Wednesday 30 January 2008

1990s

sketch by Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie, “A Bit of Fry and Laurie” 16 March 1990 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/02/64-gays-in-military-fry-and-laurie.html

sketch by Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie, Hysteria 3, London Palladium, 30 June 1991 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/02/69-gays-in-military-stephen-fry-and.html

The Kids in the Hall “Gay” sketch– 1991 (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2007/12/29-gay-kids-in-hall.html

comic strip from “Viz” October/November 1992 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/02/223-viz-sherlock-homo.html

J.B. Handelsman cartoon in "The New Yorker", 30 November 1992 (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/02/70-gays-in-military-jb-handelsman.html

Robert Mankoff cartoon in “The New Yorker” 15 February 1993 (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/02/78-gays-in-military-1993-robert-mankoff.html

editorial cartoons by Kirk Anderson, Pat Oliphant, Joel Pett, Andy Singer, Dales Stephanos, Tom Toles, , and others, July 1993 (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/02/72-gays-in-military-1993-dont-ask-dont.html
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/02/73-gays-in-military-1993-closet.html
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/02/74-gays-in-military-1993-uncle-sam.html
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/02/75-gays-in-military-1993-bill-clinton.html
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/02/76-gays-in-military-1993-military.html
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/02/77-gays-in-military-1993-miscellaneous.html

cartoon from “A Mad Look at the Real Clinton Coalition” in “Mad” July 1993 (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/02/79-gays-in-military-1993-mad-magazine.html

“Mad” September 1993 (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/02/80-gays-in-military-1993-mad-magazine-2.html

Charles Griffin in the “Daily Express”, 17 May 1996 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/01/54-church-outing-aftermath.html

Jak (Raymond Jackson) in the “Evening Standard”, 22 April 1997 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/01/55-chruch-outing-aftermath-jak.html

“Modern Dad” sketch from “Harry Enfield and His Christmas Chums”, 24 December 1997 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/12/211-christmas-4.html

Charles Griffin cartoon in “The Express” 6 April 1998 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/02/220-attack-of-clones-send-in-clones.html

Bill McArthur cartoon in “The Glasgow Herald” 9 November 1998 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/02/220-attack-of-clones-send-in-clones.html

Tom Johnston cartoon in “The Sun” 10 November 1998
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/02/220-attack-of-clones-send-in-clones.html

“Matt” cartoon in “The Telegraph” 1998 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/02/220-attack-of-clones-send-in-clones.html

Dave Gaskill cartoon in “The Sun” 24 April 2000 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/02/220-attack-of-clones-send-in-clones.html

1980s

graffiti-inspired art by Liz Atkins, 1980 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/02/222-liz-atkin-my-mother-made-me.html

Stephen Stucker in “Airplane!”, 1980 (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/11/320-stephen-stucker-in-airplane.html

Michael Heath cartoon in “Spectator”, 18 January 1980 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/08/282-anthony-blunt-3.html

“Gay Life” parody from “Private Eye” 18 January 1980 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/01/217-gay-life.html

“How to Tell a Homo” by P.J. O’Rourke and John Hughes, from “National Lampoon” February 1980 (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/02/219-pj-orourke-and-john-hughes-how-to.html

“The Associates” sitcom, “The Censors” episode, 10 April 1980 (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/11/316-associates-1980.html

"And to Think That I Saw It on Christopher Street" by Rick Meyerowitz and Gerald Sussman, in 'National Lampoon', May 1980 (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2007/11/9-rick-meyerowitz.html

“Child of Divorce” comic by Shary Flenniken, in 'National Lampoon', May 1980 (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/01/58-sharry-flenniken-child-of-divorce.html

Gahan Wilson cartoon in “Playboy” June 1980 (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/11/314-days-of-future-past.html

Sam Harris cartoon in “Playboy” October 1980 (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/10/308-gay-frankenstein-1.html

Stan McMurtry cartoons from “Punch”, 10 December 1980 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/12/213-christmas-6.html

“Beds Under the Reds” parody article from “Best-seller! : The Life and Death of Eric Pode of Croydon” by Andrew Marshall and David Renwick (1981) (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/09/283-more-gay-espionage.html

“Men Who Hug” sketch from “Fridays” 8 May 1981 (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/11/325-when-intimacy-goes-wrong.html

Michael Heath cartoon in "Private Eye", 3 July 1981 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/01/49-religion-michael-heath.html

Michael Heath cartoon in “The Spectator” 4 July 1981 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/06/135-cottaging-michael-heath.html

Raymond Jackson (JAK) in the “Standard” 20 August 1981 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/06/137-police-jak.html

cover for "Private Eye" 28 August 1981 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/04/99-glc-1.html

parody article in “Private Eye” 28 August 1981 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/04/101-glc-3.html

parody article in "Private Eye" 25 September 1981 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/04/103-glc-5.html

“W.K.R.P. in Cincinnati” sitcom, "Three Days Of The Condo" episode, 18 November 1981 (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/11/319-wkrp-in-cincinnati-1981.html

Stan McMurtry (“MAC”) cartoon in “The Daily Mail”, 24 November 1981 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/04/100-glc-2-mac.html

Jeremy Banks (Banx) cartoon in “Punch” 2 December 1981 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/05/120-banx.html

Stan McMurtry cartoons in “Punch”, 10 December 1980 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/12/213-christmas-6.html

Stan MacMurtry in “Punch” 16 December 1981 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/06/140-police-stan-mcmurtry.html

from “Old Coren’s Almanac”, written by Alan Coren, illustrated by Kenneth Mahood in “Punch” 16 December 1981 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/04/102-glc-3.html

Spoof editorial from “Private Eye”, 18 December 1981 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/11/329-peter-tatchell.html

gay footballer sketch from “The Goodies”, 16 January 1982 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/08/172-gay-sports-football-3.html

parody article in “Private Eye”, 29 January 1982 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/04/104-glc-6.html

“The Gays” cartoon strip by Michael Heath in “Private Eye” 29 January 1982 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/06/135-cottaging-michael-heath.html

Michael Heath cartoon in “Punch” 17 March 1982 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/02/226-adam-and-steve.html

Ken Pyne cartoon in “Punch” 14 April 1982 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/11/311-sing-if-youre-sad-to-be-gay.html

“Tales from the Tombs: Behind Gay Bars” comic strip written by Michael Reiss and Al Jean, drawn by Howard Nostrand, from “National Lampoon” May 1982 (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/10/310-tales-from-tombs-behind-gay-bars.html

David Austin cartoon in "Private Eye" 18 June 1982 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/06/136-cottaging-david-austin.html

David Austin cartoon in "The Spectator" 19 June 1982 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/05/119-david-austin-gay-unicorns.html

Michael Heath cartoon in “The Spectator” 7 July 1982 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/02/226-adam-and-steve.html

Spencer cartoon in “Punch” 7 July 1982 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/11/314-days-of-future-past.html

Kipper Williams cartoon in “Private Eye” 22 September 1982 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/11/314-days-of-future-past.html

parody article in “Private Eye” 24 September 1982 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/04/105-glc-7.html

Michael Heath cartoon in “The Spectator” 25 September 1982 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/11/311-sing-if-youre-sad-to-be-gay.html

