Dead Parrot sketch very funny there, if we could find the right context for it". In early drafts of what would become the Dead Parrot Sketch, the frustrated customer was trying to return a faulty toaster to a shop. Chapman realised that it needed to be "madder", and came up with the parrot idea. Over the years, Cleese and Palin have done many versions of the "Dead Parrot" sketch for various television shows, record albums, and live performances. "Dead Parrot" was voted the top alternative comedy sketch in a Radio Times poll. Mr. Praline (Cleese) enters the pet shop to register a complaint
Vulturine parrot Vulturine parrot The vulturine parrot ("Pyrilia vulturina"), not to be confused with Pesquet's parrot ("Psittrichas fulgidus"), is a Neotropical parrot, which is endemic to humid forest and adjacent habitats in the eastern Amazon of Brazil. Until recently, it was placed in the genus "Pionopsitta", which now is restricted to the type species, "P. pileata". Furthermore, individuals previously believed to be immature vulturine parrots were described as a new species, the bald parrot ("Pyrilia aurantiocephala"), in 2002. The vulturine parrot has a total length of c. . It has a rather short, squarish tail, and a mainly green plumage, which typically