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The main influence for the Pepperpots was the character Mrs Pepperpot from the children's stories of author Alf Prøysen. [17] Another influence may have been playwright Terence Rattigan who is played by Cleese in episode 30. Rattigan describes a character, Aunt Edna, with similar characteristics to the Pepperpots.
Mrs. Pepperpot (Norwegian: Teskjekjerringa, translation: the teaspoon lady) is a fictional character in a series of children's books created by the Norwegian author Alf Prøysen. The first book in the series was printed in 1956 in Sweden and in Norway from 1957.
The "Quiz Show" sketch, where Brooke-Taylor, as a Pepperpot, annoys Cleese, a quiz show host, while appearing as a contestant on a show, was later adapted into another Monty Python sketch, "Take Your Pick" (or "Spot the Brain Cell," as it would be later called) in the second Flying Circus series, where Terry Jones plays the contestant ...
Pepper Pot is a thick stew of beef tripe, vegetables, pepper and other seasonings. The soup was first made in West Africa and the Caribbean before being brought to North America through slave trade and made into a distinctively Philadelphian dish by colonial Black women during the nineteenth century.
Pepperpot or pepper pot may refer to: A pepper shaker; Several types of soup including Guyana pepperpot, an Amerindian dish popular in Guyana and the Caribbean; Pepper pot soup, a thick stew of beef tripe, vegetables, pepper and other seasonings; Pepper-Pot: A Scene in the Philadelphia Market (1811), an American painting
Mrs. Spoon Pepperpot: the main character of the series. She possesses a magic spoon which changes her size unexpectedly. Mr. Fork Pepperpot: Mrs. Pepperpot's husband. He is a professional painter. A stubborn and hotheaded character, he is initially unaware of his wife's secret. Fluffy: the Pepperpot family dog; Cleo: the Pepperpot family cat
Pepper pot is a synonym for pepper shaker. You see it pretty often in antique catalogs, along with pepper caster. Pepper pot is older than pepper shaker. All the following are terms for "a small box or bottle with a perforated top used to sprinkle pepper": pepper shaker (1895); pepper-pot (1838); pepper caster (1679); pepper-box (1546).
In mid-1930s, Bofors designed several successful artillery pieces (e. g. 37-mm and 105-mm guns) with new perforated muzzle brakes, so-called pepper-pot muzzle brakes, a design invented by then Swedish artillery captain Harald Jentzen and therefore known in Sweden as a "Jentzen-brake" (Swedish: Jentzen-broms). [11]