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Spitting Image to return

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  • #2
    Sam Kade
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,313 ✭✭✭✭Sam Kade


    They'll have a field day with Trump and elephant ears Charlie :) The royals have been warned to keep Charlie away from Trump on his UK June visit in case he starts his climate change preaching nonsense :D


  • #3
    Timberrrrrrrr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,646 ✭✭✭✭Timberrrrrrrr


    Sam Kade wrote: »
    They'll have a field day with Trump and elephant ears Charlie :) The royals have been warned to keep Charlie away from Trump on his UK June visit in case he starts his climate change preaching nonsense :D

    The same "nonsense" that Trump used to try and get a sea wall built in ireland lol.

    Trump, Putin, Kim they could fill every episode with just those 3! I remember the original from the 80's would love to see this back again.


  • #4
    Patty O Furniture
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,133 ✭✭✭Patty O Furniture


    ITV had a night of it a while back, afaik 30th anniv?

    Watched that when in school, Genesis had the same team do Land Of Confusion:D
    & then you had Hale & Pace afterwards @10.30, definitely was Silly Sunday:P

    I see there's a similar show tomoro nite on ITV with Jason Manford called Bigheads?


  • #5
    silverharp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,674 ✭✭✭✭silverharp


    it worked in the 80's because it was new and if was one of the few shows that parodied politicians. in the meme and twitter age it will be scrambling to keep up. i predict a flop or at least doesnt make waves like the original


    i still remember this one

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxEweP2TiMk

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  • #6
    Patty O Furniture
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,133 ✭✭✭Patty O Furniture


    Here is Newsnight's prog on the 30th Anniv:



    & if you want more here's , here's Best Of:




    & who can forget Saint & Greavsie:



    & i saw this clip on the top of page on RHS, you'll see, Trump make the quarter-final draw for the 1992 Rumbelows League Cup ;):rolleyes:


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  • #7
    Lorelli!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,360 ✭✭✭Lorelli!


    I can barely remember it. I do recall John Major and his peas!



  • #8
    uck51js9zml2yt
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    If it has the chicken song I'll watch it :D


  • #9
    CastorTroy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,290 ✭✭✭✭CastorTroy


    House of Commons, Commons of house



    Wasn't there a 2D animated series which was a similar idea but think it flopped?
    I remember knowing so many MP's just from this series and being able to identify them in real life. Disppointed at the lack of spitting from Hattersley.

    I do remember how John Major became grey after they did a documentary or something about him in black and white and just stuck with the same puppet.


  • #10
    blanch152
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,319 ✭✭✭✭blanch152


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dy2JHmyMbnk


    Trailer is out.

    Not sure if it will be available here.


  • #11
    drunkmonkey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,331 ✭✭✭✭drunkmonkey


    blanch152 wrote: »
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dy2JHmyMbnk

    Trailer is out.

    Not sure if it will be available here.

    Can't see RTE airing it, will be on the UK channels if the perpetually offended don't get their way, they got savaged for having a Gretta character.


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  • #12
    Atlantic Dawn
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    blanch152 wrote: »
    Not sure if it will be available here.

    It's initially going to be on Britbox but I think less than a week later each episode will be on ITV. Potential for Virgin Media to show it.


  • #13
    Pelvis Parsley
    Registered Users Posts: 2,748 ✭✭✭Pelvis Parsley


    Putin having a willy fight with Boris and Donald was a little...bizarre.

    I want to see Maggie make a comeback.

    -"And what about the vegetables?"

    -"Oh, they'll have the same as me."


  • #14
    Guy:Incognito
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 38,247 ✭✭✭✭Guy:Incognito


    The original looked better imo.

    The new puppets nearly look a bit too smooth and polished. May as well have just made a cartoon.


  • #15
    Max Headroom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,101 ✭✭✭Max Headroom


    Love to see RTE grab this..(make up for Father Ted )...considering the complaints about Matt Lucas's sketch on the GBBO, dont imagine you'll see it on BBC, ITV etc.....


  • #16
    s8n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,842 ✭✭✭s8n


    Max Headroom wrote: »
    Love to see RTE grab this..(make up for Father Ted )...considering the complaints about Matt Lucas's sketch on the GBBO, dont imagine you'll see it on BBC, ITV etc.....

    How do you mean make up for Father Ted ??


  • #17
    Heres Johnny
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,738 ✭✭✭Heres Johnny


    s8n wrote: »
    How do you mean make up for Father Ted ??

    Commonly held misconception RTE turned it down and sent them packing to channel 4. Matthews and Linehan have rebuked this theory


  • #18
    s8n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,842 ✭✭✭s8n


    Heres Johnny wrote: »
    Commonly held misconception RTE turned it down and sent them packing to channel 4. Matthews and Linehan have rebuked this theory

    That ****e again !!

