Today's the one-year anniversary of comedian Todd Glass coming out of the closet on Marc Maron's podcast WTF, an extremely moving episode of the show that's one of the best Maron has ever done. Jesse David Fox over at Vulture has an in-depth interview with Glass, reflecting on what the past year of his life has been like since coming out and the overwhelming support he received from the comedy community, his fans, and strangers alike. It's a nice read that serves as a fitting epilogue to Glass's Maron appearance.
Last week KSL-TV, a Utah NBC affiliate, refused to air The New Normal because of all its frightening gay characters. (What with their loving relationship and stable jobs OOOooOOOooOOO spOOOoooOOoky.) Well, KSL-TV's loss is KUCW's gain. KUCW is apparently a network run by sinners who are fine running scandalous programs like The New Normal, Playboy Club, and Saturday Night Live. Oddly enough, the show will air as part of a devilish comedy block on Saturday nights at 10pm right before SNL. It's a good thing for the homophobic Utahns that there are no other shows featuring gay characters on television, well, except like every show.
“I think I would be lying if I said that I didn’t expect, at some point, for some narrow-minded group of people to try to create some publicity” around Glee or Modern Family, said Dana Walden, the chairwoman of 20th Century Fox Television, which produces both shows. “The bottom line is that people embrace these characters completely.” – From a New York Times piece about the unexpected and heartening support and political influence of homosexual characters on television.
