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Does ANYONE Remember The TV Show "Brothers?"

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Does anyone here remember this show from the mid-80s? It aired first on Showtime I believe and then went into syndication. It was one of the few gay themed comedies that I can remember. If not for "Soap," it may have been completely unique at the time.

I don't remember the complete details but it involved 3 brothers running a bar of some sort. One of the brothers was gay. He was a straight acting gay man. One brother was understanding about it. The other one accepted it but begrudgingly. As a sitcom, it had its reuqired scene stealing co-star in flamboyant Donald played by Philip Charles MacKenzie. He was the really gay guy on the show and had a love/hate friendship with the oldest, slightly homophobic brother. There was also a niece on the show who played Blanche's "fast" neice on an early episode of "The Golden Girls."

I THINK "Brothers" was taped in front of a studio audience. If not, there was a laugh track because I remember hearing laughter for some reason. "Brothers" wasn't a really funny show but I did enjoy watching it. I haven't seen it in YEARS and no one ever mentions it when they talk about gays on TV but I thought it was a cute gay themed show that straight guys could actually watch too.
 
I do remember it, but didn't watch it that much, and still don't watch much T.V. It was a very funny show.

I liked it because it was about brothers, and family. Although I think "Will and Grace" has its moments, it really is not a show I enjoy all that much.

I would love to see "Brothers" in re-runs. Maybe we can petition HBO to show it again.
 
I remember the show. It actually talked about AIDS openly and frankly at one point. This was a time when it was still pretty much Gay Cancer and killing all of the right people. I'm not sure what happened to it, but I think it did loose its audience after the AIDS pandemic came into the national consciousness. It was funny and showed gay men as real people who lead real lives. One of the the middle brother was an ex-football player, and one of his NFL friends though he (Joe? maybe) was gay because he'd met Donald--the flamboyant one. Anyway, it led to the NFL player coming out of the closet.

It's been a long time since I've thought about that show, and I'm showing my age--40.
 
I suppose this is one of the "benefits" of being old(er) - you get to remind the young 'uns about how things "used to be" - and I remember this show well because it was one of the first TV shows to deal directly with a gay character - in this case one of three brothers.

Plot summary: Joe Waters is an ex-place kicker for the Philadelphia Eagles. Now retired, he's opened up a restaurant. Lou is his older brother, a gruff construction worker. Both Joe and Lou receive the shock of their lives when their kid brother Cliff reveals that he's gay. Humorous situations follow as Joe and Lou alternately try to accept Cliff's homosexuality or cure him of it.

http://imdb.com/title/tt0086677/
 
maybe LOGO will show it! That seems just up it's alley.
 
I did see some of the episodes and remember it as being quite funny. But sometimes the passage of time makes shows less funny, depending on the attitudes toward gay people that are expressed. How gay people see themselves and what stereotypes TV can get away with have changed a lot in the last 20-25 years.
 
I remember it !

Phillip Charles Mackenzie went on to direct many episodes of
'Roseanne' and a few other shows as well.

I remember watching it as a kid, and at the time, even hearing the word
'Aids' brought up was somewhat shocking...

It seems to me one of the 'brothers' was awfully cute, but my memory is
a bit fuzzy.....

Joshy
 
I've been thinking about that show this morning, and a couple of
memories came back.

1) The bar the 'gay guy' :rolleyes: hung out at was called 'The Velvet Spike' !
(kinda funny, actually....:=D: )

and 2) This snippet of dialouge:
"I hate to see one of the great ones hang it up."
"Yeah, I felt the same way when Elton John got married !"

Heh...you see kids, back in the 80's Elton actually got married to a woman
and.....Aww Hell, just ask your parents.

Joshy
 
I remember the programme and watched it regularly. The reason it didn't last very long, I think, is the fact that it wasn't full of inuendo, phoney characters, and improbable situations. It dealt with real life and real, believable people.

The one episode I remember best is the one in which Donald was invited for Thanksgiving dinner, I believe. He declined and was so secretive about it that the brothers crashed his party to find out what was going on. It turned out that Donald had invited a group of homeless people for dinner at his own home.

It was very touching and revealed so much about all the characters.

Shows like this aren't written anymore, which is why I've stopped watching Network TV. Until they come up with thought-provoking, sensitive, meaningful programmes again, I'd rather watch HGTV.
 
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