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Mr Eric Praline is a fictional character from the television show ''Monty Python's Flying Circus'', played by comedian John Cleese. ==Appearances== The Monty Python team consciously decided to avoid recurring characters. Along with Terry Jones/Terry Gilliam's nude organist, Michael Palin's "It's" man, the Gumbys and Graham Chapman's Colonel, Mr Praline was one of the few deemed popular and useful enough for multiple appearances.〔Johnson 1999, p.51.〕 Praline's initial appearance was in a first series episode during a vox pop segment, to announce that he would be appearing later in the show.〔Johnson 1999, p. 90〕 This he did as a Police Inspector, following up on the case of Whizzo's Chocolates (hence his name, praline being a kind of hazelnut candy), which produced such gems as Cockroach Cluster, Anthrax Ripple, and the titular Crunchy Frog.〔 Praline's defining moment came in three episodes later, when he attempted to return his recently purchased dead parrot to the pet shop from which he had bought it. This segment has been called the comedy team's single best-known sketch,〔Johnson 1999, p. 96.〕 and it led to Praline's appearance in the team's first theatrical release, ''And Now for Something Completely Different'' (1971) which included a remake of the sketch.〔Johnson 1999, p. 220.〕 In a second series episode Praline had more pet trouble, this time trying to buy a fish licence for his pet halibut, Eric. In this sketch, he mentions that he also has a cat and a dog named Eric among others and has acquired a (fraudulent) licence for the cat. This final sketch led to Praline singing the song "Eric The Half-A-Bee" on the ''Monty Python's Previous Record'' album.〔Johnson 1999, p. 141.〕 Cleese eventually got so fed up with "doing the one with the parrot", that he vowed never again to perform the sketch; conversely, the Eric the Half-A-Bee segment is one of Cleese's personal favourites.〔 It includes the revelation that Praline's first name is also Eric. In episode 18, "Live from the Grill-o-mat", Praline appears with his flatmate Brooky (Eric Idle) as the host of a new chat show. However, the show in the sketch is cancelled and they later appear in the "The Seven Brides For Seven Brothers Sketch".〔Johnson 1999, p. 129.〕 A ''Variety'' photo shoot during the filming of ''Monty Python's Life of Brian'' in Tunisia resulted in the character's post-TV-series appearance. The comedy team was photographed in costume against mosques and palm trees; Michael Palin noted in his diary: "Nostalgia time. John was dressed in his Pacamac as Praline, complete with dead parrot." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mr Praline」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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