Did this influence one of the Monty Python silly walks?

This guy had a fascinating life, he specialized in Pantomime Dames and did most of his work in drag. Late in life he went on a cross-country tour of America, doing the big boot shtick, and was insanely popular. He had imitators in every city.

You can see Paul Reubens did a bit of this routine with the Pee Wee Herman platform shoe bit.