Hawaii man's love for SPAM gets him stopped at TSA

Oahu native and singer Joel Libed was on a Midwest tour in May with his dance company and their first stop was in Austin, Minnesota - home of the Spam Museum.
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[@jaxxyjaxxyjax]

He’s a SPAMbassador.

[@piperj4978]

clever pun! 😂🎉

[@HolahkuTaigiTWFormosanDiplomat]

😶

[@user-ib2xl9bk6h]

Spam company should give him a sponsorship, he is a good ambassador of spam.

[@2bstiff584]

I think he said they did they keep sending it to him now

[@user-sw7os5rp9h]

YOu see this is the natural way for a product company to sponsor the LGBTQ community instead of shoving it in our face like what Bud Light tried to do.

[@2-old-Forthischet]

Don't forget, Spam fed our military in our victory. Never forget the greatest generation!

[@bloodlove93]

bet most of them would like to forget spam existed. mres get complaints ,this is beyond plain by comparison

[@ynnos5555]

When WWII ended, the American military left behind cans and cans of Spam around the world. Countries like South Korea, the Philippines and Japan utilized it in their own ways like Korean Budae Jjigae or Army Stew, Filipino Spamsilog (Spam-Garlic Fried Rice-Egg) & Spamdesal (Spam in Pandesal/Filipino Breakfast bread, Japanese Spam Musubi.

[@yolyprog2561]

Ikr

[@captainbuddyfantastic4181]

@@bloodlove93ok negative Nancy. Why even waste your time typing that verbal diarrhea.

[@RobertJarecki]

​@@bloodlove93 Dad, US Navy, Pacific, WWII: "I've eaten enough SPAM for the rest of my life. "

[@chochosan1981]

Was leaving for Las Vegas with friends and family from Honolulu, I bought 8 spam musubis for everyone. At the security check point the staff just laughed and said that I should share. Everyone in our group was so happy to eat it on the plane.

[@Lengglo]

I did, too. I brought 10 spam musubis from Waikiki back to San Francisco. How I missed Hawaii

[@captainbuddyfantastic4181]

Musubi is the best !

[@SaitoHimea]

So he really is a Filipino-Hawaiian wow 😂😂😂, Spam really does travel thru his veins 😂😂😂😂

[@rac558]

My mom first tasted Spam in Holland after being liberated from N*zi occupation in 1945. We always had it in the house growing up and I still have it in my cupboard to this day....Love the stuff!😋😋😋

[@alexarzamendi9475]

Your mom tried plenty of Nazi spam if you know what I mean 😂😂😂😂

[@GoonieLord]

I heard Hawaii has ultra rare flavors not found anywhere else

[@jkhijirida]

We do have many varieties. Bacon, spicy, tocino, teriyaki, garlic, black pepper come to mind. But the most popular has to be the low sodium.

[@gigibluestockings5168]

​@jkhijirida I buy my cases of low sodium Spam at Costco.

[@greghelton4668]

My wife forces me to eat low sodium. Well, it’s better than no spam.

[@Mike__B]

I wouldn't say "ultra rare", it's just on the mainland US they don't often sell them in your "typical" stores.

[@noahboat580]

The only flavor that's real special imo is the Tocino spam, both flavor-wise and it being exclusively in the Philippines. But you can get it in the states fairly easily

[@chewie94116]

Airport security- "Whoa sir, THAT IS WAY TOO MUCH SPAM. We can not let you have all the SPAM. You are having WAY TOO MUCH FUN."

[@jdos5643]

Idk anyones obsession over spam. Is basically military food…..

[@chewie94116]

@@jdos5643 They serve this in the military?

[@jdos5643]

@@chewie94116 well yeah back then. It was a canned food that was shipped to military personal goes as far back as ww2.

[@jdos5643]

@@chewie94116 yeah back then

[@kalkhalinzhui1753]

Mom: Get a US Visa so we can go to Guam! Son: But why mom? Aside from beaches, what's in it for me? Mom: After I do my business, we can buy LOTS of SPAM. Son: ...really mom? 😑 We have SPAM back home.

[@TheJotep26]

Here in the Philippines, low and middle class families LOVES Spam. We consider it as a treat while others views it as a somewhat luxurious canned meat that all know and love.

