# And for lovers of the Monty Python ‘Dead Parrot Sketch’ **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 24, 2005, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-for-lovers-of-the-monty-python-dead-parrot-sketch/300860 "2005-04-24T14:34:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mycroft\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/898d66/32.png) [@Mycroft\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mycroft_H)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2005, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-for-lovers-of-the-monty-python-dead-parrot-sketch/300860/1 "2005-04-24T14:34:09Z")
From this week’s [‘News of the Weird’](http://www.newsoftheweird.com/archive/index.html) (Week of April 24) > [@](#): > > According to a February report … is suing a pet shop owner in Beersheeba for selling him a sickly Galerita-type cockatoo (price: the equivalent of about US$2,000) that died shortly after Simkowitz got him home. As in a classic Monty Python sketch, the shop owner initially insisted that the parrot was merely lethargic and needed time to adjust to his new surroundings, … ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2005, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-for-lovers-of-the-monty-python-dead-parrot-sketch/300860/2 "2005-04-24T14:43:08Z")
Pinin’ for the fjords, indeed! ---
**Author:** ![unclviny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e274bd/32.png) [@unclviny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/unclviny)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2005, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-for-lovers-of-the-monty-python-dead-parrot-sketch/300860/3 "2005-04-24T15:01:41Z")
But just look at the beautiful plumage. Unclviny ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2005, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-for-lovers-of-the-monty-python-dead-parrot-sketch/300860/4 "2005-04-24T15:09:39Z")
the plumage don’t enter into it, 'E’s STONE DEAD! ---
**Author:** ![Brainiac4](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brainiac4/32/3534_2.png) [@Brainiac4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brainiac4)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2005, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-for-lovers-of-the-monty-python-dead-parrot-sketch/300860/5 "2005-04-24T21:35:47Z")
Voom? Mate, this bird wouldn’t “voom” if you put four million volts through him. ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2005, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-for-lovers-of-the-monty-python-dead-parrot-sketch/300860/6 "2005-04-24T21:43:53Z")
he has CEASED TO BE! ---
**Author:** ![Khampelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Khampelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khampelf)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2005, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-for-lovers-of-the-monty-python-dead-parrot-sketch/300860/7 "2005-04-24T21:52:09Z")
Galerita-type cockatoos prefer kippin’ on their backs. ---
**Author:** ![RunSilent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e0b2c6/32.png) [@RunSilent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RunSilent)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2005, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-for-lovers-of-the-monty-python-dead-parrot-sketch/300860/8 "2005-04-24T21:56:21Z")
I’ve got a slug. Does it talk? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2005, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-for-lovers-of-the-monty-python-dead-parrot-sketch/300860/9 "2005-04-24T22:10:17Z")
He’s joined the choir invisible! This is an\* ex\* parrot! ---
**Author:** ![Ace309](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ace309/32/1050_2.png) [@Ace309](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ace309)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2005, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-for-lovers-of-the-monty-python-dead-parrot-sketch/300860/10 "2005-04-25T00:21:43Z")
Anyone remember SNL doing the Parrot Sketch when the Python guys were on for the opening sketch to explain the new TV rating system? “Should Chris Farley ever return to host the show, it may be rated TV-PFMA, for Portions of a Fat Man’s Ass.” They later did the Parrot Sketch, and it was fantastic.