{
  "question": "Was today a dead parrot day?",
  "url": "https://was.today/a-dead-parrot-day",
  "verdict": "no",
  "headline": "NO",
  "answer": "No — the Dead Parrot sketch first aired on 7 December 1969, which is 41 days away.",
  "details": [
    "Sketch debuted in episode 'Full Frontal Nudity', 7 Dec 1969",
    "Voted the UK's favourite Monty Python sketch in 2014",
    "Its parrot is not merely resting — it has ceased to be"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Wikipedia: October 27",
      "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_27"
    },
    {
      "title": "Daily Mail",
      "url": "https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-2688184/Dead-Parrot-tops-Python-fans-poll-Sketch-named-shows-greatest-moment-beating-The-Lumberjack-Song-second-place.html?ico=tim_desktop_moneysaving#comments"
    },
    {
      "title": "The Big Apple",
      "url": "https://barrypopik.com/blog/dead_parrot_economy"
    },
    {
      "title": "Digital Spy",
      "url": "https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a583514/the-dead-parrot-voted-top-monty-python-sketch-by-uk-public/#1"
    }
  ],
  "date": "2026-10-27",
  "place": null,
  "permalink": "https://was.today/a-dead-parrot-day/2026-10-27",
  "scope": "global",
  "volatile": false,
  "generatedAt": "2026-10-27T08:58:17.122Z"
}