[@FUCK_ALL_YOUTUBE_MODERATORS]

stay classy philippines. tip: dont tell foreigners what you do in your country.

[@manchagojohnsonmanchago6367]

It's disgusting and smells just like pet food

[@closetshota_fujoshivanilla]

​@@manchagojohnsonmanchago6367 Awww, too bad you're missing out on life 🤣

[@swedishmeatball8290]

@@manchagojohnsonmanchago6367 your nose must be underdeveloped.

[@Amtcboy]

And a few Spam look a like.

[@The.Hawaiian.Kingdom]

When I was younger I used to write to the Spam headquarters in Minnesota asking them to move their headquarters and manufacturing plant to Hawai’i because we consume more Spam than anyone and have brought Spam FAR more publicity than anyone or any of their commercials/campaigns. I also added that people in Minnesota don’t even like Spam and the most famous food person who resides in Minnesota, Andrew Zmmern, who is known for eating crazy, gross foods that others would never eat. has publicly declared his hate for Spam multiple times. I told them that Hawai’i would be a better fit not only because it would provide jobs here for people who have been loyal to them, but it would save them on shipping costs since most of their Spams gonna come here anyways 🤭😆. I never heard back from them & they clearly didn’t agree because they didn’t move here. Oh well I tried. 😆

[@freedomcat]

shipping to the mainland would be too costly, same with getting meat and supplies.

[@The.Hawaiian.Kingdom]

@@freedomcat Hawai’i is my main and only land, I believe you mean “the states”. They’re paying to ship the majority of their spam HERE, so they’d be saving money on shipping. It’s the craziest thing, but believe it or not, we actually have meat here too 😲😱. And they likely order supplies from Asia like the rest of import reliant America, and guess who’s closer to Asia… is it Hawai’i or Minnesota?! 🤔

[@freedomcat]

@@The.Hawaiian.Kingdom Minnesota has more land available for the factories in the islands of Hawaii and they are also closer to industrial farms. Using trains to ship to the west coast of the mainland is easier than trying to load them onto a ship and then ship them up to Asia when it is straight right across to Japan

[@The.Hawaiian.Kingdom]

@@freedomcat “More land available for factories” ?!?!🤭🤭🤭, you really had to reach far and hard for that one. There’s only 2 spam factories. 1 in Minnesota and 1 in Nebraska. If you think we don’t have the land to accommodate a factory, you must not be from here. Again, we have meat here too, we have industrial farms here too. Sheesh you really don’t know anything about Hawai’i huh?! You do realize EVERYTHING imported/exported between Asia and the U.S. goes through Hawai’i, right?! It doesn’t matter if it’s via a ship or plane, it all comes through Hawai’i. So Spam is ordering their tins from Asia (most likely) shipping it to Minnesota, mind you it’s coming through Hawai’i FIRST before it goes to Minnesota, making the spam then shipping it back here and then to Asia. Not to mention Guam who eats the most spam than anywhere else in the world, even more than us (more than twice as much I believe) and their spam goes through Hawai’i first as well. South Korea. Guam and Hawai’i are the top 3 buyers of Spam BY FAR & all of that spam comes through Hawai’i first. The math ain’t mathing. They could easily keep their Minnesota factory for domestic products, shutdown the Nebraska factory and move it here instead where it would benefit the people who have supported their company the most.

[@The.Hawaiian.Kingdom]

@@freedomcat Now stop wasting my time with your nonsense, please and thank you.

[@shumla7ranch]

Spammers causing problems worldwide.

[@carlotabz4585]

Got to visit the spam museum as part of a work trip, the merch store is heaven.

[@sggarn29asianchoice55]

I love the Tocino spam.😘😋 Growing up in the Philippines our nanny would make our lunch boxes. She would cook sandwiches with spam cooked with sugar coating and lady’s choice sandwich spread and chocolait milk drink.💜

[@livefreevinnie]

I grew up eating spam, egg, rice & banana ketchup for breakfast; sometimes for dinner too. Oh my grandma used to locked them up inside a glass cabinet for display.

