Editing Cheese Shop sketch (section)

==Origins==
The idea for the sketch came after a day of shooting in [[Folkestone#Folkestone Harbour|Folkestone Harbour]], where [[John Cleese]] became [[motion sickness|seasick]] and threw up repeatedly while trying to deliver a line. During the drive back, [[Graham Chapman]] recommended that Cleese eat something and asked him what he wanted; Cleese replied that he fancied a piece of [[cheese]]. Upon seeing a [[dispensing chemist|chemist's shop]], Cleese pondered whether the shop would sell cheese, to which Chapman responded that if they did it would be medicinal cheese and that Cleese would need a prescription to buy some. Giggling, they decided to write a sketch based on that idea. However, on starting to write it, they concluded that asking for cheese in a chemist's shop was too unrealistic without being set up. Wondering why someone would attempt to buy cheese somewhere other than a cheese shop, Cleese thought that they should write a sketch about someone attempting to buy cheese in a cheese shop that had no cheese whatsoever to set up a sketch revolving around someone attempting to buy cheese at a chemist's which never wound up happening.<ref>{{citation |title=The British Table : A New Look at the Traditional Cooking of England, Scotland, and Wales |chapter=Saving British Cheese |author=Colman Andrews |year=2016 |isbn=9781613122112 |publisher=Abrams}}</ref>

Chapman then wrote the sketch with Cleese, who did not initially find it humorous. When Chapman insisted that it was funny, they presented it at a reading for the other Python members. Though most of the other Pythons were also unimpressed, [[Michael Palin]] loved it and laughed hysterically, eventually falling to the floor. This amused the others and they agreed to use the sketch.<ref>{{Cite AV media|url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMjQ-vyeYsg|title = Monty Python reunion NYC: Q&A about who wrote which sketch|last = digitalretro|date = 19 October 2009|type = HTML5|via = YouTube}}</ref>