# Botticelli, July 2023

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**Created:** [July 1, 2023, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407 "2023-07-01T15:38:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2023, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/501 "2023-08-02T16:42:48Z")

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So 50’s-60’s britcoms. Which means first year Monty Python or something before that. I don’t recall any animals on python with last names (I think the dead parrot was called polly), and don’t know many BBC shows before that. So I’m pretty well stumped.

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2023, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/502 "2023-08-02T17:08:37Z")

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The dead parrot was Polly Parrot. Buck, you might just want to guess that.

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**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2023, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/503 "2023-08-02T17:09:50Z")

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OK first name last name “Polly Parrot” with a big help from the Professor.

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**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2023, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/504 "2023-08-02T17:09:52Z")

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Yep. Think **Buck** ’s got it.

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**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2023, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/505 "2023-08-02T17:17:52Z")

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The Dead Parrot sketch was redone for the Pythons greatest-hits/introduction-to-America film _And Now For Something Completely Different_, so item #6 checks out.

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2023, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/506 "2023-08-02T18:55:59Z")

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Yes, indeed, I am the late Norwegian Blue

# Polly Parrot

from the famous _Monty Python_ sketch: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vuW6tQ0218](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vuW6tQ0218)

Well done, **Buck**!

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**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2023, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/507 "2023-08-02T19:38:34Z")

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Congratulations, **Buck Godot**! I’d never have come up with that name. And equal congrats **Elendil’s Heir** on a really clever entry.

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**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2023, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/508 "2023-08-02T19:43:25Z")

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Thanks all. Again I think this is really a shared win with @Prof.Pepperwinkle, since I didn’t know the parrot had a last name. But the vox populi seems to be giving it to me. So I’ll accept the nomination and come up with a new letter sometime tonight.

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2023, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/509 "2023-08-02T20:03:24Z")

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Start a new August thread when you do, please, **Buck**.

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2023, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/510 "2023-08-03T17:24:31Z")

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New thread here: [Botticelli August 2023](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985)

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