In 1969, Eric Idle,Terry Jones,
Michael Palin & Terry Gilliam along with John Cleese and
Graham Chapman created Monty Python's Flying Circus, one of
the most influential comedies in the history of British
television. Monty Python revitalised the tired television
sketch show formula through its anarchic content and radical
form.
Monty Python's humour was marked by its
absurdity, from an Olympic hide-and-seek competition to an
army combat instructor training recruits in self-defence
against assailants armed with fresh fruit. Never afraid to
take risks, the team would often end sketches without
punchlines, preferring an arbitrary explosion or an
improbable segue into an unrelated sketch. Sketches were
punctuated by Terry Gilliam's bizarre animations -
part-collage, part-original artwork and frequently ending
with the now iconic descending foot - or by John Cleese's
pinstriped (or occasionally naked) character announcing, "and
now for something completely different."
Much of the show's material poked fun at the
ridiculousness of Britain's class system. From 'The
Upper-Class Twit of the Year Competition' to the
stereotypical working-class Gumbies, all facets of Britain's
social hierarchy were routinely parodied. Celebrated sketches
like 'The Ministry of Silly Walks' were typical of a desire
to undermine British conservatism.
Monty Python's many sketches garnered
worldwide acclaim (and are still recited by avid fans across
the world). One of the best known being "The Dead Parrot
Sketch"
Four feature films, plus numerous books,
records and stage performances, furthered the team's
reputation, but fans' hopes of a reunion were dashed in 1989
by the tragic early death of Graham
Chapman.
To find this cache, answer questions
based on the "Dead Parrot Sketch" .
A.
What did the shopkeeper offer as a replacement for the dead
parrot?
Goldfish?
Hamster?
Slug?
B. How
many volts did the customer suggest wouldn't be enough to make the
parrot "Voom" ?
2000?
4000? 5000?
C.
What is the shopkeeper doing when the customer enters the
store?
Reading
the newspaper? Drinking
coffee? Smoking
a cigarette?
D. How
did the customer claim the parrot was kept on it's
perch?
Glue?
Nails?
Tape?
E. What did the
customer entice the parrot with?
Seed?
Small
Mirror? Cuttlefish?
F.
Where is the store located which is owned by the shopkeeper's
brother?
Grimsby?
Torquay?
Bolton?
N 47° 02.ABC W 122°
50.DEF
FTF gets a dead parrot.....Yes,
really, an original Norwegian Blue !
For the rest of you, a snake called
"Monty"