Cultural perceptions change over time.
“Like, ‘Oh, and you are…?
And this is regarding…?’
David Spade as Dick Clark’s Receptionist on ‘Saturday Night Live.'.NBC
And then people would be like, who’s that gay character you play?'”
Spade continues, “I’m like, ‘I don’t think it’s gay.’
“Tell him it’s Hammer!”
David Spade and Chris Farley on ‘Saturday Night Live’.Alan Singer/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty
“And he would know you because…?”
Spade’s character responds.
“It’s just languorous, not any sexual orientation,” Carvey said.
Spade sometimes leaned into this aspect of his persona.
Listen to the full episode ofFly on the Wallabove.
