Ep 12. SPAM

Monty Python's Flying Circus is a sketch comedy show that was first aired in 1969 and ran for four seasons with forty-five episodes. The show was created by a group of comedians including Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin. The show's style of humor is known for being irreverent, surreal, and absurd.

Season 2 episode 12 of Monty Python's Flying Circus is titled "SPAM." The episode opens with a skit that features a historical re-enactment of the Battle of Pearl Harbor. However, instead of Japanese fighter planes attacking American ships, it's a group of men in Viking helmets hurling spam cans at British citizens.

The scene then transitions to a cafe where a couple is ordering breakfast. The menu is displayed in a surreal fashion where every dish has spam in it, including Spam, egg, and spam, spam, egg, sausage, and spam, not-sold-out-yet spam, and so on. The couple decides to order a dish with no spam in it, but the waitress tells them they cannot do that as every dish has spam in it, and if they don't like it, they can leave.

The next sketch features a group of men from a village being terrorized by spam mail. The postman is shown delivering letters with spam all over it to each person, including one addressed to "Mr. LHama." The men decide to retaliate against the spam by launching a giant spam can at the postman's head.

The show's famous "Spanish Inquisition" sketch is also included in this episode. The sketch features three cardinals who bumble their way through interrogating a man accused of being a heretic. The sketch is full of quick-witted humor and hilarious surprises.

Another skit in the episode involves a couple who go to a marriage counselor because they can't stop arguing about the word "it." The counselor suggests they replace the word "it" with a specific object every time they use it to avoid misunderstandings. As the couple leaves, they get into an argument about the very thing they were just counseled on, the word "it."

A recurring theme throughout the episode is the use of spam as an annoying and ever-present object that people can't get away from. The show uses it to satirize the persistence of advertising and marketing techniques to get people to buy something they don't need.

Overall, Monty Python's Flying Circus season 2 episode 12, "SPAM," is full of the show's signature absurdist humor and witty satire. The episode's sketches are united by the common theme of the omnipresent nature of spam, and each skit takes a different angle in exploring its impact on people's lives. The episode showcases the cast's impressive comedic timing and improvisational skills, making for a hilarious and entertaining watch.