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Was Joe gay?

posted 18 years ago by MellyWelly721
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So for some reason I ended up on the "Wishbone" page on Wikipedia (you know, sometimes your just checking random things on wiki and it keeps leading you to other pages...) and it said "The show received criticism from many in the Christian community after Joe Talbot came out as a homosexual in a controversial episode.". Is that true? I remember watching this show as a kid and there was no mention of him being a homosexual. Hmm i guess it might be some pranksters writing random things but thats kind of odd they would do it on the wishbone page.

[–] PipTehPirate 18 years ago

Wha.

I think that might be someone fooling around with the page. D: I couldn't see PBS allowing a controversial episode like that. :||

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[–] ContinentalOp 12 years ago

''I couldn't see PBS allowing a controversial episode like that.''

Which is very sad. The fact that people find homosexuality ''adult'' whereas heterosexuality suitable for children is quite weird and actually rather sad. Homosexuality is as much about sex as heterosexuality is. Homosexuality is as much about love as heterosexuality is.

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[–] joshwinkler87 12 years ago

Joe was just a kid, he probably wouldn't even know at that age if he was gay or not.

[–] nelstar (359) 6 years ago

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[–] sashagb 18 years ago

This is one of the funniest things
I've heard all year!!!! Those pranksters
are my heroes!

[–] Indie_Mod 18 years ago

I guess Joe Talbott had a Wishboner for David.

[–] aanimal1381 17 years ago

OMG Indie Mod don't you have something nicer to say.

[–] Indie_Mod 17 years ago

aanimal.

Oh, c'mon. 'Tis a joke.
I am a fan of the show. I think it is a shame that it's not on anymore.

No other show that teachers kids classic literature comes to mind.

[–] benash20 17 years ago

No no no, you know he had a thing for Damont. Sort of that love/hate hotness. He always did seem a little gay to me. Could be the character, actor, or my own wishful thinking. Oh well, I guess we won't find out until the next season where Joe's in college with a new dog who goes over college-level material. "Femur: The College Years"

[–] strohmsj 17 years ago

>I guess Joe Talbott had a Wishboner for David.

That's the funniest thing I've read all week.

[–] shizaru 17 years ago

It was a hoax. Someone put in there once some other false info. I edited that myself. Looks like the pranksters are still out there.

[–] Ensiho 17 years ago

The thing about Wikipedia is that anyone can upload it, the actor might have been gay (x.x I dunno, I'm saying he might've. It's been a while since I've seen anything Wishbone), but I can't see PBS letting an episode like that in there.

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[–] donjohnson2 17 years ago

Use common sense, will you? Do you REALLY think a PBS childrens' show would have an episode relating to ANYTHING gay?? Geez.....

[–] jpennell-4 17 years ago

>I guess Joe Talbott had a Wishboner for David.

That was priceless. But no PBS would never allow that on a kids show. Heck they probaly wouldn't allow it on a adults show either.

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[–] TheDauphine 17 years ago

It is dumb ones who ruin Wikipedia for the ones who are realy tring to learn something. What's good is that there are smart people who fix it.

PBS would never show a homosexual programme for such small kids, even though it could be for only educational issues. Did ya'll hear that the Utah PBS station (maybe in the rest in the US?) canceled that one Postcards From Buster episode that was about a Lesbian couple? I heard about it on the news a few months back.

Well at least we know it's not true.

[–] fairyqueen 17 years ago

I think it might have made a pretty good episode.

[–] legolas_rox1 16 years ago

"I think it might have made a pretty good episode. "
Nah to contervirsal.

I highly doubt Joe was gay. I always thought that he and Sam would get together.

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[–] 16 years ago

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[–] Zachariah617 12 years ago

The only way that i'd do this, is IF you post some of it to youtube, like a trailer...other than that, i'll live in doubt...

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[–] Housefan2 9 years ago

In the episode where they covered the Courtship of Miles Standish, Joe has a crush on a girl who ultimately falls for David. So, no.

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