John ▁Cle ese ) ▁s its ▁at ▁his ▁piano . ▁A ▁r ude ▁my nah ▁bird ▁per ches ▁nearby , ▁not ▁making ▁any ▁noise ; ▁Be eth oven ▁sh outs , ▁" You ▁don ' t ▁fool ▁me , ▁you ▁stupid ▁my nah ▁bird , ▁I ' m ▁not ▁de af ▁yet !" ▁After ▁the ▁bird ▁c ack les ▁at ▁him , ▁Be eth oven ▁sho ots ▁it ▁and ▁it ▁falls ▁off ▁its ▁per ch . ▁He ▁is ▁clearly ▁ag itated ▁with ▁difficulty ▁compos ing ▁his ▁Fif th ▁Sym phony . ▁He ▁only ▁becomes ▁more ▁ag itated ▁as ▁his ▁wife ▁( G raham ▁Chap man ) ▁runs ▁a ▁vac u um ▁cleaner ▁and ▁p esters ▁him ▁about ▁a ▁missing ▁sugar ▁bow l ▁and ▁other ▁m und ane ▁matters . ▁ ▁The ▁scene ▁then ▁cut s ▁to ▁Shakespeare ▁( Er ic ▁Id le ), ▁Michel ang elo ▁( T er ry ▁Jones ), ▁and ▁Moz art ▁( Michael ▁Pal in ), ▁all ▁discuss ing ▁the ▁names ▁of ▁their ▁current ▁projects ▁com ically ▁while ▁discuss ing ▁their ▁issues ▁with ▁their ▁home ▁life . ▁ ▁Moz art ' s ▁rat - catch er ▁son , ▁Col in ▁" Cho pper " ▁Moz art , ▁then ▁goes ▁to ▁shoot ▁some ▁r ats ▁in ▁Be eth oven ' s ▁a partment ▁with ▁a ▁machine ▁gun . ▁ ▁Mrs ▁Th ing ▁and ▁Mrs ▁Entity ▁remark ▁that ▁Be eth oven ▁was ▁glad ▁when ▁he ▁went ▁de af , ▁because ▁there ▁would ▁be ▁less ▁dist ra ctions ▁while ▁he ▁composed ▁music