Dead Parrot

The "Dead Parrot" sketch (alternatively and originally known as Pet Shop or Parrot Sketch) is a popular sketch from Monty Python's Flying Circus. It portrays a confrontation between disgruntled customer Mr. Eric Praline (played by John Cleese), and a shopkeeper (Michael Palin), who hold contradictory positions on the vital state of a Norwegian Blue parrot. The skit pokes fun at the many euphemisms for death used in English culture. The sketch aired in the eighth episode of the television series.

Life Imitates Art

In February of 2005, Itzik Simkowitz of Beersheeba sued a pet shop in Tel Aviv for selling him a dying Cockatoo. The shop owner had assured him that the 11,000 shekel ($2500 USD) bird only needed time to adjust to his new surroundings.

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February - 2005 - Tel Aviv - Cockatoo

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