed by Tim Burton. Ted Biaselli, director of original series at Netflix, is the guest. You can hear it here. That same blogpost…

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60’s star trek’s list of things that are allowed:

gay people ❌

guy x sentient cloud of yellow disco haze (don’t worry though its a lady cloud!) ✅

Yes, Ai, you're intentionally dressed like a fruit salad, we GET it.

"i like all of the women. almost all of the women, i like" and from that moment onwards. i was a madlyn shipper.

So I'm watching Killing Eve for the first time and I am already in love (on episode 4 of season 1 ) and I discussed this with a friend but the things Eve recalls about Villanelle is kinda odd right? Like they start normal but then just devolve into gay girl nonsense and I love it.

honey blonde hair tied up 25-26ish long neck high cheek bones her lips are full skin is smooth and bright almost cat like eyes and a lost look in her eyes yeah totally all heterosexual things to notice and then Eve says: "she's totally focused yet almost entirely unacessable" like i'm not just forcing queer shit am I?! I dare you to give me a heterosexual explanation for this.

a normal non-homosexual conversation

Can't believe Webby and her rebound broke out the ouija board and confronted sapphic jealousy demons while Mrs. Beakley and Launchpad filmed fanfiction in the next room

This week, Gayest Episode Ever takes a break from exploring LGBTQ themes in classic sitcoms to instead look at one of the weirdest sitcom episodes ever: The Dick Van Dyke Show's "It May Look Like a Walnut," where the show temporarily turns into a scifi B-movie. It's not the first time a grounded sitcom leaned into genre stuff, but it's maybe the most successful, because despite being weird as all hell, it's one of the episodes of DVDS that's remembered fondly today.

We go deep into this bit of TV history in the episode, which you can listen to below.

But also appreciate awesome Mary Tyler Moore is in this sequence? Surfing a wave of walnuts and looking cute as ever while also being a weirdo creepster? She could really do it all. It even trippy to watch in reverse.

“He has proved what is truly in his heart”

fuck right off — HOW CAN SOMEONE SAY THIS ISN’T GAY

only eddie diaz the most closeted man in los angeles could make dating two women gay

on a related note everyone was right when they said breast wars was good and it’s driving me crazy. it doesn’t even look bad anymore i feel like i’m being gaslighted

ok time to hide from tumblr for several hours until i watch the episode!!! i cant watch until like 4pm my time which is a solid 10 hours after it releases i think. good luck everyone 🫡🫡🫡 may the odds be ever in your favour or something

nandor's ideal mancave experience is getting fucked by a man over a bar as he looks at guillermo with his pants down im -