As soon as Richard Dawkins opens his mouth, I started laughing…and when Ted Haggard starts singing, well, I lost it. You must watch this video!
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Monty, Richard, Ted, and a dead parrot
Category: Humor
Posted on: April 5, 2007 8:31 AM, by PZ Myers
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Posted by: Rev. BigDumbChimp | April 5, 2007 8:42 AM
Coffee on my monitor.
Posted by: Blake Stacey | April 5, 2007 8:46 AM
Fantastic!
Posted by: Ian H Spedding FCD | April 5, 2007 8:49 AM
Ted Haggard singing "The Lumberjack Song" is priceless!
And while Richard Dawkins maintained a sort of steely civility when talking to Haggard, I did get the impression that, barely contained underneath, there was the sort of quivering outrage that Cleese does so well.
Posted by: MartinC | April 5, 2007 8:54 AM
Excellent.
Theres another parody of that meeting floating about here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBC5L6cyq2Y
Posted by: Mick | April 5, 2007 9:04 AM
Where is the original footage from?
Posted by: Stephen Ockham | April 5, 2007 9:19 AM
Oi, the parrot-counter-knocking noise at the begining woke up my dog, who was dozing behind my chair, and set her to 'berzerk' mode.
Fortunately, my coffee cup was empty (how often do I think that). I guess I'll have to check it out later then.
Posted by: Bruce | April 5, 2007 9:21 AM
I read your lead and put my coffee down first before playing the vid; glad I did.
Thanks for the silliness!
Posted by: Carlie | April 5, 2007 9:23 AM
I haven't laughed that hard in ages. Simple idea, but the editing was done really well.
Posted by: beepbeepitsme | April 5, 2007 9:31 AM
That was brilliant. Good old Monty Python. And the lumberjack song was so apt for Ted Haggard.
Posted by: TheJerrylander | April 5, 2007 9:46 AM
Marvelous, simply brilliant.
I was quite surprised to see real talent in Haggard, his Shopkeeper/Michael Palin act was pretty good... but, actually, he is pretty good at making me laugh anyway (or cringe, at times).
Posted by: severalspeciesof | April 5, 2007 10:00 AM
That was brilliant... in so many ways.
Maybe I'll see if playing the Monty Python sketch audio over the Wizard of Oz movie might have the same effect. Or maybe play the Wizard of Oz movie over the Dawkins/Haggard segment, or Darkside of the Moon...or...
The possibilities are endless!
Posted by: JamesR | April 5, 2007 10:23 AM
Now that is what I call appropriate use of technology. The Lumberjack song: Excellent.
Posted by: Håvard | April 5, 2007 10:33 AM
For the one who wondered: The footage was from "Root of All Evil?", a documentary by Dawkins in two parts. I think that was from part 2, though I am not certain.
Posted by: Chris Rowan | April 5, 2007 11:02 AM
It's from Part I of 'Root of All Evil', somewhere towards the end of the first half hour, I recall.
Posted by: Louis | April 5, 2007 11:12 AM
Now THAT is funny.
Louis
Posted by: TAW | April 5, 2007 11:16 AM
For those of you who haven't seen it, this is the original parrot scene http://www.bestofgooglevideo.com/video.php?video=46
Posted by: Tuomo Hämäläinen | April 5, 2007 11:29 AM
The original scetch ended in words:
"Owner(Haggard in video): (quietly) D'you.... d'you want to come back to my place?
Mr. Praline(Dawkins): (looks around) Yeah, all right, sure."
That would be funnier ending... When we remember which kind of "moral character" Haggard is!
Posted by: Apikoros | April 5, 2007 11:47 AM
Youtube has the original conversation between Dawkins and Haggard here:
Clicky!
I must say that parroting Michael Palin is ultimately less embarrassing for Haggard.
Posted by: Bob O'H | April 5, 2007 2:40 PM
Pedant's corner: it's not even the original Dead Parrot Sketch.
Mind you, the original wouldn't work so well: they don't dance like that in Bolton (or Ipswich).
Bob
Posted by: Warren | April 5, 2007 3:08 PM
Genius.
Genius.
Posted by: Will Von Wizzlepig | April 5, 2007 4:12 PM
Bravo! Bravo!
More please.
Posted by: John C. Randolph | April 5, 2007 8:27 PM
For those who haven't seen it, here's the South Park tribute to Monty Python:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5363149995608523238&q=south+park+monty+python&hl=en
-jcr
Posted by: John C. Randolph | April 5, 2007 8:28 PM
Oops, here it is without the Spanish subtitles:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3550232584277022409&q=south+park+monty+python&hl=en
-jcr
Posted by: Chinchillazilla | April 6, 2007 1:19 AM
Dammit, it's too late for me to be laughing this hard. Now I'll never get to sleep. That's what I get, I guess...
Posted by: Kris Shanks | April 6, 2007 1:22 AM
I haven't laughed that hard in ages.
Posted by: Monado | April 6, 2007 2:05 PM
This fits in really well with the Monty Python does ID sketch from January, 2006, Chez Watt.