    Its one of the most overused bullsh1t stories of the past 30 years


  • #19
    NewbridgeIR
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,965 ✭✭✭NewbridgeIR


    The 7” single version of The Chicken Song has never made it onto CD. Like many novelty songs, it hardly ever features on ‘80s or other compilations (despite being a #1 hit). The few compilations that do include it feature the album version.


  • #20
    silverharp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,674 ✭✭✭✭silverharp


    The Ive never met a nice South African was pretty catchy

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  • #21
    whisky_galore
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,517 ✭✭✭✭whisky_galore


    NewbridgeIR wrote: »
    The 7” single version of The Chicken Song has never made it onto CD. Like many novelty songs, it hardly ever features on ‘80s or other compilations (despite being a #1 hit). The few compilations that do include it feature the album version.

    Maybe because most novelty songs are shıt?


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  • #22
    NewbridgeIR
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    whisky_galore wrote: »
    Maybe because most novelty songs are shıt?

    Not necessarily. They can sound out of place or may disrupt the flow of a compilation, hence their exclusion. Same with charity records and Christmas songs. There have been a couple of novelty compilations but they’re not comprehensive enough.


  • #23
    CastorTroy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,290 ✭✭✭✭CastorTroy


    Surely the best way to mock the ones in this is to do a serious version. Like have Trump acting less Trump-like.

    Think the problem with this compared to the original is the only info we had on the people in the original was from tv and newspapers. But now with 24/7 news, internet, twitter, etc, the jokes are likely going to feel outdated by the time it airs.


  • #24
    drunkmonkey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,331 ✭✭✭✭drunkmonkey


    CastorTroy wrote: »
    Surely the best way to mock the ones in this is to do a serious version. Like have Trump acting less Trump-like.

    You mean like Bill..

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4Lv6sTpKGM


  • #25
    Delta2113
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,759 ✭✭✭Delta2113


    Anyone see the New Episode?


  • #26
    Wanderer78
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,905 ✭✭✭✭Wanderer78


    Delta2113 wrote: »
    Anyone see the New Episode?

    just watching it now, brilliant so far


  • #27
    Hangdogroad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,263 ✭✭✭Hangdogroad


    I remember watching the very first one with Bob Dylan singing about cheeeessse.


  • #28
    Atlantic Dawn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 83,429 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
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    Watched it earlier, it has potential. They have Greta Thunberg and Priti Patel perfect.


  • #29
    Agent Coulson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 60,886 ✭✭✭✭Agent Coulson


    Renewed for a 2nd season.


  • #30
    pixelburp
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 36,711 CMod ✭✭✭✭pixelburp


    Their youTube channel already has some clips from the episodes; does seem very in keeping with the show of yore. Only thing is that sure enough, mocking Trump seems incredibly redundant given his actual, real-life idiocy. The material aimed at Patel feels quite vicious and on-point.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aDmaWP1tEg


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfddokPIu8Q


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  • #31
    Agent Coulson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 60,886 ✭✭✭✭Agent Coulson


    Spitting Image’ Producer Says NBC Backed Out Of Series Because Of “Too Much Nervousness”
    Jon Thoday, the executive producer of rebooted Brit comedy Spitting Image, has revealed that NBC pulled out of the show just weeks before its premiere because of “nervousness” around its satirical content.

    Deadline revealed over the weekend that the puppet show would premiere on Facebook in the U.S. after Avalon was unable to secure a broadcast partner.

    Avalon founder Thoday told the Times of London that NBC was on-board right up until six weeks before launch, when executives at the network backed out amid “too much nervousness.”

    https://deadline.com/2020/10/spitting-image-jon-thoday-nbc-1234592851/


  • #32
    pixelburp
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 36,711 CMod ✭✭✭✭pixelburp


    I could easily believe networks' nervousness: Spitting Image goes hard at public figures, even by Britain's own acerbic standards of satire. America tends to be a teeny bit more respectful of its satirical targets, bar some notable exceptions like John Oliver (ie, an English import)


  • #33
    irishguitarlad
    Registered Users Posts: 2,855 ✭✭✭irishguitarlad


    I thought this was very good, will definitely tune in again.


  • #34
    garrettod
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,452 ✭✭✭garrettod


    Hi,

    Anyone watching old re-runs of Spitting Image and if so, where please?

    I really wish they would bring Spitting Image back, it was a great show, we've loads of high profile gobsh1tes that they could take the pi$$ out of, while it might also be a bit easier to make than a lot of other TV at the moment, given the social distancing needs etc.

    Thanks,

    G.



  • #35
    Agent Coulson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 60,886 ✭✭✭✭Agent Coulson


    New series is already 2 episodes in.

    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057732524


  • #36
    con747
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    garrettod wrote: »
    Hi,

    Anyone watching old re-runs of Spitting Image and if so, where please?

