R.I.P., C.N.R.

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  Charles Nelson Reilly

I didn't know he was queer when I was a kid. I didn't know Paul Lynde was queer. I didn't know funny men doing that flamboyant thing were reflecting anything about sexuality.

When my buddy's brother reported having witnessed Neil Sedaka at a party asking Mick Jagger whether he could kiss his fingers, I dismissed the story as so improbable as to be certainly a lie.

I would have bet money I'd never seen a lesbian on TV.

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Fannie Flagg!

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Fannie Flagg made a number of appearances on Match Game. I think she was probably my first TV lesbian siting although I didn't know it at the time. I remember thinking CNR and PL were different than other men, but I had no idea why.

A few years back we use to watch Match Game reruns on the Game Show Network a lot. Wow, the different things you notice as an adult that you don't catch as a kid. Especially that they were all a bunch of drunks. Pretty fun stuff.

Never really thought about Neil Sedaka, though yeah, it makes sense. My question is who in the hell would want to kiss Mick Jagger's fingers? Yuck.