Monty Python characters when the sketch seemed to be losing momentum, or a knight in full armour (played by Terry Gilliam) would wander on-set and hit characters over the head with a rubber chicken, before cutting to the next scene. Yet another way of changing scenes was when John Cleese, usually outfitted in a dinner suit, would come in as a radio commentator and, in a rather pompous manner, make the formal and determined announcement "And now for something completely different.", which later became the title of the first Monty Python film. The Python theme music is the Band of the Grenadier
The Colonel (Monty Python) keep-left signs. The Colonel effectively ends the episode, by staring straight into the camera and saying “Now for a complete change of mood.” The Colonel has made appearances in "Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl", at Pink Floyd's 1975 concert at Knebworth UK, and in a May 1982 episode of "Saturday Night Live" in which the character is used to comment on NBC's earlier refusal to air a commercial (featuring Chapman as the Colonel) for the Amnesty International benefit "The Secret Policeman's Other Ball". Archive footage of the Colonel was used in "Monty Python Live (Mostly)" for 2014. The