Spam (Monty Python) Spam (Monty Python) "Spam" is a Monty Python sketch, first televised in 1970 and written by Terry Jones and Michael Palin. In the sketch, two customers are lowered by wires into a greasy spoon café and try to order a breakfast from a menu that includes Spam in almost every dish, much to the consternation of one of the customers. The televised sketch and several subsequent performances feature Terry Jones as the Waitress, Eric Idle as Mr. Bun and Graham Chapman as Mrs. Bun, who does not like Spam. The original sketch also featured John Cleese as The Hungarian and
Monty the Dog who wears glasses smell of the perfume which he did not like and the lift Monty decided to rest on a trampoline but ended up bouncing on it. A man in the crowd caught Monty and handed him to Simon and Josie. The manager became pleased when customers wanted to buy the trampoline after seeing Monty bounce on it so he gave Monty's owners a tennis racket as a reward. A television series made by Ealing Animation titled "Monty" based on the character, although he is referred to as "Monty the Dog" in the theme tune, was first broadcast on BBC 1 in