Albatross (Monty Python sketch) frequently performed live. In the "Monty Python Live (Mostly)" stage show, Jones's character walks away from Cleese's character and into a pub where he encounters Eric Idle's character and the sketch segues into "Nudge, Nudge". It can also be seen in the film "Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl" (1982). Cleese uses stronger language than in the original TV broadcast ("Of course you don't get fuckin' wafers with it!") and verbally abuses the customer. Eventually their dialogue is interrupted by the Colonel (Graham Chapman), who stops the sketch because of the "filthy" language. He tells Jones he is needed
Monty Python Toronto (which commissioned the work), Idle himself sang the "baritone-ish" part. Since "The Meaning of Life", their last project as a team, the Pythons have often been the subject of reunion rumours. The final reunion of all six members occurred during the "Parrot Sketch Not Included – 20 Years of Monty Python" special. The death of Chapman in 1989 (on the eve of their 20th anniversary) put an end to the speculation of any further reunions. Several occasions since 1989 have occurred when the surviving five members have gathered together for appearances—albeit not formal reunions. In 1996, Jones, Idle, Cleese,