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Bonus Video! The Sacred Band of Thebes, MASH, and the Army's “Queen for a Day” Rule (Patreon)

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2021-08-22 19:15:02

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2023-07-14 18:35:07

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2026-06

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Okay, okay, maybe that’s an exaggeration — there were also tons of scholarly resources. But those aren’t nearly as fun! In this bonus video, I unpack what little we know (and what we don’t) about the band’s existence, including some debate over whether it actually existed.

Also in this bonus video: The story of how the super dark theme song to M*A*S*H made one teenager a millionaire; and also the US Army’s “Queen for a Day” rule that let anyone go a little queer as long as they promised that they’d only do it once.

As always, huge huge thanks for making these videos possible! I’ll have another bonus video for you next week, all about underwear parties in George Washington’s camp at Valley Forge. Oh la la.

Matt

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Bonus Video! The Sacred Band of Thebes, MASH, and How to be a “Queen for a Day”

For a long time, if you wanted to learn about The Sacred Band of Thebes (a Greek army made up of 150 pairs of male lovers) there were only two sources available for you to consult: The sitcom Murphy Brown, and an erotic Men.com film. These were the only two pieces of media to ever acknowledge the Sacred Band’s existence. Okay, okay, maybe that’s an exaggeration — there were also tons of scholarly resources. But those aren’t nearly as fun! In this bonus video, I unpack what little we know (and what we don’t) about the band’s existence, including some debate over whether it actually existed.