Albatross sketch
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"Albatross" is a sketch from Monty Python's Flying Circus. It is particularly known[citation needed] for its opening lines: "Albatross! Albatross! Albatross!"[1]
The sketch first appeared on British television on 11 January 1970 in episode 13 of the first series, "Intermission." It features John Cleese and Terry Jones. Despite its short running time (40 seconds) it has proven to be quite memorable for Python fans and was frequently performed during the team's live shows.
The sketch
A man, played by John Cleese, is dressed as an ice-cream girl in a cinema, although instead of the regular cinema snacks she is selling a dead
Later during the episode, several other characters in other sketches shout "Albatross!" for seemingly no reason at all.[2]
Other appearances
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The sketch was frequently performed live. In both the film
In Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl, Cleese uses stronger language than in the original TV broadcast ("Of course you don't get fucking wafers with it, you cunt! It's a fucking albatross!") and verbally abuses the customer. Eventually, their dialogue is interrupted by the Colonel (Graham Chapman), who stops the sketch because of the "filthy" language. He tells Jones he is needed onstage for the next skit, then admonishes Cleese with "And you get off! You aren't even a proper woman!", to which Cleese replies, "Don't you oppress me, mate!"
References
- ^ ISBN 0-679-72647-0.
- ^ All the Words, Volume One, pp. 168 and 175.
External links
Media related to Albatross (Monty Python sketch) at Wikimedia Commons
