#spitting image

[mysharona1987]

Spitting Image sued after Paddington Bear depicted as cocaine smuggler

Lawyers claim the beloved children’s character is also depicted as an alcoholic and heroin user

They literally turned this into a plot point on the show.

[qupritsuvwix]

Paddington creators sue after Spitting Image depicts him as crude podcast host

It follows Spitting Image creating a parody version of the children's character for its YouTube series.

[titleknown]

Wake up babes, I found a puppet-based video board game creepier than Rap Rat.

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[crazymushroomvee]

I CAN'T BREATHE

I WAS LOOKING AT HUGH LAURIE PHOTOGRAPHS ON GOOGLE AND I FOUND BOTH A HUGH AND STEPHEN SPITTING IMAGE PUPPETS

trigger warning the most ugly fucking things you've ever seen:

the Hugh one is for sale at a low low price of £1599.99 on ebay

I'm gonna cry why why why whyyy?!?!????

ALSO THEY LOOK NOTHING LIKE THEM

the Stephen one makes me want to vomit what the fuck

also they used this image of Hugh for the real life comparison while they used this one for Stephen on the fandom wiki.. why pick such different photos??

Stephen is mogging Hugh btw

EDIT:

Apparently Stephen said this? I think that is so strange!

I also could only find one skit online of Stephen's puppet and it's not very funny. I mean I've never found Spitting Image that funny. Plus the voice they did for him just doesn't sound right. If you would like to see it this is the link:

and Stephen's bit starts at 17:03. I cant find any of his other appearances on the show yet there are apparently 3 more.

Also they never used Hugh's puppet! Which is unfortunate but also very fortunate. I don't think anybody wants to see that thing move..

From the spitting image fandom wiki, Hugh's page:

[yonderghostshistories]

Julian Fawcett MP’s Notebook Doodles, presumably in the early 1990s (including his thoughts on Former British Prime Ministers John Major, Tony Blair (at the time a Labour MP) and Gordon Brown (also at the time a Labour MP). Plus including his thoughts on other MPs/British Politicians at the time, such as Neil Kinnock, Roy Hattersley, Douglas Hurd, Norman Lamont, Michael Heseltine, Edwina Currie and Clare Short.)

From the BBC Ghosts tie in book “The Button House Archives”

(the scanned pages are from here to which credit for said scanned pages of the book goes to @historicalsnail . The post in question is @patcaps’s Six Idiots Masterpost.)

((also hey, there’s a bit of a “Spitting Image” reference in there too :D!! Specifically in regards to Roy Hattersley, who was portrayed in grotesquely exaggerated puppet form as constantly spitting in the show))

[soap-bucket-9540]

im not sorry

[seeseagulls]

[gcballet]

Watching Rivals S02E03 and the scene when Rupert wins his seat again and they celebrate with The Chicken Song

and Cameron is baffled by the overt stupid 1980s Britishness on display and Rupert decides not to attempt to explain what Spitting Image is, because she might be American but she is a TV producer and if she doesn't get it by now she's not going to

Anyway I looked up who wrote the lyrics for that nonsense and it's only Rob Grant (RIP) and Doug Naylor of Red Dwarf fame in their Spitting Image era. Of course. And the Rivals production team brought in Emily Atack's actual mum, who was one of the actual original singers to cameo at the election scene and rerecord a high quality version for the show.