The Colonel (Monty Python) The Colonel (Monty Python) The Colonel is a recurring fictional character from the British television show "Monty Python's Flying Circus", played by Graham Chapman. The Colonel acts as a "straight man" comic foil to the show's absurd characters and sketches. He maintains a rigidly mirthless personality and is always dressed in khaki British Army uniform. He occasionally makes appearances in the show, usually breaking the fourth wall and disrupting sketches to pronounce them too silly for the public and, therefore, demanding that something else be shown. He often orders the show to proceed in a different direction (sometimes to the
Albatross (Monty Python sketch) onstage for the next skit, then admonishes Cleese with "And you get off! You aren't even a proper woman!", to which Cleese replies, "Don't you oppress me, mate!" Albatross (Monty Python sketch) "Albatross" is a sketch from "Monty Python's Flying Circus". It is particularly known for its opening lines: "Albatross! Albatross! Albatross!" The sketch first appeared on British television on 11 January 1970 in episode 13 of the first series, "." It features John Cleese and Terry Jones. Despite its short running time (40 seconds) it has proven to be quite memorable for Python fans and was frequently performed during