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[[File:Spam Museum - World Market (England).jpg|thumb|upright|The sketch is featured at the [[Spam Museum]] in [[Austin, Minnesota]]. ''Pictured'': Flying Pig pub (England section)]]

[[Spam (food)|Spam]] makers [[Hormel]], while never happy with the use of the word ''spam'' for junk email (which also happens to be derived from the sketch), have been supportive of Monty Python and their sketch. Hormel issued a special tin of Spam for the [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] premiere of [[Eric Idle]]'s musical ''[[Spamalot]]'' based on ''[[Monty Python and the Holy Grail]]''. The sketch is part of the company's [[Spam Museum]] in [[Austin, Minnesota]], United States, and also mentioned in Spam's on-can advertisements for the product's 70th anniversary in 2007 – although the date of the Python sketch was incorrectly stated to be 1971 instead of 1970.<ref>{{cite news |title=SPAM 70th Low Sodium |url=http://spam.budwin.net/html/066a.html |access-date=23 August 2019 |agency=Budwin.net}}</ref>

In 2007 the company decided that such publicity was part of their corporate image, and sponsored a game where their product is strongly associated with Monty Python,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spamspamspamspam.co.uk |title=SPAM® – Monty Python's SPAMALOT – Play this very silly catapult game for fun! |publisher=Spamspamspamspam.co.uk |access-date=5 July 2013}}</ref> featuring a product with "Stinky French Garlic" as part of the promotion of ''Spamalot''. For the company's 75th anniversary in 2012, they introduced Sir Can-A-Lot, a knight character, appearing on the product's packaging with the phrase "Glorious SPAM®!".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spam.com/spam-101/history-of-spam|title=History of SPAM|publisher=spam.com|access-date=18 February 2016|archive-date=23 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130523091958/http://www.spam.com/spam-101/history-of-spam|url-status=dead}}</ref>