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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 produced by Robert Smigel as part of the TV Funhouse series of sketches. It follows the adventures of Ace (voiced by Stephen Colbert) and Gary (Steve Carell), two superheroes whose sexual orientation is a matter of dispute. Ace and Gary's initials, A and G, appear on their shirts, and could also stand for "ambiguously gay." Image File history File links Tv_snl_ambiguously_flying. ... Image File history File links Tv_snl_ambiguously_flying. ... This article does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The Dana Carvey Show was a half-hour sketch comedy television show on the U.S. television network ABC during the 1996 season. ... This article is about the American television series. ... Robert Smigel (born February 7, 1960) is an American humorist and performer best known for his Saturday Night Live TV Funhouse cartoon shorts and as the puppeteer behind Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog. ... TV Funhouse is the title of a recurring skit on NBCs Saturday Night Live featuring cartoons created by longtime SNL writer Robert Smigel, as well as a short-lived spinoff series that ran on Comedy Central. ... This article is about Stephen Colbert, the actor. ... Steven John Carell (born August 16, 1963) is a Golden Globe-winning and Emmy-nominated American comedian, actor and writer, who rose to fame as a correspondent on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, from 1999 to 2004. ... For the Aqua Teen Hunger Force episode, see Super Hero (Aqua Teen Hunger Force episode). ... Sexual orientation refers to the direction of an individuals sexuality, normally conceived of as falling into several significant categories based around the sex or gender that the individual finds attractive. ...

The Ambiguously Gay Duo is a parody of the comic book superheroes Batman and Robin, who in their secret identities as a wealthy bachelor and his young ward, have been suggested by some to be a homosexual couple. This charge was most famously leveled by Fredric Wertham in his 1954 book Seduction of the Innocent. In contemporary usage, a parody (or lampoon) is a work that imitates another work in order to ridicule, ironically comment on, or poke some affectionate fun at the work itself, the subject of the work, the author or fictional voice of the parody, or another subject. ... A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ... Batman (originally referred to as the Bat-Man and still referred to at times as the Batman) is a DC Comics fictional superhero who first appeared in Detective Comics #27 in May 1939. ... Robin is a fictional character, a superhero in the DC Comics universe. ... For other uses of this term, please see Secret identity (disambiguation). ... Since its coinage, the word homosexuality has acquired multiple meanings. ... Fredric Wertham Dr. Fredric Wertham (March 20, 1895 – November 29, 1981) was a German-American psychiatrist and crusading author who protested the purportedly harmful effects of mass media—comic books in particular—on the development of children. ... Year 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... First U.S. printing, 1954 First U.K. printing, 1954 Seduction of the Innocent was a book by Dr. Fredric Wertham, published in 1954, that warned that comic books were a bad form of popular literature and a serious cause of juvenile delinquency. ...

Other recurring Saturday Night Live skits playing on this theme are: Pat, an individual of ambiguous gender, the short-lived Lyle the Effeminate Heterosexual, and Mango, a flamboyant, self-obsessed cabaret entertainer. Pat was an androgynous fictional character created and performed by Julia Sweeney for the American sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live. ... Gender in common usage refers to the sexual distinction between male and female. ... The following is a series of short write-ups on recurring sketches that appeared four or fewer times on Saturday Night Live. ... For other meanings of Mango, see Mango (disambiguation) Mango was a character created and developed by SNL writer Scott Wainio, with initial creative contributions by Roy Jenkins, and performed by Chris Kattan on the American sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live. ...

Episode plot

The typical episode usually begins with the villain, usually Bighead, briefing his associates on plans for some dastardly deed. The villain declares he cannot be stopped, not even by the duo Ace and Gary. Upon mention of the superheroes, the villain and his associates begin a debate over the orientation of and relationship between Ace and Gary. The villain is doubtful; the associates are sure; speculation continues. “Bad guy” redirects here. ...

The police commissioner, with the chief of police at his side, calls on the superheroes to save the day. They, too, end up in an involved discussion over whether or not the duo is gay.

Ace and Gary set out to foil the evil plan, but not before calling attention to themselves with outrageous antics and innuendo, and otherwise behaving in ways not usually associated with heterosexual men. Oblivious to their own behaviour, but now aware of the shocked and horrified expressions around them, the scene closes something like:

Ace [patting Gary on the butt] : Good job, Gary!
Villains/Bystanders [gasps, and horrified stares]
Ace: What's everybody looking at?
Villains/Bystanders [in unison]: Nothing!

