Which monty python episode is the parrot sketch

This is your nine o'clock alarm call! Takes parrot out of the cage and thumps its head on the counter. Throws it up in the air and watches it plummet to the floor. Owner: Yeah! You stunned him, just as he was wakin' up! Norwegian Blues stun easily, major. Praline: Um That parrot is definitely deceased, and when I purchased it not 'alf an hour ago, you assured me that its total lack of movement was due to it bein' tired and shagged out following a prolonged squawk.

Owner: Well, he's What kind of talk is that? Owner: The Norwegian Blue prefers keepin' on it's back! Remarkable bird, id'nit, squire? Lovely plumage! Praline: Look, I took the liberty of examining that parrot when I got it home, and I discovered the only reason that it had been sitting on its perch in the first place was that it had been NAILED there.

Owner: Well, o'course it was nailed there! If I hadn't nailed that bird down, it would have nuzzled up to those bars, bent 'em apart with its beak, and VOOM!

Praline: "VOOM"?!? Mate, this bird wouldn't "voom" if you put four million volts through it! Praline: 'E's not pinin'! This parrot is no more! He has ceased to be! Bereft of life, 'e rests in peace! If you hadn't nailed 'im to the perch 'e'd be pushing up the daisies! Owner: Well, I'd better replace it, then. Owner: pause I got a slug. Owner: N-no, I guess not. Owner: quietly D'you Owner: Look, if you go to my brother's pet shop in Bolton, he'll replace the parrot for you.

The customer enters the same pet shop. The owner is putting on a false moustache. Praline: looking at the camera That's inter-city rail for you.

Praine goes to the train station. He addresses a man standing behind a desk marked "Complaints". Attendant: I'm a qualified brain surgeon!

I only do this job because I like being my own boss! Attendant: Yeah, well it's not easy to pad these python files out to lines, you know. Praline: Well, I wish to complain. I got on the Bolton train and found myself deposited here in Ipswitch. Praline: to the camera The pet shop man's brother was lying!!

Owner: No, no What's that thing that spells the same backwards as forwards? Praline: It's not a palindrome! The palindrome of "Bolton" would be "Notlob"!! It don't work!! Praline: I'm not prepared to pursue my line of inquiry any longer as I think this is getting too silly! Sergeant-Major: Quite agree, quite agree, too silly, far too silly Come on Owner: to the audience Well! I never wanted to do this in the first place. I wanted to be Floating down the mighty rivers of British Columbia!

With my best girl by my side! Praline: 'Ello, I wish to register a complaint. The owner does not respond. Praline: 'Ello, Miss? Owner: What do you mean "miss"? The market salesman said that he didn't have that problem before he sold him. The joke is one of the oldest jokes in the world.

Over the years, Cleese and Palin have done many versions of the "Dead Parrot" sketch for various television shows, record albums, and live performances. Bishop : In the words of John Cleese, whenever two or three are gathered together in one place, then they shall perform the Parrot Sketch.

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