[@greghelton4668]

I just came home to Hawaii from California. My carry-on contained five homemade spam musubi that wound up being flagged by security. The security personnel was of South Pacific descent and she gave the musubis a hug once she ascertained what it was. I was tempted to give her one. . But was too hungry to do so.

[@AtarahDerek]

Probably for the best, as agents aren't allowed to accept gifts.

[@deekang6244]

From Minnesota, we love Spam!

[@Feed_the_Kitty_a_Hotdog]

😂 some of us don’t

[@egyptsflame8368]

@@Feed_the_Kitty_a_Hotdog I love a good fried Spam sandwich!

[@timdowney6721]

Ya sure. Ya betcha.

[@travelinginfantryveteran5439]

​@@Feed_the_Kitty_a_Hotdogyou're crazy.

[@bradleybruvva3021]

I was expecting a lot more spam, that’s not even that much. Lol.

[@WegottaLovett]

He had also put some in his suitcase so we didn’t see it all. Also. To TSA, it was a lot.

[@diveanddine]

TSA was like Sir this is over the pork limit we gotta confiscate these and go have musubi for lunch

[@ranchroberts5976]

My man knows the meats 😏😂. Congrats on getting the job without even applying!! Congrats, bro

[@coryart]

I met a Canadian that told me of a trip he took to Australia. He was nervous about being away from his beloved Mac & Cheese for very long so he packed a bunch of it with him. The customs agent asked him if he had any food in his luggage, so he showed him the Mac & Cheese. The customs agent, in a very thick Australian accent said "That ain't food,,,,Mate". LOL

[@51colibri]

If I see that at the airport, I instantly know he is Pacific Islander. Biba Spam! ❤

[@bradbutcher3984]

I flew to Washington DC valentines day 2015 and had my 1/16 Traxxis Slash RC truck and a can of Trappley's jalapeño pinto beans. They pulled me after xray and I said "I figured you'd be searching my bag." He then pulled out the can of beans and put it by his ear and shook them. Put it back and said "ok you're good." I said "you're not going to check the car." "Nope you're good". I thought as I walked off "damn I should've kept the lithium batteries in it".

[@PillowEgg]

I didn't know there were so many flavors. My supermarket only has Lite and regular.

[@lollyv3825]

I got stopped at TSA for having 3 SPAM musubis wrapped in foil. I had to open them up for the agent. I guess he had to make sure it wasn’t a bomb….however it was “Da Bomb” as we still enjoyed them for our breakfast.

[@merryhunt9153]

After decades of not eating Spam I discovered the reduced-sodium line, and now I'm back to enjoying it. I had no idea there were ten varieties.

[@ryanlupton3157]

I worked with this guy on a Royal Caribbean ship back in like 2019. This is hilarious

[@bustownbc2787]

Im speechless...about everything

[@IMRROcom]

loved it when I lived in Hawaii, you could go to Zippys, A Spaghetti place, a Mexican food joint or a Top Tier Steak house and nine times out of ten you would get a small slice of spam with your meal :)

[@juanitajones7169]

Spam lucky-bag. I love, Spam.

[@Sue-zf5uu]

I have all but 2 slices in my fridge now. I'm going to fry it up today! Just had a cold sandwhich with it last night! Love me some spam!

[@Possum_13]

Spam was a birthright in our family! Dad served during Korean wartime, (30months USMC) and he talked about mess hall serving spam everyday, you could have as much as he wanted! Born during the depression and the coming of WWII food was short and then rationed. So wasn’t a lot on the table or in the larder so Pap really developed a taste well the family developed and I would say we had spam once a week, I raised a family and we continued and my three adult children have a taste also. I order a case from Amazon every two months! Hot, cold, fried baked, however, always great! Now days they don’t have the spam slime anymore, I liked the slime too!😎

[@michelleb7399]

That’s funny. My son loved the large variety of Spam available in Hawaii. When we went there on his Make-a-Wish trip we ended up bringing home about 20 cans. But we put it in our checked bags, so maybe that was to our advantage. Also, they’ve probably seen that a lot in the Hawaii airports.

[@BUZZKILLJRJR]

That's so awesome! I'm not a Hawaii boy but I grew up poor and spam was something we got quite a bit now they have so many different flavors the Teriyaki is bomb, turkey is pretty Rad too.

