IN CHARACTER
A face you won’t forget
Klaus (Dead Bishop)
Played by Eric Idle
The husband in Monty Python's Flying Circus's 1972 Dead Bishop (Church Police) sketch, addressed as Klaus by his wife over a dinner of jugged fish and rat tart, who is eventually fingered for the dead bishops piling up in the house.
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Their moment in the spotlight.
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The people in the part.
A little character study
More to the story.
One great character.
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