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(April 2015)

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noggin Founding member 23 April 2015 2:48pm

I honestly don't get why they didn't just use the Spitting Image name. It is pretty much the same thing, just with different celebs and politicians being lampooned because of course, it's 25 years later.

Because it isn't Spitting Image? They may both be political satire - but the artistic style of the two shows is pretty different.

Steve in Pudsey 23 April 2015 10:07pm

Is it that different? The CGI characters have sticks to make them look like puppets, and it also involves some Spitting Image veterans.

Larry the Loafer 23 April 2015 10:10pm

People seem to overlook that Spitting Image was its own production company, hence it being a "Spitting Image Production in association with Central" and probably a trademarked name, so ITV couldn't use it themselves.

:-(

A former member 23 April 2015 10:15pm

Steve in Pudsey posted:

Is it that different? The CGI characters have sticks to make them look like puppets, and it also involves some Spitting Image veterans.

Actually it is puppets, with the mouths and eyes CGI added in.