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The Dead Parrot sketch
- Considered by many to be among the best comedy sketches of all time, the Dead Parrot sketch is the crown jewel of Monty Python, running for just six minutes and yet, during that time, clearly defining the troupe's specific brand of humor.
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Oct 4, 2019 · Below, EW celebrates 50 years of Monty Python by rounding up 20 of the most iconic Flying Circus sketches.
- Devan Coggan
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- Seduced Milkmen. This sketch is short and has no dialogue, but it left a huge impression on Python fans. Michael Palin plays a milkman who’s lured into a woman’s bedroom, only to find he’s trapped in there with other milkmen who have been lured into the room over the years, one of whom is now a skeleton.
- Marriage Guidance Counselor. In the “Marriage Guidance Counselor” sketch, Michael Palin and Carol Cleveland play a married couple with problems and Eric Idle plays their marriage counselor, who flirts with Cleveland’s character instead of giving them relationship advice.
- The Semaphore Version Of Wuthering Heights. Semaphore is the art of communicating with flags, and most Monty Python fans only know that because a sketch in the second season of Flying Circus presented “The Semaphore Version of Wuthering Heights,” in which Heathcliff and Cathy wave flags at each other across a moor.
- The Fish-Slapping Dance. Few Python sketches are this short and require no explanation. No matter where you’re from, or what your sense of humor is, “The Fish-Slapping Dance” is hilarious.
Dec 28, 2019 · There will never be a group of British comedians quite as hilarious and impactful as Monty Python. We're ranking their most influential sketches ever!
Oct 21, 2014 · Monty Python’s best sketches ever. 21 October 2014. Fiona Macdonald. Features correspondent. (BBC/Python Pictures) The British troupe’s influence on comedians is well documented. But what...
Oct 14, 2009 · Showcasing everything you could wish to find in a single Python sketch, this is a merciless send-up of the (then recent) real-life reign of terror inflicted on London’s East End by the Kray...
- Jayne Nelson
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Sep 17, 2019 · The most famous of Python’s countless routines, the Dead Parrot skit was voted the best alternative comedy sketch in a 2004 poll run by the Radio Times. Appearing in the eighth episode of the first series of Flying Circus, it drew inspiration from an encounter Palin experienced with a car salesman who “had an excuse for everything”.
Oct 11, 2019 · To celebrate the show's 50th anniversary, here are the 10 best Monty Python sketches from the classic television series.