Admin phantom Posted October 7, 2020 Admin Report Share Posted October 7, 2020 Anyone else seen the first episode? Just caught up with it. Parts of it were hilarious, other parts I'm staring at the screen thinking WTF am I watching Certainly as bonkers as it always was Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taz Posted October 7, 2020 Report Share Posted October 7, 2020 No, don't have Britbox although there is an offer on EE at the moment making it free. Will probably activate it at the weekend. Can't understand why they'd put it on there tbh. If it wasn't for the EE offer, I certainly wouldn't be paying for that service just to watch Spitting Image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvio Dante Posted October 7, 2020 Report Share Posted October 7, 2020 Took out a trial for Britbox to watch it. Thought it was very good. Punches in all directions and not just at Trump/Boris. Few Sketches from week one: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
And Its Smith Posted October 7, 2020 Report Share Posted October 7, 2020 Not a single laugh from me on the 6 sketches I watched. Would be very surprised if it’s popular Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted October 7, 2020 Author Admin Report Share Posted October 7, 2020 2 minutes ago, And Its Smith said: Not a single laugh from me on the 6 sketches I watched. Would be very surprised if it’s popular I've no idea why they'd invest so much in resurrecting the show only to broadcast it on such a random channel. Possibly everyone else was afraid to get behind it,but surely you'd want it made available to as many as possible. I guess the other thing it could be like Taskmaster (but not as many series), build up a massive fanbase then sell it to a terrestrial broadcaster? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted October 8, 2020 Report Share Posted October 8, 2020 Reminds me of classic sunday nights back in the day Spitting Image and the New Statesman! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Batman Posted October 8, 2020 Report Share Posted October 8, 2020 Did have a giggle at this one because of how true it is. Interesting to see how much content they actually have. Should be a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyInWeston Posted October 9, 2020 Report Share Posted October 9, 2020 I did chuckle within the first minute, but that was because Prince Andrew got whacked in the head.... then I was dead as a doornail for the next 15 minutes thinking "wtf is this?" (especially trumps arse making a tweet) and then I switched off, didnt bother with the rest. Boring, trying too hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted October 9, 2020 Author Admin Report Share Posted October 9, 2020 9 hours ago, CrazyInWeston said: ....especially trumps arse making a tweet I must admit that was a part that went over my head, I was thinking I must have missed some news story Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welcome To The Jungle Posted October 9, 2020 Report Share Posted October 9, 2020 Hard to write satire when the politicians are satirical in real life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Batman Posted October 9, 2020 Report Share Posted October 9, 2020 7 hours ago, Welcome To The Jungle said: Hard to write satire when the politicians are satirical in real life Certainly that. But also a lot more competition out there now. Anyone who has the technology on their phone or laptop can do a satire segment now, whereas back in the day, spitting image was new and nothing else was like it. Plus so many different shows bash on trump that it's nothing that has not been heard before. Probably would have been funnier 4 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lrrr Posted October 9, 2020 Report Share Posted October 9, 2020 12 hours ago, phantom said: I must admit that was a part that went over my head, I was thinking I must have missed some news story Didn't watch by whats written I assume its a joke about him talking out his arse? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted October 9, 2020 Author Admin Report Share Posted October 9, 2020 44 minutes ago, Lrrr said: Didn't watch by whats written I assume its a joke about him talking out his arse? I guess so, but oddly was a prolapsed arse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted October 10, 2020 Report Share Posted October 10, 2020 Loved it back in the day, it was edgy and dared to say things that no one else would. Now I guess much of the content can be found almost everywhere, puppets aside which is obviously much of the point of this show. I thought it tried too hard too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTone Posted October 10, 2020 Report Share Posted October 10, 2020 At least the puppets are all a good likeness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvio Dante Posted October 15, 2020 Report Share Posted October 15, 2020 Klopps from last week is pretty bang on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted October 15, 2020 Author Admin Report Share Posted October 15, 2020 15 hours ago, Silvio Dante said: Klopps from last week is pretty bang on The sketch with him in bed was about the nearest thing to comedy this week. 99% of it was about American politics. A random sketch about Greta Thunberg becoming a West Ham fan, some odd Elon Musk scenes (and obligatory song) and a splattering of UK politics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew me Posted October 16, 2020 Report Share Posted October 16, 2020 Ow.god that's poor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted October 28, 2020 Author Admin Report Share Posted October 28, 2020 Latest episode on ITV1 this Saturday night. As if it wasn't about US politics enough, this episode is dedicated to the American elections Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Said Red Posted November 1, 2020 Report Share Posted November 1, 2020 On 28/10/2020 at 21:45, phantom said: Latest episode on ITV1 this Saturday night. As if it wasn't about US politics enough, this episode is dedicated to the American elections It was everything I remember from the past, very hit and miss but very low on hits. I also thought the voices were very poor compared to the past, having heard some excellent "Trumps" I was really disappointed in the quality of his impression in particular. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Hitler Posted November 1, 2020 Report Share Posted November 1, 2020 I haven't seen it but in its first run it was hardly classic TV. Episodes one and to a lesser extent two were jaw droppingly funny because of the shock value of the puppets. You just had to laugh at the Queen Mother one - nobody had done anything like that before. After that effect had worn off you could tell that the budget had all gone on making the puppets rather than the scriptwriters and it became simply dull and relying upon a handful of themes repeated time after time ("Isn't Ronald Reagan old and losing his marbles - tee hee?"). I'm unsurprised to read that the new one has gone the same way: all the money on the puppets and nothing on the scripts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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