Gay marriage on the Simpsons

Baltimore Sun ^ | 01/26/05 | Stephen Kiehl

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"I think Disco Stu and the Bumblebee Man would make the best gay couple."

Disco Stu, maybe, but Bumblebee Man is already married. (Ai-ya-ya, uno candelabra periculoso!)

[xcullen]

Chief Wiggum is my bet.

[AuH2ORepublican]

I think it will be Principal Skinner (whom Homer famously described as being a "possible Homer-sexual") marrying Smithers.

[F16Fighter]

"Smithers and Burns?"

I thought Smithers was already outted?

If not, it could be the hobby-shop guy.

[CharlieOK1]

is it not Smithers? he has long known to be gay...

[LanPB01]

Would finding out his dad is gay upset Ralph, or would he simply say, "My breath smells like cat food?"

[rhombus]

Lenny and Carl. Together, officially, at last!!!!

Then there's Smithers and his obsession with Mr. Burns and of course Rod and Tod are clearly on the same path... not to mention Marge's sisters....

[xcullen]

Ralph is lonnnnng gone. He could not keep out of his father's "forbidden closet of mystery"

[chs68]

Thanks for your comments.....

I went to your profile page.....

I like cats, too.

[Question_Assumptions]

If they wanted to be really subversive, they should have Patty marry Smithers -- two gay people getting married to someone of the opposite sex. Naaah. That would annoy a demographic that shall not be annoyed.

[Safetgiver]

And great Slushees.

[chs68]

"And great Slushees"

I think you mean Squishees"

"Squishees" is a Registered Trade Mark with the QuickeeMart Corporation of SomeplaceInIndia.

[Safetgiver]

I get them "ees" mixed up sometimes.

[Hemingway's Ghost]

Then there's Smithers and his obsession with Mr. Burns and of course Rod and Tod are clearly on the same path... not to mention Marge's sisters....

Rod and Tod! That'd be a classic choice, as I remember that episode where they show R&T in the future, and they're both on the front lawn, either washing a car or painting some furniture, and they're both dressed in Freddy Mercury shorty-shorts with obvious insinuation!

[ItCanHappenToYou]

You're right about the tall fuzzy hat and big bone jewelry. That's Sideshow Mel.

And I was wrong about The Pirates Of Penzance. It was the music from HMS Pinnafore.

http://www.geocities.com/crimemonkey/bob/9F22.html

BUT

Sideshow Bob wears a skirt, a necklace, has a weird-do, and loves show tunes, so I still vote for Sideshow Bob and Smithers ( ewww)

[hattend]

Principal Skinner has been doing Ms Crabapple for years.

[rhombus]

Rod and Tod! That'd be a classic choice, as I remember that episode where they show R&T in the future, and they're both on the front lawn, either washing a car or painting some furniture, and they're both dressed in Freddy Mercury shorty-shorts with obvious insinuation!

Good episode. In it, an older and now blind Ned thanks Bart for "not outing Rod and Tod". Now that's pretty clear. Whether or not there's the an incestuous taboo violated as well, we can only guess. Perchance they married to avoid death taxes? The scoundrels! After all, tax avoidance would be the gravest law violated in a land such as Springfield.

[AuH2ORepublican]

"Principal Skinner has been doing Ms Crabapple for years."

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True, but that just proves that he's a sicko.

[Repeal 16-17]

Just happened. It's Patty (Marge's older sister). She's marrying someone named Veronica. Homer expressed what everyone watching was thinking by pointing out how unsurprising Patty's announcement was.

[Ichneumon]

She's marrying someone named Veronica.

...and then Veronica turned out to be a man in disguise -- he pretended to be a woman so he could compete in women's golf tournaments (a la "Tootsie").