“Larry” cartoons in “Punch” 6 October 1982 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/08/167-gay-sports-games.html

David Austin cartoon in "The Spectator" 30 October 1982 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/06/136-cottaging-david-austin.html

Raymond Jackson ("JAK") cartoon in "Evening Standard" 25 November 1982 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/04/106-glc-8-jak.html

“Cheers” sitcom, “Boys in the Bar” episode, 27 January 1983 (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/11/317-cheers-boys-in-bar-1983.html

Raymond Jackson ("JAK") cartoon in "Evening Standard" 29 January 1983 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/05/107-glc-9-jak.html

Michael Heath cartoon in “Punch” 9 February 1983 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/06/135-cottaging-michael-heath.html

Keith Waite cartoon in “Daily Mirror”, 16 February 1983 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/11/329-peter-tatchell.html

Nicholas Garland cartoon in “The Spectator”, 19 February 1983 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/11/329-peter-tatchell.html

Michael Cummings cartoon in “The Sunday Express”, 20 February 1983 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/11/329-peter-tatchell.html

MAC cartoon in “Daily Mail” 21 February 1983 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/11/329-peter-tatchell.html

Marc Boxer cartoon in “Private Eye” 25 February 1983 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/11/329-peter-tatchell.html

“Lord Gnome” editorial about Peter Tatchell from “Private Eye” 25 February 1983 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/11/329-peter-tatchell.html

Peter Tatchell cover to “Private Eye” 25 February 1983 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/11/329-peter-tatchell.html

parody article in "Private Eye" 11 March 1983 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/05/109-glc-11.html

Noel Ford cartoon in “Punch” 23 March 1983 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/05/125-noel-ford.html

parody article in "Private Eye" 8 April 1983 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/05/108-glc-10.html

Michael Heath cartoon in “The Spectator” 8 April 1983 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/11/329-peter-tatchell.html

Eddie Murphy stand-up, 1983 (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2007/12/27-faggots-eddie-murphy.html

"Not! The General Election", 1983 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2007/12/35-gay-lib-not-general-election.html

“The Last Donahue Show” parody by Walker Percy from “Lost in the Cosmos: The Last Self-Help Book”, 1983 (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/05/262-last-donahue-show.html

“The Gays” cartoon strip by Michael Heath in “Private Eye” 9 September 1983 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/06/138-police-michael-heath-1.html

Rock Hudson gay rumours cartoon by Josh Alan Friedman and Drew Friedman in “Weirdo” #9, Winter 1983-1984 (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/07/154-rock-hudsons-and-jim-naborss-gay.html

spoof column from "Private Eye", 16 December 1983 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/11/329-peter-tatchell.html

David Austin cartoon in “The Spectator”, 18 February 1984 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/02/220-attack-of-clones-send-in-clones.html

parody article in “Punch” 20 March 1984 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/06/134-tom-dribergt-6.html

“The Gays” cartoon strip by Michael Heath in "Private Eye" 23 March 1984 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/06/142-police-michael-heath-4.html

“The Gays” cartoon strip by Michael Heath in "Private Eye" 5 April 1985 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/06/141-police-michael-heath-3.html

Marc Boxer cartoon in "The Guardian" 15 May 1984 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/06/143-police-marc.html

Raymond Jackson (JAK) in “The Evening Standard” 15 May 1984 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/06/150-keith-hampson-6-jak.html

Stan McMurty (Mac) cartoon in "The Daily Mail, 16 May 1984 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/06/144-police-mac.html

cover for “Private Eye” 18 May 1984 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/06/146-keith-hampson-2-private-eye.html

“The Gays” cartoon strip by Michael Heath in “Private Eye” 18 May 1984 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/06/148-keith-hampson-3-gays.html

Edward McLachlan cartoon in "Punch" 23 May 1984 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/06/147-keith-hampson-3-edward-mclachlan.html

parody gay tour guides “Punch” 23 May 1984 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/06/148-keith-hampson-5-punch.html

“The Gays” cartoon strip by Michael Heath in “Private Eye” 1 June 1984 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/06/138-police-michael-heath-1.html

Stanley Franklin cartoon in "The Sun” 4 July 1984 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/02/81-stanley-franklin.html

Raymond Jackson ("JAK") cartoon in "The Evening Standard" 10 July 1984 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/05/110-glc-12-jak.html

"Bloom County" comic strip by Berke Breathed, 11 July 1984 (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2007/11/8-berke-breathed.html

“The Gays” cartoon strip by Michael Heath in “Private Eye” 27 July 1984 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/02/220-attack-of-clones-send-in-clones.html

“The Gays” cartoon strip by Michael Heath in "Private Eye" 10 August 1984 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/06/141-police-michael-heath-3.html

Ken Pyne cartoon in “Private Eye” 24 August 1984 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/11/314-days-of-future-past.html

John Jensen footballer cartoon in “Punch” 26 September 1984 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/08/173-gay-sports-football-4.html

Stanley Franklin cartoon in "The Sun" 28 September 1984 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/02/81-stanley-franklin.html

Michael Heath cartoon in the “Spectator” 27 October 1984 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/06/145-keith-hampson-1-michael-heath.html

“The Gays” cartoon strip by Michael Heath in “Private Eye” 2 November 1984 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/06/139-police-michael-heath-2.html

“The Gays” cartoon strip by Michael Heath in “Private Eye” 16 November 1984 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/06/139-police-michael-heath-2.html

David Austin cartoon in “The Spectator”, 8 December 1984 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/02/220-attack-of-clones-send-in-clones.html

“The Gays” cartoon strip by Michael Heath in “Private Eye”, 14 December 1984 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/12/209-christmas-2.html

“The Gays” cartoon strip by Michael Heath in “Private Eye”, 14 December 1984 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/12/209-christmas-2.html

“New Recitations for Your Party” parody verse by E.S. Turner in “Punch” 19 Dec 1984 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/12/212-christmas-5.html

“The Gays” cartoon strip by Michael Heath in "Private Eye" 28 December 1984 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/06/142-police-michael-heath-4.html

Tony Husband cartoon in “Private Eye” 8 February 1985 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/11/314-days-of-future-past.html

comic article by Auberon Waugh in "Private Eye" 19 Apr 1985 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/05/111-glc-13-auberon-waughs-diary.html

David Austin cartoon in “The Spectator”, 23 March 1985 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/10/304-cocksuckers-bloodsuckers-gay.html

“The Hot Slot” comic strip by Alan Moore and Larry Stroman in “American Flagg” #21, June 1985
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/11/315-hot-slot-by-alan-moore.html

David Austin cartoon in “The Spectator” 24 August 1985 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/02/220-attack-of-clones-send-in-clones.html

“Once Bitten” film, 1985, written by David Hines, Jeffrey Hause, and Jonathan Roberts, directed by Howard Storm, (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/10/305-cocksuckers-bloodsuckers-gay.html

Hugh Burnett cartoon in "Private Eye", 4 October 1985 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/01/46-religion-hugh-burnett.html

Marc Boxer cartoon in “Private Eye” 22 October 1985 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/11/314-days-of-future-past.html

