The Ambiguously Gay Duo

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The Ambiguously Gay Duo is an American animated comedy sketch that debuted on The Dana Carvey Show before moving to its permanent home on Saturday Night Live. It is created and produced by Robert Smigel and J. J. Sedelmaier as part of the Saturday TV Funhouse series of sketches. It follows the adventures of Ace and Gary, voiced by Stephen Colbert and Steve Carell, respectively, two superheroes whose sexual orientation is a matter of dispute, and a cavalcade of characters preoccupied with the question.

Seasons

12 Episodes • Premiered 1996

The typical episode usually begins with the duo's arch-nemesis Bighead, a criminal mastermind with an abnormally large cranium. Bighead is usually briefing his henchmen on a plot for some grandiose plan for world domination, interrupted by a debate as to whether or not Ace and Gary (The Ambiguously Gay Duo) are gay. Once the crime is in process, the police commissioner calls on the superheroes to save the day, often engaging in similar debates with the chief of police.

1. It Takes Two To Tango

Ace and Gary foil Bighead's plan to take over Metroville.

2. Queen of Terror

Ace and Gary stop Bighead and Queen Serena's evil scheme.

3. Don We Now... Or Never

Santa Claus has been kidnapped by aliens, and the Duo must save him.

4. Safety Tips

Ace and Gary demonstrate bicycle and home safety tips for local kids.

5. Blow Hot, Blow Cold

The Duo battles Dr. Brainio and Bighead's ice monster creation.

6. A Hard One to Swallow

Ace and Gary question their origins as superheroes and why everybody regards them strangely at the Fortress of Privacy.

7. Ace & Gary's Fan Club

Ace and Gary are oblivious to the suggestiveness in letters from their fans, who are mostly criminal convicts.

8. AmbiguoBoys

Even before they were the Ambiguously Gay Duo, teenagers Ace and Gary fought evil. This episode shows that Bighead was in their class, and he is determined to win his classmates' respect and "out" the duo. When he reanimates and enlarges a giant frog, the AmbiguoBoys must stop him.

9. Trouble Coming Twice

Ace and Gary battle Bighead's evil schemes at the NBA Finals.

10. The Third Leg of Justice

Bighead is at it again, and redecorates his lair in another attempt to out Gary and Ace. The Duo is assisted by former GE chairman, and superhero, Jack Welch.

11. First Served, First Come

Bighead enlists a Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport undercover policeman at a BBQ he orchestrates to out Ace and Gary, with surprising results.

12. The Dark, Clenched Hole of Evil

Bighead and his henchmen blast Ace and Gary with a flesh ray, transforming them from animated characters to live-action ones, in which they are portrayed by Jon Hamm and Jimmy Fallon, respectively. The gun malfunctions and "unanimates" everyone, with Ed Helms playing Half-Scary, a Two-Face-like henchman, Fred Armisen as Lizardo, Stephen Colbert as Dr. Brainio, and Steve Carell as Bighead.