Talk:Spam (Monty Python sketch)
"Spam (Monty Pythons Flying Circus sketch)" is a bit cumbersome. Shall we make it Spam (sketch), Spam (Monty Python), or something completely different...? -- Oliver P. 00:09 Feb 24, 2003 (UTC)
- Does anyone call it just "Spam"? How about "Spam sketch" or "The Spam Sketch"? -- Tarquin
- Ah, okay... I'll vote for Spam sketch. Argh, I still can't cope with this naming business... -- Oliver P. 00:42 Feb 24, 2003 (UTC)
Yay
I love this skit!
Discrepancy in menu between audio and video of sketch
The audio of the sketch available at http://www.detritus.org/spam/skit.html and the video from http://linux.gda.pl/pub/spam/ seem to have different menus! Specifically, the video does not have the following menu item:
- Spam, Sausage, Spam, Spam, Spam, Bacon, Spam, Tomato and Spam
and the final menu item in the audio is:
- Lobster Thermidor aux Crevettes with a Mornay sauce Served in a Provençale Manner with Shallots and Aubergines garnished with Truffle Paté, Brandy and a Fried egg on top and Spam,
while in the video it is:
- Lobster Thermidor aux Crevettes with a Mornay sauce garnished with Truffle Paté, Brandy and with a Fried egg on top and Spam,
without the italicized portion.
The transcript of the sketch available from http://www.epicure.demon.co.uk/spamsketch.html seems to support the video rather than the audio.
Would appreciate any light on this issue!
"Spam" vs. "SPAM"
According to the spam.com website, the correct spelling of the product is "SPAM", not "Spam". Unless there's an authentic Monty Python transcript available where they use the spelling "Spam", I think all references to the meat product in the quotes from the skit should be changed to "SPAM". —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Atkinson 291 (talk • contribs) 3 March 2006.
- The manual of style says to "follow standard English text formatting and capitalization rules even if the trademark owner encourages special treatment". (The Wikipedia page on Spam doesn't capitalise the product's name.) --McGeddon 16:10, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
missing the other side of the same coin
I can't believe people are also missing the other side of the skit.
It is a comedy against spam, ok, pretty obvious.
But it's just 1 person who don't like it, everyone else does.
That note should be on the article, and if quoting in wikipedia is permited, then quoting showing that should be there too!
I'm not saying eletronic spam is good, but I suppose articles should be NPOV.