# NEW! Monty Phython Sketches

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-monty-phython-sketches/119678>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 18, 2002, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-monty-phython-sketches/119678 "2002-07-18T20:33:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2002, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-monty-phython-sketches/119678/1 "2002-07-18T20:33:22Z")

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From [The Advocate](http://www.advocate.com/new_news.asp?id=5028&sd=07/18/02)

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> \*\*Lost Monty Python sketches written by Graham Chapman resurface \*\*  
> Three sketches written by openly gay Monty Python member Graham Chapman have resurfaced and will premiere in Scotland, according to the London Daily Mirror.

So is this a good or bad thing?

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**Author:** ![Ross](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@Ross](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ross)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2002, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-monty-phython-sketches/119678/2 "2002-07-18T21:23:55Z")

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Salvaging previously lost material is always a good thing. We shouldn’t be expecting quality, though that’d be nice - we should be reverent. Little piece of history and all that.

I fail to see the relevance of the man’s sexuality. Odd phrasing.

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**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2002, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-monty-phython-sketches/119678/3 "2002-07-18T21:33:43Z")

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**Ross** , The Advocate is a general-interest magazine for gays. The story wouldn’t be relevant there _without_ mentioning his sexuality.

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**Author:** ![p\_cific\_812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@p\_cific\_812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/p_cific_812)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2002, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-monty-phython-sketches/119678/4 "2002-07-18T22:50:31Z")

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I must admit I was more excited about this thread when I read the title as “New Monty Python Material” as opposed to “Undiscover Monty Python Sketches.” (“New, Monty Python Material” would have be equally dissapointing, but that really isn’t the issue here…)  
Anyway… maybe good, maybe bad. If people get all worked up about it and expect something remarkable, they will probably be dissapointed. In all likelyhood, it will probably be “Arthur Pewty visits marriage counselor” caliber material as opposed to _How not to be seen_ or “Parrot sketch” material.