Raymond Jackson ("JAK") cartoon in the “Evening Standard” 6 December 1985 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/05/112-glc-14-jak.html

gay bodybuilding parody from the "The Appallingly Disprespectful Spitting Image Book", 1985 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/09/178-gay-bodybuilding-4.html

Rock Hudson gay rumours cartoon by Josh Alan Friedman and Drew Friedman in Weirdo #12, Winter 1985 (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/07/154-rock-hudsons-and-jim-naborss-gay.html

Stanley Franklin cartoon in "The Sun" 25 February 1986 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/02/81-stanley-franklin.html

Raymond Jackson ("JAK") in the “Evening Standard” 2 April 1986 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/05/113-glc-15-jak.html

Tony Husband cartoon in “Private Eye” 24 April 1986 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/11/314-days-of-future-past.html

“In Sickness and In Health” sitcom written by Johnny Speight, 1986 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/04/94-in-sickness-and-in-health.html

Bernard Cookson footballer cartoon in “The Sun” 25 October 1986 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/08/174-gay-sports-football-5.html

Tom Johnston cartoon in “The Sun”, 7 March 1987 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/02/220-attack-of-clones-send-in-clones.html

“My Best Friend is a Vampire” film 1987, written by Tab Murphy, directed by Jimmy Huston (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/10/306-cocksuckers-bloodsuckers-gay.html

Stanley Franklin cartoon in "The Sun" 24 November 1987 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/02/81-stanley-franklin.html

Michael Heath cartoon “Private Eye”, 6 March 1987 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/01/47-religion-michael-heath.html

Mac cartoon in “Daily Mail”, 21 April 1987 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2007/12/23-gay-spies-mac.html

Homosexuality and the Anglican Church, 1987, editorial cartoons (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/01/51-church-outing-1987-part-1.html
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/01/52-church-outing-1987-part-2.html
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/01/53-church-outing-1987-private-eye.html

“A Bit of Fry and Laurie” “Gay”sketch, 26 December, 1987 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2007/12/28-gay-fry-and-laurie.html

parody greeting card in “Janet Lives With Mel and Griff”, 1988 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/02/228-parody-engagement-card.html

Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones kiss from “Smith and Jones” (circa 1989-1990?) (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/11/325-when-intimacy-goes-wrong.html

1970s

“The Kremlin Letter” written and directed by John Huston, with George Sanders, 1970 (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/02/233-kremlin-letter-with-george-sanders.html

“A Day at the Beach” written by Roman Polanski, featuring Peter Sellers, 1970
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/02/231-day-at-beach-with-peter-sellers.html

Annie Fanny cartoon in “Playboy”, January 1970 (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/01/42-harvey-kurtzman-and-will-elder.html

cover of “Private Eye” 13 February 1970 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/04/248-edward-heath-and-ladies.html

"Steptoe and Son" sitcom, 20 March 1970, "Any Old Iron?" script by Galton and Simpson (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/06/274-steptoe-and-son.html

“Up Pompeii” sitcom, 20 April 1970 “Britaniccus" Script by Talbot Rothwell (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/05/256-up-pompeii.html

comic strip by John Kent in "Private Eye" 27 May 70 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/04/249-edward-heath-preference-for-seamen.html

William Hewison cartoon in “Punch” 3 June 1970 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/02/87-william-hewison.html

illustration by John Kent in “Private Eye” 11 September 1970 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/04/251-edward-heath-aspersions-slurs.html

Gay commercial sketch from “The Goodies”, 8 November 1970
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/08/159-gay-ad-fairy-puff.html

Comic strip by John Kent in “Private Eye” 20 November 1970 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/04/251-edward-heath-aspersions-slurs.html

Camp TV and film characters: Monty Python, Carry On, Dick Emery – early 70s (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2007/11/4-queens-of-england.html

Edward Sorel cartoon in “National Lampoon” January 1971 (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/04/253-j-edgar-hoover.html

“H.P. Sauce” by Auberon Waugh, with illustration by John Kent in “Private Eye” 1 January 1971 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/04/250-edward-heath-man-among-other-men.html

article in “Punch” 27 January 1971 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/03/242-gay-actors-5-punch.html

"Chapter VIII: Two Hearts Beat As One" parody romance fiction by Alan Coren in "Punch" 27 Jan 1971 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/02/227-alan-coren-chapter-viii-two-hearts.html

“All in the Family” sitcom, 9 February 1971, “Judging Books by Covers” by Burt Styler and Norman Lear (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/09/295-all-in-family-1971.html

“Pied Piper of Burbank” parody by Sean Kelly and Michel Choquette in “National Lampoon” March 1971 (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/03/89-pied-piper-of-burbank.html

cartoon by ffolkes in "Punch" 14 April 1971 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/03/237-gay-actors-2-ffolkes.html

Guerrier cartoon in “Evergreen Review” May 1971 (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/04/255-classical-attitudes-2.html

comic strip by John Kent, in “Private Eye” 21 May 1971 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/04/250-edward-heath-man-among-other-men.html

gay summer camp parody in “Mad Magazine” June 1971
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/08/166-gay-summer-camp.html

“Are You a Homo?” by John Weidman in “National Lampoon”, July 1971 (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/04/95-are-you-homo.html

“HP Sauce” by Auberon Waugh, with illustration by Willie Rushton, in “Private Eye”, 2 July 71 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/04/249-edward-heath-preference-for-seamen.html

photo in “Ink” 24 July 1971 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/04/247-edward-heath-whats-deal.html

Parody Richard Nixon letter in "National Lampoon" August 1971
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/11/326-you-cant-lick-dick-1.html

“Greeting Cards for the Sexual Revolution” in “Mad”, September 1971 (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2007/12/32-gay-lib-mad-magazine.html

cartoon by Gerald Scarfe in “Private Eye” 8 October 1971 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/04/250-edward-heath-man-among-other-men.html

"Dragula" comic parody in "National Lampoon" November 1971 (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2007/12/39-dragula.html

Illustration by John Kent in “Private Eye” 5 November 1971 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/04/251-edward-heath-aspersions-slurs.html

cartoon by “Larry” in “Private Eye” 5 November 1971 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/02/226-adam-and-steve.html

“The Goodies” TV sketch , 12 November 1971 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/06/127-puns-1.html

“Doctor Colon’s Monster” comic strip by Charles Rodrigues in “National Lampoon” January – July 1972
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/10/309-gay-frankenstein-2.html

Edward McLachlan cartoon in “Private Eye” 25 February 1972
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/10/308-gay-frankenstein-1.html

“The Gay Blade” by Jack T. Chick, 1972 (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/02/224-jack-chick-gay-blade.html

gay tobacco commercial sketch from “The Goodies” April 9, 1972
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/08/161-gay-ad-butch-tobacco.html

“Sanford and Son” sitcom, 14 April 1972 “The Piano Movers” written by Aaron Ruben (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/09/297-sanford-and-son-1972.html

“Are Queers Keeping You Up All Night” by Anne Beatts and Ed Bluestone in ‘National Lampoon’, May 1972 (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2007/11/3-national.html

Illustration by Michael Heath in “Private Eye” 5 May 1972 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/04/251-edward-heath-aspersions-slurs.html

“Blacula” film, 1972, , written by Raymond Koenig and Joan Torres, directed by William Crain
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/10/302-cocksuckers-bloodsuckers-gay.html

