Dead Parrot sketch (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Dead Parrot sketch" in English language version.

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archive.org (Global: 6^th place; English: 6^th place)

Johnson, Kim "Howard" (1999). The First 280 Years of Monty Python. New York: Thomas Dunne Books. p. 96. ISBN 0-312-16933-7.
Marasco, Ron; Shuff, Brian (2010). About Grief: Insights, Setbacks, Grace Notes, Taboos. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 94. ISBN 978-1-566-63858-6.

bbc.co.uk (Global: 8^th place; English: 10^th place)

news.bbc.co.uk

"Python Dead Parrot is top sketch". BBC. 29 November 2004. Archived from the original on 9 January 2008. Retrieved 31 March 2007.
"Dead Parrot sketch ancestor found". BBC News. 13 November 2008. Retrieved 5 June 2024.

bbc.co.uk

"Blackpool: Big Night Out". BBC. 6 January 2013. Archived from the original on 18 February 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2013.

books.google.com (Global: 3^rd place; English: 3^rd place)

Monty Python; Chapman, Graham; Idle, Eric; Gilliam, Terry; Jones, Terry (12 November 1989). Wilmut, Roger (ed.). The Complete Monty Python's Flying Circus. Vol. 1. New York, New York: Pantheon Books. p. 320 (Appendix). ISBN 0-679-72647-0. Archived from the original on 4 April 2024. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
Egan, Kate; Weinstock, Jeffrey Andrew, eds. (20 October 2020). And Now for Something Completely Different: Critical Approaches to Monty Python (Hard cover). University of Edinburgh Press. ISBN 978-1474475150. Archived from the original on 4 April 2024. Retrieved 30 October 2023.

cbc.ca (Global: 115^th place; English: 82^nd place)

Proctor, Jason (21 July 2021). "'Dead parrot' sketch invoked as B.C. judge OKs glucosamine sulfate class action". CBC News. Archived from the original on 21 July 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.

digitalspy.com (Global: 164^th place; English: 116^th place)

"Monty Python: 30 years of near reunions from the comedy troupe". Digital Spy. Hearst UK. Archived from the original on 21 August 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2019.

doi.org (Global: 2^nd place; English: 2^nd place)

Waterhouse, D.M.; Lindow, B.E.K.; Zelenkov, N.V. & Dyke, G.J. (2008). "Two new parrots (Psittaciformes) from the Lower Eocene Fur Formation of Denmark" (PDF). Palaeontology. 51 (3): 575–582. Bibcode:2008Palgy..51..575W. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2008.00777.x. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 November 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2022.

fastcompany.com (Global: 1,040^th place; English: 623^rd place)

"London Celebrates The Monty Python Reunion By Putting A 50-Foot Dead Parrot in Potters Field Park". 15 July 2014. Archived from the original on 3 August 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2020.

ghostarchive.org (Global: 32^nd place; English: 21^st place)

Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "Margaret Thatcher does the Dead Parrot Sketch". YouTube. 5 February 2010. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "Dead Parrot - Saturday Night Live". 2 October 2013 – via YouTube www.youtube.com.
Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: John Cleese, Eric Idle (1989). Graham Chapman's funeral (Video). London, England, United Kingdom: YouTube. Retrieved 26 November 2014.

harvard.edu (Global: 18^th place; English: 17^th place)

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Waterhouse, D.M.; Lindow, B.E.K.; Zelenkov, N.V. & Dyke, G.J. (2008). "Two new parrots (Psittaciformes) from the Lower Eocene Fur Formation of Denmark" (PDF). Palaeontology. 51 (3): 575–582. Bibcode:2008Palgy..51..575W. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2008.00777.x. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 November 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2022.

ku.dk (Global: 5,396^th place; English: 4,339^th place)

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Waterhouse, D.M.; Lindow, B.E.K.; Zelenkov, N.V. & Dyke, G.J. (2008). "Two new parrots (Psittaciformes) from the Lower Eocene Fur Formation of Denmark" (PDF). Palaeontology. 51 (3): 575–582. Bibcode:2008Palgy..51..575W. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2008.00777.x. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 November 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2022.

londonist.com (Global: 8,559^th place; English: 5,004^th place)

"Why Is There A Statue Of A Dead Parrot In Greenwich?". Londonist. 1 November 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2025.

natlib.govt.nz (Global: 2,685^th place; English: 1,516^th place)

paperspast.natlib.govt.nz

Twain, Mark (18 April 1873). "A Nevada Funeral". North Otago Times. Vol. XVIII, no. 825. p. 4. Archived from the original on 30 September 2012. Retrieved 5 June 2010.

sciencedaily.com (Global: 993^rd place; English: 920^th place)

