Only the third episode... Has any other
programme of the significance and stature of Spitting Image ever had
quite so poor a first series? In the 1980s, one used to often hear public
figures and commentators diplomatically opine that they thought that the
puppets were much better than the material. If they'd only seen the early ones,
that was a understandable verdict.
Something that's odd is how little of it is really topical. The only jokes that come out of that week's news are brief skits about Arthur Scargill (threatening response to pit closures announcement) and Mark Thatcher (dubious Oman deal). To my mind, these to-the-point one-liners and mini-sketches have dated rather better than long convoluted routines about Reagan being senile or Thatcher being authoritarian.
Something that's odd is how little of it is really topical. The only jokes that come out of that week's news are brief skits about Arthur Scargill (threatening response to pit closures announcement) and Mark Thatcher (dubious Oman deal). To my mind, these to-the-point one-liners and mini-sketches have dated rather better than long convoluted routines about Reagan being senile or Thatcher being authoritarian.
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