TV's Gay Friend Obsession

Bryan, I wouldn't want to be your friend because you're gay. I would want to be your friend cause you're fuckin' awesome and hilarious.

I like how you shake your head no at the end. :]

Funny and to the point love it.

I suggest that we auction off Bryan to be a GBF for the day!

Id place a bid!

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very funny. gay = happy....well then I'm GAY every day!

LOVE the new segment!

Errr...parts of it are funny, parts of it are a little disturbing.

Everything is hilarious and great except for the part where he talks about switching teams to get laid by girls going through heartbreak after he was trusted into the inner circle as a harmless 'gay' man. Not cool. Very predatory and opportunistic.

I have gay friends and I let my girlfriends be close friends with 'gay' guys in the past...but if that's the way they think? Errr...that is totally WTF? Now I'm going to have issues trusting people in the future just because of how this one man explained how he thinks on behalf of all gay men? Gee, thanks TV.

Trust is everything, so say what you are, do what you say and say what you do...don't call yourself gay then totally destroy all the trust that was placed in you by being a wold in queer sheep's clothing. That is weak.

To which I would like to add...since when is Hollywood/what gets put in TV a role model for anything? I thought infoMania was here to mock the insanity?

As far as the part where he's asking the girl about what type of sex she likes or has and the girl gets so offended and picks up the phone to try and escape the nature of the conversation...

EXACTLY.

That's exactly how I feel when someone tells me they are gay needlessly or makes a point of themselves being gay. I could care less. I don't want to know about your sexuality. I don't see people like that. So why do some make such a point of it? Thanks, but I've just fine going through the day without someone reminding me that they like to stick their wiener in another male's arse. WTF?

And, I hate the way this labels all gay people as the same based on their sexuality. WTF? That is one small component of a myriad of characteristics that make up people. Strangely enough, when I interact with people...unless it's one of the rare beautiful girls I'm dating...sex doesn't remotely cross my mind when interacting with them.

So yes, that did an excellent job of demonstrating how offensive it is when people bring up their sex lives or sexuality inappropriately.

That said, there are lots of cool gay guys in the world who just do their own little gay thing without trying to hook-up with your g/f when she's vulnerable or hit on guys that aren't gay. I only wish all gay men were that way.

Other than that, yes, this is quite hilarious.

The people have spoken, there needs to be more of this

My friend posted this on my fb wall saying it reminded her of me cuz I always say I want all my friends to be gay men, lol! It makes me sad to say I have no gbf :( And on Degrassi, Marco did not switch teams...and sexuality is starting to become less defined so people don't even have to pick and stick to a team.

I love it.

The "New" GBF reminds me of a terrific essay by Kyle Stevens -- "What a Difference a Gay Makes" -- that considers the role of gay characters in 1990s romantic comedies. In those films, gay characters help their heterosexual pals achieve relationship satisfaction and arrive at the altar (and hence legitimation, therefore stabilizing the social role of heterosexual marriage in general) despite exclusion from such satisfaction and legitimation themselves. Wit and wisdom apparently compensate for such exclusions.

The essay is in the 2009 collection _Falling in Love Again: Romantic Comedy in Contemporary Cinema (Abbott and Jermyn eds).

Love the new installment! Looking forward to more. Thnx Current TV

Sheesh. Don't comment immediately and there's an avalanche of response. I love being the 105th respondee. At least in this case...great new thing! Expect a cable rip-off soon.

lol, that is funny. i had a gay neighbor that always talked about how gross women's... um body parts are. i was thinking really? you guys go in the backdoor! i don't have my own gay, how sad. :)

This is so great - thanks for not falling into the "eunuch" trap (as mentioned before) by keeping the language honest, fresh and forward!

Jack Bauer totally needs some cock, bro.

infoMania was sorely lacking a queer voice, so I'm happy this is on. One question though, why resort to transphobia in the opening credits as the punchline? Or is it ridiculous because no self-respecting tranny would have that much stubble?

Otherwise, I join the chorus of keeping this a regular feature!

funny!

lol. looking forward to more.

What on earth is this millionaire matchmaker trash? Holy god.

Thanks for confirming my beliefs that 1) I'm NOT the only person who's infuriated by the effete gay male minstrel-type character and 2) using "gay" as a noun means you are the douchiest of douches.

Now I wait to see whether you or Haskins gets to tackle the topic of lesbians sexying it up for the benefit of male audiences, because I'm pretty sure that trope's at least as prominent as the GBF. Rock on!

Fellas, we hit the jackpot!! It's funny cos it's true!

Please keep this feature. It made me laugh (and think) just as much as the other infoMania features!

I don't think I have ever derived such pleasure from watching an Infomania segment as much as this!

I love Viral Video Film School, but this is just way too great. Please, please, please, make more! I am already a huge fan!

I'm hoping to see more of Bryan and "That's Gay."

thank god! Bryan you are too funny! And finally waking people up to the rampant gaysploytation in media today!! THANK YOU!!! it's disgusting, i've ACTUALLY had girls come up to me and ask me to be their GBF. Sorry ladies, that automatically disqualifies you.

Keep it up!

