Jason Alexander Thinks Cricket Is 'Gay:' VIDEO
Jason Alexander appeared on Craig Ferguson's CBS show last Friday and during a discussion about various athletic games, the actor described cricket as a "gay sport." Why? Well, the players wear white, don helmets "for no discernible reason" and apparently he finds the cricket pitch too effeminate.
"You know how I know it's really kind of a gay game? It's the pitch. It looks like nothing — if you slow it slow motion, it's kind of a —" Alexander says before offering an exaggerated rendition. "It's the weirdest… It's not like a manly baseball pitch; it's a queer British gay pitch."
As for Ferguson, the host described cricket as a cross between popular period drama Downton Abbey and baseball.
The video should be cued up to the start of that specific conversation, but if it doesn't work for you, fast-forward to the 8:46 mark, AFTER THE JUMP...
seriously, not a single 'fem-hating' manly-man on here can show himself?
grow. some. balls.
Posted by: LittleKiwi | May 31, 2012 4:10:36 PM
As someone who watches Craig Ferguson's show regularly I am a little surprised he didn't say something, that isn't like him.
I am pretty forgiving when it comes to homophobic/racists jokes, as long as the jokes are funny and not malicious. There was nothing funny about Jason Alexander's "queer british sport" bit. He doesn't like cricket because the men who play it are too effeminate? That is as homophobic as it is sexist. If I am going to be the punch line of your joke, at least make it funny.
Posted by: Thomas | May 31, 2012 4:29:07 PM
I couldn't remember who he was. And then when I looked up his Twitter account, I was like "oh yeah, the fat, ugly, little bald guy from Seinfeld." What a creepy, pint-sized bigot. Of course it's homophobic and unfunny. He needs to meet with GLAAD. Soon. It's got nothing to do with not having a sense of humor. It's objecting to negative, homophobic stereotypes, plain and simple.
Posted by: Kip | May 31, 2012 4:46:06 PM
KIP, good luck finding a comedian who doesn't use stereotypes and generalizations in their work.
Posted by: Thomas | May 31, 2012 5:18:30 PM
"But they are specific characters and should not be used to represent all gay or latino people"
Well sure, but I'm sure you know that's not the way it works. When there's so few portrayals of gay men or any other minority on network television, the ones that are there take on more weight. Network is still the bottom line, re-runs of "The Big Bang Theory" on Saturday night draws more viewers than any cable show could hope to.
"That's the main motivation of what drove vicious people like Hoover, Cohn & Craig"
Larry Craig is just an idiot, he doesn't deserve to be put in the same league as human slime like Hoover & Cohn. Their motivation was power (and the wealth that comes with it), not your Dr. Phil-esque psychoanalysis. A lisping, flaming Quentin Crisp type, that person wasn't getting anywhere near power. If you were discreet and closeted to the public, maybe, but to be sure, throwing other gays under the bus throws people off the scent, so it's a win-win for them.
"oh, that's right. because you live vicariously through an anonymous profile. that's not manly. that's what wimps do"
Shorter Bully Kiwi: SCHREECH SCREECH SHOW YOUR URL! SHOW YOUR URL! SCREECH SCREECH!!!!
You're as dense as a neutron star. I think my favorite comment I've ever read on this site was when you were bullying someone to SHOW YOUR URL! and they wrote back "I'm not going to post the URL to my blog here, I don't want YOU anywhere near it". That man deserved a Pulitzer.
I got cyberstalked about 5 years ago and it was a nightmare. I'll be damned if I'm going to give an open invitation for that to happen again just so some maroon from Toronto will quit screeching like a deranged hyena about URL's.
Posted by: Henry Holland | May 31, 2012 5:59:56 PM
Who cares about some fat guy from a 90's sitcom who hasn't been relevant in the last 14 years?
Posted by: Hasbeen | May 31, 2012 6:19:55 PM
I find this baffling. Jason Alexander has a musical theater background, and has been executive director of the "Reprise" music theater revival series in Los Angeles. He worked with Sondheim (who happens to not be effeminate) and must know, and respect, many other gay people. I am shocked that he would not know better.
There is something disturbingly retro about this...about using "gay" as an insult. I grew with that sh*t, and have no tolerance for anyone, of any age, doing it now.
Also, by the way, literal limp wrists are very important in basketball -- a sport certainly associated with masculinity -- including both shooting and dribbling.
