Spam Appreciation Week
Scott discovered that the week marked Spam Appreciation Week.
The canned meat had first appeared in 1937 and had sold billions of tins around the world.
Scott remembered his grandmother serving Spam sandwiches on thick white bread with an enormous amount of butter.
He also recalled the sharp metal keys once used to open the tins.
Listeners discussed Spam fritters, Spam with beans and chips, and Hawaiian dishes involving Spam, eggs, rice or sushi.
Scott had previously assumed Spam was fundamentally British but learned that it originated in Austin, Minnesota, which now had its own museum.
People who look like Scott
A listener claimed to have seen Scott in a pub at the weekend.
Scott denied being there and said people regularly mistook strangers for him.
He had been compared with a young Terry Wogan and astronaut Tim Peake.
Scott decided being confused with an astronaut was a considerable compliment.
The Birthday Game: Rachel
Rachel turned 37 shortly after giving birth to her son Fletcher.
She and her husband Paul divided the night-time work, with Paul handling nappies while Rachel managed feeding.
Rachel loved vintage finds and had met Paul in a vintage shop, which Scott compared with the plot of a Richard Curtis film.
She hoped for Spice Girls or No Doubt.
Her first spin was Engelbert Humperdinck. Rachel rejected it, although Scott argued it could have worked as a lullaby for Fletcher.
The second was Madonna’s cover of American Pie, number one in 2000. Rachel rejected that too.
Her compulsory final song was Lewis Capaldi’s Someone You Loved, number one in 2019.
Rachel had hoped for something more vintage but was happy with the result.
The Music Police
Scott formally placed Turbo Tony’s rave mystery into the cold-case archive after the previous investigation failed.
Claire then remembered an 1980s song heard from her older brother’s bedroom.
She thought it might contain the words “love train” and reproduced a choral melody.
Scott confidently identified it as Kylie Minogue’s Better the Devil You Know and immediately declared the case closed.
Another listener, Simon from Ipswich, submitted a whistled melody that Scott could not identify.
The whistling prompted a warning for dog owners after similar sounds on television had caused pets to react.
Simon’s case was carried forward.
Country to Country
Scott looked ahead to Radio 2’s coverage of the Country to Country festival.
He also planned a country edition of The Wonder Years for Friday.
Handover
Scott handed over to Sara Cox after promising more Music Police investigations later in the week.
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