Spam was at the center of a classic Monty Python sketch, and their association with the forcemeat had an even longer shelf life than the product itself. You know, rarely has there been a closer ...

I quickly told him there was a rule against asking for autographs during press events. “Is there?” he asked with a conspiratorial smile, continuing to sign the book and impishly handing it back to me.

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