Thank you so much for this! It was very funny and entertaining, while still eye opening and educational (yes, educational lol). I've been saying for years that this kind of exposure is exactly what we DON'T need. The whole "switching teams is a part of being gay" idea disgusts me, and has ever since the first instance I saw of it on tv and in movies. Why is it that in order to have a gay character on tv, they have to kiss, fuck, suck, lick, "fall in love with" women. Really?? aren't gay men writing shit like "desperate housewives" or "ugly betty"? We can thank them for some gay kids staying in the closet, commiting sucide, and dare I say, prop 8??

This is fun and cute and informative...probably will be a tad offensive to people I would like to send the link to so as to influence in a positive way though...only because of some of the language. No worries...who cares? I am looking forward to more!!!!

OMG! Please! More more more! I agree with everyone else that this should be a weekly segment like Sarah's Target Women (I love her show too!).

finally, someone pointing out just how patronizing and unrealistic these depictions of gay people are.

finally.

someone else who realizes the truth of gays portrayed in media! to bryan and the people who made this happen, i can't thank you enough.

So true. I hope the opening segment means this will become a weekly thing. Now I need to go get myself a GBF...

Loves it! More That's Gay! More Bryan!

Another call for this to become a regular segment ... we gays get together to watch all the time, so we, of course, loved this segment. Very punchy!

This is hilarious and brilliant. And Bryan is so damn cute! I look forward to more installments.

low sampling rates=stereotypes.still,slightly amuzing

That's gay rocks!

i love it, but i was actually expecting Sarah Haskins to do this first.

LOVE IT!!! sooo perfect.

Love this segment! Oh so funny and oh so true.

I think (like 'Target Women') this could be a popular segment on infoMania. More of this please...

Yeah, This gay best friend fashion accessory/handbag thing is even more offensive and patronising in my opinion than someone who is being honestly heterosexist.

SO GAY & SO HOT!!!

hey hey!

Bryan and Natalie, you rock! that was hilarious

oh dude. it HAD to be said- glad Current's the one to say it.

I clearly need to lighten up, because all those stereotypes really piss me off and I am heterolicious.

Just wanted to join the comment-chorus to demand this become a regular infomania feature.

I've always called the GBF character "The Gay Male Eunuch," since the gays in question are denied any actual sexuality, despite sometimes being cartoonishly hypersexual.

Also, what must be one of the first instances of this phenomenon occurs in Hemmingway's The Sun Also Rises, where the heroine Brett Ashley makes her first entrance in the novel surrounded by preening, effeminate queens (to whom the butch narrator Jake reacts with nausea and barely-restrained violence). Brett then comments, "And when one's with the crowd I'm with, one can drink in such safety, too." Meaning, I guess, that the fags aren't going to date-rape her. Plus ça change...

Never have I seen such witty sarcasm cut with such devilish charm! Hilarious, Bryan!

hahaha. this is hilarious. that millionaire matchmaker is a total slut-moose. keep these coming!

This guy is unbelievably hilarious. I want to put him in my pocket and carry him around Chelsea with me! AWESOME.

This was absolutely refreshing. I never stopped to think about how much this is so true. There are so many shows now that have someone with a Gay best friend.
I love it. The more this is brought out and shared with the world, the more people get to understand gay people, and accept them more openly. I appreciated the fresh funny look at the Gay issue in our society. Bryan did a superb job describing this. You go Bryan. Keep up the good work!

This is great!

wow, really funny! Nice work Bryan! I want to see weekly segments, NOW!

hilarious when bryan asks the straight girl where she likes get f'd. more please.

Good new segment on Infomania. Looking forward to more Gaytakes!!!!

OMG!!!! I'm sitting at my desk at work (clearly working hard) and totally busted up laughing... ooops! I must admit, as a single straight girl, I have been looking for my GBF... THEN all my problems would be solved

Hilarious. Good work!

i never really thought about how abusive this friending practice is. but now that i have, i'm gonna go find me a tv lesbian buddy with black rimmed glasses, wiseacre irony, and better comic book taste than me. look out lady-gays!

thanks current, this guy is awesome!

Thank you for this. So true. And hilarious. More "That's Gay" please.

This is great!

Do I find this funny and entertaining? Yes. That being said... I feel like I was duped. I've been working with this dude for three months now and we've been talking about straight guy stuff (fights, boobs) and then he throws this on me. I even peed with the guy! I will keep watching, but in the future, I wish people could be more honest about who they are.

bryan safi is dreamy!

I'm a straight guy, but this was so funny that I would switch teams for Bryan Safi. Thanks, magical gay negro.

yo i'm a straight guy and i found this hilarious, this needs to be on more!!!

Can I see Bryan segments everyday? Please, please, please.

you're sooooooooo gay. which is why i'm awesomely excited to see you on current!!

but if you don't want tiffany amber thiessen, i will totally take that one for the team.

Good job, Bryan and Nat. This turned out great.

LOVE this. more please.

Totally hilarious - and freaking true! And Safi looks snuggly enough to make Jack Bauer switch teams!

hahaha - YAY!!! it's so awesome someone is finally writing about this!

LOVE LOVE LOVE!
It's so true and I hate when Patti Stanger says VIVA LA GAY over and over again.

"YES!!!! tiffany amber thiessen does NOT want to fuck me!!!!"

hahahaha, funny shit. i never realized how bad these tv shows actually are. when you put them all together they sound so ridiculous.

more that's gay...NOW.

um. amazing. finally something GAY on current. love love love.

That's hilarious AND gay! More "That's Gay" please!! :)

I have a half boner after watching this.