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What was the point of the 2 Smitty's in season two?


Was it just the shock value that the blonde one was gay? Were they both gay? They disappeared pretty quickly.

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It wasn't for shock value. Most if not all of the big ad agencies were starting to target young spenders. Kurt and Smitty (along with Pete Campbell) provided insight on how to be progressive on capturing the youth movement's dollars.

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