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Contents 1 I thought you'd never ask 2 BUFFY 3 Screenshots 4 Cold Parrots 5 SNL skit 6 Oh you are right! 7 Someone has messed up the Popular Culture section 8 Notlob 9 Fair use rationale for Image:PalinChapmanCarSalesman.jpg 10 He fucking snuffed it!

[edit] I thought you'd never ask

I recall seeing a version of this skit on TV that ended with the shopkeeper asking "do you want to come back to my place?," and Mr. Praline responding, "I thought you'd never ask." This article confirms that such an alternate take exists but gives little explination as to when and where it first appeared. It was filmed, and I believe it was for a TV show, not just a live rendition. Anyone remember this version and what program it was from? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.149.203.252 (talk) 07:33, August 24, 2007 (UTC)

[edit] BUFFY

Why has no-one trivia-referenced the episode in season six where she is caught in a time loop and has to keep finding a mummy hand in the magic shop? After she stabs it, I believe, one of the evil trio says, "This mummy hand has ceased to be! It is an EX-mummy hand!"

[edit] Screenshots

Those aren't from the original skit. I'm not sure where they're from, but they're not the classic shots. --Danmerqury 02:04, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

• They are from the film And now for something completely different. If you want me to change them and put in screenshots from the original sketch, I can do that. --Yannick Ouwehand 15:20, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cold Parrots

In explanation of my edit - ... an apparent absurdity in itself since parrots are popularly presumed to be tropical ...

I was referring to the Kakapo (New Zealand parrot) that lives at 47° South - specifically on Codfish Island, off the coast of Stewart Island. The Kakapo is seriously endangered (although recovering), and although the birds were once more usually found in lower (further North in the Southern hemisphere) latitudes they were also indigenous this far South.

Also worthy of mention is another New Zealand parrot, the Kea which is the world's only alpine parrot and is found in mid 40's latitudes as well. As the Kea is well-suited to life above the snowline it could be a candidate for life among the fiords.

Incidentally, Kakapo are also bred on another sanctuary - Chalky Island, which just happens to be in the New Zealand region of Fiordland. Keas also range into Fiordland so I suppose that both species could find themselves "pining for the fiords". Fanx 12:35, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] SNL skit

Currently what is in the article is

When Michael Palin and John Cleese made surprise appearances on Saturday Night Live, they recreated the Parrot Sketch. However, they made obvious their boredom with constant reference to the sketch by performing the skit in a purposely lackluster manner.

Is there a source for this? I would love this explanation, as a fan, but it seemed to me that they just bombed. No one laughed, and it was very awkward. I'm taking out the second sentence unless someone can provide any proof of this. Oreo man 14:41, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Oh you are right!

A note about the live shows (Cleese often going over the top and trying to make Palin laugh) and the alternative ending for the Dead Parrot sketch (from I think the Secret Policemen's ball) in which when present with the dead parrot Palin in his excellent dead pan mannerism says, "Oh you are right, i'll get you a replacment right away sir." ==edit== Cor blimey, such incredible prompt responses >.> engage brain before typing in future.

[edit] Someone has messed up the Popular Culture section

The second bullet has been murdered by someone:

The same lines from the skit are frequently used to describe anything which the speaker wishes to describe as defunct or no longer viable. The term "Dead Parrot" is sometimes used in this context too, and also specifically applies to a controversial joint policy document which the Liberal Party and Social Democrats issued in 1988 in the process of their merger into the Social and Liberal Democratic Party. Shortly before her downfall as Prime

Who cut away the bit after 'Prime' and why did he leave it in such a mess? How do we get this back into some semblance of order? The number of edits in this article is fairly high and you could spend a jolly time looking for the offending one. Any quick solutions for this?
--Recoloniser 11:05, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

OK, found it (by accident) and restored it. Anyone wanting to edit this paragraph: please leave it in an orderly fashion and not truncated.
--Recoloniser 11:31, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Notlob

Not relevant to this page but to what redirects here: Notlob. I was watching a bit of Monty Python's Flying Circus yesterday and noticed a part where someone was laying on a surgery table and the surgeon cut him open. Apparently there was a hippie, a naked woman and an Indian person in there. If I remember correctly the guy on the surgery table was called Notlob ("Wake up, mr Notlob"). Is this any worth noting? -thomasvk

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:PalinChapmanCarSalesman.jpg

Image:PalinChapmanCarSalesman.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

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BetacommandBot (talk) 14:29, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] He fucking snuffed it!

It's still listed as censored.

Fixed. Nufy8 (talk) 22:22, 29 May 2008 (UTC)