Spam Sketch
.jpg)
The Spam-Sketch (originally Spam ) is a sketch by the British comedian group Monty Python .
The sketch was originally written and produced for the series Monty Python's Flying Circus and first aired on December 15, 1970 in episode 25 (episode 12 of season 2). The sketch achieved its particular fame because it introduced the term “spam” for mass mailings for advertising purposes on the Internet, even though it is actually a food: Spiced Ham , German “spiced ham”.
Terry Jones added a little homage to this sketch in the credits of his film Erik the Viking : Since Vikings also play here, it is said that there is no spam at all in this film.
content
The sketch begins with a couple ( Eric Idle as a man, Graham Chapman as a woman) “floating” into a diner by being lowered by wires. Behind the counter there is a “Pepperpot Lady” ( Terry Jones , the “Pythons” called all women who were portrayed by one of the male comedians in the scripts as “Pepperpots” in order to avoid confusion with female roles avoid). All other guests at the snack bar are Vikings . The man asks the waitress what is there to eat and she starts reading the menu. The longer the menu, the more spam the dishes contain, it starts with "Eggs and Spam" and goes on to "Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam, Baked Beans, Spam, Spam, Spam and Spam".
When the woman asked whether there was nothing without spam, the waitress replied that she could recommend “Spam, Eggs, Bratwurst and Spam”, because there is not so much spam involved. The woman yells back, “I don't like spam!”, Whereupon the Vikings come in with a song of praise for spam (see below). The Vikings later start their spam song two more times when the word "spam" is used several times in a row. The first two times are resolutely silenced by the waitress until the sketch slips completely into chaos. The Hungarian immigrant ( John Cleese ) from the sketch Dirty Hungarian Phrasebook also appears and tries to say something, but uses the word “spam” often and inappropriately. He is being taken away by the police. A short scene is faded in with a historian ( Michael Palin ), who talks about Vikings, but finally only talks about spam and joins the Viking song, which starts for the third time.
This is followed by the end credits, in which the word “Spam” was inserted at least once in each name of the pythons, later other foods are also used - from “Michael Spam Palin” to “John Spam, John Spam, John Spam Cleese” and “Eric Spam Egg and Chips Idle ”to producer“ Ian Mixed Grill MacNaughton ”.
In total, the word “spam” was mentioned 132 times in the sketch.
The "Song of Praise to Spam"
Spam, Spam, Spam, lovely Spam
Wonderful Spam, Lovely Spam.
Spam, Spam, Spam, Magnificent Spam,
Superlative Spam.
Spam, Spam, Spam, Wonderous Spam,
Surgical Spam, Splendiferous Spam.
Spam, Spam, Spam, Spaaam!
The song was released on the CD "Monty Python Sings".
In popular culture
- The spam sketch is parodied in the second OVA episode of the Girls und Panzer anime series "Survival War", with the word "Spam" being slightly censored (to "(*) pam").
literature
- Monty Python's Flying Circus , Vol. 2. Haffmans, Zurich 1993, ISBN 3-251-00223-6 (German translation)