Reese De’What… Kenan Thompson
Shae… Kate McKinnon
Tom… Louis C.K.
Mag… Aidy Bryant
Frank.. Bobby Moynihan
[Starts with Forgotten TV Gems intro] [Cut to Reese De’What in his set]Reese De’What: Good afternoon and welcome to Forgotten TV Gems. I am Reese De’What. Today we look back at a ground breaking sitcom from the 1950s that attempted and failed to tackle the sensitive subject matter of homosexuality. Why did it fail? I do not know. That is not why I am here. I am not a good guesser. Just ask my wife. The other day, she asked me to guess what she had done different. And I said, “I don’t know. Took a bath?” Worst date night ever!
Now, let’s watch a scene from what we’ve been talking about. Please enjoy, ‘Whoops, I Married a Lesbian’.
[Cut to the movie scene. Shae is cleaning the hall and Tom walks in.]Tom: Honey, I’m home. What a day. Mr. Parker said I sold the most of anyone.
Shae: Oh, that’s nice dear.
[Tom tries to kiss Shae but Shae walks away without kissing]Tom: Shae, I didn’t get my kiss.
[They sit on sofa]Shae: That’s right, Tom. And you’re not getting it from here on out.
Tom: What re you up to?
Shae: I’m a lesbian now. Mag and I have decided. We’re both lesbians.
Tom: Oh, no, you don’t. I won’t have it. You wouldn’t even know how to do it.
Shae: Oh! Well, let’s make a bet. Give Mag and me 48 hours and if we’re good at being lesbians, we get to be it forever.
Tom: Maybe!
Shae: Mag, he said yes.
[Mag walks in with a briefcase in her hand]Mag: Hot potato!
[Cut to Reese De’What]Reese De’What: Part of the problem with the series was that it was written solely by male writers who knew nothing about the social issue the show was based on. Even the show’s creator claimed to have met the lesbian ones, but it was actually just a wooden drug store Indian. Here’s another ill advised moment from ‘Whoops, I Married a Lesbian’.
[Cut to Frank and Tom]Frank: Well, I guess the girls told you that they’re lesbians now.
Tom: Oh, boy! And how? But don’t worry. I have a plan to get them out of that guest bedroom and back into our’s.
Frank: Oh, what have you got in mind?
Tom: Itching powder! I put it all over their twin beds. Any second they’re gonna come running out of that bedroom and scratch on themselves silly.
Frank: And begging to go back with us. Tom, you are a genius.
[Shae and Mag walk in from different direction.]Shae: Now, what do you want?
Mag: Yeah, what’s this? Itching powder?
Tom: Yeah, it was Frank’s idea.
Frank: So you’d stop being lesbians.
[Cut to Shae and Mag]Shae: Fat chance. Let’s show them Mag.
[Shae and Mag are just touching their mouths with each other’s. They’re not kissing.] [Cut to everybody] [Cut to Reese De’What]Reese De’What: Let’s be clear. We here at Forgotten TV Gems do not hold the same backwards view of gay people. I myself love lesbians. I’m obsessed with them. My sister’s wife taught me how to body surf.
Let us watch the conclusion of the first episode which was also the finale to ‘Whoops, I Married a Lesbian’.
[Cut to Shae and Mag. They’re holding each other’s one hand and using other hand to use the vacuum cleaner.]Shae: Clean as always, my lesbian love.
Mag: I’ll say.
[Tom walks in]Tom: Maybe you two do make a good lesbians.
Shae: I told you I could do it.
[Frank walks in dressed as a woman]Frank: Well what about me?
Mag: Frank! Have you gone bananas?
Frank: I’m not Frank. I’m another lesbian girl. Now, give me some sugar mama!
Mag: Nice try, mister.
Tom: I guess I really did marry a lesbian.
[Shae and Tom start kissing passionately]Shae: Wow, I may be a lesbian but there’s nothing like the love of a good man.
Tom: That’s my girl.
[Cut to Reese De’What]The ironic thing is that the actor who played Tom later turned out to be a giant homo. [talking to the crew members] Is that okay to say? It’s not? You can’t win! For Forgotten TV Gems, I’m Reese De’What.
[The End]