The Critic Is Very Gay (Even If Jay Sherman Is Not)

Gayest Episode Ever

Society & Culture, Tv & Film

4.8 • 568 Ratings

🗓️ 27 August 2025

⏱️ 111 minutes

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Summary

"Siskel & Ebert & Jay & Alice" (March 12, 1995)

Finally, we get around to discussing one of our more formative comedic experiences, and it's one shared more or less exclusively by elder millennials: The Critic, which somehow managed to be both more grown up and more juvenile than The Simpsons. In this episode, we discuss how the two seasons of this cult favorite repeatedly insinuated that the title character was gay, and how and episode guest-starring Siskel and Ebert manages to be the gayest episode of all.

The Mr. President episode of our bonus series The Fox Files is free to listen to on Patreon, even if you're not pledging money!

Listen to Talking Simpsons discuss Capitol Critters so you don't have to watch it yourself.

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0:00.0	I've been working hard, two jobs every day.
0:11.0	And Valenia.
0:16.0	Buy my buck!
0:18.0	Find my book!
0:20.0	Buy my book! Buy my buck. Buy my book. Buy my book.
0:21.3	Buy my buck.
0:27.4	Now let's get going.
0:28.7	I got a date with Yudora Welty.
0:32.2	Coming, Yudora.
0:34.4	Hello and welcome to gayest episode ever, the podcast in which we discuss the LGBT
0:38.5	episodes of classic sitcoms.
0:40.4	I'm Drew Mackey.
0:41.1	I'm Glenn Lakin.
0:41.8	And welcome back, Glenn.
0:42.6	I told everyone that you...
0:43.8	I died?
0:44.5	No, that you went to finishing school because you're making your debut to society this fall.
0:50.9	I hope I meet an eligible man of means.
0:54.4	Me too, actually.
0:56.1	What TV series are we saying is gay this week?
0:58.7	The critic.
0:59.6	What is your personal relationship to the critic program?
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