For all you Americans - the funniest thing about this isn't the way they're behaving in itself, rather the fact that it almost DIRECTLY reflects the actual behaviour on the real 'Prime Minister's Question Time'. They struck gold with this as nobody seemed to be pointing out just how rottenly behaved they all are in that hall.
@Raymint Bercow seems to at least attempt to keep them in check - I heard him shouting "YOU KNOW THE PUBLIC HATES THIS SORT OF THING" a couple of months ago during PMQs, it was quite funny.
@Maleincornwall Because I'm a fan of the 80s and I just happened to pick the year 1985 for this channel. I was originally intending to make some 1985 playlists on my channel but that never happened and I'm now more into the early 80s than the mid 80s. My interest in the 1980s naturally takes me to things like Spitting Image.
@The1985Channel ok that is interesting. i do not know a great deal about the 1980's as I was a toddler at the time! how interesting that you are interested in the early 1980's, is there a special reason? What is your ASL
@The1985Channel The 80s were crap. The computers were a pathetic joke and we knew it even then; there was barely enough musical oxygen to breathe from 1984-1988; the most "interesting" thing happening in space "exploration" was that musclebound 18-wheeler-slash-school bus, the space shuttle; and they came out with AIDS about 9 seconds before I hit puberty. The only good thing you can say about the 80s was at least they weren't the 70s, ugh. O_o
@PatchesRips The 80s may have seemed crap at the time but let's be honest here, in terms of music and general culture, the 2010s are the pits. Every song in the charts today is a piece of shit, some celebrity posting a stupid remark on Twitter or Facebook is considered "big news", shows like the X-Factor turn life into nothing but one big reality show and the modern politicians are nothing but soundbites and political correctness. I could go on. At least in the 80s things had more meaning.
@PatchesRips I despise modern music with a searing passion. In the 80s you had talented artists singing about the topics of the time, like U2, The Jam and The Specials. Today we have issues like the Arab Spring, global financial crisis and an unpopular government here in the UK which could be topics for relevant, meaningful songs, but does this ever happen? No. Instead we are treated to repetitive, pointless, talentless shit like LMFAO, nothing but loud gregarious drivel for a tech generation.
@The1985Channel I'm not as up on the music today as I was in the 80s for obvious reasons, but there's a fair amount out there that's good. The great thing about today is you can get out there and get noticed without first selling your soul to a label or being divorced from your potential audience from one. There was nothing like YouTube, for instance, back then. You either impressed some joker from EMI or Capitol or you went back to the car wash on Monday morning.
@The1985Channel (cont'd) Ah! But at least there was Spitting Image. I knew more about the British cabinet in the late 80s than I did about Canada's thanks to the CBC importing that show. :)
@PatchesRips Spitting Image was great in the 80s but when Thatcher left office it quickly declined, because John Major lacked her forceful personality and the Spitting Image crew had a more bland character to work with who would be less fun to vilify. I've seen some of the 90s Spitting Image and I do think it was going stale by then; it had passed its best when it ended in 1996. Though there was one interview with Tony Blair which was quite funny; it still had its moments.
@The1985Channel "when Thatcher left office it quickly declined, because John Major lacked her forceful personality"
Hear hear. He just wasn't over the top enough to carry the show. The Tories really let everyone down picking him. :) Blair would have been good if they show had lasted til the whole Iraq thing got rolling. I had high hopes for that guy but I couldn't believe what a Yankee suck-up he was.
@PatchesRips The Tories did not want a controversial, polarising figure as their leader and Prime Minister once they ditched Thatcher. Major was picked because his conciliatory, moderate style would appeal more to the voters in the next election, which he actually won. Many people here in the UK say Thatcher rendered the Tories unelectable but they conveniently forget Major won the 1992 election with her legacy directly behind him. But it was obvious the Tories wouldn't win again in 1997.
@The1985Channel I remember when Tony Blair got elected because it was this kind of one-two good news-bad news punch from Britain, as Diana died right afterwards. I remember the flags being at half mast even here; public spaces filling up with flowers. I'd almost written the Royal Family off in Canada till I saw that. Same thing when the Queen Mum died. The Liberal Party just held a convention and voted, for the umpteenth time, to endorse the monarchy and legalize pot. Some things never change.
@The1985Channel Agreed. Margaret Thatcher never liked the policies John Major had. The Tories said she was a back bencher who was always in his way. After all Major was on the side of the EU. Recently in the papers, David Cameron is looking more of a John Major supporter then the great Lady Thatcher. We need Thatcher back. She would kick Cameron into place once more.
