Dead Parrot sketch him up with a dustpan and brush, and subsequently a dustbuster. In an anniversary concert Jasper Carrott had allowed his fans to pick the material. He opened the performance by announcing this then saying "I've had some funny requests; somebody from Newark wanted me to do the dead parrot sketch". Part or all of the dead parrot sketch is quoted in several television programmes, among them the "Life of Python" sketch from "Not the Nine O'Clock News" (a parody of the "Friday Night, Saturday Morning" debate on "Life of Brian") and "The Early Bird", an episode from the third season
Brown-necked parrot Brown-necked parrot The brown-necked parrot ("Poicephalus fuscicollis"), sometimes known in aviculture as the uncape parrot, is a large "Poicephalus" parrot species endemic to Africa consisting of the savanna-dwelling brown-necked parrot ("P. fuscicollis fuscicollis") and grey-headed parrot ("P. f. suahelicus") subspecies. It formerly included the Cape parrot (now "Poicephalus robustus") as a subspecies before the Cape parrot was re-classified as a distinct species. German naturalist Heinrich Kuhl described the brown-necked parrot in his 1819 work "Conspectus Psittacorum". Although unsure of its country of origin, he felt it was definitely a distinct species and related to the Cape parrot. The species name