Ellen's Coming Out All Over Again!

Oxygen TV is celebrating the fact that Ellen DeGeneres came out on her sitcom (and in real life) ten years ago. Yep, she was gay... Remember? Time Magazine and the media firestorm and all that? Oxygen is giving Ms. D props and having an all "Ellen" marathon on Monday, April 30th from 8am til 2pm. That's ten years to the day that "The Puppy" episode aired and Ellen Morgan proclaimed her gayness and her love for Laura Dern to an entire airport and an entire planet.

Oxygen will air the one-hour "The Puppy" episode at 1pm during the marathon, and I've gotta say, it holds up as one of the best TV episodes, like, ever. Watch clips of it below.

In the first clip below (these are long; be warned) Ellen meets her old pal (Who's actually Henry from The L Word! He's not got a great track record with women.) then they're joined by Susan (Laura Dern), then Susan thinks Ellen's gay, and then Oprah shows up! And Ellen smokes in bed!

And next comes the big airport scene. It's pretty fantastic, still. But watch out for that microphone. And wait for Melissa Etheridge and the toaster oven to show up at the end. Classic!

Ahhh... Memories. And can't Audrey come back with her own show? I miss her.