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Interviewer: Good evening. I have with me in the studio tonight one of Britain's leading skin specialists - Raymond Luxury Yacht.

Raymond: That's not my name.

Interviewer: I'm sorry - Raymond Luxury Yach-t.

Raymond: No, no, no - it's spelt Raymond: Luxury Yach-t, but it's pronounced 'Throatwobbler Mangrove'.

Interviewer: You're a very silly man and I'm not going to interview you.

Raymond: Ah, anti-Semitism!

Interviewer: Not at all. It's not even a proper nose. It's polystyrene.

Raymond: Give me my nose back.

Interviewer: You can collect it at reception. Now go away.

Raymond: I want to be on the television.

Interviewer: Well you can't.

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Graham Chapman was always one of the most significant figures in the Monty Python troupe. He was the go-to leading man when the team made a narrative movie, because the others deemed him to be the only one among them with the charm and the acting talent – not to mention his comic gifts as a voice of reason – to carry a feature film.

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Sadly, Chapman was the first of the Pythons to pass away by quite a few years, but his work has lived on and continued to provide laughs in the decades since. So, here are Graham Chapman’s 10 best characters from the Python back catalogue.

Graham Chapman’s character Helmut adds another layer to the joke in the “Italian Teacher” sketch. Terry Jones plays an Englishman teaching an Italian lesson to a class full of Italian students who are much more fluent in the language than their teacher.

Chapman plays the only non-Italian student in the class – a German student named Helmut – who is terribly confused: “Was is das wort fuer ‘mittelschmerz’?”

Sir Edward Ross

When he appears on an arts and culture show, Sir Edward Ross is referred to as a series of ridiculous nicknames by the interviewer, played by John Cleese. Graham Chapman plays Ross with a pipe, a pompous attitude, and an intellectual aura.

This contrasts hilariously with the increasingly inappropriate pet names that Cleese delivers in his uniquely deadpan style: “sweetie,” “sugar plum,” “pussycat,” “angel-drawers,” “Eddie-baby” etc.

Professor R.J. Gumby

Although Michael Palin would go on to become the best-known Python to play Gumbys, it was Graham Chapman who first played Professor R.J. Gumby. He hits himself in the head while crooning.

This is juxtaposed hysterically with the revelation that Professor Gumby majored in historianism and is, for all intents and purposes, quite intelligent.

In addition to playing the lead role of King Arthur in Monty Python and the Holy Grail , Graham Chapman provided the voice of God. In the Pythons’ following film, he’d play a man who was mistaken for the son of God , which ties this together nicely.

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God only appears briefly in Holy Grail , but it’s a tough role for any actor to play, especially in a satirical way. Despite this, Chapman nailed it.

Raymond Luxury-Yacht

In his first appearance, Raymond Luxury-Yacht is a talk show guest, but his most delightfully absurd appearance is when he goes into a cosmetic surgeon’s office, asks for an operation to have the size of his large nose reduced, and gets invited on a camping vacation with the surgeon.

He looks to the camera and says, “He asked me! He asked me!” Then, the two are seen frolicking through the woods, holding hands, in slow-motion.

Biggus Dickus

In one of Life of Brian ’s most memorable gags, Roman soldiers are laughing at the name of Pontius Pilate’s friend Biggus Dickus, but Pilate can’t understand why the name is so funny .

The gag is followed up later in the movie when Biggus Dickus himself makes an appearance, played by Graham Chapman, and he, too, can’t understand why people keep laughing at his name.

Working-Class Playwright

In a pitch-perfect satire of British kitchen sink dramas, the “Working-Class Playwright” sketch flips the class conventions of contemporary plays on their heads.

Instead of a working-class coal miner father chastising his well-educated son for wanting to be a playwright, a working-class playwright father chastises his well-educated son for wanting to be a coal miner.

The Colonel

Monty Python’s sensibility is unabashedly silly . Graham Chapman often contrasted this comic style by taking the role of the “voice of reason.” The Colonel is the quintessential Chapman character, because he’s a strict military figure who steps in to put a stop to any sketch that he deems to be too silly.

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Anyone acting as the “silliness police” in a Python sketch has a very difficult road ahead, but Chapman always pulled it off brilliantly in the role of the Colonel.

Brian Cohen

Some of Chapman’s best characters were put-upon regular guys. As an ordinary man who was born on the same night as Jesus and then amasses a fervent religious following that he can’t seem to shake, Brian Cohen is the ultimate put-upon regular guy. No matter how much he pleads with his followers that he’s not the Messiah, they continue to call him the Messiah and hang off his every word.

