As my girlfriend and I watched this episode, we became increasingly nonplussed by the fact that every sketch did seem to revolve around homoerotic themes. It was very odd. But then, with the final bit - the one described up above with the two parking loot attendants/mechanics in love - we came to the conclusion that the whole episode was meant as some sort of backwards commentary on Prop 8, 2 etc. That somehow the SNL cast thought it would be funny to rub gayness in the faces of the country that voted for fear of it. I don't know that the homosexual behavior was the punchline, so much as the idea that the homosexual behavior was the punchline was the punchline.

Maybe that's overthought, and even if it's right, I'm not sure it was a successful conceit or successfully executed. If there was no overarching concept, then, yeah, it was a pretty pathetic episode.

I will say, though, that I did enjoy the (admittedly homo-themed) Digital Short, and the jumper "Don't!" sketch. Plus, man, Beyonce's (unabashedly hetero) "Single Girls" might be the catchiest song of all time.

For someone who's listened to the song like 16000 times, it's weird that I wrote "Single Girls" instead of "Single Ladies." Whoops. You know what I meant.

Isn't SNL pretty much written by and for 14 year olds who think saying something is "so gay" is funny anyway?

Hey, TV comedy has been making fun of straight men for decades. What made gay men immune all of a sudden? At least they're not being portrayed as stupid, neanderthal dufuses.

The Advocate also said:
"Well, I think for the most part the gay community liked the show."
Sooo if you're gonna go ahead and speculate upon the feelings of your whole community, maybe you should get on the same side?

And I think the rudest thing was Seth saying "OK. Votes over" which went unaddressed in that interview. curious.

I still like SNL but deffffinitely think "gay jokes" are lame and outdated and pretty inappropriate. I suppose we shouldn't depend on SNL to be that forward thinking? Where the gay castmates at?!

just sayin.

Gays have long had a sense of humor about themselves, which is typically the key to good relations with the public at large. Most straight people can maintain some equilibrium when they are butt of some jokes. As a regular watcher of SNL, you can have anywhere from 0 to a few jokes involving or directed at gays. Overall, as the last election showed, they are equal opportunity jokers, and it's overall, not just one show, that needs to be taken into account.

Schmidt's Gay was one of the best fake commercials ever on SNL.