![]() Just as Praline has decided that "this is getting too silly", Graham Chapman's no-nonsense Colonel bursts in and orders the sketch stopped. Ĭonfronting the shopkeeper's "brother" for lying, the shopkeeper claims he was playing a prank on Praline by sending him to Ipswich, which was a palindrome for Bolton Praline points out that the shopkeeper was wrong because a palindrome for Bolton would have been "Notlob". That proves difficult, as the proprietor of that store (who is really the first shopkeeper, save for a fake moustache) claims this is Ipswich, whereas the railway station attendant ( Terry Jones) claims he is actually in Bolton after all. After listing several euphemisms for death ("is no more", "has ceased to be", "bereft of life, it rests in peace", and "this is an ex-parrot") he is told to go to the pet shop run by the shopkeeper's brother in Bolton for a refund. Īs the exasperated Praline attempts to wake up the parrot, the shopkeeper tries to make the bird move by hitting the cage, and Praline erupts into a rage after banging "Polly Parrot" on the counter. Despite being told that the bird is deceased and that it had been nailed to its perch, the proprietor insists that it is "pining for the fjords" or simply "stunned". Mr Praline (Cleese) enters the pet shop to register a complaint about the dead Norwegian Blue parrot (actually Spix's macaw parrots are not native to Norway) just as the shopkeeper (Palin) is preparing to close the establishment for lunch. Problems playing this file? See media help. ![]() "Dead Parrot" was voted the top alternative comedy sketch in a Radio Times poll. Over the years, Cleese and Palin have performed many versions of the "Dead Parrot" sketch for television shows, record albums, and live performances. ![]() The sketch portrays a conflict between disgruntled customer Mr Praline (played by Cleese) and a shopkeeper ( Michael Palin), who argue whether or not a recently purchased parrot is dead. A satire on poor customer service, it was written by John Cleese and Graham Chapman and initially performed in the show's first series, in the eighth episode ("Full Frontal Nudity", which first aired 7 December 1969). 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". Mr Praline ( John Cleese) (right) attempts to return his dead Norwegian Blue parrot to the shopkeeper ( Michael Palin)
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