Another hilarious dimension of the Brian character that provides plenty of laugh-out-loud moments is his strained relationship with his mother, Mandy, played by Terry Jones in one of his own most memorable performances.

King Arthur

The Pythons decided to use the Arthurian legend as a loose structure to keep Monty Python and the Holy Grail on the right track. This meant that the burden was on Graham Chapman’s lead performance as King Arthur to tie the whole movie together.

Chapman has the charm, relatability, and comic gifts required from a leading man. He mostly adopts the role of “straight man” or “voice of reason” as Arthur (“On second thought, let’s not go to Camelot – ‘tis is a silly place!”), but that’s his forte, so it works spectacularly.

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It's a living (1970), graham chapman: mr. nabarro, chinaman, interviewer, gas man, raymond luxury yacht (pronounced throatwobbler mangrove), third man, alphonse, various, photos .

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Interviewer : Good evening. I have with me in the studio tonight one of the country's leading skin specialists, Raymond Luxury Yacht.

Raymond Luxury Yacht : That's not my name!

Interviewer : [tries literal pronunciation]  I'm sorry; Raymond Luxury Yatscht.

Raymond Luxury Yacht : No no no, it's spelled, "Raymond Luxury Yacht," but it's pronounced, "Throat Warbler Mangrove".

Interviewer : You are a very silly man, and I'm not going to interview you.

Raymond Luxury Yacht : Ah, ha! Anti-Semitism!

Interviewer : Not at all. It's not even a proper nose.

[the Interviewer removes Raymond's nose] 

Interviewer : It's polystyrene.

Raymond Luxury Yacht : Give me my nose back!

Interviewer : You can collect it at reception. Now go away.

Raymond Luxury Yacht : I want to be on television!

Interviewer : Well you can't.

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Title: It's a Living (or: School Prizes)

Original Airdate: 3/11/1970

Guest starring: Rita Davies, Ian Davidson, Stanley Mason

First, the game show It's a Living .

