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\\u201cAlison\\u201d (May 16, 1983)

Most of you haven\\u2019t had the chance to watch Love, Sidney, the the NBC series that ran from 1981 to 1983 and which featured Tony Randall as the title character \\u2014 a gay man who is out to everyone but the audience. The show features queer themes more than you\\u2019ve been led to believe, perhaps, and interestingly it\\u2019s the hourlong episode \\u201cAlison\\u201d that showcases Sidney\\u2019s sexuality by giving him a female love interest. What results is poignant, personal and more progressive than you\\u2019d expect from a broadcast network sitcom at the time. To discuss this landmark show, we are joined by Steven Capsuto, author and historian focusing on queer representation of television.

Buy the revised edition of Steven\\u2019s book, Alternate Channels: Queer Images on 20th-Century TV.

Watch the TV movie that preceded Love, Sidney, Sidney Shorr, A Girl\\u2019s Best Friend.

Read Charles Morrow\\u2019s article on Tony Randall, \\u201cLove, Lennie.\\u201d

Watch Drew\\u2019s video compilation of every LGBT joke ever on the history of The Simpsons.

Buy Glen\\u2019s movie, Being Frank.

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