THE PLAINTIFF: SPAM Luncheon Meat
THE DEFENDANT: Jim Henson Productions
THE LAWSUIT: Hormel Foods Corporation, makers of SPAM, sued Henson’s company over one of the characters in the movie Muppet Treasure Island. The character in question is the high priest of a tribe of wild boars that worship Miss Piggy. His name: Spa’am.
Hormel’s suit contended that their trademark was damaged because the film “intentionally portrayed the Spa’am character to be evil in porcine form.”
THE VERDICT: Not guilty. The court found that although Spa’am was “untidy,” he was not evil and that, actually, the character probably enhanced the value of the SPAM trademark.
Wasted money for no good reason? I suspect they got exactly what they wanted, more publicity for a small price, heck, they are paying their lawyers anyway, may as well have them do something.
sagefisher got it right…everyone that din’t, now wants to know what Spam tastes like, feels like sliding slickly down their throat, coating the tonque and palate with it’s tasty residue. I could go on but i think it’s way past my lunchtime.
If the price of my Spam goes up because of increased demand prompted by this lawsuit I am not going to be a happy person. So to all of you who have never tried Spam it is a horrid tasting vile substance made from portions of swine which I shall not name. As has been pointed out by another poster that many people in fact hate Spam with a passion.
I suggest that if you have never tried it that you avoid experiencing it. This will save you the very real probability that you will not only not care for Spam, but of either going hungry until your next meal, or spending time preparing something else to eat at the moment.
I further suggest that to truly appreciate the full Spam experience that you do so by eating it cold. As it is pre-cooked this is perfectly safe and will do you no harm.
Now, if you will follow the above instructions, I am confident that the price of my Spam will remain stable and I shall not have to address any further posts to this subject.
Thank you, Bon Apitite
George
Well, I am living proof that any advertising is good advertising.
I cannot walk past spam in the supermarket isle without thinking of FAOl and having a snigger. What foul garbage the product is. So you know it is now available in “Turkey” flavour?
Now, detesting it as I do, I could not resist the impule to buy some. Is it really as bad?
I ate two spam sanwiches and it was everything I remember it to be. To the dogs it went.
I’ll say it…I HATE Spam!..I HATE powdered eggs!..In 'Nam, we had a streak where we had a steady diet of Spam & powdered eggs for (it seemed like) a couple of months. There is NO way to make that crap edible. Sorry for my subtle response.
Mikey
Warren, I think I even had to eat SOS made with Spam…I’d rather have had the LITERAL ingredients!
I also like SOS, but we ate a lot of that at home as kids. We all liked it.
Mikey
Ha ha, like everything else, it is now owned by Americans. You have taken our last vestige of self respect; that one thing we made that we thought nobody else would want. Vegemite. Shamefully the ever thirsty corporate America on its last global vacuuming tour sucked up our pride and joy and it is ours no more. Then went Cadbury’s chocolates across the pond. Arrrhhhh… Personally I can take the chocolates and you can have the vegemite on the spam. They are a good match. What is SOS?
I had a student give me a Spam Single pack (one slice, vacuum sealed in foil), which he got as a sample 3 years ago in Louisville, KY. That’s Loo-ville, from what I understand??? Why??? I digress. The expiration date on the package is Sept 16, 2010. I have been promising to eat the single, fried or BBQed into a Spamburger on Sept 15th, 2010. I have students who graduated 2 years ago, who are expecting me to email them and remind them that I will be eating it at lunch that day, so they can come watch and/or gross out.
Spam is the food of Gods. Don’t believe me?? Ask a Polynesian (especially a Hawaiian)
Think I will BBQ a slice of pineapple to go with it. Yummmmm
SOS??? Shi…I mean stuff on a shingle…creamed chipped beef on toast…also YUMMMMMMMM
sos is a sawmill gravy with ground, chipped, stripped, meat of somesort that swims in the peppery andalty gravy of ambrosia. then poured iover hot biscuts or toast or into a nice hot bown of grits nd butter. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm its great hot or cold.
