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The Monty Python Live at Drury Lane album features a live version of the sketch, which is slightly different from the TV version.
" According to Michael Palin's published diary, Palin changed his response in order to throw Cleese off.
During this performance something occurs on stage that does not translate into audio, but causes the audience to break into hysterics upon Cleese's follow-up line " Now that's what I call a dead parrot "; since it occurs after the part of the sketch where Cleese bashes the dead bird on the counter, it's possible a part of the prop broke off.
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