Dear John Meets a Gay
Gayest Episode Ever
Gayest Episode Ever
4.8 • 568 Ratings
🗓️ 22 April 2026
⏱️ 84 minutes
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Summary
"Stand by Your Man" (February 16, 1989)
This might well be the last time we're discussing a one-off gay episode done by a mainstream sitcom. Dear John's popularity burned bright but quickly, and early in its first season it threw a new character into the mix who was not only gay but also gay. Cleavon Little actually won an Emmy for this performance, and it's deserved, even if some of his antics read a little dated in 2026.
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| 0:00.0 | Tidav |
| 0:02.0 | Tidav |
| 0:04.0 | Tidav |
| 0:06.0 | Oh my |
| 0:08.0 | Look |
| 0:10.0 | After the exits |
| 0:13.0 | You move on to why |
| 0:15.0 | But I'm street smart |
| 0:18.0 | It's whatever it was |
| 0:20.0 | Chocolty chocolate What you call it smart Hello and welcome to a gayest episode ever the |
| 0:33.7 | podcast where we discuss the LGBTQ episodes of classic sitcoms and sometimes dear dear John. That's a classic sitcom. What are you implying? Oh, my God. I feel like people may not remember this one as well as we do. This is going to be a deep poll for a lot of people. Wow. I'm Dreamacky. I'm Glenn Lakin. And this episode is coming a week late because it's the final season and scheduling's difficult. and this is just something that's going to happen. And if you don't like it, I don't know. What are you going to do? Cancel your Patreon pledge. Which you all have already done. Chicken, I dare you. I dare you to cancel your Patreon pledge. Please don't do that. Glenn, what are your memories of Dear John? |
| 1:12.3 | I'm very fond of this show. |
| 1:14.4 | What actual memories I have of it are few and far between. |
| 1:19.2 | I remember the characters and the general vibe of it. |
| 1:22.5 | And I don't know. |
| 1:23.1 | It's just a, it's such a cozy viewing. |
| 1:27.0 | And it's so low stakes stakes and it just felt like classic |
| 1:31.2 | sitcom vibes. And I think the premise is great. I don't know if these support groups actually |
| 1:38.7 | exist. It is about a support group for single, like, recently divorced people. |
| 1:45.1 | Right. |
| 1:45.9 | And I just like the idea of it. |
| 1:49.5 | I assume a group like this would be hard to have in real life because people would end up |
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