Dead Parrot sketch version. Praline's rant about the deceased parrot includes "He fucking snuffed it!" Also, the sketch ends with the shopkeeper saying that he has a slug that does talk. Cleese, after a brief pause, says, "Right, I'll have that one, then!" According to Michael Palin's published diary, Palin changed his response in order to throw Cleese off. During this performance something occurs on stage that does not translate into audio, but causes the audience to break into hysterics upon Cleese's follow-up line "Now that's what I call a dead parrot". The 1976 Monty Python Live at City Center performance ended with
Elegant parrot Elegant parrot The elegant parrot ("Neophema elegans") is a species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae. It is endemic to Australia. The elegant parrot was originally named by the renowned ornithologist and artist John Gould in 1837, its specific name Latin for "elegant". It is one of six species of grass parrot in the genus "Neophema", and within it a member of the subgenus "Neonanodes". Its common name is elegant parrot, but has also been called elegant parakeet, elegant grass parakeet, and grass parrot in the past. The elegant parrot is long and predominantly golden olive in colour with a