Spam (Monty Python) Python libraries. Spam makers Hormel, while never happy with the use of the word "spam" for junk email, have been supportive of Monty Python and their sketch. Hormel issued a special tin of Spam for the Broadway premiere of Eric Idle's "Spamalot", a musical based on "Monty Python and the Holy Grail". The sketch is part of the company's Spam Museum in Austin, Minnesota, United States, and also mentioned in Spam's on-can advertisements for the product's 70th anniversary in 2007 - although the date of the Python sketch was incorrectly stated to be 1971 instead of 1970. In 2007 the
Parrot Sketch Not Included – 20 Years of Monty Python Parrot Sketch Not Included – 20 Years of Monty Python Parrot Sketch Not Included was a tribute special to the Monty Python comedy group, put together to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the debut of the group's television series, "Monty Python's Flying Circus". Produced by Tiger Television for the BBC, it was compiled by noted British comedy producer John Lloyd and broadcast on BBC 1 on 18 November 1989. Introduced by actor and Monty Python fan Steve Martin, the special features several sketches from "Monty Python's Flying Circus", as well as some sketches from the two German specials "Monty Python's