Love, Sidney (1981–1983)A middle-aged gay artist shares his New York apartment with a single mother and her little girl. |
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Sidney Shore
(44 episodes, 1981-1983)
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Laurie Morgan
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Kaleena Kiff | ... |
Patti Morgan
(44 episodes, 1981-1983)
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| Chip Zien | ... |
Jason Stoller
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Alan North | ... |
Judge Mort Harris
(18 episodes, 1981-1982)
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A middle-aged gay artist shares his New York apartment with a single mother and her little girl.
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28 October 1981 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Alla älskar Sidney See more »Filming Locations:
Stage 5, Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA See more »Company Credits
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Music by Billy Goldenberg
Lyrics by Carol Connors
Performed by Tony Randall, Swoosie Kurtz and Kaleena Kiff
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Even though Sidney was openly gay in the television movie that the show was based on, the producers toned down that aspect of his personality when the show premiered due to the fact that they were afraid that they would not get any sponsors for a show featuring an openly gay character. See more »Soundtracks
"Friends Forever"Music by Billy Goldenberg
Lyrics by Carol Connors
Performed by Tony Randall, Swoosie Kurtz and Kaleena Kiff
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This was one of the first attempts at a gay leading character in a prime-time television series. Tony Randal played Sidney, a middle-aged gay man with some sort of relationship with a straight woman. The woman had a small daughter, or something.
The image that has lasted in my mind for years was of Sidney having a party and inviting his mother's friends. You see, he was gay and therefore had no friends of his own. Right.
It was the last days of disco, this guy was gay, and couldn't scare up enough friends for a party? Right.
It was really sad that the series implied that gay people are to be pitied because we have no friends and that a meaningful relationship, platonic as it may be, is only possible with a straight person.
I know a lot of gay people who hated "The Living End", which featured fatalist gay people shooting up stuff with guns. "Too violent," they say. I say that I prefer the "Living End" image over "Love Sidney". Maybe if Sidney would have had a gun and shot up a few gay bashers it would have been more interesting.
And in all seriousness, this stupid TV show left indelible images on a gay 13 year-old's mind that stuck for years, leaving him afraid and ashamed. That 13 year-old was me. Though I'm now out and happy, I think the show's creative team should issue a public apology for this crap.