Rednecks in a Stink Over Pink

Well, what initially was just going to be a passing mention, turned into a full-blown post. I'm talking about TVLand's special tonight, Tickled Pink. The synopsis of the special is fairly straightforward (no pun intended): A celebration of gay and lesbian culture on television. Think of it as a gay version of We Love The 80's: misc. celebrities reminiscing about various classic TV shows, with a gay twist. It comes on at 10PM, then repeats at 1AM (check local listings for time and channel).

I was merely going to mention it because of the novelty of it and because I thought it'd be interesting to see which shows they discuss. Then I made the mistake of going to the TVLand website (to copy and paste their synopsis of the show). That's when I stumbled upon the TVLand forums. Oy vey. Right on cue, the Right Wingers swooped in to voice their individual opinions (I was under the assumption they were of one collective consciousness...not unlike The Borg). Here's a sampling of what good ol' red-blooded Americans had to say:

The post that started it all:

• This makes no sense -- what is this doing on TVLand???? How is this "classic" television?

• You are SO RIGHT! ...So sad and disgusting.

• Well put. I'm in complete agreement. It's been some time since I've felt that TVLand was really concerned about quality TV, like they used to be. And they're getting worse. Would a boycott for June 1 help?

• There is nothing 'classic' 'bout Tickled Pink. It should tickle itself to an early death so we can enjoy REAL classic tv, like Leave it to Beaver.

• And look what they died from. That should ge enough to click a light on in somebodys brain.

• I have written an email to TVLand complaining about the MTV commercials which, to me, are offensive, but of course I got no reply. I know MTV now owns TVLand ... but I do not like the direction I see it going.

• Bring back the CLASSIC and leave the "enlightining the masses about homosexuality" (it offends me that the homosexual community has perverted the word "gay" from its original meaning of joyful and happy) and "irresponsible sex" (my way of viewing so many of the new shows on so many tv channels) to the people who want to see it on the MTV channel -- and on a similar topic, I don't think the majority of TVLand viewers are interested in it - if they are, they know where MTV is on their dial so no reason to push their ads down our throat.

Sad, ain't it? Sad and pathetic...and ignorant...and typical...and... It makes me wonder if they people are seriously living in some kind of vacuum, if they think that there weren't gay characters actors/actresses in classic television. Puhleeeze! What's the big deal? And those are just the CHARACTERS, I'm not even touching on the actors, actresses and production people. Hello, Bob Mackie! Funny how bigotry never seems to go out of style. Typical fuckin' hillbillies.