Dead Parrot sketch appearance on "The Muppet Show", Cleese appears as a pirate attempting to take over a spaceship during a "Pigs In Space" sketch. At the end of the sketch, he demands of the smart-mouthed talking parrot on his shoulder, "Do you want to be an ex-parrot?" In 1989's "The Secret Policeman's Biggest Ball", a benefit for Amnesty International, the sketch opens similarly, but ends very differently: In a 1997 "Saturday Night Live" performance of the sketch, Cleese added a line to the rant: "Its metabolic processes are a matter of interest only to historians!" In an interview on NPR's "Fresh Air",
Marc Parrot Marc Parrot The Marc Parrot, named after the Punta Parrot peak in the Monte Rosa Massif, was specifically designed to fly into unprepared fields and mountain landing strips. The prototype first flew in 2013 but no more had been completed by about 2015. The Parrot is Marc-Ingegno's first aircraft. Before it they specialized in designing and building aircraft brakes for five or more major aircraft companies. To access the targeted rough and mountain fields, the Parrot needed to provide the pilot with excellent all-round vision, to be able to climb quickly, fly slowly and have an energy absorbing undercarriage with