Do you remember Spitting Image on UK TV? I wish they'd bring it back !

G#Gill · Post by **G#Gill** » Sun Mar 07, 2010 8:10 am

YouTube - I Did It My Way

Bruv · Post by **Bruv** » Sun Mar 07, 2010 8:52 am

We are far too PC to allow this today..........aren't we ?

G#Gill · Post by **G#Gill** » Sun Mar 07, 2010 9:03 am

I expect so, Bruv, more's the pity ! As Roy Hattersley said of Spitting Image, "If you can't laugh at things like this, then you've no business in politics" (very loose quote, but it does appear on this following clip !)..................

YouTube - best ever spitting image part 1 of 7

Bruv · Post by **Bruv** » Sun Mar 07, 2010 9:09 am

My wife who happens to be a bloody foreigner is amazed at how far we can go in extracting the urine from our politicians, royalty etc.

She sits aghast when I watch some comedy programs......A bit of irreverence is healthy to take em all down a peg.

Spitting Image was particularly cruel at times, or maybe I am getting soft in my old age.

gmc · Post by **gmc** » Sun Mar 07, 2010 9:27 am

There's always these guys

YouTube - Part 1/2 Bird & fortune - Financial crisis - Silly Money, Nov 08

G#Gill · Post by **G#Gill** » Sun Mar 07, 2010 9:43 am

Bruv - you are definitely getting soft ! All governments need to be kicked in the backside like this from time to time. As Hattersley says, if they can't take it and laugh at themselves, then they shouldn't be in politics. I think it was a sad day that Spitting Image went. There were a lot of hard-hitting questions asked in those programmes. I always remember when they showed film of a British warship, and the words were something like - several million pounds have just been spent on refurbishing this British warship, and they are now using it as target practice in an exercise !!!!!! Why ?????...........................

These things were usually shown just before an advertising break, probably as food for thought. Spitting Image mostly tried to include something serious like that.

G#Gill · Post by **G#Gill** » Sun Mar 07, 2010 9:49 am

gmc;1294991 wrote: There's always these guys

YouTube - Part 1/2 Bird & fortune - Financial crisis - Silly Money, Nov 08

These two are brilliant, and I really cannot imagine that they use a script, how could they? You've got to be somebody special, somebody really intelligent to pull off such 'sketches' as they do regularly like that. I expect they just have a few outline questions and sort of answers to work on, and then when it is transmitted they just expand on the basic theme, with whatever comes to mind at the time! Very clever men.

beowulf · Post by **beowulf** » Sun Mar 07, 2010 10:06 am

i used to love spitting image..........dont think it would work nowadays tho, mores the pity......they sure could have some fun with todays crop of politicians :wah:

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Sun Mar 07, 2010 10:09 am

Bruv;1294982 wrote: My wife who happens to be a bloody foreigner is amazed at how far we can go in extracting the urine from our politicians, royalty etc.

She sits aghast when I watch some comedy programs......A bit of irreverence is healthy to take em all down a peg.

Spitting Image was particularly cruel at times, or maybe I am getting soft in my old age.
Spitting Image was tame compared to say 'Mock The Week'. Even I have my flabber ghasted by some of the stuff Frankie Boyle comes out with.

Bruv · Post by **Bruv** » Sun Mar 07, 2010 10:27 am

Frankie Boyle makes me wince at times, but yes he is hilarious.

G#Gill · Post by **G#Gill** » Sun Mar 07, 2010 11:38 am

I've never actually watched 'Mock the Week', so I shall have to give it a go !