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Comedy Central spoofs Fab Five

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From Reuters

Cable network Comedy Central is planning to turn the makeover hit “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy” upside down with a new show called “Straight Plan for the Gay Man.”

Debuting in February, the new show will parody the Bravo channel’s “Queer Eye” series and male stereotypes in general as a team of straight comedians -- the “Flab Four” -- teaches a succession of gay men how to pass as heterosexuals.

The makeovers include lessons in such areas as spartan home decorating, oafish manners, less-than-fashionable wardrobes and an overdeveloped ego to mask all personal failings, production executive Lou Wallach said.

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He said the network is currently producing three hourlong episodes centering on three gay men looking to go straight for a day to satisfy some personal curiosity about life on the “other team.”

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