Spitting Image

First Aired in 1984

Never in the field of British television endeavor has so much fun been poked with, or wrought from, satire as it was in Spitting Image. Unquestionably, the show has been the ultimate in its genre, producing four times as many programs and lasting 12 times longer than the famed That Was The Week That Was two decades earlier. In Spitting Image, famous characters in British and international life were re-created in the form of latex puppets, which - in the manner of newspaper political cartoons - grossly exaggerated that person's most obvious facial or personality characteristic. Given voices by top-line impressionists and vocal caricaturists, the puppets were manipulated by a team of skilled handlers to act out the quantity of wickedly witty sketches that comprised each edition of the show. Essentially, then, viewing Spitting Image was not only like watching your favorite or most despised public figures taking part in topical comedy skits but also seeing and hearing them in a dialog free of the omnipresent facade of PR gloss and occasional deceit - revealing, perhaps, the true personality underneath, or at the very least, a wicked, exaggerated guess at same. In this fashion, many hundreds - perhaps even thousands - of people in the news, or faces just plain familiar to TV viewers, spanning the years 1984-1996, were lampooned by Spitting Image.

The two biggest highlights for the show across the pond happened in the late 80's. In 1986, the creators were asked to create a music video for the band Genesis. The video "Land Of Confusion" is one of the most famous from that decade. The second triumph was when the series was made into an American version called D.C. Follies. Like most British T.V. imports, it didn't last as long as people had hoped, but it did make way for other British comedies to come to America, such as Absolutely Fabulous and Whose Line Is It Anyway?

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Episodes:

Season 1:
1. #1
2. #2
3. #3
4. #4
5. #5
6. #6
7. #7
8. #8
9. #9
10. #10
11. #11
12. #12

Season 2:
1. #13
2. #14
3. #15
4. #16
5. #17
6. #18
7. #19
8. #20
9. #21
10. #22
11. #23

Season 3:
1. #24
2. #25
3. #26
4. #27
5. #28
6. #29
7. #30
8. #31
9. #32
10. #33
11. #34
12. #35
13. #36
14. Down And Out In The White House
15. #37
16. #38
17. #39
18. #40
19. #41
20. The Spitting Image 1987 Movie Awards
21. The Spitting Image Election Special

Season 4:
1. #42
2. #43
3. #44
4. #45
5. #46
6. #47
7. A Non-Denominational Spitting Image Holiday Special
8. The Ronnie And Nancy Show
9. Bumbledown - The Life And Times Of Ronald Reagan

Season 5:
1. #48
2. #49
3. #50
4. #51
5. #52
6. #53
7. The Sound Of Maggie!

Season 6:
1. #54
2. #55
3. #56
4. #57
5. #58
6. #59
7. #60
8. #61
9. #62
10. #63
11. #64

Season 7:
1. #65
2. #66
3. #67
4. #68
5. #69
6. #70
7. #71
8. #72
9. #73
10. #74
11. #74
12. #74
13. #75
14. #76

Season 8:
1. #77
2. #78
3. #79
4. #80
5. #81
6. #82
7. #83
8. #84
9. #85
10. #86
11. #87
12. #88
13. Spitting Image Election Special

Season 9:
1. #89
2. #90
3. #91
4. #92
5. #93
6. #94
7. #95
8. #96
9. #97
10. #98
11. #99
12. #100

Season 10:
1. #101
2. #102
3. #103
4. #104
5. #105
6. #106
7. #107
8. #108
9. #109
10. #110
11. #111
12. #112
13. Spitting Image Pantomime

Season 11:
1. #113
2. #114
3. #115
4. #116
5. #117
6. #118
7. #119
8. #120
9. #121
10. #122
11. #123
12. #124
13. #125
14. Ye Olde Spittinge Image

Season 12:
1. #126
2. #127
3. #128
4. #129
5. #130
6. #131
7. #132

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