From: Cowbell 

I am trying to find out in which episode there was a skit with an
elderly lady (Michael Palin, I think) standing on a riverbank reciting
awful boring poetry.  Some Arabs appear on the other bank and cannot
get to her.  They wave their arms and jump up and down in
frustration.  They throw several people in the river in baskets but I
am not sure what happens to them.  I think it winds up in animation
with a samurai coming up the bank behind the old lady and cutting her
in half, or her head off, or something like that.  Can anyone help?
Thank you!
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