• Accidental Misnaming : Raymond Luxury-Yacht, pronounced "Throatwobbler Mangrove".
• Calvinball : The game show It's a Living : "The rules are very simple: each week we get a large fee; at the end of that week we get another large fee; if there's been no interruption at the end of the year we get a repeat fee which can be added on for tax purposes to the previous year or the following year if there's no new series."
• Either/Or Title : "It's a Living (or: School Prizes)".
• Epic Fail : In the "Election Night Special", Kevin Phillips- Bong of the Slightly Silly Party doesn't receive a single vote, or Pathetic Defeat . Presumably, he even neglected to vote for himself.
• Everything Is Racist : When the interviewer refuses to go on, Raymond Luxury-Yacht accuses him of being anti-Semitic, pointing at his big nose as proof that he's Jewish. The interviewer counters with the fact that it's a fake polystyrene nose.
• Fictional Political Party : In the "Election Night Special" sketch, covering the 1970 UK General Election, all elections are mainly contested by two parties, the Sensible Party and the Silly Party; the Slightly Silly Party and Very Silly Party both vouch candidates in a few districts as well.
• Gag Nose : Raymond Luxury-Yacht sports a ridiculously large, obviously false nose, which the interviewer points out and pulls on. Jethro Q. Walrustitty's agent also wears a false nose, albeit a smaller one.
• Inconsistent Spelling : Raymond Luxury-Yacht insists that his name is spelled "Luxury-Yacht", but pronounced "Throatwobbler Mangrove".
• It's All About Me : When unemployed widower Nigel Watt wants to ask his friend, TV personality Timmy Williams, to help him and his family, Timmy is a bit occupied with greeting acquaintances. And doing an interview. And working with the writer of his autobiography. And getting publicity photos taken. And giving a fan an autograph. And being filmed for a TV documentary. And taking important phone calls. He allows himself a few moments to take note of Nigel's suicide...and how it makes him (Timmy) look in the interview.
• It's Been Done : Mr L F Dibley is a director who keeps making films that other people have already done ( If , 2001: A Space Odyssey , Rear Window ); he claims that they are ripping him off, and that those high budget movies were "rushed out" while his were still at the chemist's (i.e. being developed).
• Marry Them All : The sketch where a rather confused clerk kept misinterpreting his patrons' desires to get married; it ended with five men getting married to each other.
• The Mockbuster : In universe: L.F. Dibley directs terrible, extremely short, 8mm versions of popular films such as if... , Midnight Cowboy , 2001: A Space Odyssey , Rear Window , and Finian's Rainbow . He, of course, insists that the famous versions are ripoffs of his own films.
• Motor Mouth : The presenters for "Election Night Special" all speak with great speed, especially Cleese. Just to bring you up to date with a few results, er, that you may have missed. Engelbert Humperdinck has taken Barrow-in-Furness, that's a gain from Ann Haydon-Jones and her husband Pip. Arthur Negus has held Bristols note  Bristols is cockney rhyming slang for "titties", as in "Bristol Cities" . That's not a result, that's a bit of gossip. Er...Mary Whitehouse has just taken umbrage. Could it be a bit of trouble there. And apparently Wales is not swinging at all. No surprise there. And, er, Monty Python has held the credits. (credits roll)
• Mythology Gag : L F Dibley is a reference to one of the working titles of the programme, Gwen Dibley's Flying Circus .
• No Celebrities Were Harmed : Eric Idle 's character of Timmy Williams was very obviously based on the Python's old boss, David Frost . So much so that, the second Idle appears on stage in character, the audience laughed and applauded.
• Obligatory Earpiece Touch : Parodied in the "Election Night Special" sketch: The commentator holds his hand up to his ear (which does not have a visible earpiece) expecting breaking news, but realizes it's actually a buzzing insect that flew into his ear .
• Overly Long Name : The Very Silly candidate has one. Combined with The Unpronounceable , as various sound effects are included as part of his name.
• Pretentious Pronunciation : "No, it's spelt 'Raymond Luxury-Yacht', but it's pronounced 'Throat-Warbler Mangrove'."
• Screw This, I'm Outta Here! : "You are a very silly man, and I'm not going to interview you."
• Sizable Semitic Nose : Raymond Luxury Yacht appears on a TV show wearing an enourmous, obviously fake nose. When the host refuses to interview him, Raymond accuses him of antisemitism. The host nonchalantly points that the nose is polystyrene and pulls it off Raymond's face.
• Take That! : "The Timmy Williams Interview" involves a narcissistic actor named "Timmy Williams", played by Idle, who is constantly distracted in furthering his career from an old friend's desperate pleas for help, to the point where the friend shoots himself and Timmy takes it in stride. This is followed by credits for "The Timmy Williams Show", which - while written "entirely" by Williams - features a list of "contributors" that takes up several seconds, including Ralph Emerson, Burt Ancaster, and Monty Python. This is based largely on the Python's experiences working with David Frost on The Frost Report .
• Tertiary Sexual Characteristics : The blob of cancer—uh, "gangrene"—meets a female blob of cancer, which is marked as female by wearing flowers on her head.
• The Topic of Cancer : In an animated segment a prince sees a black spot on his face, but ignores it. Then he dies of cancer. Bowdlerised in later episodes to gangrene, much to Graham Chapman's disgust. Goes back to "cancer" when this sketch is played in the feature-length And Now for Something Completely Different .
• You No Take Candle : The dead Indian reveals that he's Not Quite Dead when he says " Me heap dizzy ."

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John Cleese never stops working. 76 years old and on the eve of a much-needed three-week vacation to the West Indies, he can't help but talk about the work he's going to accomplish while away: start planning the follow-up to his recently-released memoir  So Anyway ; explore some ideas for film scripts and stage shows. "I've deliberately not made up my mind about what I'm going to write," Cleese says. "It's like when the Pythons went into the BBC to pitch the show originally. When we were asked what we intended to do we said 'we really had no idea.' I think the very fact that we didn't know enabled us to be more creative."

Best known in America for being one of the original members of the Monty Python, Cleese has worked steadily in TV, film, and on stage for decades. When I caught up with him recently in New York, he was wrapping up a long promotional tour in support of his memoir. We talked about the various projects he's actively working on, including the soon-to-be-announced tour of Australia and New Zealand with fellow Python Eric Idle. But then we got down to business: Cleese's all-time favorite Monty Python sketches and clips, in no particular order:

1. Sir Raymond Luxury-Yacht

An underrated classic from the second series of Monty Python's Flying Circus that begins with a request for plastic surgery and ends in a camping trip. "I love the fact that the whole apparent premise turns out to be wrong," says Cleese.

2. The Two Gaolers from Life of Brian

Life Of Brian stands as not just one of the Pythons' best moments ,  but one of the greatest comedies of all time. Eric Idle and Terry Gilliam ("he's wonderful doing grotesques," says Cleese) are able to turn a line about crucifixions into a gag. "Fantastic parts from Idle and Gilliam and a great punch-line."

