Michael breaks up! Dead parrot.

Parrot sketch live. At one point Michael bursts out laughing. Better see it yourselves. Great performance, look at Cleese do his job with the poor dead parrot!Bashing time:) Even Margaret Thatcher uses it!
The sketch was performed in 1976 and the whole show was first broadcasted as "Her Majesty's pleasure". The secret policeman's balls were done for Amnesty International over the years, and mainly organised by John Cleese.

Category:

Comedy

Tags:

• Monty
• Python
• Michael
• Palin
• John
• Cleese
• Graham
• Chapman
• Terry
• Jones
• Gilliam
• Eric
• Idle
• dead
• parrot
• policeman's
• secret
• ball

[DeFubz]

I love how John deliberately repeats his high-pitched "pining for the fjords?" just to make Michael laugh again :D

[arayaslayer666]

i started cryin when he said "pinin for the fjoooooooooOOORRDS?!?"

[TheBestCommenterEVER]

there's no one on earth who could keep a straight face with john cleese yelling at you like that

[CCNuck]

I just love that Cleese is actually laughing at Palin laughing. You can tell there's such a fondness, haha.

[CCNuck]

@xemily91 Oh my goodness yes that look at 2:25 is so stinking funny, this sweetly evil little "Oh you brat, I AM going to get you for this" expression. I have to admit I'd keep rewinding it to see that look, heeheehee.

[smegweevil]

I've heard it hundreds of times and I still burst out laughing!

[tramac1964]

@Tube11ize I get the impression that the woman wouldn't have recognised a joke if it slapped her with a wet fish

[taurusgirl65]

1:28 to 1:33 this would make a nice music beat or a loop replay.

[wahaya2]

Cleese tells another story about performing this sketch live where after a slug is offered as a replacement for the parrot, and Cleese asks whether it talks, where Palin is supposed to say 'not really' he instead said 'it mutters a bit' - which made Cleese laugh so much he eventually had to ask the audience for the next line because he'd totally forgotten where they were in the sketch.... that one makes me giggle XD

[Zimnyification]

"If there were some kind of Olympic sport for parrot bashing, John would win it hands down."

lmao

[Tube11ize]

when Margaret thatcher quotes the dead parrot you can see in the crowd the people who know what shes on about and the people who had never seen python sketches/films just from facial expressions and clap speed,I bet Margaret was thinking "why are these gits laughing at me i`m been serious"

[RHLoony]

"pinin' for the fjooooOOoOrds !?!"

Oh! My stomach hurts :'-D

It is nice to see them laughing during the sketch!

The Python's are simply the best!!!