@upintheclouds86 It's a shame that Mrs. Thatcher is not well as you know that she'd be a regular commentator on political events today if she were in good health. But then again, this is another era. Political correctness, centrism and PR have prevailed in British politics today. Politicians are no longer free to speak their minds and have to be careful where they tread. Cameron, Miliband and Clegg are typical modern soundbite politicians; they'd say or do anything if it meant more votes.
@PatchesRips I heard that your Prime Minister in the 80s was quite close to Thatcher and Reagan (ideologically and personally); did the SI crew make a puppet of him? I've not seen a Spitting Image episode in full, only the clips here on YouTube.
@The1985Channel "I heard that your Prime Minister in the 80s was quite close to Thatcher and Reagan"
Mulroney? Yeah, more of the same. That neocon thread was the plague of the whole English-speaking world in the 80s and early 90s. We just had to endure it. We did get to watch the whole breathtaking end-of-communisim in Eastern Europe thing, though. Yeah, I wouldn't have missed that for the world. The Berlin Wall coming down? Who saw THAT coming? :)
@The1985Channel I don't think SI made a puppet of Brian Mulroney. If they did, I'm not aware of it. But despite the fact that the show was technically about another country, it was really popular among my friends. Twenty years later we still toss the lines back and forth. "Hi, I'm Kenneth Clark! And this... (rip!) ...is my ass! But enough of culture..."
@PatchesRips Spitting Image made puppets of a lot of other world leaders at the time, such as Reagan, Mitterrand, Gorbachev and P.W. Botha, and I know that Mulroney had a close relationship with Thatcher and Reagan - two of the most significant puppets in the show - so I wouldn't be too surprised to find out there was a puppet version of him. If I ever get all the episodes of the show, I'll keep an eye out.
I find it quite remarkable how lifelike these puppets seem.
@lawrence142002 If you can understand french, then you should watch the french version called Les Guignols De la Info. Its quite funny. I dont know when it airs, but its on one of the big french tv stations
Will the honourable bitch queen ... XD
agamemnon419 2 weeks ago
i see nothing's change'd ha ha ha lol
fus9783 3 weeks ago
hahahaha lol
alexandertory 3 weeks ago
Who are the to freaks from 1:47?
BodiZoltan 1 month ago
@BodiZoltan Leon Brittan and Michael Heseltine.
They're talking about the Westland affair.
Udany147 3 weeks ago
For all you Americans - the funniest thing about this isn't the way they're behaving in itself, rather the fact that it almost DIRECTLY reflects the actual behaviour on the real 'Prime Minister's Question Time'. They struck gold with this as nobody seemed to be pointing out just how rottenly behaved they all are in that hall.
Raymint 4 months ago 3
@Raymint Bercow seems to at least attempt to keep them in check - I heard him shouting "YOU KNOW THE PUBLIC HATES THIS SORT OF THING" a couple of months ago during PMQs, it was quite funny.
HighOnMyMuse 2 months ago
honorable bitch queen lol
TheJaaysog 4 months ago 2
I thought Thatcher was the prime minister when this show started?
GeneralCalypso 4 months ago
Hahaha, this is just hilarious.
ProtestantsRUs 5 months ago
im scared...
weirdone17 5 months ago
if every country was run like this the world would be a lot more fun
Preacherjonson 5 months ago
The speaker seems to have really bad dandruff
Theaverable 5 months ago
@Theaverable It's not dandruff, he's covered in dust and cobwebs. :D It's to make fun of how old he is.
rockonbonzo76 5 months ago
bet they act like this now in parliament- 20yrs on,lol!:D
abinge12 6 months ago
this is about the westland helicopter disaster in 1986. go to agusta westland for more
Maleincornwall 7 months ago
@Maleincornwall Yes, I suspected this clip was from 1987 or earlier as I noticed Jim Callaghan on the Labour back bench.
The1985Channel 1 month ago
@The1985Channel yes that is true. Why is your you tube account the 1985 channel?
Maleincornwall 1 month ago
@Maleincornwall Because I'm a fan of the 80s and I just happened to pick the year 1985 for this channel. I was originally intending to make some 1985 playlists on my channel but that never happened and I'm now more into the early 80s than the mid 80s. My interest in the 1980s naturally takes me to things like Spitting Image.
