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<blockquote data-quote="Daniel Avery" data-source="post: 402558" data-attributes="member: 27">This article made a major mistake regarding her show.&nbsp; The program was in fact called The Jim J. and Tammy Faye Show, with the &quot;Jim&quot; not her infamous husband (or EX-husband by that point), but comic actor Jim J. Bullock (often written as JM J. Bullock for some reason).&nbsp; Bullock, a breakout star of the sitcom Too Close for Comfort had &quot;officially&quot; come out of the closet, so the producers felt that pairing him and her on a fluffy chat show would create waves.&nbsp; Her fans might follow her to a show where they would meet the most inoffensive gay man on TV and maybe soften their stance on homosexuality, especially if they see Tammy Faye so chummy with him.&nbsp; And of course his persona, which was so flamboyant that coming out was rather superfluous, was just the sort of comedy side-kick she would need to help in this different type of show.&nbsp; Though she had obviously done plenty of TV, this was a major format change for her.&nbsp; They likely felt that people might tune in for the train-wreck quality, but stick around if the chemistry was good.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Daniel Avery, post: 402558, member: 27"] This article made a major mistake regarding her show. The program was in fact called The Jim J. and Tammy Faye Show, with the "Jim" not her infamous husband (or EX-husband by that point), but comic actor Jim J. Bullock (often written as JM J. Bullock for some reason). Bullock, a breakout star of the sitcom [I]Too Close for Comfort [/I]had "officially" come out of the closet, so the producers felt that pairing him and her on a fluffy chat show would create waves. Her fans might follow her to a show where they would meet the most inoffensive gay man on TV and maybe soften their stance on homosexuality, especially if they see Tammy Faye so chummy with him. And of course his persona, which was so flamboyant that coming out was rather superfluous, was just the sort of comedy side-kick she would need to help in this different type of show. Though she had obviously done plenty of TV, this was a major format change for her. They likely felt that people might tune in for the train-wreck quality, but stick around if the chemistry was good. [/QUOTE]

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