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Mr Praline (John Cleese) (right) attempts to return his dead Norwegian Blue parrot to the shopkeeper (Michael Palin)The "Dead Parrot Sketch", alternatively and originally known as the "Pet Shop Sketch" or "Parrot Sketch", is a sketch from Monty Python's Flying Circus about a non-existent species of parrot, called a "Norwegian Blue".
Introduced by actor and Monty Python fan Steve Martin, the special showcases various sketches from Monty Python's Flying Circus, along with some sketches from the two German specials, Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus. As indicated by its title, the "Dead Parrot sketch" is intentionally [citation needed] omitted.
And Now for Something Completely Different is a 1971 British sketch comedy film based on the television comedy series Monty Python's Flying Circus featuring sketches from the show's first two series. [2] The title was taken from a catchphrase used in the television show.
The film Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl also contains a performance of this sketch, with Chapman as the Inspector and Terry Gilliam as his assistant. The assistant is now called Constable Parrot, and while he too periodically leaves the room to fight off his nausea, he remains onstage during his last attack of sickness and vomits into his helmet—which his superior then orders him to ...
Dead Parrot sketch; Decomposing Composers; ... Spam (Monty Python sketch) The Spanish Inquisition (Monty Python) U. Undertakers sketch; Upper Class Twit of the Year; V.
Script books Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1977) ISBN 0-413-38520-5. Monty Python's The Life of Brian/MONTYPYTHONSCRAPBOOK (1979, plus script-only reprint) ISBN 0-413-46550-0. Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983) ISBN 0-413-53380-8. Monty Python's Flying Circus – Just The Words Volume 1 (1989) ISBN 0-413-62540-0.
Broadcast in November 1989, the 20th anniversary television special, Parrot Sketch Not Included – 20 Years of Monty Python, hosted by Python fan Steve Martin, was Chapman's final onscreen appearance with the other five Python members. [57] Chapman was intended to be cast in the Red Dwarf episode "Timeslides", but died before shooting could begin.
The script for the sketch is included in the 1989 book The Complete Monty Python's Flying Circus: All the Words, Volume 2. [3] It was later reworked for the album The Monty Python Matching Tie and Handkerchief and appeared for one last time during Monty Python Live (Mostly), as a surprising coda to the Dead Parrot sketch.