Glad y'all liked the clip.
hootie, sometimes it can be a bad thing when TV depicts men as crude shallow buffoons, but some shows, like Home Improvment and Four Kings, do it with a lot of heart. On Home Improvement, Tim was a good husband, father, and neighbor, even though he was a real idiot from time to time. On Four Kings, the guys were lifelong friends who really cared about each other were always looking out for each other's best interests. Neither the writing nor the acting were top-notch, but I enjoyed it anyway. (It was sort of like an all-guy version of How I Met Your Mother.)
There was also just enough man-to-man affection and homoerotic innuendo in each episode to make it fun for gay viewers. The character of Bobby, who is the one admiring his friend's endowment in the above clip, seems to have the greatest potential for being less than 100% straight. In one episode he's referred to as the "drunk cuddler" because he likes to crawl into bed with the other guys when he's drunk. "What," he says, "I get cold and affectionate when I drink." In another episode the guys go to a club with the goal of getting a one night stand. "Just to be clear," Jason says, "not the
same one night stand." Bobby replies, "Unless that's the way it goes down." So Bobby is open to the idea of "tag teaming" a girl with his buddies. I like guys who are open-minded like that.
One last thing I'll say about the show is that I really taken with Shane McRae, the actor who plays Bobby. If you look at still photos of him, he's actually kind of funny-looking, but on screen he looks great. There's just something about the way he carries himself, the way he interacts with other people, and the positive vibe he puts out. He's got a great energy and I find him really appealing. I believe he's mostly a stage actor now. He was in a play called
Take Me Out which looks really interesting.
"The play is set in the locker room of a professional baseball team, and as such has an all-male cast and explores themes of homophobia, racism, class and masculinity in sport." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Take_Me_Out_(play)
