Exploding Penguin on the TV Set is a sketch that appears in "How to Recognise Different Parts of the Body," the twenty-second episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus.
Synopsis[]
The first Pepperpot (Graham Chapman) asks what's on the TV and the second (John Cleese) replies "looks like a penguin". She then turns on the TV and as they wait for it to load up, they ask each other what the penguin's doing there.
The first Pepperpot asks, hypothetically, what would if happen if it laid an egg. The second suggests it may be male as it "looks fairly butch". As the two chat about where penguins come from, the first exclaims "Burma!" Looking round in confusion, the second asks why she just said that and she replies "I panicked."
They talk about it coming from the zoo, and stamping animals "Property of the Zoo". An argument ensues, which culminates with the first Pepperpot becoming fed up with the entire discussion, and exclaiming, "Oh, intercourse the penguin!" A TV presenter (Terry Jones) announces "it's just gone 8 o clock and time for the penguin on top of your television set to explode." and it goes up in flames. The Pepperpots ask how he knew that was going to happen and the TV presenter says "it was an inspired guess. And now..."
A voiceover (Cleese) points out more body parts:
23. The shin
24. Reginald Maudling's shin
25. The brain
26. Margaret Thatcher's brain (an arrow appears which points to her shin)
27. More naughty bits (a cricket team wearing spotted Bermuda shorts)
28. The naughty bits of the cabinet
29. The interior of a country house
The interior turns out to be the set for the next sketch. One actor says "that's not a part of the body" and the actress replies "it's a link though." Another actor says "I didn't think it was very good" and the other actor says "it's the end of the series. They must be running out of ideas."