[Harry!]

Who likes it (I do).

Youtube video

[MarkWaldorf]

Pmsl, it looks so funny.
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[BigSister]

i missed it last week gonna watch it nthis weekm though

[Christina]

I missed it x

[Callum]

Has it already started?

[Tom4784]

I thought it was hilarious! The jokes about Madonna, Jordan and Peter, Mugabe, Gordon Brown and Heather Mills was really funny. People have been quoting it at college all week!

[Spike]

I really enjoyed it, was better than the adverts made it look

[Harry!]

Episode 2 on sunday 10:00 - 10:30 pm.

[Harry!]

Bit too polidical last night but there was Heather Mills marrage meshene and Posh down the read carpet.

[Harry!]

Brangelina buy more babies

ANGELINA Jolie gets her wish in this week's Headcases and is treated to a whole new batch of babies.

The stunning starlet seizes her chance to buy up the new babes for her and chiselled partner Brad Pitt in this Sunday's show.

Elsewhere, boobtastic enterprise Jordan (Katie Price) pops out of her top. Some things never change, eh.

Headcases is on this Sunday April 20th at 10pm ITV1.

See pics here
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...cle1054983.ece

[Shaun]

The Heather Mills sketches are brilliant

Loving it.

[Harry!]

Originally posted by Shaun
The Heather Mills sketches are brilliant

Loving it.

Vicky was great as well (Its her B-day today!)

[Harry!]

Headcases: The Lingering Death Of British Satire
Mark doesn't like ITV's new Spitting Image-style show, but wonders if it's part of a deeper issue.

I'd like to say I'm proud of the long tradition of British satire, which goes back at least to newspaper cartoons of the 1800s. There's something inherently satisfying about seeing the rich, famous and self-promotional being lampooned. People who stick their heads above the parapet should get them shot off on a regular basis, especially if they've got anything to do with religion or politics.

So what's the latest contribution to carry the Olympic torch for satire, following such greats as Punch, Private Eye and Spitting Image? Headcases, a CGI version of Spit that promises much. According to Henry Naylor, creator and director of Headcases, "It's very, very funny and has real bite. There's nothing like it on television anywhere in the world which is a real tribute to the skill of the team."

Well Henry, I've seen two episodes and in that entire time I only laughed once, which is hardly my definition of 'very, very funny'. Not only do some of the CGI puppets not remotely look like who they're supposed to be, but some of the voices aren't even close. Which considering they've got Rory Bremner and John Culshaw on the team is a major surprise.

You know they're struggling when they have to tell you the name of the person they're lampooning, as in 'look who's at the door...it's...', and employ other subtle writing tricks as borrowed directly from Shakespeare. So far the biting satire we're promised appears to be some off target swipes at Heather McCartney, Robert Mugabe (like he gives a **** what anyone thinks!), Sarkozy and
the thicker-than-they're-high Beckam's.

I don't see much bite here, or even a good gumming. But it's actually more about who's not in there as those they've attempted to poke fun at. Given the current climate I'd have expected to see Max Mosely, but he's not been extracted from his cellar for a pasting. Which makes me wonder if the new climate where celebs litigate if they don't like your attitude has seen off the likes of Spitting Image forever.

So is that the problem? Is ITV's legal council vetoing the real satire in preference for those people that don't care or won't be offended? Given all the juicy
opportunities for bubble bursting out there, is this the best they can come up with?

Over the twelve years it graced our screens Spitting Image could miss the mark, but when it struck the target it did so with such acerbic wit that it could make you gasp. Headcases isn't funny, satirical or even clever. It's like a pale imitation risen from the grave of ritish satire to remind us that we could do this once by demonstrating the sad place we've come to now.

The only Headcases I've seen here are those at ITV Entertainment (surely an oxymoron?) that green-lit this garbage.

http://www.denofgeek.com/television/...sh_satire.html

[Callum]

Do you do this on purpose?

[Magic]

Originally posted by Callum
Do you do this on purpose?

Do you do this on purpose?

It gets annoying at times.