3. "The Galaxy Song"

Recently a hit for none other then the computer-generated voice of Stephen Hawking, this song and dance number from 1983's The Meaning of Life is one of the great songs in the Pythons' formidable musical catalogue. "My favorite of all Eric's songs. Sweet and full of wonder," says Cleese.

4. Mr. Creosote Exploding

The almost unbearably grotesque Mr. Creosote from Meaning Of Life is one of Monty Pythons' most well loved characters. Cleese agrees: "Terry Jones's finest, over the top skit. Brilliantly directed by him."

5. Brian Telling His Followers He Is Not the Messiah

The late Graham Chapman was the resident leading man within the Monty Python troupe. But he was also wonderful playing hapless characters, conveying an empathy that underscores the message in the dialogue perfectly. More pointedly, Cleese sees the scene as, "a concise summary of organized religion."

6. Upper-Class Twit of the Year

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The Pythons excelled at poking fun at British aristocracy. For Cleese, his contempt is undimmed, if channeled through his humor, and the portion of this classic sketch when the Twits attempt to take the bras off the mannequins "is a fine demonstration of upper-class sexuality."

7. Two Guards Being Given Their Orders in Holy Grail

In a scene from Holy Grail that rivals classic comedy like Abbott and Costello's "Who's On First", it's perhaps most remarkable that Michael Palin's King of Swamp castle doesn't lose it. "It's wonderful," says Cleese. "The camera never moves and Michael, Eric and Graham are perfect performing Michael Palin's script."

8. Scott of the Sahara's Fight with a Lion

Laurence of Arabia ? Hardly. In the Pythons' hands the most sacred Old Hollywood action sequences are the best targets. "A wonderful visual send-up of cheesy TV animal scenes."

9. The Flying Lesson 

Only in Monty Python's Flying Circus would you be asked to "flap harder" at a flying lesson. "Typical Cleese and Chapman sketch, with people arguing heatedly about non-issues," says Cleese.

10. Nelson's Death

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart introduces the "evergreen" death of Admiral Nelson. "Almost as silly as the 'Fish-Slapping Dance,'" says Cleese.

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Graham Chapman

Born in Leicester, Graham Chapman studied medicine at Cambridge and St. Bartholomew's, but it was his participation in Cambridge's Footlights Club (where he met and partnered with John Cleese) that led to his touring New Zealand with "Cambridge Circus." Comedy overtook his medical career. (His training would still come in handy years later, writing scripts for "Doctor in the House.") Chapman (together with Cleese) wrote for "That Was the Week That Was," "The Frost Report," "At Last the 1948 Show," "Marty" and "How to Irritate People." Chapman's surreal brand of humor was an extension of his outré behavior in public places (such as licking the feet of women sitting in restaurants). It provided a spark of lunacy ("Splunge!") that could take Python's comic ideas into the stratosphere. The son of a police inspector, Chapman often played befuddled or obnoxious policemen, and most notably appeared as the Colonel, who abruptly interrupted sketches or castigated the actors for being "too silly." Other parts included bonkers movie executive Irving C. Saltzberg, Jr.; a cross-dressing cabinet minister; the President of the Royal Society for Putting Things on Top of Other Things; the false-proboscis-wearing Raymond Luxury Yacht; The Rev. Arthur Belling of St. Looney Up-The-Cream-Bun-and-Jam; Sir Kenneth Clark, defending his Oxford title in a boxing ring; Oscar Wilde competing with James MacNeil Whistler and George Bernard Shaw over bon mots; a gloomy Icelander hawking honey; Mr. Neutron ("the man who could catch H-Bombs in his teeth"); and, most famously, as the leads - King Arthur and Brian - in the Pythons' two best movies. Outside of the group, Chapman's film and TV output - "Yellowbeard," "The Odd Job," "Jake's Journey" - was outshone by his 1980 memoir, "A Liar's Autobiography: Volume VI," which recounted his coming of age, his coming out, and his overcoming his addiction to alcohol. The book became the basis of a posthumous animated feature, incorporating the reading Chapman had done for his audiobook recording for the soundtrack. Having survived alcoholism and participation in the Dangerous Sports Club, and serving as a spokesperson for gay rights, Chapman died of complications from throat and spinal cancer on October 4, 1989. He was only 48 years old, and would no longer be late for a Python writing session. By David Morgan, 2014

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