“Photopoetry” in “Mad” June 1972 (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/06/127-puns-1.html

Michael Heath cartoon in “Private Eye” 30 June 1972 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/05/126-michael-heath.html

Rock Hudson gay rumours cartoon in “Mad” October 1972
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/07/154-rock-hudsons-and-jim-naborss-gay.html

“Your Ad Here” by Michael O’Donoghue in “National Lampoon”, October 1972 (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/05/260-your-ad-here-walter-jenkins.html

“Rim Shot” National Lampoon, October 1972 (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/06/266-fag-rock-1-rim-shot.html

Gahan Wilson cartoon in "National Lampoon" October 1972 (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/04/98-gahan-wilsons-nuts.html

Tchaikovsky sketch from "Monty Python's Flying Circus", 26 October 1972
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/11/322-monty-python-tchaikovsky.html

Gahan Wilson cartoon in "National Lampoon" November 1972 (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/04/98-gahan-wilsons-nuts.html

gay footballer sketch from “Monty Python’s Flying Circus”, 23 November 1972
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/08/170-gay-sports-football-1.html

“Mr Humphries” on “Are Being Served?” sitcom written by Jeremy Lloyd, and David Croft, 1972 – 1985 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/03/90-are-you-being-served-mr-humphries.html

“Theatre of Blood” written by Anthony Greville-Bell, directed by Douglas Hickox, with Vincent Price, 1973 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/02/232-theatre-of-blood-with-vincent-price.html

“Soap Opera” sketch written and performed by Peter Cook and Dudley Moore, 1973 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/03/243-gay-actors-6-peter-cook-and-dudley.html

gay basketball cartoon in “Mad Magazine” January 1973
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/08/168-gay-sports-anxiety-and.html

“The Mary Tyler Moore Show” sitcom, January 13, 1973, “My Brother’s Keeper” written by Jenna McMahon and Dick Clair (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/09/296-mary-tyler-moore-show-1973.html

Michael Heath cartoon, in "Punch" 4 April 1973(UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2007/11/punch-cartoons-of-heath-by-michael.html

Michael Heath, from “The Gay 1970s” in “Punch”, 4 April 1973 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/06/267-fag-rock-2-michael-heath.html

Stan MacMurtry gay boxer cartoon in “Punch” 2 May 1973
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/09/179-gay-wrestling.html

cartoon by by J.B. Handelsman in “Punch” 23 May 1973 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/02/229-jb-handelsman.html

"Jesus Christ Superstar" – Herod’s Song (1973)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/06/269-fag-rock-4-jesus-christ-superstar.html

“The Ballad Of Ben Gay” song performed by Ben Gay & The Silly Savages, 1973 (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/05/116-ballad-of-ben-gay.html

J.B. Handelsman cartoon in "Punch" 20 June 1973 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/05/122-jb-handelsman.html

The Goodies, “Superstar”, 7 July 1973, Written by Bill Oddie and Graeme Garden, with Tim Brooke-Taylor (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/06/268-fag-rock-3-goodies.html

Ed MacLachlan cartoon in “Private Eye” 13 July 1973
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/06/127-puns-1.html

Phil Interlandi cartoon in “Playboy” August 1973 (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/04/254-classical-attitudes-1.html

David Austin cartoon strip in “Private Eye” 10 August 1973 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/04/254-classical-attitudes-1.html

“Guerre” magazine parody by George Trow, Brian McConnachie and Henry Beard in “National Lampoon”, September 1973 (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/02/67-gays-in-military-national-lampoon.html

“Standards Rewritten for the Liberated Woman”, by Frank Jacobs in “Mad”, October 1973 (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/05/259-american-unisex-3-mad-magazine.html

New York Dolls parody by Chris Miller in “Playboy” December 1973 (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/06/270-fag-rock-5-new-york-dolls-parody.html

“Christmas Cards”, by Judith Wax, illustration by Buck Browne, “Playboy” December 1973 (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/06/271-fag-rock-6-mascara-rock-star.html

Buck Brown cartoon in “Playboy” December 1973 (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/05/264-playboy-selection.html

Edward Sorel cover to “Screw”, 10 December 1973
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/11/328-you-cant-lick-dick-3.html

“Dixie Nixon” comic written by Sean Kelly and Tony Hendra, art by Larry Hama and Ralph Reese in “National Lampoon” February 1974 (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/04/252-k-y-comics-presents-dixie-nixon-and.html

"Greek Culture Insert" from “National Lampoon”, February 1974 (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/04/255-classical-attitudes-2.html

“Fold-In” by Al Jaffee in “Mad” April, 1974
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/05/118-al-jaffee-fold-in.html

Carl Giles cartoon in “The Daily Express” 18 April 1974 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/04/97-giles.html

“Blazing Saddles”, written by Mel Brooks and Richard Pryor, 1974 (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/04/244-gay-actors-7-blazing-saddles.html

Phantom of the Paradise (1974) Written and directed by Brian De Palma (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/06/273-fag-rock-8-phantom-of-paradise.html

“Alice Bowie” song, from “Cheech and Chong’s Wedding Album” (1974) (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/06/272-fag-rock-7-alice-bowie.html

Forrest Swisher in “The National Lampoon 1964 High School Yearbook” (1974) by Doug Kenney and P.J. O’Rourke (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/09/292-artistic-boys.html

“Gay Lib” by George Carlin from “Toledo Window Box” ( recorded 20 July 1974)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/11/318-george-carlin.html

political newspaper cutting in “Private Eye”, 20 July 1974
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/11/183-jeremy-thorpe-1.html

Bruce Cochrane cartoon in “National Lampoon” November 1974 (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/05/124-bruce-cochran.html

Michael Heath “Gay Christmas” cartoons in "Punch" 4 December 1974(UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2007/12/35-michael-heath-im-dreaming-of-gay.html

“The Catholic Sex Index” by Tony Hendra, in “National Lampoon”, December 1974 (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/01/48-religion-tony-hendra.html

Roy Raymonde cartoon in “Playboy”, January 1975 (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/05/264-playboy-selection.html

cartoons from “Illustrated History of Sex” by Arnold Roth, in “Playboy” January 1975 (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/04/255-classical-attitudes-2.html

“Auberon Waugh’s Diary” by Auberon Waugh, illustration by Nicholas Bentley in “Private Eye” 10 January 1975
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/11/311-sing-if-youre-sad-to-be-gay.html

Nick Baker cartoon in “Private Eye” 24 January 1975 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/06/127-puns-1.html

“Barney Miller” sitcom, 30 January 1975 “Experience” written by Steve Gordon (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/10/298-barney-miller-1975.html

Michael Heath cartoon in “Private Eye” 7 March 1975 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/06/128-puns-2.html

Arnold Roth gay baseball cartoon in Punch” 19 March 1975
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/09/181-gay-baseball.html

“Barney Miller” sitcom, 27 March 1975 “The Guest” written by William Taub (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/10/298-barney-miller-1975.html

“Hello Sailor” novel by Eric Idle, 1975 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/04/249-edward-heath-preference-for-seamen.html

Mahood cartoon in “Punch” 21 May 1975 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/09/284-more-gay-espionage-2.html

