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.

Cleese will talk and take questions following a screening of the Monty Python comedy troupe’s 1975 film debut.

The Python style of comedy is much bigger than punchlines. It’s all at once bizarre, class-clowny, ridiculous and bold — qualities that come naturally to an actor who once played a talking sponge.

‘Monty Python and the Holy Grail’ turns 50 but still hasn’t grown up The movie changed comedy forever. More importantly, it made us ask: What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?