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The Ambiguously Gay Duo (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.
Writing:
- Robert Smigel
- J.J. Sedelmaier
Release Date:
Sat, Sep 28, 1996
Country: US
Language: En
Runtime: 3
Country: US
Language: En
Runtime: 3
Stephen Colbert
Ace/Dr. Brainio (voice)
Steve Carell
Gary/Police Commissioner (voice)
Tracy Morgan
Mr. T. (archive sound)
Bill Hader
Self
Bill Chott
Announcer/Chief of Police (voice)
Robert Smigel
Bighead/Beetles of Zolaro/Lizardo/Half-Scary (voice)
Ana Gasteyer
Queen Serena (voice)
Bill Hader
Flame Eye/Flatside (voice)
Season 1:
Ace and Gary foil Bighead's plan to take over Metroville.
Santa Claus has been kidnapped by aliens, and the Duo must save him.
Ace and Gary demonstrate bicycle and home safety tips for local kids.
The Duo battles Dr. Brainio and Bighead's ice monster creation.
Ace and Gary question their origins as superheroes and why everybody regards them strangely at the Fortress of Privacy.
Ace and Gary are oblivious to the suggestiveness in letters from their fans, who are mostly criminal convicts.
Even before they were the Ambiguously Gay Duo, teenagers Ace and Gary fought evil. This episode shows that Bighead was in their class, and he is determined to win his classmates' respect and "out" the duo. When he reanimates and enlarges a giant frog, the AmbiguoBoys must stop him.
Ace and Gary battle Bighead's evil schemes at the NBA Finals.
Bighead is at it again, and redecorates his lair in another attempt to out Gary and Ace. The Duo is assisted by former GE chairman, and superhero, Jack Welch.
Bighead enlists a Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport undercover policeman at a BBQ he orchestrates to out Ace and Gary, with surprising results.
Bighead and his henchmen blast Ace and Gary with a flesh ray, transforming them from animated characters to live-action ones, in which they are portrayed by Jon Hamm and Jimmy Fallon, respectively. The gun malfunctions and "unanimates" everyone, with Ed Helms playing Half-Scary, a Two-Face-like henchman, Fred Armisen as Lizardo, Stephen Colbert as Dr. Brainio, and Steve Carell as Bighead.
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