Edward Sorel cartoon in "The Village Voice", 28 July 1975 (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/10/300-edward-sorel-and-s.html

“The Spy Who Minced in from the Cold” parody by Stanley Reynolds in “Punch” 30 July 1975 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/09/285-more-gay-espionage-3-james-bond.html

Love and Death film (1975) written and performed by Woody Allen (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/04/254-classical-attitudes-1.html

camp giant sketch in “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” film 1975 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/06/276-monty-python-camping-it-up.html

Carl French sketch from “The Album of the Soundtrack of the Trailer of the Film of Monty Python and the Holy Grail”, 1975
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/11/323-monty-python-carl-french.html

Trog “Gay Lib” cartoon in “Observer”, 21 September, 1975 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2007/12/33-gay-lib-trog.html

Jamitol advert on Saturday Night Live, October 11, 1975 (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/01/43-saturday-night-live-jamitol.html

“Barney Miller” sitcom, 30 October 1975 “The Discovery” written by Chris Hayward (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/10/298-barney-miller-1975.html

gay telephone commercial sketch from “Saturday Night Live”, 8 November 1975 (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/08/158-gay-ad-long-distance.html

“Annie Fanny” cartoon by Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder in “Playboy”, January 1976 (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/02/62-harvey-kurtzman-and-will-elder.html

cartoon by Arthur Horner in “Punch”, 7 January 1976 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/12/208-christmas-1.html

Stan MacMurtry (“Mac”) gay footballer cartoon in the “Daily Mail”, 15 January 1976
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/08/171-gay-sports-football-2.html

“Giles” gay footballer cartoon in the “Daily Express”, 15 January 1976
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/08/171-gay-sports-football-2.html

Keith Waite gay footballer cartoon in “The Daily Mirror”,15 January 1976
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/08/171-gay-sports-football-2.html

Michael Cummings cartoon in the “Daily Express”, 14 February 1976 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/01/50-religion-michael-cummings.html

Osbert Lancaster cartoon in the “Daily Express” 30 January 1976
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/11/184-jeremy-thorpe-2.html

“Private Eye” cover, 6 February 1976
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/11/185-jeremy-thorpe-3.html

Wally Fawkes “Trog” cartoon in the “Observer” 8 February 1976
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/11/186-jeremy-thorpe-4.html

Marc Boxer cartoon, unpublished, February 1976
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/11/187-jeremy-thorpe-5.html

William Rushton “Chatto” cartoon in “Private Eye”, 20 February 1976
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/11/188-jeremy-thorpe-6.html

editorial parody from “Private Eye”, 20 February 1976
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/11/189-jeremy-thorpe-7.html

Marc Boxer cartoon in “Private Eye” 20 February 1976
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/12/190-jeremy-thorpe-8.html

“Rock Follies” drama, written by Howard Schuman, 24 February 1976 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/04/245-gay-actors-8-rock-follies.html

“A Sneak Preview of Richard Nixon’s Memoirs” by Paul Krassner in “Chic” 1976
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/11/327-you-cant-lick-dick-2.html

“Private Eye” cover, 19 March 1976
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/12/191-jeremy-thorpe-9.html

Thorpe letters parody by Eric Idle from “The Rutland Dirty Weekend Book”, 1976
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/12/192-jeremy-thorpe-10.html

Raymond Jackson “JAK” cartoons in “Evening Standard”, 11 May 1976 and “Evening Standard”, 14 May 1976
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/12/193-jeremy-thorpe-11.html

John Dempsey cartoon in “Playboy” June 1976 (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/05/264-playboy-selection.html

B. Kliban cartoon in “Playboy”, July 1976 (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/05/265-kliban.html

parodies from “Obligatory Sex Scenes” in “National Lampoon”, August 1976 (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/04/255-classical-attitudes-2.html

parody article in "Private Eye" 20 August 1976 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/06/129-tom-driberg-1.html

“The Midnight Cowperson: A Cactus in My Y-Fronts” song by Bill Oddie on “The Goodies – Almost Live”, 2 November 1976 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/05/115-goodies-cactus-in-my-y-fronts.html

Bernard Cookson cartoon in “Punch”, 10 November 1976 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/05/123-bernard-cookson.html

parody of “Gay News” from "Punch”, 15 December 1976 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/12/210-christmas-3.html

cartoons by Ralph Steadman in “Gay News”, 8 April – 20 May 1977 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/02/225-ralph-steadman-in-gay-news.html

“Rising Damp” sitcom, “Stage Struck” episode written by Eric Chappell, 19th April 1977 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/04/246-gay-actors-9-rising-damp.html

“Great Bores of Today” cartoon and monologue by Richard Ingrams, Barry Fantoni and Michael Heath from “Private Eye” 29 April 1977
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/11/312-great-bores-of-today.html

Howard Shoemaker cartoon in “Playboy” May 1977
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/10/308-gay-frankenstein-1.html

Editorial by Tony Hendra and Sean Kelly in “National Lampoon” May 1977 (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2007/12/34-gay-lib-national-lampoon.html

gay baths cartoon by Christopher Browne in “National Lampoon” May 1977
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/07/153-christopher-browne.html

gay summer camp parody from “National Lampoon” May 1977
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/08/166-gay-summer-camp.html

gay Timex commercial parody in “National Lampoon” May 1977
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/08/160-gay-ad-tumex-watches.html

gay retirement home commercial parody from "National Lampoon" May 1977
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/08/164-gay-ad-retirement-home.html

Anita Bryant parody from "National Lampoon" May 1977
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/08/162-gay-ad-anita-bryants-homo-no-mo.html

Charles Rodrigues cartons in “National Lampoon”, May 1977 (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2007/12/26-faggots-charles-rodrigues.html

“Are You Cruising with Me, Lord” poem by Brian Shein, in “National Lampoon”, May 1977 (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/01/56-religion-are-you-cruising-with-me.html

Richard Guindon gay sports cartoon in “Minneapolis Tribune”, 1977
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/08/168-gay-sports-anxiety-and.html

“The Choir Boys” film 1977, screenplay by Christopher Knopf, adapted from the novel by Joseph Wambaugh, directed by Robert Aldrich (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/10/299-choirboys-1977.html

Marc Boxer in “The Times”, June 1977 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/06/130-tom-driberg-2.html

parody article in “Private Eye” 24 June 1977 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/07/280-anthony-blunt-2.html

humorous article by Peter Cook in “The Daily Mail”, 27 June 1977 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/06/133-tom-driberg-5-peter-cook.html

parody article in “Private Eye”, 8 July 1977 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/07/280-anthony-blunt-2.html

Barry Fantoni cartoon in “Private Eye” 8 July 1977 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/06/131-tom-driberg-3.html

Jared cartoon in “Playboy”, September 1977 (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/05/264-playboy-selection.html

Beatles comic by John Hughes , “National Lampoon” October 1977 (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/08/281-beatles-john-hughes-eric-idle.html

"Auberon Waugh's Diary" in “Private Eye” 28 October 1977 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/06/132-tom-driberg-auberon-waugh-and.html

Osbert Lancaster cartoon in “The Daily Express”, 20 October 1977
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/12/194-jeremy-thorpe-12.html