    I really wish they would bring Spitting Image back, it was a great show, we've loads of high profile gobsh1tes that they could take the pi$$ out of, while it might also be a bit easier to make than a lot of other TV at the moment, given the social distancing needs etc.

    It is back, I loved the show back then. https://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2020-10-03/spitting-image-britbox-how-to-watch/

    Don't expect anything from life, just be grateful to be alive.



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  • #37
    The Black Oil
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    Threads merged.

    Moderator: Television, Psychology and Dublin County North.

    CMod: Entertainment



  • #38
    _Kaiser_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,929 ✭✭✭✭_Kaiser_


    I watched the first one last week but it has definitely lost something - or maybe it's just the current personalities vs Maggie, Regan, John Major and his peas etc


  • #39
    pixelburp
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 36,711 CMod ✭✭✭✭pixelburp


    Honestly I think the nature of the leaders of its two main audiences - the UK and US - are already such brash & intentionally vulgar cartoons, it's kinda hard to mock them as viciously as (say) Maggie was. She was still a sober, adult politician as opposed to the performative (and sometimes not) idiocy of Johnson. I've watched the Trump stuff and honestly, that's just kinda how he behaves already. What's to mock without heading into real litigious territory?


  • #40
    Muahahaha
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,688 ✭✭✭✭Muahahaha


    Anyway to watch this on tv, I think it is on some channel called Britbox. Cant see it on the Sky box, can it be manually tuned in?


  • #41
    Credit Checker Moose
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,226 ✭✭✭Credit Checker Moose


    Muahahaha wrote: »
    Anyway to watch this on tv, I think it is on some channel called Britbox. Cant see it on the Sky box, can it be manually tuned in?
    No, it is a separate subscription internet based platform like Netflix.


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  • #42
    icdg
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    It’s not available here, alas.

    Episodes are available on YouTube for an international audience but there is a list of excluded countries which includes Ireland (which may indicate there is some sort of deal for the show to air here that hasn’t yet been announced...hopefully it’s not an RTÉ One at 2am job).


  • #43
    Delta2113
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    Certainly can't see RTE showing it and I doubt Virgin Media will either. Regardless each episode has a short shelf life.


  • #44
    AndrewJRenko
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    icdg wrote: »
    It’s not available here, alas.

    Episodes are available on YouTube for an international audience but there is a list of excluded countries which includes Ireland (which may indicate there is some sort of deal for the show to air here that hasn’t yet been announced...hopefully it’s not an RTÉ One at 2am job).

    A load of the clips are up on YT, is that what you're referring to or are the full episodes up?

    Nothing hugely entertaining in the clips that I've seen.

    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCov3Uxwgh6Fq_2F7oW9-hA


  • #45
    [Deleted User]
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    I’ve watched the three episodes on Britbox. As pixelburp says above, characters like Trump and Johnson are already maxed out parodies themselves, so it’s hard to extract the pee from them. There’s some wickedly clever portrayals of Dominic Cummings, Pritti Patel, Michael Gove.

    Of the ten or so sketches in each episode, maybe two or three were laugh out loud funny. The trailers on YouTube are some of the better ones.

    The original series were a lot better in my opinion.


  • #46
    E mac
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 404 ✭✭E mac


    Jacinda Ardern was funny.


  • #47
    macchoille
    Registered Users Posts: 156 ✭✭macchoille


    I managed to get a subscription to britbox. In order to subscribe your IP address needs to be in the UK and you need a UK credit/debit card.

    Firstly I have a VPN so I set that to the United Kingdom.
    My Revolut card begins with 4596 which is a UK routing number. With the two of these it works a treat to see Spitting Image.


  • #48
    macchoille
    Registered Users Posts: 156 ✭✭macchoille


    icdg wrote: »
    It’s not available here, alas.

    Episodes are available on YouTube for an international audience but there is a list of excluded countries which includes Ireland (which may indicate there is some sort of deal for the show to air here that hasn’t yet been announced...hopefully it’s not an RTÉ One at 2am job).

    For britbox they require a Uk IP address and a UK card. If you have a revolut card beginning with 4596 (it’s UK based) then all you need is a VPN set to the UK and you can subscribe.


  • #49
    Agent Coulson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 60,886 ✭✭✭✭Agent Coulson


    I have to say I have been really enjoying it.


    Tatcher makes a return on this weeks US Election episode.


  • #50
    Agent Coulson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 60,886 ✭✭✭✭Agent Coulson


    The Govey in Paris song from last week’s episode was so good.


  • #51
    irishguitarlad
    Registered Users Posts: 2,855 ✭✭✭irishguitarlad


    Agent Coulson wrote: »
    The Govey in Paris song from last week’s episode was so good.

    That had me in knots haha


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