Lifeboat (Cannibalism)

Marooned in a lifeboat for more than a month, a crew of castaways tries to play out a solemn shipwreck scene, but the officer keeps halting it whenever someone fluffs a line or spoils the mood. Once the scene finally gets going, the ailing captain nobly offers himself as food, only for his men to politely decline because of his bad leg and announce they would sooner eat Johnson. The debate turns into fussy objections about leanness and dietary rules, until the crew settles on a full menu of shipmates, produces starters and dessert from nowhere and calls over a waitress to order, prompting boos from the studio audience.

The sketch was inspired by the 1884 survival-cannibalism case R v Dudley and Stephens, and the troupe later recorded it for Another Monty Python Record under the title "Still No Sign of Land".