Shakesthegrounds Rumblings

[injest]

Well, that sounds true to life. 

Shouldn't that read, "there are a lotta nekkid boy hineys"? 

Maybe I oughta check this series out after all. 

well I don't think it is very true to life (considering my extensive knowledge of gay culture.. ) but heck neither is any of the straight drama series..."Dallas" for example, I don't know anyone that lives like that...

it can be interesting but like I said too much cussing for me...(sometimes these cable shows cuss just to be cussing)

[Shakesthecoffecan]

I think a certain amount of QAFs appeal is its shock value. And a big part of it is the hot bodies, but they did try to address real issues too. Uncle Vic has HIV, and other things (won't spoil it for you).

[Jeff Wrangler]

too much cussing for me

That's what I said sounded true to gay life, not the rest of it.

[Jeff Wrangler]

And a big part of it is the hot bodies.

Hell, a big part of television, period, is hot bodies.

Ignoring reality shows, when was the last time you saw a drama on TV with a fat, ugly person for the main character? Even when a show does have someone like that as its main figure, there is usually a hunky sidekick.

[Shakesthecoffecan]

Hell, a big part of television, period, is hot bodies.

Ignoring reality shows, when was the last time you saw a drama on TV with a fat, ugly person for the main character? Even when a show does have someone like that as its main figure, there is usually a hunky sidekick.

The last one that comes to mind.....Cannon, with William Conrad, which I think debuted in 1971.

[Lynne]

Hello!  Roseanne, anyone??

[Jeff Wrangler]

Hello!  Roseanne, anyone??

I specified drama. Roseanne was a comedy--at least, I always understood it to be a sitcom. I never watched it.

The last one that comes to mind.....Cannon, with William Conrad, which I think debuted in 1971.

Tru, Cannon was exactly what I had in mind when I wrote that last post. It ran 1971-1976. I could not determine from IMDb if William Conrad had a hunky sidekick in that show, and even though we watched it at my house, it was too long ago for me to remember.

However, William Conrad had two series after Cannon. Nero Wolfe ran for only six episodes in 1981--but Cannon had the hunky Lee Horsley for a sidekick. Jake and the Fatman ran 1987-1992, and in that show Conrad had the hunky Joe Penney for a sidekick.

[Lynne]

A sitcom and not a very funny one...OK, drama, back to the drawing board...

[Lynne]

Hows about James Gondolfini from The Sopranos? or Vincent D'Onofrio from Law & Order:CI?  And William Shatner has put on lots of weight and is still on Boston Legal.  Of course, I think Vincent D'Onofrio is one of the hottest guys around, IMO...but in comparison to most 'Hollywood' types he's overweight.

[jstephens9]

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