“Lloyd George Knew My Father” parody article by Alan Coren in “Punch”, 26 October 1977
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/12/195-jeremy-thorpe-13.html

Michael Heath cartoon in “Private Eye” 28 October 1977 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/06/128-puns-2.html

"Auberon Waugh's Diary" in "Private Eye", 28 October 1977
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/12/196-jeremy-thorpe-14.html

“Auberon Waugh’s Diary” in “Private Eye” 28 October 1977 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/04/251-edward-heath-aspersions-slurs.html

“Times” editorial parody from “Private Eye” 11 November 1977
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/12/197-jeremy-thorpe-15.html

gay bodybuilding cartoon “Little Annie Fanny” cartoon by Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder in “Playboy” December 1977
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/09/176-gay-bodybuilding-2.html

J.B. Handelsman cartoon in “Playboy” January 1978
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/11/311-sing-if-youre-sad-to-be-gay.html

gay American football poster from “National Lampoon’s Sunday Newspaper Parody”, 1978
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/09/182-gay-american-football.html

William Hewison cartoon and article from “Punch” 8 March 1978
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/11/313-hewisons-people.html

“Homo Fashions” parody by John Hughes in "National Lampoon" September 1978
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/07/157-john-hughes-homo-fashions.html

Fran Lebowitz: "The Primary Cause of Heterosexuality Among Males in Urban Areas: Yet Another Crackpot Theory" essay, 1978 (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/01/57-fran-lebowitz-primary-cause-of.html

David Austin cartoon in “Private Eye”, 15 September 1978
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/12/198-jeremy-thorpe-16.html

gay baseball card parody from “Mad” October 1978
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/09/181-gay-baseball.html

Anita Bryant sketch from National Lampoon’s “Disco Beaver From Outer Space”, 1978
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/08/162-gay-ad-anita-bryants-homo-no-mo.html

“Dragula” sketch from "Disco Beaver From Outer Space", 1978
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/10/303-cocksuckers-bloodsuckers-gay.html

“Private Eye” cover, 24 November 1978
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/12/199-jeremy-thorpe-17.html

http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/12/200-jeremy-thorpe-18.html
Michael Heath cartoon in “Punch” 29 November 1978

gay Clorox commercial parody from “Mad Magazine” December 1978
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/08/163-gay-ad-clorox-parody.html

Michael Heath cartoon in “Punch”, 13 December 1978
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/12/201-jeremy-thorpe-19.html

cartoon by Honeysett in "Punch" 13 December 1978 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/03/236-gay-actors-1-honeysett.html

gay Incredible Hulk parody from “Mad Magazine” January 1979
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/07/156-incredible-hulk-parody.html

Village People sketch from “Saturday Night Live” 14 April 1979
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/07/155-village-people-parody.html

Auberon Waugh’s "Dog Lover’s Party" campaign materials in “The Spectator”, 28 April 1979
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/12/202-jeremy-thorpe-19.html

Frank Zappa “Bobby Brown Goes Down” song, 1979 (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2007/12/37-frank-zappa-bobby-brown-goes-down.html

song and video from the musical “Hair”, 1979 (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/02/68-gays-in-military-hair.html

Phil Interlandi cartoon in “Playboy”, May 1979 (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/05/264-playboy-selection.html

gay summer camp parody from “National Lampoon” June 1979
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/08/166-gay-summer-camp.html

“Entirely A Matter For You” sketch by Peter Cook from “The Secret Policeman’s Ball”, 29 and 30 June 1979
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/12/205-jeremy-thorpe-23.html

“Private Eye” cover, 6 July 1979
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/12/203-jeremy-thorpe-20.html

“Auberon Waugh’s Diary” in “Private Eye” 6 July 1979 and 20 July 1979
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/12/204-jeremy-thorpe-21.html

“Notebook” by Alexander Chancellor in “Spectator”, 7 July 1979
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/12/206-jeremy-thorpe-24.html

Arnold Roth cartoons in “Punch” 26 September 1979
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/07/151-arnold-roth.html

news parody in “National Lampoon” October 1979
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/12/207-jeremy-thorpe-25.html

“Are You a Gay Christian” sketch on “Not The Nine O’Clock News” 23 October 1979 – Rowan Atkinson (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2007/11/55-not-nine-oclock-news.html
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2007/11/5-not-nine-oclock-news.html

Barry Fantoni cartoon in “Private Eye” 9 November 1979 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/06/128-puns-2.html

Mac cartoon in “Daily Mail”, 19 November 1979 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/08/282-anthony-blunt-3.html

Bill Caldwell cartoon in “Daily Star”, 20 November 1979 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/08/282-anthony-blunt-3.html

JAK cartoon in “Evening Standard”, 20 November 1979 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/08/282-anthony-blunt-3.html

“Private Eye” cartoon, 23 November 1979 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/08/282-anthony-blunt-3.html

Michael Heath cartoon in “Private Eye”, 23 November 1979 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/08/282-anthony-blunt-3.html

Michael Heath cartoon in “Spectator”, 24 November 1979 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/08/282-anthony-blunt-3.html

Mahood cartoons in “Punch”, 28 November 1979 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/08/282-anthony-blunt-3.html

parody article in “Punch”, 19 December 1979 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/08/282-anthony-blunt-3.html

spy sketch on “Not the Nine O’Clock News” (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/08/282-anthony-blunt-3.html

“Are Being Served?” parody written by Andrew Marshall and David Renwick (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/03/91-burkiss-way-are-you-being-served.html

1960s

“The League of Gentlemen” film (1960)(UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/06/275-league-of-gentlemen-1960.html

Phil Interlandi cartoon in “Playboy” (1960- 63?)(US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/05/263-phil-interlandi.html

“Bollard” sketch by Peter Cook, in “Beyond the Fringe”, 1961 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2007/11/11-beyond-fringe.html

Parody interview of John Gielguid, by John Wells, in "Private Eye", 25 Oct 1961 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/03/238-gay-actors-3-john-wells.html

Terry Gilliam cartoon in “Fang” magazine 1962 (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/09/293-terry-gilliam-flit.html

“Thank You, Mask Man” stand-up by Lenny Bruce (1962?)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2010/01/352-lenny-bruce-thank-you-mask-man.html

Jonathan Winters stand-up 1962-1965 (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/09/294-jonathan-winters-1962-1965.html

“The Hounding of the Pooves” by Jonathan Miller in “Private Eye” 7 September 1962 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2007/12/38-jonathan-miller.html

“The Moon-Shot Scandal” by Terry Southern in “The Realist” November 1962 (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/02/221-terry-southern-moon-shot-scandal.html

parody news article from “Private Eye” 2 November 1962 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/01/214-private-eye-and-pooves.html

Lenny Bruce on “Faggots” 1962/63 (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2007/12/24-faggots-lenny-bruce.html

"Confession" sketch by John Braine, in "That Was The Week That Was", 1963 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2007/11/12-teevee-and-sympathy-1-that-was-week.html

"But My Dear" sketch by Peter Shaffer in "That Was The Week That Was", 1963 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2007/12/15-vassal-case-that-was-week-that-was.html

Willie Rushton cartoon in "Private Eye", 22 March 1963 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2007/12/17-vassall-case-3-private-eye.html

