The Big Gay Sketch Show (2007)
The Big Gay Sketch Show is an LGBT-themed sketch comedy program that debuted on Logo on April 24, 2007. The series is produced by Rosie O'Donnell and directed by Amanda Bearse. The program was originally titled "The Big Gay Show" but was renamed during production. As the name indicates, the show features comedy sketches with gay themes or a gay twist. Sketch topics include parodies of old sitcoms like The Honeymooners and The Facts of Life under the Nick at Nite-parodying heading "Logo at Nite", a lesbian speed dating session and an extended send-up of Broadway legend Elaine Stritch working as a Wal-Mart greeter, among other decidedly un-glamorous jobs. Logo produced a second season of the series. Paolo Andino and Colman Domingo joined the cast. Season 2 premiered on February 5, 2008. Production on season three began in March 2009. Erica Ash is no longer with the cast. In 2009, Logo announced plans for a search for new cast members. However, the result entitled, "The Big Gay Casting Competition", was limited to an online talent search, in which videos by contestants were uploaded to logoonline.com and voted on by site visitors. The winner, Wil Heuser, was a former American Idol contestant, who appeared in only one episode of the series, but as an extra, not a cast member. Season three debuted on Logo April 13, 2010.
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Episode 1 - Episode 201
Release Date: 2008-02-05Liza Minelli (Goldman), fueled by alcohol, turns into "Super Liza," who makes it her mission to save homosexuals in trouble; Sally Field (McKinnon) endorses "Boniva" while chewing the scenery; two women (Goldman, McKinnon) try (unsuccessfully) to point out their exes at a lesbian bar; Svetlana (Guarino) literally kills the competition at Dancing with the Stars; Naldo (Andrino), the oversexually-hyped postal worker, overstimulates his many admirers/customers; a Dynasty parody; Rosie O'Donnell and Chasity Bono heckle the show.
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Episode 2 - Episode 202
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Episode 3 - Episode 203
Release Date: 2008-02-19Extreme Sears Makeover - Home Edition: Grey Gardens, in which Ty (Guarino) and his crew makeover the dilapidated home of a reclusive mother, "Big Edie" (Goldman), and her adult daughter, "Little Edie" (guest star Christine Ebersole), which is overrun with cats and racoons; Kirstie Alley (Goldman) and Valerie Bertinelli (Paone) promote Jenny Craig along with Jenny's "biggest" success, Steven, a.k.a. "Waffles" (McGovern); Logo at Nite presents The Facts of Life, a lesbian parody in which Mrs. Garrett (guest star Paul Vogt) must explain to the girls "The Facts of Life" after catching them watching pornography; Grandma Bell (Ash) tells tales of her past as a pioneering lesbian to her gay grandson (Domingo) and his male lover (Guarino), including how she tried to cure her lesbianism by letting every man try to "F@#k the Homosexuality out" of her; incompetent Ron Odyssey (Guarino) at the front desk of an hospital emergency room.
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Episode 4 - Episode 204
Release Date: 2008-02-26On the Road with Oprah (Domingo) and her "best friend" Gayle (Ash); a political ad campaign featuring stars Dinah Lohan (Paone), Britney Spears (McKinnon), Alec Baldwin (McGovern) and Whitney Houston (Ash) urging voters to vote NO to allowing gays the right to adopt children; Chicago-Style Pilates with abrasive LaTanya (Ash) and her new student, Steven, a.k.a. "Waffles" (McGovern); a woman introduces her boyfriend to her two gay dads, "The Hungs" (McGovern, Guarino), who have enormous genitalia (featuring special guest star Kate Clinton); FOX's latest game show, Are You Smarter Than a Tranny Hooker?.