This gag finds itself in every episode.

Episodes not following this general formula will feature Ace and Gary answering fan mail or offering child safety tips. One such episode follows the adventures of Ace and Gary giving children a ride home in their phallus shaped car, where they give home decorating tips, making suggestive gestures and innuendo while completely unaware of how they are being received.

Characters

• Ace is the leader of the duo. He is mentor to Gary, refers to him as “friend of friends,” and has a wide array of superpowers reminiscent of Superman. Ace is voiced by Stephen Colbert.
• Gary, Ace's sidekick, is the younger of the duo. Gary is less experienced, and has fewer superpowers than Ace. His powers include super strength, breath, stamina, and flexibility. Gary is voiced by Steve Carell.
• The Police Commissioner is the duo's primary contact, and when trouble arises, he makes the call to their hangout. His calls tend to interrupt a workout of some kind, with one or the other of the duo shirtless. The commissioner, voiced by Steve Carell, believes Ace and Gary might not be gay.
• The Chief of Police hangs out with the commissioner, apparently waiting to find evidence in support of his confident belief that Ace and Gary are, in fact, gay. He and the commissioner are endlessly engaged in debate over their positions on this subject.
• Bighead, as the name might suggest, sports a very large, bald head, and is usually the brains behind most of the evil schemes. Second only to his primary vocation of mad scientist is his obsession with outing the superheroes as gay. He is constantly criticized for the amount of energy he invests in this pursuit.
• Dr. Brainio is probably named for the auxiliary brain he has attached to his skull with cables and tubing. He occasionally partners with Bighead, but is quite a bit more undecided about Ace and Gary. Dr. Brainio is voiced by Stephen Colbert.
• Orbitrox is a small, green, free-floating droid who sides with Bighead on the question of Ace and Gary's orientation. Orbitrox has proffered evidence of their having visited gay bars, but emphatically denies visiting himself, snapping, "Back off dickweed, it's research!"
• Kor-Al, an obvious parody of Superman's Jor-El, is the duo's mentor whose spirit resides in the "Fortress of Privacy." He offers his advice from time to time when Ace and Gary seek counsel.

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Episode guide

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Other appearances

• January 12, 2002 (Josh Hartnett/Pink), The Ambiguously Gay Duo makes a surprise appearance in The X-Presidents – the Hunt for Osama.
• April 29, 2006, The Ambiguously Gay duo co-hosted Saturday Night Live: The Best of TV Funhouse. The hosting duties included the opening monologue performed by Ace and Gary, plus new animated/live-action material during the pre-commercial and post-commercial bumpers. It was revealed during these bumper segments that they seem to have an undying obsession with former cast member Jimmy Fallon. The show ended with the duo taking cast members Jason Sudeikis and Andy Samberg to their secret headquarters — both naked — in the penis-car, with announcer Don Pardo begging to be taken with them and a spurned Fallon looking on from his apartment window with tears in his eyes.

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Trivia

• The Will & Grace Season 5 DVDs have a blooper reel that includes Eric McCormack (Will) and Sean Hayes (Jack) deliberately throwing off Megan Mullally's (Karen) entrance by breaking character and posing, hands on hips, looking directly at her entry point. "Let's wait for Karen to come in", says Sean. Megan, also breaking character, laughs and quips "You're like 'The Ambiguously Gay Duo' or something", to which Eric replies "No, not that ambiguous, really. Pretty 'Right On the Money Gay Duo'". (In a subsequent take, Eric and Sean have resumed their normal character acting, but the memory of the stunt causes Megan to laugh through another attempt at her entrance.)

Will & Grace is a popular Emmy Award winning and Golden Globe nominated American television sitcom that was originally broadcast from 1998 to 2006. ... A blooper usually describes a short sequence of a film or video production which contains a mistake made by a member of the cast or crew. ... Eric McCormack (born on April 18, 1963 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is an Emmy Award-winning Canadian actor of Scottish and Cherokee Canadian descent. ... For the Irish politician see Sean Hayes. ... Megan Mullally (born November 12, 1958 in Los Angeles, California, USA) is a three-time SAG and two-time Emmy Award-winning Irish-American actress, talk show host, singer and comedian, best known for her role as Karen Walker on Will & Grace. ...

See also

• Saturday Night Live
• List of SNL TV Funhouse
• TV Funhouse
• Robert Smigel