Over the years, Cleese and Palin have done many versions of the "Dead Parrot" sketch for various television shows, record albums, and live performances. The joke is one of the oldest jokes in the world. The market salesman said that he didn't have that problem before he sold him. He told the market salesman that the slave had a problem, he died. It was also based on an ancient joke told by the Romans: A Man brought a slave who died soon afterwards. That sketch was based on an actual incident between Palin and a car salesman. 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.
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The "Dead Parrot" sketch was inspired by a "Car Salesman" sketch that Palin and Graham Chapman had done in How to Irritate People. In a 1997 Saturday Night Live performance of the sketch, Cleese added a line to the rant: "Its metabolic processes are a matter of interest only to historians!" Do you want to come back to my place? Mr Praline: I thought you'd never ask. (audience goes wild) Mr Praline: (looks completely flabbergasted) Well, you can't say Thatcher hasn't changed some things.Īt least one live version, released on CD, ended with the slug lines, followed by: 'Ere's your money back and a couple of holiday vouchers. Mr Praline: It's dead, that's what's wrong with it. In The Secret Policeman's Biggest Ball, a benefit for Amnesty International, the sketch opens similarly, but ends very differently: Praline, after a brief pause, says, "Right, I'll have that one then!" Praline's rant about the deceased parrot includes "He fucking snuffed it!" Also, the sketch ends with the shopkeeper saying that the slug does talk.
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The double album Monty Python's The Final Rip Off features a live version of the sketch, which is slightly different from the TV version. (As the shopkeeper is explaining that he always wanted to be a lumberjack, Mr Praline gets confused and says to him, "I'm sorry, this is irrelevant, isn't it?")
In And Now For Something Completely Different, the skit ended by going into The Lumberjack Song. Praline returns to the pet shop and the men argue about puns and palindromes until the Colonel stops the sketch for being too silly. He leaves and complains to a porter ( Terry Jones), who tells him that he is indeed in Bolton. However, when Praline arrives, it is the same pet shop with the same shopkeeper, who has put on a moustache, but is told that he is actually in Ipswich. He complains to the shopkeeper ( Michael Palin) that the parrot is dead, though the shopkeeper insists that it is "just resting" or "stunned." An argument ensues with both men holding their position until the shopkeeper sends Praline to his brother's pet shop in Bolton. Disgruntled customer Mr Eric Praline ( John Cleese) enters a pet shop from which he previously bought a Norwegian Blue parrot.
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