Monty Python's Dead Bishop sketch, also known as the Church Police or Salvation Fuzz, appeared in the Flying Circus TV Show in Episode 29, "The Money Programme". It was also perfomed in Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl Monty Python, or The Pythons, is the collective name of the creators of Monty Pythons Flying Circus, a British television comedy sketch show that first aired on the BBC on 5 October 1969. ... Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl is a 1982 film in which the Monty Python team perform many of their greatest sketches and skits in the Hollywood Bowl, including a couple of pre-Python ones. ...

The skit begins with a couple (Eric Idle and Terry Jones)turning off a radio show and deciding to eat a "dead unjugged rabbitfish", which is followed by a "slice of strawberry tart without so much rat in it" for dessert. Their son (Graham Chapman) enters and informs them that they have a dead bishop on the landing. After a bit of discussion as to why dead bishops keep appearing on the landing, they call for the "Church Police", (led by Michael Palin)who arrive and beseech God to "tell us who croaked Leicester". To the accompaniment of a church organ, a large finger laboriously descends and points at the husband, who admits, "All right, it's a fair cop, but society is to blame". All exit, singing the hymn, "Jerusalem". Eric Idle (born March 29, 1943) is an English comedian, actor, author and writer of comedic songs. ... Terence Graham Parry Jones (born in Colwyn Bay, Wales, on February 1, 1942) is a British comedian, screenwriter and actor, film director, childrens author, popular historian, political commentator and TV documentary host. ... Canning is a method of preserving food by first heating it to a temperature that destroys contaminating microorganisms, and then sealing it in air-tight jars, cans or pouches. ... Rabbitfish are members of the Siganidae family. ... Species 20+ species; see text This article is about the strawberry plant. ... Look up Tart in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Graham Chapman (8 January 1941–4 October 1989) was an English comedian and writer. ... A mitre is used as a symbol of the bishops ministry. ... Spiral (double helix) stairway in the Vatican Museum Stairs, staircase, stairway, stairwell, and flight of stairs are all names for a construction designed to bridge a large vertical distance by dividing it into smaller vertical distances, called steps. ... Michael Palin (1999) Michael Edward Palin, CBE (born May 5, 1943 in Broomhill, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England) is an English comedian, actor and television presenter best known for being one of the members of the comedy group Monty Python and for his travel documentaries. ... This article discusses the term God in the context of monotheism and henotheism. ... Look up kill in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The Bishop of Leicester is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Leicester in the Province of Canterbury. ... The church organ developed originally for congregational singing, and is found in many houses of worship. ... The writing on the wall (or sometimes handwriting on the wall) is an expression that suggests a portent of doom or misfortune. ... Social responsibility is a doctrine that claims that an entity whether it is state, government, corporation, organization or individual has a responsibility to society. ... A hymn is a type of song, usually religious, specifically written for the purpose of praise, adoration or prayer, and typically addressed to a god or other religiously significant figure. ... And did those feet in ancient time is a short poem by William Blake from the preface to his epic Milton: a Poem (1804). ...

The Sketch was infamous among the Pythons for being the one sketch they could not get through live without laughing. Indeed, Terry Jones can clearly be seen barely containing his laughter in the Hollywood Bowl film. Terence Graham Parry Jones (born in Colwyn Bay, Wales, on February 1, 1942) is a British comedian, screenwriter and actor, film director, childrens author, popular historian, political commentator and TV documentary host. ...

See also

• List of Monty Python's Flying Circus episodes