"Bond Strikes Camp" parody by Cyril Connolly in "London Magazine", April 1963 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2007/12/22-gay-spies-cyril-connolly.html

Joseph Lee cartoon in “Evening News”, 26 April 1963 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2007/12/18-vassall-case-5-joseph-lee.html

Emmwood cartoon in “Daily Mail”, 27 April 1963 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2007/12/20-vassall-case-6-emmwood.html

Jak cartoon in "Evening Standard", 27 April 1963 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2007/12/21-vassall-case-6-jak.html

Vassall Report parody in "Private Eye", 3 May 1963 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2007/12/17-vassall-case-4-private-eye.html

“How to Spot a Homo” in ‘Private Eye, 17 May 1963 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2007/11/10-private-eye.html

Timothy Birdsall cartoon 1963 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2007/12/16-vassall-case-2-timothy-birdsall.html

Terry Southern “Interviews a Male Faggot Nurse”, in “The Realist” September 1963 (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2007/12/40-terry-southern-interviews-faggot.html

"Gay Ordeal" By Paul Krassner? in "The Realist" (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/05/261-lavender-scare.html

sketches by “Second City” and “The Committee”, 1963 (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/01/44-american-satirical-cabaret-1963.html

“Quean Magazine” from "Private Eye" 27 December 1963 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/01/216-quean-magazine.html

parody news article from “Private Eye” 10 January 1964 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/01/214-private-eye-and-pooves.html

Terrence Parkes ("Larry") cartoon in “Private Eye” 1 May 1964 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/02/61-larry.html

parody spy article in “Private Eye” 29 May 1964 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/07/anthony-blunt-1.html


“A Hard Day’s Night”, written by Alan Owen, 1964 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/03/239-theatricality-hard-days-night.html

Willie Rushton cartoons in “Private Eye”, 1964 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2007/12/41-willie-rushton-1964.html
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/01/45-religion-willie-rushton.html

Boothby and Krays parody from "Private Eye" 21 August 1964 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/01/215-private-eye-and-krays.html

parody of documentaries about homosexuals in 'Private Eye', 22 January 1965 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2007/11/13-teevee-and-sympathy-2-private-eye.html

Jim Jones cartoon in “Help” July 1965
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/10/308-gay-frankenstein-1.html
“Shel Silverstein on Fire Island” cartoons by Shel Silverstein in “Playboy”, August 1965 (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/05/121-shel-silverstein-on-fire-island.html

fashion parody with illustration by Willie Rushton in "Private Eye", 20 August 1965 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/02/83-private-eye-fashion.html

photo in “Private Eye” 29 October 1965 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/04/248-edward-heath-and-ladies.html

“Julian and Sandy” sketches on BBC, 1965-1968 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/01/60-julian-and-sandy-1965-1968.html

Terrence Parkes (“Larry”) cartoon in “Private Eye” 4 March 1966 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/02/61-larry.html

Richard Guindon cartoon in “The Realist” April 1966
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2010/01/357-id-rather-swish-than-fight.html

"Pitman and Wonderboy Robin Vass" comic in “Private Eye” 15 April 1966 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/02/85-pitman-and-wonderboy-robin-vass.html

Willie Rushton cartoon in “Private Eye" 24 June 1966 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2007/11/2-willie-rushton.html

Jules Feiffer comic in “Village Voice”, 25 August 1966 (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/05/257-american-unisex-1-jules-feiffer.html

Mort Gerberg cartoons in "The Realist", September 1966 (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/02/65-gays-in-military-mort-gerberg.html

“Esquire” magazine cover, September 1966.
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2010/01/357-id-rather-swish-than-fight.html

"Boy Wonder I Love You" song by Frank Zappa, November 1966
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/12/345-burt-ward-boy-wonder-i-love-you.html

Alan Bennett sketch in “On the Margin”, BBC 9 November 1966 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2007/11/7-alan-bennett.html

“Adventures of Phoebe Zeitgeist” comic by Michael O’Donoghue and Frank Springer in “Evergreen Review”, December 1966 (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/06/277-adventures-of-phoebe-zeit-geist.html

Wally Fawkes “Trog” cartoon, in ‘Private Eye’ 23 December 1966 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2007/11/6-trog.html

“These are The Hits, You Silly Savage!” songs by Teddy and Darrel (Dec 1966/Jan 1967?)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2010/01/356-camp-comedy-cash-in-records.html

“Ruby the Dyke and Her Six Perverted Sisters Stomp the Fags” (1967) cartoon by S. Clay Wilson in “Radical America Komiks, 1969
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2010/01/359-s-clay-wilson-early-works-1967-1969.html

Skip Williamson cartoon in "The Realist", May 1967 (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/02/66-gays-in-military-skip-williamson.html

“Shel Silverstein in London” cartoon in “Playboy” June 1967
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2010/02/379-golden-chestnuts-i.html

William Hewison cartoon in “Punch” 19 July 1967 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/02/87-william-hewison.html

“The Fearless Vampire Killers” film, 1967, written by Roman Polanski and Gerard Brach, directed by Roman Polanski
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/10/301-cocksuckers-bloodsuckers-gay.html

Art Spiegelman cartoon in “The Realist”, 1967 (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/02/63-gays-in-military-art-spiegelman.html

Richard Guindon cartoon in “The Realist”, August 1967 (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/05/258-american-unisex-2-richard-guindon.html

Tim-Brooke-Taylor and Marty Feldman sketch in “At Last the 1948 Show”, 1967
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2010/01/355-gay-cowboys-last-roundup.html

“Kay, Why?” song by The Brothers Butch, 1967
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2010/01/356-camp-comedy-cash-in-records.html

Brian Davis (“ffolkes”) cartoon in “Punch” 22 November 1967 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/05/114-ffolkes.html

gag on “The Monkees”, 25 December 1967
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2010/01/356-camp-comedy-cash-in-records.html

Hugh Burnett cartoon in “Private Eye”, 9 March 1968 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/01/46-religion-hugh-burnett.html

Chic Jacob cartoon in “Punch” 17 March 1968 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/02/86-chic-jacob.html

Stan McMurtry cartoon in “Punch”, 20 March 1968 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/04/96-stan-mcmurtry.html

“Funny He Never Married” sketch by Barry Took and Marty Feldman, Spring 1968 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/01/59-marty-feldman-and-tim-brooke-tyalor.html

“Trouser Press” song by Roger Ruskin Spear/Bonzo Dog Band 1968 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/06/278-bonzo-dog-band-trouser-press.html

S. Clay Wilson cartoon in “Yellow Dog” #4, 1968
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2010/01/359-s-clay-wilson-early-works-1967-1969.html

“Captain Pissgums and His Pervert Pirates” comic by S. Clay Wilson in “Zap” #3, 1968
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2010/01/360-s-clay-wilson-captain-pissgums-and.html

“Greetings” film (1968) by Brian De Palma
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2010/01/357-id-rather-swish-than-fight.html

Dave Berg comic in “Mad” October 1968 (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/02/84-dave-berg-fashion.html

“How to Irritate People” sketch written by John Cleese and Graham Chapman, with Marty Feldman and Tim Brooke-Taylor, 1968 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/03/241-gay-actors-4-how-to-irritate-people.html

