{
  "question": "Was today a dead parrot day?",
  "url": "https://was.today/a-dead-parrot-day",
  "verdict": "no",
  "headline": "NO",
  "answer": "No — no such thing as Dead Parrot Day exists; today is merely a Monday that has ceased to be a weekend.",
  "details": [
    "No \"Dead Parrot Day\" on any calendar we checked",
    "The sketch is from 1969; its anniversary is not today",
    "Today: day 299 of 2026, 66 left"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "NPR",
      "url": "https://www.npr.org/1999/10/10/1065134/monty-pythons-30th#1"
    },
    {
      "title": "Inspired by 50 years of Monty Python: original comedy by East London children",
      "url": "https://pressat.co.uk/releases/inspired-by-50-years-of-monty-python-original-comedy-by-east-london-children-bc69c002bfe28f11e50b791a6a330e30/pdf/#1#1#1"
    },
    {
      "title": "The Spoof",
      "url": "https://www.thespoof.com/spoof-news/uk/37089/dead-parrot-in-dead-parrot-sketch-wasnt-actually-er-dead"
    },
    {
      "title": "Wikipedia: October 26",
      "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_26"
    }
  ],
  "date": "2026-10-26",
  "place": null,
  "permalink": "https://was.today/a-dead-parrot-day/2026-10-26",
  "scope": "global",
  "volatile": false,
  "generatedAt": "2026-10-26T09:54:55.520Z"
}