Dead Parrot sketch culture. The "Dead Parrot" sketch was inspired by a "Car Salesman" sketch that Palin and Chapman had done in "How to Irritate People". In it, Palin played a car salesman who repeatedly refused to admit that there was anything wrong with his customer's (Chapman) car, even as it fell apart in front of him. That sketch was based on an actual incident between Palin and a car salesman. In "Monty Python Live at Aspen", Palin said that this salesman "had an excuse for everything". John Cleese said on the same show that he and Chapman "believed that there was something
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