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Answerphone Tapes, 1988

 Sub-Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/3/2/3

Scope and Contents

Spitting Image answerphone audio cassette tapes and/or cases, accompanied by case inserts relating to these tapes, made by The Comic Answer Company Limited/K-Tel International (SI/488). These 'answerbacks' tapes feature impressions of celebrity and political figures from Spitting Image voice actors: Chris Barrie, Steve Nallon and Nigel Plaskitt. The front covers of the inserts have images of Spitting Image puppets and the programme's logo, and the interiors of these inserts hold the scripts for the messages.

The following items are present, and their accompanying number corresponds to their item reference number in this sub-sub-series:

1. An audio cassette tape with accompanying case and insert, featuring celebrity impressions of: David Attenborough, David Coleman, Bob Geldof, and Archbishop Runcie. There is also a 'straight' message.

2. The case and insert for an audio cassette tape (not present) holding more celebrity impressions, featuring: Barry Norman, Robin Day, John Geilgud, and Sean Connery. The insert also notes that this tape would have a 'straight' message.

3. An audio cassette tape with accompanying case and insert, featuring impressions of the following politicians: Neil Kinnock, Roy Hattersley, Ronald Reagan, and Margaret Thatcher. There is also a 'straight' message.

4. The case and insert for an audio cassette tape (not present) holding more impressions of politicians, featuring: Margaret Thatcher, Neil Kinnock, and John Cole. The insert also notes that this tape would have a 'straight' message.

5. An audio cassette tape with case and insert, which holds the voice messages featured on all tapes released to the public.

Missing from this set is the tape of royal family impressions.

Dates

  • Creation: 1988

Creator

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright - intellectual property rights over the recordings are held by K-tel International. Copyright ownership over the Spitting Image logo is held by Roger Law.

Extent

1 archive box(es) (Audio cassettes and/or cases are held inside two-seamed envelopes.) : Magnetic tape; paper; plastic

Language of Materials

English

General

Duplicate tapes have been weeded out of the archive.

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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