“Did you know one of The Kids In The Hall is gay?”
It was 1990, and I was part of a cabal who’d seen The Kids In The Hall pilot episode. This was before they appeared on one of the new comedy channels that appeared on basic cable. It was a small number of us who were familiar with The Kids In The Hall before anyone else, except, of course, the people who’d seen them live, the producers who gave them a shot at a show, and anyone else who’d seen the pilot episode. I understood how the previous generation felt when they discovered Monty Python on PBS.
So when one of my friends asked me, “Did you know one of The Kids In The Hall is gay?” my natural first reaction was, “Only one?” I then went through the names and eliminated four before saying, “Um, Scott Thompson?”
Happy birthday Scott Thompson. I’m sorry I took so long to get around to you.
Wait, you love Kids in the Hall, too?
Of course, and I’m glad and also not surprised you do too. When I first saw them twenty five years ago (has it really been that long?) it felt like being part of a small club. It always makes me happy when I feel that club get a little bigger.