In the 1971 film And Now For Something Completely Different, the sketch ends with the shopkeeper explaining that he always wanted to be a lumberjack, and ignoring Mr Praline's protests of that being irrelevant, subsequently begins singing " The Lumberjack Song ".

Palin appeared in some of the most famous Python sketches, including " Argument Clinic ," " Dead Parrot ," " The Lumberjack Song ," " The Spanish Inquisition ," and " The Fish-Slapping Dance.

In Monty Python, Palin played various roles, which ranged from manic enthusiasm ( such as the lumberjack of the Lumberjack Song, or Herbert Anchovy, host of the game show " Blackmail ") to unflappable calmness ( such as the Dead Parrot vendor, Cheese Shop proprietor, or Postal Clerk ).

Palin frequently co-wrote sketches with Terry Jones, including " The Lumberjack Song " and " Spam ".

In Monty Python, a popular skit is " The Lumberjack Song " known for its refrain " I'm a lumberjack and I'm okay / I sleep all night and I work all day ".

Michael Palin performs The Lumberjack Song, with Connie Booth as his " best girl.

" The Lumberjack Song " is a song by the Monty Python comedy troupe.

On 14 November 1975, " The Lumberjack Song " was released as a single in the UK, on Charisma Records, backed with " Spam Song ".

A German version of " The Lumberjack Song " was performed for the 1972 special Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus, produced for German and Austrian television, for which Palin learned the German text phonetically and the group of Mounties was replaced by a group of Austrian border guards.

Their version of " The Lumberjack Song " was adapted for a Spanish audience so that the singer confessed not to having always wanted to be a lumberjack but having always wanted to join the Guardia Civil, the Spanish gendarmerie.

During his 1974 North American tour, Harrison would play a recording of " The Lumberjack Song " over the arena public address systems prior to taking the stage to perform.

In Not the Messiah ( He's a Very Naughty Boy ), the song " A Fair Day's Work " makes references to " The Lumberjack Song ", with Eric Idle singing about the masculine virtues of work, but also of dressing in women's clothing to go to " naughty bars ".

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He was then joined by the Pythons, Innes, Carol Cleveland and special guest Tom Hanks, to perform " The Lumberjack Song ".

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It also contains a new recording " I've Got Two Legs ," which had previously only been released as part of live recordings, and the previously rare single version of " The Lumberjack Song.

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* The tune Mr. Conductor is singing before being interrupted to say hello to the station's resident kids is the opening to Monty Python's " Lumberjack Song ".

Terry Gilliam's animations and The Lumberjack Song were two of the many methods used to conclude sketches without punch lines.

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Some famous sketches included are: the " Dead Parrot " sketch, " The Lumberjack Song ", " Upperclass Twits ", " Hell's Grannies ", and the " Nudge Nudge " sketch.

# The Lumberjack Song: The shop owner ( Palin ) sings about his desire to be a lumberjack, and his desire to be female, the latter revelation surprising his best girl ( Connie Booth ) and the background singers ( nine Canadian Mounties -- five of whom are Chapman, Cleese, Idle, Jones and Gilliam ), who storm off and throw fruit at him.

* Tomczik, Adam, "' He-men Could Talk to He-men in He-man Language '": Lumberjack Work Culture in Maine and Minnesota, 1840 – 1940 ," Historian Winter 2008, Vol.

* Northern Arizona University – Lumberjack Fight Song

" The monumental Lumberjack ( 1977 – 1984 ), cast from a whimsical woodsman Red made as a gift for artist Neil Welliver, demonstrates his facility with the lost-wax method of casting.

Another notable difference is that, in the original version, the Lumberjack wishes he was a girlie " just like my dear mama ," whereas subsequent versions replace " mama " with " papa ," implying that the lumberjack inherited his tendency for transvestism from his father.

( The original pressing also featured a German language version of " The Lumberjack Song ", though this was quickly withdrawn and is now a collector's item.

Only " The Lumberjack Song " was translated from a previously existing BBC Monty Python episode.

In creating their improvisational comedy series On the Campaign Trail with Larry & Lenny Lumberjack and talk show Tra5hTa1k with ILL Will, the ILL Clan blended real and virtual performance by creating the works on-stage and interacting with a live audience.

Other works filmed using puppetry are the ILL Clan's improvisational comedy series On the Campaign Trail with Larry & Lenny Lumberjack and Rooster Teeth Productions ' Red vs. Blue.

Some of his accomplishments are ; multiple time Champion, multiple medal winner in the Men's Endurance event at ESPN's Great Outdoor Games and multiple Stihl Timbersports Series Finalist ; 2006 Standing Block World Champion ; Winner of 40 Individual World Titles including the All Around World Title at the 2007 Webster County Woodchopping Festival ; Captain of STIHL's United States National Lumberjack Team.

State of Grace released one demo cassette, approximately 31 minutes long, in 1992 ; the nine tracks were recorded at " Lumberjack Studios " in " Haward " ( presumably Hayward, California ).

Some scenes were actually filmed in the Thunder Bay Inn in Big Bay, Michigan, one block from the Lumberjack Tavern, the site of a 1952 murder that had inspired much of the novel.

A second, very similar statue was also moved from the Lumberjack Cafe to the exterior of the Skydome.

In And Now For Something Completely Different, at the end of the song the Lumberjack is pelted with rotten fruit and eggs by the Mounties, who can also be heard shouting insults.

A somewhat different version of the sketch ( leading into The Lumberjack Song ) was also featured on the Monty Python Live at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane album.

It is also associated with the Stephen F. Austin State University Lumberjack Marching Band, the Kansas State University Marching Band, the University of Texas Longhorn Band.

Braxe & Menace also released ' Lumberjack ' on 4 June 2007.

The DVD contains additional material including " Sit on My Face " and " The Lumberjack Song " by Monty Python, and " Horse to the Water " featuring Jools Holland with vocals by Sam Brown, daughter of British singer Joe Brown.

In the song, the Lumberjack recounts his daily tasks and his personal life, such as having buttered scones for tea, and the Mountie chorus repeats his lines in sing-song fashion.