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"Anne Elk's Theory on Brontosauruses" is a sketch from Episode 31 of Monty Python's Flying Circus, "The All-England Summarize Proust Competition" (1972). The sketch features a television presenter (Graham Chapman) interviewing paleontologist Anne Elk (John Cleese in drag). The plot of the sketch is that Miss Elk (who is very concerned about being properly credited: "A. Elk, brackets, Miss, brackets") has severe difficulty presenting her new theory about brontosauruses due to her bizarre mannerisms, which include circumlocution, repetition, and obnoxious, noisy throat-clearing. When she is finally able to state her theory, it turns out to be a very trite observation that "All brontosauruses are thin at one end, much, much thicker in the middle, and then thin again at the far end." In the or

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  • "Anne Elk's Theory on Brontosauruses" is a sketch from Episode 31 of Monty Python's Flying Circus, "The All-England Summarize Proust Competition" (1972). The sketch features a television presenter (Graham Chapman) interviewing paleontologist Anne Elk (John Cleese in drag). The plot of the sketch is that Miss Elk (who is very concerned about being properly credited: "A. Elk, brackets, Miss, brackets") has severe difficulty presenting her new theory about brontosauruses due to her bizarre mannerisms, which include circumlocution, repetition, and obnoxious, noisy throat-clearing. When she is finally able to state her theory, it turns out to be a very trite observation that "All brontosauruses are thin at one end, much, much thicker in the middle, and then thin again at the far end." In the or (en)
  • Teoria de Anne Elk sobre os Brontossauros é um sketch do episódio 31 do Monty Python's Flying Circus, The All-England Summarize Proust Competition. Este sketch é protagonizado por Graham Chapman como entrevistador de televisão e John Cleese disfarçado de paleontóloga, Anne Elk, aparecendo num programa chamado Thrust. A base do sketch é que a entrevistada, Anne Elk, dificilmente descreve a base da sua suposta teoria paleontológica sobre dinossauros, especificamente os Brontossauros. Depois de vários começos falsos durante os quais intervala com tentativas repetidas e barulhentas de limpar a garganta, Miss Elk passa a maior parte da entrevista com rodeios para levar à "teoria de A. Elk parêntesis Miss parêntesis". No fim, revela-se que a nova teoria de Miss Elk sobre os brontossauros era sup (pt)
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  • "Anne Elk's Theory on Brontosauruses" is a sketch from Episode 31 of Monty Python's Flying Circus, "The All-England Summarize Proust Competition" (1972). The sketch features a television presenter (Graham Chapman) interviewing paleontologist Anne Elk (John Cleese in drag). The plot of the sketch is that Miss Elk (who is very concerned about being properly credited: "A. Elk, brackets, Miss, brackets") has severe difficulty presenting her new theory about brontosauruses due to her bizarre mannerisms, which include circumlocution, repetition, and obnoxious, noisy throat-clearing. When she is finally able to state her theory, it turns out to be a very trite observation that "All brontosauruses are thin at one end, much, much thicker in the middle, and then thin again at the far end." In the original broadcast version, the sketch is taken over by other jokes from within the same episode, and spills over into the set of a previous sketch where Miss Elk concludes the episode with a second theory about Marcel Proust. This sketch was also performed on the album Monty Python's Previous Record, under the title 'Miss Anne Elk'. On this version, before beginning her second theory, the interviewer shoots her. At Cleese's request, the sketch was performed as part of the team's 2014 live reunion show, Monty Python Live (Mostly), with Eric Idle playing the interviewer. This version concluded with an extended coughing fit, before linking to the "Dancing Teeth" animation. The sketch inspired the concept of "Elk theories" to describe scientific observations that are not theories but merely minimal accounts. The character A. Elk and her "Theory of Brontosauruses" is used in the American Psychological Association Style Guide to illustrate how to reference a periodical article in a learned journal. (en)
  • Teoria de Anne Elk sobre os Brontossauros é um sketch do episódio 31 do Monty Python's Flying Circus, The All-England Summarize Proust Competition. Este sketch é protagonizado por Graham Chapman como entrevistador de televisão e John Cleese disfarçado de paleontóloga, Anne Elk, aparecendo num programa chamado Thrust. A base do sketch é que a entrevistada, Anne Elk, dificilmente descreve a base da sua suposta teoria paleontológica sobre dinossauros, especificamente os Brontossauros. Depois de vários começos falsos durante os quais intervala com tentativas repetidas e barulhentas de limpar a garganta, Miss Elk passa a maior parte da entrevista com rodeios para levar à "teoria de A. Elk parêntesis Miss parêntesis". No fim, revela-se que a nova teoria de Miss Elk sobre os brontossauros era superficial: "Todos os brontossauros são finos numa das pontas, muito mais grossos no meio e depois finos novamente até ao fim". A sua verdadeira preocupação era que recebesse total crédito por esta nova teoria: "É a minha teoria, é minha e pertence-me, e eu tenho-a e o que é, também". Este sketch também é mostrado no álbum Monty Python's Previous Record, com o título Miss Anne Elk. O discurso com rodeios de Anne Elk foi baseado no companheiro de Graham Chapman, David Sherlock, que evidentemente falava de uma tal maneira, que divertia os outros Pythons. O sketch inspirou o conceito de Teorias de Elk para descrever observações científicas que não são teorias mas anotações mínimas. A personagem A. Elk e a sua "Teoria do Brontossauros" é usada no Guia da Associação de Psicologia Americana para ilustrar como referenciar um artigo periódico num documento oficial. (pt)
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