Talk:Mr Praline

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Was the bloke in convert-a-pet Praline? I don't think it was. Does anyone have the script with character names?

He certainly doesn't have the Praline voice. And I think the dead parrot sketch pre-dated pet conversions, though I may be wrong, so I hesitate to edit.

The Parrot Sketch was in episode 8 and Pet Conversions was in episode 10 - and Cleese's character is simply called "Man". The confusion comes from the Cleese/Palin/Shop format of the sketch. Totnesmartin 23:27, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

What kind of accent does Mr. Praline have? To my Yank ear it's vaguely Northern. I would put the Pet Shop somewhere in the North based on the fact that 1. The shop owner is Michael Palin's slick-talking Yorkshireman 2. The Similar Pet Shop is in Bolton, Lancs. But it's really just a conjecture. Ellsworth 23:53, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

I wouldn't describe it as northern at all. I'd say it's actually pretty much RP, but with a strained, clipped, and rather aggressive tone brought on by extreme exasperation... I'd also suggest that Palin's shopkeeper's accent is much closer to Cockney than Yorkshire; as such, I'd think that the sketch is set in London. But then again, the shopkeeper's brother doesn't have a Boltonian accent (nor does the railway porter), so it could be anywhere really... Cheers, DWaterson 17:19, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the info. I had half-forgot that Palin can "do" a Cockney and various other London accents, viz. the Vercotti bros. Ellsworth 23:50, 30 October 2007 (UTC)