Ok, everybody's over the whole is-he-or-isn't-he Anderson Cooper question. I mean, who cares. The urban bachelor thing is not a mystery, so can we please leave the man alone vis a vis his romantic life?
Apparently not. ABC is launching a hideously-unfunny-sounding sitcom about an umpleasant shrink starring Ted Danson, and here's the first bit of publicity the producers want to inflict on the public:
A gay joke at the expense of CNN anchor Anderson Cooper likely will be cut from the premiere episode of ABC's new Help Me Help You comedy series, starring Ted Danson as a brusque psychotherapist.
One of Mr. Danson's patients, named Jonathan (Jim Rash), is described in ABC press materials as a "self-avowed metro-sexual who is in serious denial that he might possibly be gay." In a "not for review" preview tape sent to critics, the character mockingly says, "I'm gay. I'm super gay. And I guess that makes Anderson Cooper gay, too."
Executive producer Jennifer Konner told TV critics Tuesday that the joke might well hit the cutting room floor, principally because "Jim's portion is much longer than the clip rhythm of that segment."
"Jim is very funny. We're trying to shorten it," added Mr. Danson.
Said Mr. Rash: "They just kept saying, 'Just keep improv-ing names that could be gay."
In a separate interview, Ms. Konner said, "That's what the joke is based on, that people think he [Mr. Cooper] is gay. We love that joke and would have no problem airing it. And no one [at ABC] ever asked us not to."
See what the creepy jerks at ABC are doing? They want to make the cheap and mean gay joke, but they don't want the hit that would come with actually airing it, so they tell a bunch of press critics about it and get credit for being all edgy and irreverent without alienating viewers. Verrrrrry classy.
But oh, here's the answer to the riddle in the title. You get another failed sitcom on ABC.
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