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Spitting ImageFirst 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? If you see any mistakes on this page or if you have more infomation about this show, please submit a comment |