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| rdfs:comment | - The Dead Parrot is approximately one foot long before stretching, and up to two feet after. It has beautiful plumage, and occasionally a pronounced lump upon its head. The skin beneath the feathers varies in colour, depending on the breed and the stage of decomposition. The Dead Parrot is well-known for being dead.
- The Dead Parrot sketch, alternatively and originally known as Pet Shop sketch or Parrot Sketch, is a popular sketch from Monty Python's Flying Circus, one of the most famous in the history of British television comedy. It portrays a conflict between disgruntled customer Mr. Eric Praline (played by John Cleese), and a shopkeeper (Michael Palin), who hold contradictory positions on the vital state of a "Norwegian Blue" parrot (an apparent absurdity in itself since parrots are popularly presumed to be tropical and not indigenous to Scandinavia, or perhaps a riff on the African Grey parrot).
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| Title | - The Dead Parrot sketch performed on Monty Python's Flying Circus in 1969
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| abstract | - The Dead Parrot sketch, alternatively and originally known as Pet Shop sketch or Parrot Sketch, is a popular sketch from Monty Python's Flying Circus, one of the most famous in the history of British television comedy. It portrays a conflict between disgruntled customer Mr. Eric Praline (played by John Cleese), and a shopkeeper (Michael Palin), who hold contradictory positions on the vital state of a "Norwegian Blue" parrot (an apparent absurdity in itself since parrots are popularly presumed to be tropical and not indigenous to Scandinavia, or perhaps a riff on the African Grey parrot). The skit pokes fun at the many euphemisms for death used in English culture. In this it bears some resemblance to Mark Twain's earlier short story Nevada Funeral. The sketch aired in the eighth episode of the television series. The "Dead Parrot" sketch was inspired by a "Car Salesman" sketch that Palin and Graham Chapman had done in How to Irritate People. In it, Palin played a car salesman who refused to admit that there was anything wrong with his customer's (Chapman) car, even as it fell apart in front of him. That sketch was based on an actual incident between Palin and a car salesman. It was also based on an ancient joke told by the Romans . A Man brought a slave who died soon afterwards. He went to the market to complain. He told the market salesman that the slave had a problem, he died. 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.
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- The Dead Parrot is approximately one foot long before stretching, and up to two feet after. It has beautiful plumage, and occasionally a pronounced lump upon its head. The skin beneath the feathers varies in colour, depending on the breed and the stage of decomposition. The Dead Parrot is well-known for being dead.
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