Bill Oakley nabbed the "Steamed Hams" trademark from Disney

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We dive into the world of 'Steamed Hams' and hamburgers, exploring how a viral meme merged with our food adventures. Discover the inspiration behind it all, and where we stand on the comedy and culinary front. Let's dig in! #SteamedHams #Simpsons #Hamburger #Foodie #Comedy #Meme #FoodPursuits #InternetCulture #Funny #ViralVideo

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00:00I hope you're ready for mouth-watering hamburgers. I thought we were having steamed clams. No, no,

00:06I said steamed hams. As you alluded to earlier, I've tried to meld the steamed hams with my food

00:14pursuits because what happened was when I began these food pursuits, it was 2018, and that was

00:19the year that some people voted steamed hams the internet meme of the year in 2018. It was all over

00:26the internet, as you know. Still, you see it from time to time, but not like the tidal wave there

00:30was in 2018. So you had no, that just befell you and you decided the role of it? Yes, and I was like,

00:35this is a chance. Almost any food thing that you see with the word steam in it is somehow connected

00:41to me. In fact, I now have the trademark for the phrase steamed hams as a food product. Oh, wow.

00:48How complicated were those hoops to jump through? They were quite complicated because you would

00:52think that that began was property of Fox or Disney because it was a script that I wrote for them.

00:58However, they either didn't care or didn't notice that I was trademarking it.

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