FROM THE SKETCH ARCHIVE
A face you won’t forget
Gilberto
Played by Michael Palin
Gilberto, the head waiter played by Michael Palin in Monty Python's Flying Circus' Restaurant Sketch (The Dirty Fork). He is revolted by the dirty fork, orders the washing-up staff sacked and later succumbs to his war wound.
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