Dead Parrot and Bird Cage | MONTY PYTHON LIVE (mostly)

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Sold Stock #197224 | Sold Jul 21 2025

MONTY PYTHON LIVE (mostly)

Monty Python Live (mostly) Stage Show Online Auction 2025

Dead Parrot and Bird Cage

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The Pythons are sick of paying storage on this stuff and have decided they'd rather fill up someone else's house!

Sketch: Pet Shop/Dead Parrot

The dead parrot and bird cage from the "Pet Shop/Dead Parrot" sketch, in which John Cleese attempts to return his recently purchased Norwegian Blue parrot because it "is no more", only to be be contradicted by Michael Palin, the pet shop owner. This lot comprises the eponymous dead parrot and its metal cage.

Inventory: One parrot and one cage.

Dimensions: (Cage) 83 cm x 45 cm x 45 cm (32.75" x 17.75" x 17.75") The Terry Gilliam standee, standing approximately 5ft 9in tall, is shown for scale reference purposes only and is not included in the lot.

This lot is from the Monty Python Live (mostly) - One Down Five to Go stage show, which ran at the O2 Arena, London for 10 sold out nights, from July 1st - 5th, and 15th - 20th 2014. It was the legendary comedy troupe's last live performance ever and billed as "The End of Monty Python". The final night was live-streamed on UKTV Gold and to cinemas around the world, then subsequently released on DVD and BluRay. Many of the items in the stage show were created as one-offs, and all lots are guaranteed to have been used during the show.
Size

Item size: 32.68" × 17.72" × 17.72" (83cm × 45cm × 45cm)

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