Monty Python in HP

[judyserenity]

No: HPFGUIDX 33623

> >  IAmLordCassandra at a... wrote: 
> >I  don't know if this'll merit any long, thought provoking 
> > discussions, however I thought this was an interesting bit of 
> > information. While watching 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' I 
> > noticed  in one of the sketches the name 'Cockroach clusters' came 
> > up. And what's more, I'm 
> > sure the title of the volume has 'Chocolate Frogs' in it.  

And pigwidgeonthirtyseven replied:
> Great! I spotted that, too. The Cockroach Cluster *is* Monty Python, 
> but their other creation is "Crunchy Frog", not Chocolate Frog. 


I recall that JKR confirmed in an interview that she got the ideas for 
these candies from Monty Python.  She even did a piece of the "Crunchy 
Frog" routine: "Well, if you took the bones out, they wouldn't be 
crunchy, would they?"  (On Monty Python, the frogs were real frogs 
dipped in chocolate.  Maybe she thought that was too gross?) 

Unfortunately, I can't find the interview....

-- Judy