Monty Python's Flying Circus (TV Series)
Spam (1970)
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- TV-14
- 31min
- Comedy
- 15 Dec 1970
- TV Episode
World revolutionaries are quizzed about football scores; figures from works of art go on strike throughout galleries in England; the search continues for a cure for over-acting; Viking marauders kidnap Englishmen who ask for canned ham.
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| Terry Jones | ... |
Tobacconist / Magistrate / Karl Marx / Floor Manager / Bumpkin / Spam Waitress
(as Spam Terry Jones)
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| Michael Palin | ... |
It's Man / Fireman / Alexander Yahlt / Second Journalist / First Ypres Voiceover / Sergeant / First Critic / Venus de Milo / Radio Announcer / First Richard III / D.P. Gumby / A Historian (voice)
(as Michael Spam Palin)
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| John Cleese | ... |
The Announcer / Hungarian Citizen / Defence / Second Ypres Voice Over / Auctioneer / Armless Padre
(as John Spam John Spam John Spam Cleese)
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| Graham Chapman | ... |
Policeman / Solomon / Major / Overacting Specialist / Mrs. Bun
(as Graham Spam Spam Spam Chapman)
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| Eric Idle | ... |
Clerk / Journalist / World Forum Presenter / Jenkins / Second Critic / Second Richard III / Mr. Bun
(as Eric Spam Eggs and Chips Idle)
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| Terry Gilliam | ... |
Che Guevara / Cherub / Overacting Hamlets / Magician (voice)
(as Terry Spam Sausage Spam Egg Gilliam)
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The Fred Tomlinson Singers | ... |
Vikings
(as The Fred Tomlinson Spam Egg Chips and Singers)
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Andrew Andreas | ... |
Greek Orthodox Priest (uncredited)
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Roy Brent | ... |
Water Rat (uncredited)
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Leslie Bryant | ... |
Water Rat (uncredited)
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| Ishaq Bux | ... |
Sheikh (uncredited)
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Freddie Clemson | ... |
Spaceman (uncredited)
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Aubrey Danvers-Walker | ... |
Water Rat (uncredited)
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Eden Fox | ... |
Lenin / Man with Saw (uncredited)
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Donald Groves | ... |
Water Rat (uncredited)
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James Haswell | ... |
Water Rat (uncredited)
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Steve Kelly | ... |
Viking (uncredited)
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David Melbourne | ... |
Milkman (uncredited)
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Alastair Meldrum | ... |
Water Rat (uncredited)
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Stuart Myers | ... |
Water Rat (uncredited)
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Gillian Phelps | ... |
Nun (uncredited)
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Basil Tang | ... |
Mao Tse Tung (uncredited)
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| Cy Town | ... |
Surfer (uncredited)
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Directed by
| Ian MacNaughton | ... | (as Ian 'Mixed Grill' MacNaughton) |
Written by
| Graham Chapman | ... | (written by) & |
| John Cleese | ... | (written by) & |
| Eric Idle | ... | (written by) & |
| Terry Jones | ... | (written by) & |
| Michael Palin | ... | (written by) & |
| Terry Gilliam | ... | (written by) |
Produced by
| Ian MacNaughton | ... | producer (as Ian 'Mixed Grill' MacNaughton 7/6d) |
Cinematography by
| James Balfour | ... | (as James [Spam Sausage Egg and Tomato] Balfour [Not Sundays]) |
Editing by
| Ray Millichope | ... | (as Ray 'Fried Slice and Golden Three Delicious' Millichope 'Spam Extra') |
Production Design by
| Robert Berk | ... | (as Robert Robert Robert Robert Berk and Tomato) |
Costume Design by
| Hazel Pethig | ... | (as Egg Baked Beans Sausage and Tomato Oh and Hazel Pethig Too) |
Makeup Department
| Penny Norton | ... | makeup artist (as Penny Penny Penny and Spam Norton) |
Sound Department
| Peter Rose | ... | sound (as Chips Sausage Liverwurst, Pheasant, Spam, Newsagents, Chips, and Peter Rose) |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Otis Eddy | ... | lighting technician (as Otis [Spam's Off Dear] Eddy) |
Animation Department
| Terry Gilliam | ... | animator (as Terry [Egg on Face] Gilliam) |
Music Department
| Fred Tomlinson | ... | choral director |
Additional Crew
| Patricia Houlihan | ... | researcher (as Patricia Houlihan and Sausage) |
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- British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (1970) (United Kingdom) (tv)
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | The Internet term 'Spam' (unsolicited bulk messaging) was derived from the Spam Sketch. See more » |
| Goofs | In the "Spam" scene at the diner, the woman asks the waitress if the diner serves anything without spam in it (after the waitress lists everything on the menu), to which she replies "Well; spam, egg, sausage, and spam doesn't have much spam in it." However, the first two meals on her original list were "Egg and bacon" and "Egg, sausage and bacon;" with no mention of spam until "Egg and spam." See more » |
| Movie Connections | Referenced in Monty Python's and Now for Something Completely Different (1971). See more » |
| Soundtracks | Also Sprach Zarathustra See more » |
| Crazy Credits | In the end credits, every credit has something to do with the Spam sketch: most of the names have "Spam" in them (often more than once); the others have things like "eggs" or "sausage" in them. See more » |
| Quotes |
Vikings:
[singing]
Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam! Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam! Lovely Spam, wonderful Spam! See more » |