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- The “Dead Parrot Sketch” is arguably the most popular Monty Python sketch of all time.
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Oct 4, 2019 · The endlessly quotable "Dead Parrot" is widely hailed not only as one of Monty Python's most influential sketches but as one of the most iconic comedy bits of all time.
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- Funniest Joke in the World. One of Monty Python's most popular sketches, this one envisions a future where comedy is used as a weapon of warfare after a "Killer Joke" that causes people to laugh themselves to death is unveiled, resulting in casualties around the globe.
- Argument Clinic. In this sketch, a man, played by Palin, pays for a service that will allow him to have a five-minute argument; after he and the specialist, Mr. Barnard, hurl contradiction and slander at each other (with some fast-paced witticisms finding their way into the mix), Palin's character pays for another five minutes of argument, only for Barnard to tell him it never happened, escorting him out of the room.
- Dirty Fork. This sketch takes place at a high-class restaurant, where a diner (played by Chapman) poses a simple query about a dirty fork which leads to a series of increasingly overdramatic displays from the manager and staff.
- Nudge Nudge. In this sketch, a man, played by Idle asks a stranger, played by Jones, a series of questions about his love life. However, Idle's "questions" are actually veiled innuendoes that he, a virgin, is using to get information from Jones on what having intercourse with a female is "like".
- 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.
- “Dead Parrot,” Season 1 (1969) Here is the brilliance of Monty Python boiled down into a nutshell. The premise of this sketch is maddeningly simple: a man enters a pet shop, angry because the parrot he bought from the shifty proprietor is dead, and the pet-shop owner refuses to acknowledge the obvious.
- “Upper Class Twit of the Year,” Season 1 (1970) The era of Brexit has made it so this sketch feels even more timely. As narrated by an offscreen announcer voiced by Cleese, the Upper Class Twit of the Year is an annual competition in which five young men compete to be the biggest twit of all.
- “Homicidal Barber/Lumberjack Song,” Season 1 (1969) You likely already know about the Lumberjack Song, in which a young man (Palin) sings about how much he's always wanted to be a lumberjack, and how the song devolves into his reveal of his latent homosexuality.
- “Nudge Nudge,” Season 1 (1969) The "Nudge Nudge" sketch is building to what is perhaps an obvious punchline, but it's no less funny because of the zeal with which Eric Idle dives into his lecherous character.
- The Dead Parrot Sketch. 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.
- The Lumberjack Song. Reportedly dashed off in a quarter of an hour in lieu of a punchline to the Homicidal Barber sketch, The Lumberjack Song is one of the troupe’s most easily identified skits.
- Four Yorkeshiremen. We know that technically the Four Yorkeshiremen isn’t an original Monty Python skit and didn’t feature in Flying Circus, but it’s become so synonymous with the troupe that it warrants inclusion.
- Argument Clinic. Apparently popular with philosophy students – who muse on the potential benefits of paying for professional debate – the Argument Clinic sketch is an adroit exploration of the English language and consumer culture.
Jul 30, 2021 · Cleese and Chapman take that scenario to dark yet over-the-top places with death euphemisms, non-sequiturs, and sharp commentary. Check out the best skits and sketches by Monty Python, the greatest comedy troupe to ever grace the world of sketch comedy.
Oct 21, 2014 · As the new series of concerts begins, BBC Culture honours five wrinkly old men with a selection of their sketches – chosen by palaeontologists, zoologists, philosophers and other thinkers. George...
