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",
Rock parrot of grasses, shrubs and succulent plants, such as "Carpobrotus" species, in coastal habitats. They can be approached easily while feeding. Rock parrot The rock parrot ("Neophema petrophila"), also known as the rock elegant, is a parrot which is endemic to coastal South Australia, southern Western Australia, and that continent's offshore islands, including Rottnest Island. It is a small, predominantly olive-green parrot. Grass seeds form the bulk of its diet. The rock parrot was described by ornithologist John Gould in 1841, its specific name "petrophila" derived from the Greek "petros"/πετρος 'rock' and "philos"/φιλος 'loving'. The rock parrot is 22 cm (9