05 Ed and Howard Talk Gay Marriage

[@VIncentSunflowers]

Brilliantly written.

[@whyiamwhoiam1566]

Agreed! Still the only honest gay characters ever on tv!

[@HauntFreak13]

Love how these guys aren’t just super feminine caricatures of gay men.

[@notrombones5041]

Well-written and conceived. They were my favorite 2 characters on the show. This was a truly innovative program, and these characters positively affected my own attitude on gay issues.

[@celladora31]

I love the decor of their place! Is it just me?

[@erikandrus4387]

Oh Howard, so charming in his western style boots...Ed was lucky.

[@johndean4727]

ahead of its time.

[@fanorama1]

groundbreaking

[@erikandrus4387]

PS What was their back story? Was it that they were pretending to be "brothers" but it was all to apparent they were more than just that?

[@hadihatab3126]

They weren’t pretending, you had to look into the context of the time period, people just assumed they were brothers because homosexuality wasn’t really talked about back then. With Norman Lear’s reputation, he was able to push the envelope more and show that there was more going on.

[@skyavalanche]

Poignant, yet painful to watch, remembering well those days of identity angst in the closet, and the Love that dared not speak it’s name.