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Apr 2024
1h 4m

Queer as Folk w/ Peter Paige (Emmett) & ...

JESS ROTHSCHILD
About this episode
Jess welcomes TWO of the stars of the groundbreaking Showtime series QUEER AS FOLK --  PETER PAIGE (Emmett Honeycutt) & SCOTT LOWELL (Ted Schmidt)! Topics include: the infamous Larry King interview, how QAF changed the way sex & sexuality was depicted on cable, why THE L WORD was able to break into the mainstream zeitgeist in a way QAF was unable to, the BRIAN KINNEY / GALE HAROLD enigma, BILLY PORTER up for the role of Emmett, Peter Paige nearly cast as Jack on WILL & GRACE and more! 

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