"Parrot Fossil 55 Million Years Old Discovered in Scandinavia". 17 May 2008. Archived from the original on 6 July 2019. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
"Parrot Fossil 55 Million Years Old Discovered In Scandinavia". ScienceDaily. Retrieved 11 April 2025.

standard.co.uk (Global: 238^th place; English: 159^th place)

"Norwegian Blue parrot really DID exist - but now they are all 'stiff, bereft of life and ex-parrots'". The Standard. 12 April 2012. Retrieved 11 April 2025.

telegraph.co.uk (Global: 30^th place; English: 24^th place)

Adams, Stephen (13 November 2008). "Dead parrot sketch is 1600 years old: It's long been held that the old jokes are the best jokes - and Monty Python's Dead Parrot sketch is no different". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 28 May 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2018.

theguardian.com (Global: 12^th place; English: 11^th place)

Hoggart, Simon (18 November 2011). "Simon Hoggart's week: Flogging a dead parrot with Mrs Thatcher". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 15 June 2021. Retrieved 25 February 2021.

web.archive.org (Global: 1^st place; English: 1^st place)

Monty Python; Chapman, Graham; Idle, Eric; Gilliam, Terry; Jones, Terry (12 November 1989). Wilmut, Roger (ed.). The Complete Monty Python's Flying Circus. Vol. 1. New York, New York: Pantheon Books. p. 320 (Appendix). ISBN 0-679-72647-0. Archived from the original on 4 April 2024. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
Egan, Kate; Weinstock, Jeffrey Andrew, eds. (20 October 2020). And Now for Something Completely Different: Critical Approaches to Monty Python (Hard cover). University of Edinburgh Press. ISBN 978-1474475150. Archived from the original on 4 April 2024. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
"Python Dead Parrot is top sketch". BBC. 29 November 2004. Archived from the original on 9 January 2008. Retrieved 31 March 2007.
"Monty Python: 30 years of near reunions from the comedy troupe". Digital Spy. Hearst UK. Archived from the original on 21 August 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "Margaret Thatcher does the Dead Parrot Sketch". YouTube. 5 February 2010. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
Hoggart, Simon (18 November 2011). "Simon Hoggart's week: Flogging a dead parrot with Mrs Thatcher". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 15 June 2021. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "Dead Parrot - Saturday Night Live". 2 October 2013 – via YouTube www.youtube.com.
"The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" Archived 15 November 2015 at the Wayback Machine. (13 November 2015). YouTube. Retrieved 25 August 2019
Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: John Cleese, Eric Idle (1989). Graham Chapman's funeral (Video). London, England, United Kingdom: YouTube. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
Waterhouse, D.M.; Lindow, B.E.K.; Zelenkov, N.V. & Dyke, G.J. (2008). "Two new parrots (Psittaciformes) from the Lower Eocene Fur Formation of Denmark" (PDF). Palaeontology. 51 (3): 575–582. Bibcode:2008Palgy..51..575W. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2008.00777.x. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 November 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
"Parrot Fossil 55 Million Years Old Discovered in Scandinavia". 17 May 2008. Archived from the original on 6 July 2019. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
"London Celebrates The Monty Python Reunion By Putting A 50-Foot Dead Parrot in Potters Field Park". 15 July 2014. Archived from the original on 3 August 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
Proctor, Jason (21 July 2021). "'Dead parrot' sketch invoked as B.C. judge OKs glucosamine sulfate class action". CBC News. Archived from the original on 21 July 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
Adams, Stephen (13 November 2008). "Dead parrot sketch is 1600 years old: It's long been held that the old jokes are the best jokes - and Monty Python's Dead Parrot sketch is no different". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 28 May 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
Twain, Mark (18 April 1873). "A Nevada Funeral". North Otago Times. Vol. XVIII, no. 825. p. 4. Archived from the original on 30 September 2012. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
"Blackpool: Big Night Out". BBC. 6 January 2013. Archived from the original on 18 February 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2013.

youtube.com (Global: 9^th place; English: 13^th place)

Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "Margaret Thatcher does the Dead Parrot Sketch". YouTube. 5 February 2010. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "Dead Parrot - Saturday Night Live". 2 October 2013 – via YouTube www.youtube.com.
"The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" Archived 15 November 2015 at the Wayback Machine. (13 November 2015). YouTube. Retrieved 25 August 2019
Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: John Cleese, Eric Idle (1989). Graham Chapman's funeral (Video). London, England, United Kingdom: YouTube. Retrieved 26 November 2014.

Dead Parrot sketch (English Wikipedia)

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digitalspy.com (Global: 164th place; English: 116th place)

doi.org (Global: 2nd place; English: 2nd place)

fastcompany.com (Global: 1,040th place; English: 623rd place)

ghostarchive.org (Global: 32nd place; English: 21st place)

harvard.edu (Global: 18th place; English: 17th place)