[@davidhadley6164]

Free Spam for life for the Spam embassador! Dang it now I want spam.

[@Helpfulveteran]

This is a little sus, another influencer was just on the news for carrying too many bags of hot cheetos through tsa....and there was a big tiktok about it also

[@TA-kr1di]

Spam, Eggs and Rice is my favorite!

[@exceleratorjoshua]

Dude is genuinely very excited about SPAM. Nothing wrong with that. Now im tempted to try the bacon and turkey flavors.

[@Spellbound_Rose]

I saw this before on a girl with flamin’ hot Cheetos. I said it before, and I will say it again: he wanted to be one of those people in the math problems. But that lady is really nice for gifting him that! I can’t believe she actually left the show. 🌸

[@user-pe587ui90]

They actually showed have a Spam museum in Hawaii!!

[@Jamie-Fox]

He is a genuine Hawaiian😂

[@rogerclark3]

I'm surprised that's all he had... That was his Willy Wonka chocolate factory, and he had the golden ticket...

[@angelvera04]

I love it!!! I took it to Mexico I should’ve revorded it too. My family loved it. I also stock it for Hurricane season (we live in Florida)

[@1234crevis]

Lucky for his dream job to find him, Damn Awesome

[@typhoonseven4815]

Congratulations on you good fortune, but Iwas rather disappointed that no vikings showed up singing the "Spam Song"... ;)

[@apachekeawe-aiko4900]

SPAM MAN the new SUPER HERO WHERE EVER THERE IS FRIED RICE I'LL BE THERE, WHEN EVER A MUSUBI IS MADE WRONG I'LL BE THERE , WHEN EVER THERE'S BREAKFAST WITH EGGS AND NO MEAT I'LL BE THERE 🤣😂🤣🤣🤣🤛SPAM MAN 🤙

[@bcatbb2896]

i be giggling as well lol

[@YuriUK]

Nice advertising for SPAM, they should sponsor him anywhere he goes To dance.

[@marilyndee969]

This is hysterically funny! The best part was the guy himself. So cheerful and friendly and full of fun. I loved this video! I have never had Spam. Maybe I should try it? It seems like I am missing something. Certainly, the fun this guy has, if nothing else.

[@JamesAllmond]

uh, it's available, literally, all over the world, even the main land!

[@JamesAllmond]

oh, gifted...🤣

[@ronweber2732]

Love spam, love news "fluff". This made my day

[@paulcahill3774]

A major contribution to Mans Future.

[@leilanilamour5173]

What a cute story 💝

[@dawsie]

The first time I ever had spam was when we arrived in Australia in ‘78 we stated at the immigration hostel for 2 nights, they had it on the breakfast menu. It was the first and last time I ever ate it. 6 years ago my Dad for some unknown reason bought a tin of Turkey spam, it still in the fridge staring at me every time I open the fridge. The worst part is it’s one small tin wrapped up with the two things I hate all into one. I hate Turkey and I hate spam 😹😹😹😹

[@easy288]

❤ better than airplane food.

[@risaandjesus]

I love spam! Grew up w it in Hawaii. Rice, side corn or tomatoes and 3 pc spam with ketchup and Tabasco sauce. Yum!

[@davidhadley6164]

Hawaiian born here on the mainland. I get Spam shammed by friends all the time. Lol. More spam for me I guess.

[@arghentrock]

The kind of spam that everyone loves.

[@mikelavelle5019]

My Filipino wife ask me last night if we could ship a case of Spam to her family, When she was little her whole family would share one can... maybe once a year.

[@mrmoney1980qqqq]

love our Hawaii people♥️

[@coreysbaby3691]

It reminds me when they stopped the girl in tsa and she had a couple dozen bags of Hot Cheetos😂😂

[@makaulaulak9424]

This has happened to me multiple times with spam and coffee, both in Hawaii and the continental states

[@manchagojohnsonmanchago6367]

Yeah Hawaii has quarantine for many food products and plants. American Samoa too

[@JohnSmith-ps7hf]

We love SPAM fried rice, SPAM sushi, SPAM noodles, and sandwiches as well.

