To paraphrase Monty Python’s Dead Parrot sketch: The imperial woodpecker is no more! It is an ex-species! Which might have made a splendid Python sketch if it weren’t so heartbreaking.

From 2003. Show more It takes a very particular kind of person to want to share their life with a parrot. These beautiful, exotic creatures which have been a source of inspiration for artists over ...

Monty Python's Dead Parrot sketch has topped a Radio Times poll to find the best alternative comedy sketch. More than 1,200 people voted in the poll with Dead Parrot getting twice as many votes as its ...

Jennifer: (pause) “They said fandabidozi.” Yes, the Dead Parrot sketch, the Lumberjack Song and The Four Yorkshiremen are classics. However, if you cannot appreciate that the Argument sketch ...

It takes a very particular kind of person to want to share their life with a parrot. These beautiful, exotic creatures which have been a source of inspiration for artists over the centuries can ...