letterman show wed nite i saw a picture of.. (1 Viewer)

[TonyD]

he had a bit with photos and make up funny captions . one of the photos was of a woman kissing a clinton puppet and a spock puppet was in the back. this puppet was from a brittish televsion show in the 80's i think that features realistic style puppets of celebrities and biting satyrical humor. also they were featured in a genisis video world of confusion i think. anyone remember that show and the name. i remember it being very funny and intelligent. probably why it wasn't on too long here in the states.

 

[Everlasting Gobstopper]

Spitting Images, was it? Those were some frightening looking puppets.

 

[TonyD]

yes that was it thanks.

 

[Duncan Harvey]

Spitting Image - not "Images" - probably more responsible than anything else for most British peoples opinion of Ronald Reagan!

 

[Jeffrey Forner]

D.C. Folleys?

 

[JasenP]

If you care:

They were also featured in the Genesis video "Land Of Confusion"

 

[Ken Chan]

I thought it was Reagan in the back, not Spock. The Reagan puppet starred in that Genesis video.

//Ken

 

[Kamrano]

Aha.

Who owns the rights to this show?

It should be released on DVD

 

[TonyD]

bringing old thread back to ask if anything is happening with this show yet.

i wonder if the thread title could be changed to ask more specifically about spitting image.

 

[Linda Thompson]

ITV is planning a retrospective/documentary for later this year:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4732384.stm
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/li...p?story=680097
Check out the wikipedia.org listing for the show:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spitting_Image

 

[Mark Schmitt]

D.C. Follies was the American rip-off.