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Episode 5 - Episode 205
Release Date: 2008-03-11MTV News with Damian Fahey (Guarino) interviewing rapper Lil' Dyke (Ash), who denies she's gay while debuting her new music video, "Cat Sittin'", which is heavily loaded with lesbian innuendos; Paula Deen (McKinnon)'s Sit n' Eat diet; "A Moment with Perez Hilton (McGovern)" featuring Naomi Campbell (Ash); "The SUZE! Show" features Suze Orman (Goldman) giving financial advice to lesbians; Harry Potter (Guarino) gets a new roomate... transgendered Fitzwilliam (McKinnon), who tries his best to use wizardry to finally get the "perfect accessory" (i.e., a vagina); "A Moment with Perez Hilton" featuring Nick Lachey (Andino); "America's Next Top Bottom" featuring Miss J. (Domingo); "A Moment with Perez Hilton".
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Episode 6 - Episode 206
Release Date: 2008-03-18Hyper-sexual Naldo (Andino) as an airport baggage handler; former First Lady Barbara Bush (Goldman) hawks "pearl necklaces" on The Home Shopping Channel; a mock trailer for "Coalminer's Mountain," a brave film starring straight actors Antonio Banderas (Andino) and Edward Norton (Guarino) playing gay with Morgan Freeman (Domingo) and Charlize Theron (Paone); "Color Me Reality," an exciting new reality series about the "dramatic" world of hand-painted ceramics; a lubricant spokesmodel (Paone) is recognized in public by two very eager fans (Guarino, Domingo); two lesbians (Goldman, McKinnon) have difficulty trying to plan a "drama-free" party.
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Episode 7 - Episode 207
Release Date: 2008-04-01Ron Odyssey (Guarino) at an airport car "convenience" center; Grandma Bell (Ash) speaks to gay high school students about her version of Black History; "I Like Lucy" in Italy (a gay parody of I Love Lucy with guest star Paul Vogt); "Little Star Jones," a parody of "Little Shop of Horrors" featuring Star Jones as the monster; the WBNA auditions "sexy" cheerleaders for its halftime show.
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Episode 8 - Episode 208
Release Date: 2008-04-08Elaine Stritch (Paone) works as an airport security guard; Pocket Diva (Ash), a sassy little pocket-size toy to help timid homosexuals stand up for themselves; LOGO presents, "Grizzly Man," video footage of Timothy Headwell (Guarino)'s 2007 summer studying the "bears" he loved so much in their natural habitat (with Special Guest Star Paul Vogt); "Today on Craigslist with America's Treasure - Maya Angelou (Domingo)"; "Raw Kitchen," LOGO's First Vegan Cooking Show with Shim Shai Horowitz (McKinnon); director Amanda Bearse assembles everyone for "The Big Gay Finale Dance Number" including Fitzwilliam (McKinnon) with Trixie the Unicorn, LaTanya (Ash), Liza Minnelli (Goldman), Elaine "Stritchy" Stritch (Paone), Waffles, a.k.a. Steven (McGovern), Maya Angelou (Domingo), Naldo (Andino), and Svetlana (Guarino).
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Episode 9 - The Big Straight Sketch Show
Release Date: 2008-04-15A behind-the-scenes mockumentary parodying Logo's attempt to transform "The Big Gay Sketch Show" into an entirely straight format for the premiere of its second season, resulting in an uproar among the cast.
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Episode 10 - The Best of The Big Gay Sketch Show
Release Date: 2008-04-29A compilation featuring the best sketches and characters from Seasons 1 and 2, as voted on by the viewers. Sketches include: Sally Field for Boniva (Season 2, episode 7); Dynasty parody (Season 2, episode 7); Elaine Stritch as a Wal-Mart greeter (Season 1, episode 1); Today on craigslist with America's Treasure, Maya Angelou: "Baby Needs a Diaper" (Season 2, episode 14); Jenny Craig commercial with Valerie Bertinelli, Kirstie Alley and Steven/"Waffles" (Season 2, episode 9); "Tranny 911" (Season 1, episode 5); Fitzwilliam's Christmas wish (Season 1, episode 2); Today on craigslist with America's Treasure, Maya Angelou: "Two Chubs to Make Me Their Midnight Snack" (Season 2, episode 8); Rosie and Chastity heckle the show again (season 2, episode 13).