https://pleasekillme.com/gay-heroes-sixties-sitcoms/

Off camera, offstage, he was not a straight man. He was a gay man. It wasn’t something he talked about. He kept his personal life private. No one asked. He didn’t tell. In Hollywood in the 1960s, life was played out in the shadows for Deacon and other gay actors who often played heterosexual husbands and fathers on television and movies.

Imagine Buddy Sorrell taking a shot at Mel Cooley - with this revaluation ...

Got 10 of 10!

https://www.metv.com/quiz/is-this-richard-deacon-in-leave-it-to-beaver-or-the-dick-van-dyke-show

5 out of 10

How could you tell the right answers ?

9 of 10 - I got number 4 wrong.

I remember seeing this as a kid. Of all the "Love American Style" segments for some reason I remember this one the most vividly.
Finally found it after a lot of searching.

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And there's something about that music at the beginning?

that was good as it gets !

that was good as it gets !

Almost brings a tear to my eyes.

I knew RD would get around to ditching the toupe!