Hehe, yep Spitting Image was Sunday night..When I was too young to watch it, after being up late ill I caught it, then got put to bed, my parents recorded it and edited out parts for me to watch it..then saw the repeats on cable when I moved out..Well they stopped editing it when I was 12 I think by then I got the satire..no one was safe, everyone was subject to it..right or left..or indeed celebrity
Looking forward to Newzoids, but it might be a bit tame I fear, on all counts, with the current climate.
Certainly the Norman Fowler Spitting Image skits were hard hitting..would they dare do similar?? with atos..etc..I doubt it.
Trailers can of course be very misleading, but if that trailer is any indication of quality then it's going to be pretty dismal. When we live in an age where Mrs Brown Boys is used as part of the satirist's arsenal, then maybe it's time they just gave up. It looks like a less subtle 2DTV if anyone remembers [or more likely just can't forget] that. And what an awful title, I hope it's deliberately that naff.
Another surefire hit from ITV!
It does seem a little chavvy. Like it was made for ITV2 with the humour of Lee Nelson.
If satire died in 1973, its bones have been ground into dust and sent to landfill by now, never to be seen or thought of again, except by ITV it seems.
I'm not sure this sort of show 'works' anymore. Politics and politicians, Royalty, showbiz and celebrity, sport, in fact almost all areas of our lives have moved so far beyond satire, what can you say about them that hasn't already been said? How can you satirise/ spoof/ take the piss out of/ whatever you want to call it the high-profile - i.e. tabloid and internet bait - personalities of today when everything they do is calculated precisely for their ability to grab headlines, drive web-hits or just for plain shock value? The reason why Spitting Image worked (at least, until its decline) and why every subsequent similar show is compared to it, is because we - the largely un-informed masses - generally didn't know everything that those who were lampooned got up to and SI shone (shined?) a light on them. These days, not only do we know what the 'victims' are up to 24 x 7, the 'victims' tell us themselves ! Take Katie Hopkins. Is there anything this show can portray her as saying or doing that's any more shocking that anything she's already said IRL?
Sorry, OP, I realise this is probably a somewhat more analytical comment than you started this thread for.
I think you're missing the point. The reason satire works is because it breaks down the carefully prepared PR image and lampoons the truth behind it. Spitting Image wouldn't have made sense if we didn't understand the people they were satirising. If you are going to send someone up there has to be some public knowledge of what their character is to send up. Spitting Image used to fail when it tried to send up people who didn't have a well known public image.
Now would be a good time to have some political satire on TV. To blow holes in the ridiculous posturing and downright lies. Bremner, Bird and Fortune was probably the last good satirical show. They were excellent at exposing the flaws in politicians and their ideas.
As for the supposedly extreme left wing bias in Spitting Image the OP mentioned, well is that surprising since we had a right wing government at the time. Satirists tend to attack the people in power.
I think you're missing the point. The reason satire works is because it breaks down the carefully prepared PR image and lampoons the truth behind it. Spitting Image wouldn't have made sense if we didn't understand the people they were satirising. If you are going to send someone up there has to be some public knowledge of what their character is to send up. Spitting Image used to fail when it tried to send up people who didn't have a well known public image.
Now would be a good time to have some political satire on TV. To blow holes in the ridiculous posturing and downright lies. Bremner, Bird and Fortune was probably the last good satirical show. They were excellent at exposing the flaws in politicians and their ideas.
As for the supposedly extreme left wing bias in Spitting Image the OP mentioned, well is that surprising since we had a right wing government at the time. Satirists tend to attack the people in power.
Exactly. Spitting Image did not have ANY left wing bias - all parties were attacked regardless.
Looks great but needs a funny script. very often the scripts arent funny. Should be on at the weekend, sunday nights are better
They should do the tories throwing stones at the sick and disabled and poor !
Trouble is what counts as celebrity now is so shallow and depressing I don't want to watch a programme that is about this even if it's an attempt at satirising.
Trouble is what counts as celebrity now is so shallow and depressing I don't want to watch a programme that is about this even if it's an attempt at satirising.
I was going to make the same point. Celebs go from Joey Essex to the Royals. It's depressing to see the amount of people who can't name a handful of politicians, or even the PM, but know the full life stories of reality tv 'stars'.
I cannot believe all these critics - the F*****G show hasn't even started yet!! What a load of hypocritical ***** you are!!
Watch it first....then comment on it!!!! :kitty: (Two minutes to go)
I'll make my own comment in 30mins. I don't believe people can type and watch TV at the same time!
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was nt spitting image on a sunday nite ?
Hehe, yep Spitting Image was Sunday night..When I was too young to watch it, after being up late ill I caught it, then got put to bed, my parents recorded it and edited out parts for me to watch it..then saw the repeats on cable when I moved out..Well they stopped editing it when I was 12 I think by then I got the satire..no one was safe, everyone was subject to it..right or left..or indeed celebrity
Looking forward to Newzoids, but it might be a bit tame I fear, on all counts, with the current climate.
Certainly the Norman Fowler Spitting Image skits were hard hitting..would they dare do similar?? with atos..etc..I doubt it.
If it's just about celebs then I'm even less interested than I was before.
Now would be a good time to have some political satire on TV. To blow holes in the ridiculous posturing and downright lies. Bremner, Bird and Fortune was probably the last good satirical show. They were excellent at exposing the flaws in politicians and their ideas.
As for the supposedly extreme left wing bias in Spitting Image the OP mentioned, well is that surprising since we had a right wing government at the time. Satirists tend to attack the people in power.
Exactly. Spitting Image did not have ANY left wing bias - all parties were attacked regardless.
They should do the tories throwing stones at the sick and disabled and poor !
Hilarious.
She's an impressionist, it's what she started out as as a teenager on Opportunity Knocks. And she did a series with Alastair McGowan IIRC.
Watch it first....then comment on it!!!! :kitty: (Two minutes to go)
I'll make my own comment in 30mins. I don't believe people can type and watch TV at the same time!
Funnily she was one of the voices on the original Spitting Images
ITV pushing the boundaries without fear or favour.:o