Monty Python’s Dead Parrot sketch is one of the best known sketches in comedy history.
In fact, it goes back further than the 1970s, as it was based on a joke from Greece about 1600 years ago.
What was the customer complaining about in the original Greek version?
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I have a feeling it’s probably something to do with slaves…? Or horses?
It’s a dead slave.
You could still do a dead horse sketch. You couldn’t really do a dead slave sketch anymore. Maybe in Mississippi in the 1840s, but not now.
In the Greek version, the customer complained that his new slave had died, to which the seller said, “He never did that when he was with me!”
I could imagine the Palins and Cleeses from 1600 years ago acting this one out.