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Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
Wait a minute. Are you saying your prior post was meant to imply that Mr. Dick Sargent was a gay? Just because his real name was Richard Cox doesn't prove anything. I'm sure lots of strapping young boys are named Dick Cox and they don't grow up to be one of the gayim. Indeed, they probably spurn all things penile, tempted as they may be. The way women named "Missy" and "Kitty" spurn the Junior League.
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I'm sorry to say it's true. I have it on no less an authority than the E! True Hollywood Story: Bewitched that Mr. Dick Sargent was, in fact, a gay. Hollywood has a rather large population of gays who pretended to be not gays in certain roles because in Hollywood it is expected that successful actors must have the ability to pretend to be something that they are not. If they don't have this requisite ability to pretend, many of them become waiters and waitresses.
In fact, many of our Hollywood icons of television and movies, particularly in the '60's and '70's hid their gayness from middle America for fear of negative career repercussions. It really had nothing to do with their names. For example.
Dick Smothers - not a gay.
Dick Smothers Jr. - not a gay. I heard on Howard Stern yesterday that Mr. Dick Smothers Jr. is, in fact, an adult film actor in non-gay adult films.
Wally Cox - not a gay. (Despite the implications of his surname, I found out from the E! True Hollywood Story: Hollywood Squares that in fact, the diminutive Mr. Cox not a gay but rather quite the ladies' man.
Dick Van Dyke - neither a gay nor a lesbian, but he did have an alcohol problem. (I found this out on the E! True Hollywood Story: The Dick Van Dyke Show).
As a contrary example, these other famous actors were neither Dicks nor Coxes but were, nonetheless, gays.
Robert Reed - a gay, he portrayed the father on the Brady Bunch. Even though his character was busy with three boys of his own, he found the time to marry a lovely lady who was bringing up three very lovely girls, on much more than a hunch. Once they blended their families, so to speak, wacky hijinks ensued for six seasons.
Rock Hudson -- a gay. I know, I know. You are saying to yourself, "no way, but Rock is such a hard and manly name. How could he be a gay?" It's true. I saw it on the E! True Hollywood Story: Rock Hudson.
In spite of the fact that Mr. Rock Hudson starred in several popular movies with Doris Day before moving on to a successful television career as Commissioner Stewart McMillan of the San Francisco Police Department, he was a gay. You say to yourself, "Hey, wait a minute, didn't Commissioner McMillan have a wife in the person of the lovely Susan St. James? Well yes, yes he did. Nonetheless, all of this was all pretend, Hollywood-style. Mr. Hudson was a gay, no ifs ands or buts.
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Originally posted by Atticus Grinch If you're implying that the ex-husband --- NOTE: ex-HUSBAND --- of the redoubtable Fannie Flagg of "Match Game PM" fame, and a very luscious and feminine panelist she was, and probably good in the sack, then you're going to just have to SHUT YOUR GODDAMN MOUTH about Mr. Dick Sargent. Next you'll be telling us that Elizabeth Montgomery battled alcohol. You're on deck for the Ignore list, bub.
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Don't be a mean one, Mr. Grinch, I can't change the facts.
According to the E! True Hollywood Story, Bewitched, Mr. Sargent was a gay. In fact, I have it on good authority that Mr. Dick Sargent was not the only gay on this show. Just the other night, I learned the shocking truth on the E! True Hollywood Story: Hollywood Squares, that Mr. Paul Lynde, who played Samantha's Uncle Arthur on Bewitched, was also a gay. I do not have information about the other cast members as to their gayness, but I do know that Mr. David White who played Larry Tate had a pencil-thin mustache, which is often considered by those in the know as a sign of gayness, but I cannot say for sure.
Furthermore, Miss Agnes Moorhead, who must have been in her sixties at the time, was still MISS Agnes Moorhead, after two failed marriages with men. I have heard from people in the know that some women who remain unmarried into their sixties may, in fact be gays. I cannot say that Miss Moorhead, in spite of her name, was or was not a gay, but the possibility is there.
I'm sorry to burst your bubble, Mr. Grinch, but I am educated on this topic by no less a source than several watchings of the E! True Hollywood story. I think I once read that you were a resident of San Francisco, Mr. Grinch. If this is true, there is a good chance that you have never yourself seen a gay.
Take it from me, my friend, it is impossible to tell the difference between gays and non-gays, unless they tell you. Therefore, I urge you, if you want to avoid further agitation with regard to your cherished television and movie icons, that you educate yourself by watching the E! True Hollywood story to find out if other people in showbusiness have been keeping secrets from you.
spooky(knowledge is power)fish
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