Posted by: John V | May 31, 2012 6:32:29 PM
"Rick sure loves himself some confirmation bias"
Let's take a look at the gay characters of just the shows I've watched that you listed [note: I've not watched every episode of every show, so if I missed someone let me know]:
THE WIRE: Omar: A gangasta who deals drugs, causes all sorts of mayhem, dies with a bullet in his head from a kid = gay role model!
SHAMELESS (UK): Ian: closet case early on, has sex with a closeted Asian shop owner whose wife threatens to cut his balls off when they're caught, major relationship is with a woman named Maxine = gay role model! [haven't watched the US version]
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: Felix Gaeta? Sends a lover to the brig, is a total failure as a leader, ends up shot by a firing squad
DR WHO/TORCHWOOD: Dr. Jack is omnisexual and his lover Ianto dies, of course, because, gay, duh. I will give you Midshipman Frame, played by the smoking hot Russell Tovey, but that scene with Capt. Jack lasts what? a minute? In all the time and space The Doctor has traveled to, same-sex attraction doesn't seem to be something he encounters all that often.
WEEDS: Sanjay? The closet case who deals pot and ends up with a woman?
THE SOPRANOS: Vito: Married closet case mob hitman, comes out, ends up beaten to death with a pool cue shoved up his butt.
"masculine homos in every one"
Hey, they're butch, let's overlook that a majority of them are reprehensible characters!
Posted by: Henry Holland | May 31, 2012 6:46:08 PM
Eh he's been very supportive to gay people. I still get caught up saying that sometimes, even though I technically disagree.
Posted by: MKisNE | May 31, 2012 8:58:46 PM
First, yes, it's offensive to use "gay" as a derogatory term to describe something as "uncool," "un-masculine," etc.
Second, cricket is one of the few sports I can truly appreciate. I live amidst a large population of Indian immigrants and every weekend, and sometimes weeknights, they'll have cricket matches in the park across the street. It's a glorious game to watch, and can be pretty intense. Certainly much more interesting than baseball or American football.
Posted by: Joseph | May 31, 2012 10:16:46 PM
Dear @LittleKiwi where did you get your psychologist license? We on this board are sick of your constant hogging, bullying and personal attacks on others who may not share your opinion. As for anonymity, as least we don't post just to draw traffice to our pathetic personal sites (which should be banned).
Posted by: matt | May 31, 2012 11:24:12 PM
I can understand peop0le being offended by this , chiefly because it isn't very funny. But I do think the only thing Alexander is guilty of is cloistered liberal myopia. I think people that live in tolerant enclaves do make these kind of jokes without really thinking about the ramifications once they leave the more cosmopolitan realms of NYC. I look forward to the day when we can incorporate stereotypes and all laugh at each other.
Posted by: Matt Lindsay | Jun 1, 2012 6:27:41 AM
Well we all know who will be the featured celebrity in the next condescending "It gets better" video, don't we?
Posted by: Kieran | Jun 1, 2012 9:07:28 AM
"Certainly much more interesting than baseball"
Woah, I like cricket and wish that Tests and one-day internationals were available on cable TV here, but let's not get carried away. :-)
Mmmmm....Ricky Ponting of Australia....mmmm....
"Well we all know who will be the featured celebrity in the next condescending "It gets better" video, don't we?"
Or worse, the non-apology apology ("I'm sorry if I offended anyone") press release.
Posted by: Henry Holland | Jun 1, 2012 12:08:09 PM
What is that thing on his head!!!??!!
Posted by: Gary | Jun 1, 2012 2:13:49 PM
it has nothing to do with "not sharing my opinion" and everything to do with the empirically-proven reality that those with a "different opinion" don't have the balls to put a face to their opinions or claims.
by all means, prove me wrong. won't happen.
there are some things that are only ever said by self-hating insecure wimps who don't have the balls to live openly and affect real change.
you embody it.
the gays that complain online about "we're not being represented" never are able to show how they're representing themselves. because they're not.
and that is your prison. :D
Posted by: LittleKiwi | Jun 1, 2012 2:25:14 PM
The comments here disgust me. What Jason said was ignorant. But the ignorance and hate in these comments do nothing but promote further ignorance and hate.
Posted by: disgusted | Jun 4, 2012 8:23:41 PM