Cavemen

Just after the holidays, the first casting announcement for Halloween 2 went out. The production was looking for a character named "Howard" who was described as a "huge, thick necked bouncer at the 'Rabbit in Red' night club. He's not a pierced-tattooed-rocker type, but more of a hard workin' fist fightin' beer drinkin' bouncer. Today, writer-director Rob Zombie announced he has found his bruiser in the form of Jeffrey Daniel Phillips (pictured). The actor may be best known as one of the Cavemen in the long-running Geico Insurance commercials (and the doomed sitcom that followed Cavemen ) but he's also a writer and director. Phillips will join previously announced Tyler Mane and Ezra Buzzington (that item here ).

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Another Fox program (aside from Glee) being showcased at the Television Critics Association this year with a queer character is is Sit Down, Shut Up, a new animated sitcom (set against a live backdrop) starring Will Arnett, Jason Bateman, Kristin Chenoweth and created by Arrested Development's Mitchell Hurwitz.
The Simpsons has given us a number of gay characters and American Dad has Roger, the bisexual alien. How might this new character stack up against those?
Find out after the jump!
Andrew Legustambos is voiced by Nick Kroll and if you know a little Spanish, that last name translates roughly to "he likes both". In fact, Andrew is actually a bisexual man teaching at a high school in a small Florida fishing town. The official synopsis of the show says Andrew is "proud" and is "the flamboyant drama teacher".
Really? Another non-straight character who is flamboyant? And a drama teacher?
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