The1985Channel 1 month ago
@The1985Channel ok that is interesting. i do not know a great deal about the 1980's as I was a toddler at the time! how interesting that you are interested in the early 1980's, is there a special reason? What is your ASL
Maleincornwall 1 month ago
@The1985Channel The 80s were crap. The computers were a pathetic joke and we knew it even then; there was barely enough musical oxygen to breathe from 1984-1988; the most "interesting" thing happening in space "exploration" was that musclebound 18-wheeler-slash-school bus, the space shuttle; and they came out with AIDS about 9 seconds before I hit puberty. The only good thing you can say about the 80s was at least they weren't the 70s, ugh. O_o
PatchesRips 1 month ago
@PatchesRips The 80s may have seemed crap at the time but let's be honest here, in terms of music and general culture, the 2010s are the pits. Every song in the charts today is a piece of shit, some celebrity posting a stupid remark on Twitter or Facebook is considered "big news", shows like the X-Factor turn life into nothing but one big reality show and the modern politicians are nothing but soundbites and political correctness. I could go on. At least in the 80s things had more meaning.
The1985Channel 1 month ago
@The1985Channel "the 2010s are the pits."
Hey, give 'em a chance, they just got here! :)
PatchesRips 1 month ago
@PatchesRips I despise modern music with a searing passion. In the 80s you had talented artists singing about the topics of the time, like U2, The Jam and The Specials. Today we have issues like the Arab Spring, global financial crisis and an unpopular government here in the UK which could be topics for relevant, meaningful songs, but does this ever happen? No. Instead we are treated to repetitive, pointless, talentless shit like LMFAO, nothing but loud gregarious drivel for a tech generation.
The1985Channel 1 month ago
@The1985Channel I'm not as up on the music today as I was in the 80s for obvious reasons, but there's a fair amount out there that's good. The great thing about today is you can get out there and get noticed without first selling your soul to a label or being divorced from your potential audience from one. There was nothing like YouTube, for instance, back then. You either impressed some joker from EMI or Capitol or you went back to the car wash on Monday morning.
PatchesRips 1 month ago
@The1985Channel (cont'd) Ah! But at least there was Spitting Image. I knew more about the British cabinet in the late 80s than I did about Canada's thanks to the CBC importing that show. :)
PatchesRips 1 month ago
@PatchesRips Spitting Image was great in the 80s but when Thatcher left office it quickly declined, because John Major lacked her forceful personality and the Spitting Image crew had a more bland character to work with who would be less fun to vilify. I've seen some of the 90s Spitting Image and I do think it was going stale by then; it had passed its best when it ended in 1996. Though there was one interview with Tony Blair which was quite funny; it still had its moments.
The1985Channel 1 month ago
@The1985Channel "when Thatcher left office it quickly declined, because John Major lacked her forceful personality"
Hear hear. He just wasn't over the top enough to carry the show. The Tories really let everyone down picking him. :) Blair would have been good if they show had lasted til the whole Iraq thing got rolling. I had high hopes for that guy but I couldn't believe what a Yankee suck-up he was.
PatchesRips 1 month ago
@PatchesRips The Tories did not want a controversial, polarising figure as their leader and Prime Minister once they ditched Thatcher. Major was picked because his conciliatory, moderate style would appeal more to the voters in the next election, which he actually won. Many people here in the UK say Thatcher rendered the Tories unelectable but they conveniently forget Major won the 1992 election with her legacy directly behind him. But it was obvious the Tories wouldn't win again in 1997.
The1985Channel 1 month ago
@The1985Channel I remember when Tony Blair got elected because it was this kind of one-two good news-bad news punch from Britain, as Diana died right afterwards. I remember the flags being at half mast even here; public spaces filling up with flowers. I'd almost written the Royal Family off in Canada till I saw that. Same thing when the Queen Mum died. The Liberal Party just held a convention and voted, for the umpteenth time, to endorse the monarchy and legalize pot. Some things never change.
PatchesRips 1 month ago
@The1985Channel Agreed. Margaret Thatcher never liked the policies John Major had. The Tories said she was a back bencher who was always in his way. After all Major was on the side of the EU. Recently in the papers, David Cameron is looking more of a John Major supporter then the great Lady Thatcher. We need Thatcher back. She would kick Cameron into place once more.
upintheclouds86 1 month ago
@upintheclouds86 It's a shame that Mrs. Thatcher is not well as you know that she'd be a regular commentator on political events today if she were in good health. But then again, this is another era. Political correctness, centrism and PR have prevailed in British politics today. Politicians are no longer free to speak their minds and have to be careful where they tread. Cameron, Miliband and Clegg are typical modern soundbite politicians; they'd say or do anything if it meant more votes.