[Scarlett.]

Lol its ok, not as good as 2DTV though

[Spike]

Tonight's episode is really funny, I couldn't stop laughing at the Gordon Brown sketch.

[Shaun]

Originally posted by Callum
Do you do this on purpose?

What, post articles?

It'd be a dreadful accident to make.

Leave him alone, fgs.

[Harry!]

Originally posted by Callum
Do you do this on purpose?

No I dont.

[Conor]

Originally posted by Shaun

What, post articles?

It'd be a dreadful accident to make.

Leave him alone, fgs.

He does kinda post articles, youtube vids and pictures to the extreme though. Alot of the time it isn't needed.

[Harry!]

Originally posted by Conor

He does kinda post articles, youtube vids and pictures to the extreme though. Alot of the time it isn't needed.

We need someone to post all the goss, anyway lets get back to the program (Thread)

[Simple_Plan]

I liked the first episode but after that not really a fan, maybe as I dont get some of it and tbf some of it isnt funny :/

[Harry!]

Here are the lyrics to Maddonas song (First post)

As everyone here today can witness.

I'm the freaking queen of physical fitness.

I'm done with Kabbalah and altered mental states

I'm much more into lifting my weights.

My arms are strong, my biceps are thick.

I'm built like a **** house made of brick.

I, I am becoming one of the chaps.

I, I am really losing my baps.

I, I am growing a todger.

I, I am now known as Roger.

(man voice) Marlon Brando, Ricky Gervais, Vinnie Jones and Peter Kay.

(man voice) Some are actors, some tell jokes.

(man voice) Just like me, they're all blokes.

I, I am becoming one of the lads.

I, I am hanging out with the dads.

I, I can no longer disguise.

I, I am (man voice) in for a surprise (laughter) hey Guy come here...

[Harry!]

ITV Headcases: A new cast of computer-generated characters is satirising the media

Headcases, (ITV1 Sundays 10pm), is the first satirical sketch show with a cast of entirely computer-generated characters. Billed as a Spitting Image for the 21st century, the animated programme casts its net widely, poking fun at everyone from Gordon Brown to Heather Mills. It received a reasonably warm critical reception after its first episode aired three weeks ago, and has already reported encouraging audience figures of around four million.


Henry Naylor, the creator and series director of Headcases, was also a lead writer on Spitting Image for three series. Although he still remembers the iconic puppets of his old programme with great fondness, he believes that only computer animation is versatile enough to hold the attention of modern audiences who are again longing for a sharp dose of irreverent satire.

"I think the puppeting tradition of Spitting Image was great," he says, "but it's not right for this age. When I first saw Toy Story at the cinema, I thought: that's the way it's going to go, that's what satire is going to evolve into. Spitting Image had a ramshackle feel – that was part of its charm. But it belongs to an older tradition, and puppets are quite limited: you're restricted in terms of what sets you can use, and in the movements that the characters can go through. We've been sending up President Sarkozy as a medallion-wearing disco dancer – you couldn't do that with a puppet."

Although Naylor admits that his new programme has the same aim as Spitting Image at its heart – to make political figures accessible to the public through satire – he also wants it to be a lot more ambitious and wide ranging in its scope. In one sketch, the ageing Hollywood actors Bruce Willis and Sylvester Stallone are tortured by a medusa-like Heather Mills. Cinematic sketches like this one have to be prepared months ahead of schedule, but modern animation technology allows a good portion of the show to be produced the week before going on air. This means that anyone in the public eye is a potential target, including media figures.

"We live in a very personality based culture now," says Naylor, "and as a result people know much more about public figures than they ever did before. When even David Cameron is inviting cameras into his home, you can see there's been a major change in the culture – you couldn't dream of Thatcher doing that.

"In an age with a real PR culture and a strong sense that people are being lied to all the time, the public needs a redress against certain figures: I think it's important that there's a vehicle for this, not just to slag them off, but to hint at the truth."

http://www.independent.co.uk/

[Harry!]

Remember kids headcases is tonight at 10PM