Piranha Brothers
"Piranha Brothers" is a Monty Python sketch covering the exploits of Doug and Dinsdale Piranha, who employed violence (including nailing opponents' heads to the floor) and sarcasm, to intimidate others and bring the city to its knees.
Dinsdale was a gentleman; he bought his mother flowers and, what's more, he knew how to treat a female impersonator. Dinsdale was deeply afraid of Spiny Norman, a hedgehog who, he believed, lived in a hangar at Luton Airport that would grow from anywhere between 2 and 200 feet long, depending on Dinsdale's state of mind.
Spiny Norman (created by animator Terry Gilliam) appeared in this sketch shouting out "Dinsdale" at interesting moments. The character made brief reappearances in two later episodes.
A slightly re-worked version of the sketch also appeared on the album Another Monty Python Record under the title "Ethel The Frog" (this being the name of the TV programme supposedly running the exposé) and an almost word-for-word transcript appeared in Monty Python's Big Red Book.
The sketch was obviously inspired by the real-life story of the Kray twins.