The1985Channel 1 month ago
@PatchesRips I heard that your Prime Minister in the 80s was quite close to Thatcher and Reagan (ideologically and personally); did the SI crew make a puppet of him? I've not seen a Spitting Image episode in full, only the clips here on YouTube.
The1985Channel 1 month ago
@The1985Channel "I heard that your Prime Minister in the 80s was quite close to Thatcher and Reagan"
Mulroney? Yeah, more of the same. That neocon thread was the plague of the whole English-speaking world in the 80s and early 90s. We just had to endure it. We did get to watch the whole breathtaking end-of-communisim in Eastern Europe thing, though. Yeah, I wouldn't have missed that for the world. The Berlin Wall coming down? Who saw THAT coming? :)
PatchesRips 1 month ago
@The1985Channel I don't think SI made a puppet of Brian Mulroney. If they did, I'm not aware of it. But despite the fact that the show was technically about another country, it was really popular among my friends. Twenty years later we still toss the lines back and forth. "Hi, I'm Kenneth Clark! And this... (rip!) ...is my ass! But enough of culture..."
PatchesRips 1 month ago
@PatchesRips Spitting Image made puppets of a lot of other world leaders at the time, such as Reagan, Mitterrand, Gorbachev and P.W. Botha, and I know that Mulroney had a close relationship with Thatcher and Reagan - two of the most significant puppets in the show - so I wouldn't be too surprised to find out there was a puppet version of him. If I ever get all the episodes of the show, I'll keep an eye out.
I find it quite remarkable how lifelike these puppets seem.
The1985Channel 1 month ago
lol at the helicopter :D
Maleincornwall 7 months ago
@Maleincornwall Any ideas what that was about?
Number1yiddo 7 months ago
Is Thatcher still your PM?
gininigin 9 months ago
@gininigin She was...twenty years ago...
TheShadowpiggy 9 months ago
@gininigin Not since the 80's, no.
AAw3s0m3 8 months ago
@gininigin kind of, she reincarnated her evil ideas into her cameron drone..
TheRacketBoss 7 months ago
@gininigin
She might as well be......
oldironandy 1 month ago
Why does the dog keep changing sides in the spitting image skits? Whose is it anyway?
13agibson 10 months ago
This is just like my classes were at my first secondary school.
UNSCForwardontodawn 10 months ago
It's true - the commons is simply just a school!!
madandyb 11 months ago
SI was great.
But this was bloody awful!
Durbs75 1 year ago
bring the show back!
StephenFiorentini 1 year ago
@StephenFiorentini +1
Bobsledism 1 year ago
I want an American version of this!!!!
lawrence142002 1 year ago 6
@lawrence142002 If you can understand french, then you should watch the french version called Les Guignols De la Info. Its quite funny. I dont know when it airs, but its on one of the big french tv stations
wimblewomble21 1 month ago
I love the random Vampire lady with the red light - is it meant to be Edwina Currie?
tdp1909 1 year ago
@tdp1909 Yes its her.
PTphoenixUK 1 year ago
@tdp1909 Looks like it is!
madandyb 11 months ago
@tdp1909 Yes indeed! :D
MegaJustDucky 7 months ago
who are the 2 puppets at the end.
the1001thing 1 year ago
@the1001thing Michael Hesseltine and Leon Brittan.
NaMgKCa 1 year ago 2
Is is my imagination, or does the Michael Hesseltine puppet look like he's a real person (rather than a puppet) at 2:05?
AVillainousVoice 1 year ago 51
@AVillainousVoice He does - the eyes look very real. Maybe one of the Wurzels escaped!
tdp1909 1 year ago
I was practicing the Mexican Wave
ROFL
YesIamEccentric 1 year ago
Just like my maths class.
IMMACUTMAN 1 year ago
very accurate portrayal
peppersdog1 1 year ago 5
I wish the US Congress behaved as mature as this.
operationnorthwoodz 1 year ago 102
would the honourable bitch-queen...
tinyrebellion 1 year ago 6
lol, this is hillarious
mrfrostynova 1 year ago 3
i think they should do a new version of spitting image with todays politics lol :D :D
DJROBZ1987 1 year ago 6
I love the Michael Hesseltine puppet
binstig 2 years ago
Just like the commons!
Tamuartay 2 years ago 4