[@apriltorres3684]

SPAM: SOMETHING POSING AS MEAT 😅😂😅

[@lorij1072]

I didn’t know that there were that many varieties of Spam. Who knew? Spam o Rama 😂

[@Hawaiian80882]

Toooo Funny!....And to think I just opened a can of spam before seeing this post!...Hahahahahahahahahahahahahah!!!....

[@PixiePink]

how adorable!

[@ifeelbetterabouthis.louis3]

Spamming TSA is an epic combo move 😂

[@funlo.vingco]

He's so FREAKING CUUUUUUTE!!! and GO TROJANS🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽😆😆😆

[@LouiNOP-oh2qs]

Lucky you, getting more products from the spam co! I love spam!

[@terrie001]

I live in MN and have visited the spam museum before. 45min drive away from me.

[@landonleathers5936]

😂😂😂😂 that's funny as hell 😂😂😂😂

[@khuongle877]

My parents first taste of spam in Vietnam war when an American gave us a can of spam, it tasted amazing

[@GeorgeWashingtonLaserMusket]

I mean it's Hawaii this is a normal amount of spam from what I understand.

[@swedemartyrsonswade]

I'm so attacked! Being all of those traits I'm so guilty AF!

[@DanielPacheco-ll3xn]

eventually he'll get a can of spam tattooed .

[@dfernandez3482]

When i was a kid i would microwave a block of SPAM until it was crisp on all sides because I didn't wanna use a knife 😂

[@cotjocky466]

A fun and positive new story for once!

[@imperpekto12ify]

I love it!!!! SPAM it Up!!!! ❤❤❤

[@supericeman1]

I asked for spam a couple years ago for Christmas, I got a whole case full of them, I think it was 24 cans took me forever to eat lol

[@Shamuto7]

TSA was spam by this man. I LOVE TURKEY SPAM!

[@Mike__B]

Same thing happened to my wife on our last trip to Maui, we got probably 8 cans of Spam that were all in different flavors that aren't seen on the mainland, all went into carry-on, they threw it through the xray machine, TSA guy made a weird look, did it again, they pulled the bag, searched it and then laughed when they realized Spam. Guess the meat like product looks a little odd on the xray machine. Although we didn't post a video of this or anything.

[@gracesales1812]

Oh how fun is that!!! You'd be a great spokesperson. HORMEL ARE YOU LISTENING?!!

[@itmakesyouthink]

Surprised he was let through with them, those lids are razor sharp.

[@user-od9kw7wb4j]

I know korean who like spam too.

[@Je-nd5fi]

Yes, they actually love their spam ,Its an integral part of Budae Jigae(Army stew) where u put everthing u want or available in a kimchi base soup,its how they survive on a bland army rations.the spam in it is so yum👌.And also they have spam kimbap my favorite.Their are other korean food with spam.

[@HidingFromStupid]

Something tells me he already consumes more than the recommended daily amount of salt

[@snackDaddy3.14]

Hard-hitting news.

[@user-sk9sp7pe4y]

Spam cans were filled with Marijuana 😂

[@ruthieahhee9636]

That's so funny and cute 😂🥰

[@pleasejustdobetter]

@Spam literally needs to put this Spam lover in theit commercials.

[@roy9161]

You really can't love anything no more 😂❤

[@MOMMYchel103]

Hahahaha wow different flavors of Spam.. I love spam too..

[@johnlundgren5085]

Actually I use to live in the Diamond head area of Honolulu Hawaii way back in 1999 until 2001 and that's when I got hooked on 2 food items of Hawaii 1 was Spam and the other one was Poke

[@kimmickal]

Yum! SPAM is NOT available in Ecuador.

[@OhyLeanne]

❤Spam...let him have his spam man.❤😂❤

[@georgieippolito9924]

What does spam taste like?

[@ianendangan7462]

Naaah the TSA is doing its job, probably looking one by one while thinking "this guy's rich and he can afford all of this in one go sana all" and thinking if buying one but not all.

[@teevee2145]

What is his fave recipe??

[@EqualOpportunityDestoroya]

Turkey Spam is my favorite.

[@ramadaxl]

So...is that a lot of Spam...or SPAMALOT ( I wonder if his house is called that ? )

[@noahboat580]

I heard about the spam museum! Completely unsuprised that he has a following now