"Even my closest gay friends never really seemed comfortable touching me beyond a quick hug, and I think the way they write in all this psysicality between the gay & straight folks is kinda ridiculous. (I still enjoy the show, when i catch it)"
I don't quite understand this. My gay friends were rather touchy people. Everyone in my group of friends is rather huggy and close.
I had one friend, he was rather, how he'd word it "fluffy" and constantly joked about his "moobs" (man boobs) being bigger than the girls, and everyone was constantly squeezing breasts exclaiming, "They so aren't bigger!"
They hug, hold hands... A lot of people in our group, especially those who are gay, can be very affectionate, yes, even to straight people.
That never threw me off, infact, Jack always squeezing Karen's boobs cracked me up, because that's SO what Garon would do with close female friends. He's also as flambouyant, so, I like that they have Will, who acts, how most people would word it "your average man", while they don't avoid that there ARE people like Jack.
The show was meant to be fun, and appropiate for various audiences... A show that could be aired during the day and not 3 in the morning on one of those paid channels. Which, it opened the door for THOSE more extreme shows to happen.