# Graham Chapman and Python's gay material

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/graham-chapman-and-pythons-gay-material/516107>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 2, 2009, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/graham-chapman-and-pythons-gay-material/516107 "2009-11-02T23:18:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![Neverending\_Elbow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e274bd/32.png) [@Neverending\_Elbow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neverending_Elbow)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2013, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/graham-chapman-and-pythons-gay-material/516107/41 "2013-12-03T20:44:49Z")

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Here you go, **zoid**.

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/b1CU8-t4QWU/hqdefault.jpg "Mary Recruitment Office - Monty Python legendado") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1CU8-t4QWU)

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**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2013, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/graham-chapman-and-pythons-gay-material/516107/42 "2013-12-03T20:47:45Z")

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I believe it was Idle asking if certain regiments were more effminate than others. Chapman replies, “Sorry, but apart from the Marines, they’re all dead butch.”

ETA: DAMN!

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**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2013, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/graham-chapman-and-pythons-gay-material/516107/43 "2013-12-03T20:53:14Z")

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That’s it! 😃

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**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2013, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/graham-chapman-and-pythons-gay-material/516107/44 "2013-12-03T21:05:08Z")

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I hadn’t seen that sketch. Very funny.

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**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2013, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/graham-chapman-and-pythons-gay-material/516107/45 "2013-12-03T23:33:23Z")

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> [@Gulo\_gulo](#):
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> Actually it is on Netflix as a three disc documentary. (Could have been unavailable for a while though. Netflix will do that sometimes.)

Ah, gotcha - I was thinking streaming, as I’ve dumped my disc service. Thanks for the correction.

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**Author:** ![Neverending\_Elbow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e274bd/32.png) [@Neverending\_Elbow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neverending_Elbow)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2013, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/graham-chapman-and-pythons-gay-material/516107/46 "2013-12-03T23:34:16Z")

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> [@Hypno-Toad](#):
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> ETA: DAMN!

Ha! Mangaged to bea-

ALL HAIL HYPNO-TOAD.

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**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2013, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/graham-chapman-and-pythons-gay-material/516107/47 "2013-12-04T00:06:22Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Thanks. When or why did he let his medical license lapse?

He wanted to be a lumberjack. Leaping from tree to tree as they float down the mighty rivers of British Columbia…

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**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2013, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/graham-chapman-and-pythons-gay-material/516107/48 "2013-12-04T04:19:03Z")

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> [@Miller](#):
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> I recall reading somewhere that Chapman disliked effeminate gay men, preferring more macho types, so some of the Nancy stereotypes in the show might have had some real sting behind them.

[Silly!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25Qhbdijv5Y)

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