Collector's Edition SPAM Product Now Available in Honor of Monty Python's
SPAMALOT




The SPAM™ golden honey grail will be available, in limited quantities as of
February 2005 at select New York City retailers, including Broadway
merchandise stores and the Shubert Theatre merchandise kiosks. The can
features SPAMALOT graphics and characters from the new musical and
instructions in “SPAMALOT-ese” on how to “cooketh” SPAM®.


“SPAM® products have been spoofed by the Monty Python comedy team for
decades,” said Nick Meyer, senior product manager, Hormel Foods. “The brand
is beloved by many, so we are pleased to offer this special collector’s
edition can and SPAM™ golden honey grail to consumers.”


SPAM® is the holy grail of canned meats,” says Eric Idle. “We’re thrilled
to dine on SPAM™ golden honey grail at the round table of SPAMALOT.”


SPAM™ golden honey grail will be available to the first 100 fans in line at
the official opening of New York’s Shubert Theatre box office on Monday,
Dec. 6, 2004 at 10:00 am. The Shubert is located at 225 West 44th Street,
New York, NY.


Monty Python’s SPAMALOT is directed by the legendary Mike Nichols and stars
David Hyde Pierce, Tim Curry and Hank Azaria. The show begins previews at
Broadway's Shubert Theatre (225 West 44th St.) on February 14, 2005, and
opens on March 17, 2005. SPAMALOT™ will arrive on Broadway following a
five-week World Premiere engagement at Chicago's Shubert Theatre (December
21, 2004 - January 23, 2005). SPAMALOT will only play at theatres called
Shubert. If someone tries to convince you you're seeing SPAMALOT, and you
find you're not at a theatre called Shubert, you're in the wrong place.


About Hormel Foods
Hormel Foods Corporation, based in Austin, Minn., is a multinational
manufacturer and marketer of consumer-branded food and meat products, many
of which are among the best known and trusted in the food industry. The
company leverages its extensive expertise, innovation and high competencies
in pork and turkey processing and marketing to bring quality, value-added
brands to the global marketplace. In January 2001, January 2002 and January
2003, Hormel Foods was named one of “The 400 Best Big Companies in America”
by Forbes magazine. The company enjoys a strong reputation among consumers,
retail grocers, foodservice and industrial customers for products highly
regarded for quality, taste, nutrition, convenience and value. For more
information, visit www.hormel.com.

About SPAMALOT™
SPAMALOT features a book by Eric Idle, based on the screenplay of Monty
Python and the Holy Grail by Monty Python creators Graham Chapman, John
Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin. The show
features an entirely new score featuring music and lyrics by Eric Idle and
John Du Prez, along with three songs from the 1975 film. Telling the
legendary tale of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, and their
quest for the Holy Grail, Monty Python's SPAMALOT features a chorus line of
dancing divas and knights, flatulent Frenchmen, killer rabbits and one
legless knight who create unforgettable musical production numbers that
Eric Idle promises will be "as good as or quite likely better than any
other show with killer rabbits and a legless knight opening on Broadway or
in Chicago this season." For more information, visit
www.MontyPythonsSpamalot.com.



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