Kate & Allie Meet a Lesbian Couple
Added 2021-05-28 02:25:26 +0000 UTC“Landlady” (October 15, 1984)
Right at the top of its second season, Kate & Allie did the thing so many sitcoms do and put out an episode that explicitly says, “No, these characters aren’t gay.” In this case, CBS had allegedly worried that viewers might suspect Susan St. James and Jane Curtain’s characters are anything other than platonic friends. On hand to discuss the show’s lesbian underpinnings is Leah Kopperman, the queer woman of our dreams and the winner of an exhaustive nationwide search for the guest who can offer context for this 80s TV favorite.
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This episode’s outro track is “I Can’t Love (Female Version)” by Charley, which is not on any of the streaming services so why don’t you listen to it on Youtube?
Comments
I assume YouTube or Dailymotion, but also am not 100 percent sure because it was a long time ago
Drew Mackie
2023-02-05 15:53:11 +0000 UTCWhere did you find this episode for viewing (also the Murphy Brown you covered)?
Brian Fields
2023-02-05 02:09:10 +0000 UTCBest. Random. Compliment. Ever. Thank you for that! Johnson is actually my married name. I suffered with a ridiculous last name for most of my life, so, when I had the chance, I changed it immediately
Bill Johnson
2021-06-01 16:10:24 +0000 UTCI don't know, I'm kind of on Kate and Allie's side at the end of this one. Like yeah it's a stupid sitcom scenario that'd never happen, queer people don't have the power to determine straight relationships. But landlords, who own entire buildings, definitionally have more privilege than their tenants, who can only afford to rent. And that kind of money definitely gives you the ability to make life miserable for other people.
Seth Aaron Hershman has they she pronouns
2021-05-30 01:37:43 +0000 UTCYou are not alone.
Drew Mackie
2021-05-28 16:10:05 +0000 UTCI've apparently been conflating "Kate & Allie" with "Cagney & Lacey" for my entire life. That laugh track really threw me for a loop.
Erin Hardy
2021-05-28 14:46:21 +0000 UTC