“The Producers”, written and directed by Mel Brooks, 1968 (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/03/240-theatricality-producers.html

“Brian Graham” sketch by Barry Humphries in “Just a Show” 1968/1969
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/04/93-barry-humphries-brian-graham.html

Alan Sues on "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" 1968 – 1972 (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/03/92-rowan-and-martins-laugh-in-and-alan.html

advert parody in "Mad Magazine", January 1969 (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2007/12/30-gay-lib-mad-magazine.html

Terrence Parkes (“Larry”) cartoon in “Private Eye” 17 Jan 1969 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/02/61-larry.html

Jonathan Winters sketch in “The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour” 1969
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2010/01/357-id-rather-swish-than-fight.html

Spencer cartoon in “Punch”, 7 May 1969 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/02/82-punch.html

Dave Berg cartoon in “Mad”, June 1969 (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2007/12/25-faggots-dave-berg.html

cartoon in “Mad” July 1969 (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/03/235-gay-ballet-dancer.html

S. Clay Wilson cartoon in “Yellow Dog” #8, 1969
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2010/01/359-s-clay-wilson-early-works-1967-1969.html

"Paul & Marlon in Bottoms Up" comic by Jim Osborne in "Snatch Comics" #3, 1969
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2010/01/361-jim-osborne-paul-marlon-in-bottoms.html

“The Gay Deceivers” 1969 film
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2010/01/358-gay-deceivers.html

“Big Bruce” song performed by Steve Greenberg, 1969 (US)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2008/05/117-big-bad-bruce.html

OZ #23, August – September 1969 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/04/247-edward-heath-whats-deal.html

“The Magic Christian” (film 1969) written by Terry Southern, and John Cleese and Graham Chapman
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/09/291-magic-christian-1969.html

Gay Lib parody in “Private Eye”, late 1969 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2007/12/31-gay-lib-private-eye.html

“Four in Hand” sketch by John Lennon from “Oh Calcutta!”, 1969
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/11/324-john-lennon-four-in-hand.html

“The Mouse Problem” sketch on “Monty Python’s Flying Circus”, 12 October, 1969 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2007/11/14-teevee-and-sympathy-3-monty-python.html

“Monty Python’s Flying Circus” - 7 December 1969 (UK)
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/06/276-monty-python-camping-it-up.html

David Unction on “Monty Python’s Flying Circus”, 21st December 1969
http://ukjarry.blogspot.com/2009/11/321-monty-python-david-unction.html

Tuesday 29 January 2008

60 - Julian and Sandy, 1965-1968

Written by Marty Feldman and Barry Took.
Performed by Kenneth Williams and Hugh Paddick


(l-r: Hugh Paddick, Kenneth Williams, Kenneth Horne, Betty Marsden and Douglas Smith)



In my last post about Marty Feldman, I wrote that was the only time he’d played gay. What I totally overlooked, is that Feldman was responsible for writing two of the most famous British gay characters ever. With his writing partner Barry Took, Feldman was responsible for all the scripts on the radio comedy series “Round the Horne”. The series consisted of broad puns, unusual innuendoes and double-entendres, and weirdly comic scenarios, with the actors’ extravagant characterisations and catchphrases all orbiting around the imperturbably stolid host, Kenneth Horne. The show ran for four seasons, on Sunday afternoons, from 1965 to 1968, and won audiences of up to 15 million people. Aside from parodies and running comedy serials within the show, there were a wide range of regular characters. The two most famous are Julian (performed by Hugh Paddick) and Sandy (performed by Kenneth Williams) who appeared in almost every episode. Besides being two camp gay men on radio for a mass audience, the sketches introduced an unwitting British public to the gay slang Polari.

The daring in the appearance of these sketches was that previously there had been an outright ban on gay characters on comedy radio shows. In 1949 the “Green Book” set BBC policy for variety writers and producers. One of its commandments was that there was “an absolute ban upon jokes about effeminacy in men”. This is a mild code, since no gay man could be really masculine, but it meant that not even the horrid word homosexual had to be used in banning them. And so any obvious representations of gay men in comedy were forbidden. Any humorous jokes about gay men had to be sufficiently ingenious that it would escape the notice of some BBC official or other.

Aside from the actors' vigorous performances, the sketches stood out for their use of strange words with apparently hidden meanings. The audiences were not to know that these words were in fact Polari. Bona, butch, eke, lallies, dolly, omi-polone, were thrown about with abandon. But as the sketches were a regular feature, repetition of Polari words and phrases meant the audience gradually grew to decipher them, even if they remained ignorant of their gay origin. The writers and performers however were not. Feldman had worked in travelling sideshows and in the theatre, so was aware of the various slangs. Hugh Paddick and Kenneth Williams were gay, and therefore were already fluent in Polari. Indeed, Williams would often drop into the tones of Sandy to liven up a quiz show appearance or an interview.

The sketches usually involved Horne visiting some new commercial venture - Bona Books, Bona Pets, Bona Drag, Bona Law, etc. As Horne entered, Julian (Hugh Paddick) would say "Ooh hello! I'm Julian and this is my friend Sandy!" Sandy (Williams) then often following with “Why Mr Horne, how bona to vada your dolly old eke”. The pair were bright and chirpy, offering a torrent of polari and barely concealed innuendo to the bemused Horne’s questions. The importance of the urbane Horne cannot be overlooked, since he effectively represented the public and therefore made the outrageous pair palatable for popular radio.

The characters were originally conceived as two ageing old out of work actors, but the producer thought the characters were too sad and suggested making them younger "chorus boy" types. Peter Cook and Dudley Moore would also explore the comedy inherent in out-of-work gay actors having to get by as domestics for hire in their show “Behind the Fridge”.

Instead of being posh, nancy-boys, the two were gossipy queens, slightly bitchy, speaking in a camp East End demotic laced with Polari. At this late date they are old stereotypes but at the time they were fresh and new, the first of thir kind to be seen by the British public. How many at the time knew the characters were gay, and how many though they were just odd funny men, is a question that may now be unanswerable. The audience of the time would appear to have loved the two characters. They were not held up to ridicule or made the butt of cheap homophobic jokes. The exuberance of the performances was funny itself without the audience necessarily being in on secret gay codes.

In a 1975 radio show, Kenneth Williams said he had started to use homosexual humour on the Kenneth Horne shows, his aim had been to disarm prejudiced heterosexuals who were scared of homosexuals. By bringing humour to the matter he hoped people would begin to show more tolerance. But he attacked those who with limp wrists and a few crude double entendres made cheap laughs and ridiculed homosexuals in the process. (Reported in “Gay News”)

While gay men had been big fans of Julian and Sandy in the 60s and early 70s, the change in gay self- identity meant that the two characters were strongly repudiated in the mid 70s, lumped in with the likes of Larry Grayson and Mr Humphries perpetuating unflattering stereotypes. Gay Lib and its struggle for positive images of gay men meant that reissues of old Julian and Sandy sketches on LPs received hostile reviews in “Gay News”. The Round the Horne Society was refused affiliation with the C.H.E (Campaign for Homosexual Equality) because its celebration of comic poofs was embarrassing to the cause.

This website has transcripts of some of the "Julian and Sandy" sketches

Here is a good place to find out more about Polari