The Return of Spitting Image

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Larry the Loafer 7 August 2019 3:03pm

Jonathan Pie is a prime example. Tom Walker, the guy who plays him, identifies as left wing but he'll willingly attack the left just as ruthlessly as he does the right when he needs to. As a result, going by what's said on Twitter, people on the right think he's a loony lefty, and people on the left think he's a fascist.

If Jonathan Pie was around in the late 1930's his act would be "yeah, Hitler is awul BUT the other side is just as bad. Everything went to hell when these snowflakes started getting offended by everything and refused to listen to other people's opinions".

Thank you for proving my point.

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London Lite Founding member 7 August 2019 3:37pm

The long running French version Les Guignols was axed by Canal+ in June.

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Whataday Founding member 28 September 2019 4:22am

Confirmation that a pilot has been filmed:

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Hatton Cross 28 September 2019 6:58am

Did they draw the puppet characture designs in a rush?

Take away Prince Harry from the photo, and could you honestly say that was Megan?

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steveboswell 28 September 2019 7:55am

I'd probably struggle to identify Megan in real life if Harry wasn't standing next to her, to be fair.

As previous posters have suggested, I think this will fail to make much of an impression (no pun intended) -- the nature and availability of satire has changed so much since Spitting Image last aired, I think nostalgia has played more of a part in getting it resurrected than any genuine demand from viewers.

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madmusician 28 September 2019 12:26pm

I completely missed this thread in August because it coincided with me going on holiday...

..so can I take the chance now to thank Steve for that wonderful post up-thread. I never knew that Spitting Image was the brainchild of Martin Lambie-Nairn!

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Markymark 28 September 2019 6:37pm

madmusician posted:

I completely missed this thread in August because it coincided with me going on holiday...

..so can I take the chance now to thank Steve for that wonderful post up-thread. I never knew that Spitting Image was the brainchild of Martin Lambie-Nairn!

In the closing credits of every episode was the line, 'Based upon a lunch with Martin Lambie Nairn', I can't remember the details, but I don't think he endorsed the product?

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Brekkie 28 September 2019 7:21pm

Hatton Cross posted:

Did they draw the puppet characture designs in a rush?

Take away Prince Harry from the photo, and could you honestly say that was Megan?

Did they just ginger up an old Charles puppet and melt the Maggie Thatcher one for Trump?

I think TV and politics needs this now though even if it feels like politics has gone beyond parody.

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Steve Williams 28 September 2019 9:27pm

Markymark posted:

In the closing credits of every episode was the line, 'Based upon a lunch with Martin Lambie Nairn', I can't remember the details, but I don't think he endorsed the product?

I'm half-remembering what was in the book Tooth and Claw here, but I think Lambie-Nairn was/is a committed Christian and wasn't altogether comfortable with a lot of the more vulgar material in the programme.

(August 2019)