The Ambiguously Gay Duo
| The Ambiguously Gay Duo | |
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The Ambiguously Gay Duo title card
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| Genre | Animation |
| Created by |
Robert Smigel J. J. Sedelmaier |
| Voices of |
Stephen Colbert Steve Carell Robert Smigel |
| Narrated by | Bill Chott |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of episodes | 12 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Robert Smigel J.J. Sedelmaier Tanya Ryno Samantha Scharff |
| Running time | ~3 minutes |
| Production company(s) | J.J. Sedelmaier Productions, Inc. |
| Release | |
| Original network |
ABC (1996) NBC (1996 – present) |
| First shown in | September 28, 1996 |
ABC (1996)
The Ambiguously Gay Duo is an American animated comedy sketch that debuted on The Dana Carvey Show before moving to its permanent home on Saturday Night Live. It is created and produced by Robert Smigel and J. J. Sedelmaier as part of the Saturday TV Funhouse series of sketches. It follows the adventures of Ace and Gary, voiced by Stephen Colbert and Steve Carell, respectively, two superheroes whose sexual orientation is a matter of dispute, and a cavalcade of characters preoccupied with the question.
The Ambiguously Gay Duo is a parody of the stereotypical comic book superhero duo. The characters are clad in matching pastel turquoise tights, dark blue domino masks, and bright yellow coordinated gauntlets, boots and shorts. The shorts were intended to satirize suggestions that early Batman comics implied a homosexual relationship between the eponymous title character and his field partner and protégé Robin, a charge most infamously leveled by Fredric Wertham in his 1954 book, Seduction of the Innocent, the research methodology for which was later discredited.
The typical episode usually begins with the duo's arch-nemesis Bighead, a criminal mastermind with an abnormally large cranium. Bighead is usually briefing his henchmen on a plot for some grandiose plan for world domination, interrupted by a debate as to whether or not Ace and Gary (The Ambiguously Gay Duo) are gay. Once the crime is in process, the police commissioner calls on the superheroes to save the day, often engaging in similar debates with the chief of police.
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