(The quick rewind of tape.)
Noella Levy: Okay! (Laughter.)
Julia Longoria: You ready?
(Indistinct talking—possibly vocal warm-ups.)
Levy: Okay!
Longoria: All right, so … This is a song about SPAM.
(A wind-down. Then, over the sound of a finger-picked ukulele, a song is sung—a variation on “Home on the Range” that one might call “SPAM on the Range.”)
Levy: (Sung.) In the blue-yellow can
That is cherished by all of the land,
It’s ono to eat eat,
So deliciously sweet
When cooked in a hot frying pan!
How a—
[Stopping.] No, I missed a verse! Wait just a minute. (Laughter.)
Longoria: Coming soon on The Experiment is a story of America told through the history of SPAM.
(As the ukulele starts back up, a dreamy synthesizer plays alongside it.)
Levy: SPAM, mo’ better than ham!
It is loved by all in the land.
We chop and we slice
And combine it with rice
And grind it whenever we can.
(Applause, then laughter. The music ends.)
Levy: So that’s … (Laughter.)
(The sounds of a small audience in an intimate performance space dissipate as the mic is turned off. A low, resonant drone persists, though, playing under Longoria’s narration.)
Longoria: From The Atlantic and WNYC Studios: a miniseries, starting February 3.
