Hype Greetings Cards, 1991
Scope and Contents
A box containing examples of 38 greetings cards produced by Hype Associates Limited. These cards feature photographic images on their front covers with illustrations of Spitting Image puppets and plasticine models of various politicians and celebrities, along with a small amount of earlier plasticine model illustrations made by Luck & Flaw. Inside each card is a message, which is usually a humourous insult directed at the individual(s) on the front cover.
Each card is held in a small envelope, which is marked with its original 'SI' reference number. There are also a couple of examples of the red envelopes that these cards originally came in. Also present is a list that documents what photographic transparencies were taken from Spitting Image Productions Limited by Hype Associates to produce these cards.
The photographic images were taken by Terry Beddis, Andy de Emmony, John Lawrence Jones, and possibly other photographers.
Dates
- Creation: 1991
Creator
- Beddis, Anthony, fl 1980s (Photographer) (Person)
- Hype Associates Limited (Card Manufacturer) (1991-) (United Kingdom) (Organization)
- Emmony, Andrew De, b 1964 (Film Director and Photographer) (Person)
- Jones, John Lawrence, b 1951 (Photographer) (Person)
- Spitting Image Productions Limited (TV/Film Production Company) (1981-) (United Kingdom) (Organization)
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright - held by Roger Law.
Extent
1 archive box(es) (41 sub-folders inside the box.) : Paper
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
The cards were originally held in two boxes, but have been merged together into one.
Separated Materials
Photographic material bearing the illustrations found on these cards can be found in both the Luck & Flaw and Spitting Image Productions Limited sub-fonds of the archive.
General
Numerous duplicates of each example of a card have been weeded out of the archive.
Subject
- Andrew, Albert Christian Edward, Prince, b 1960 (Duke of York) (Person)
- Anne, Elizabeth Alice Louise, 1950 (Princess Royal) (Person)
- Beadle, Jeremy James Anthony Gibson-, MBE, 1948-2008 (Broadcaster and Writer) (Person)
- Botham, Ian Terence, OBE, b 1955 (Baron Botham of Ravensworth, Cricketer) (Person)
- Bowie, David, 1947-2016 (Musician) (Person)
- Brown, June Muriel, 1927-2022 (Actor) (Person)
- Bush, George Herbert Walker, 1924-2018 (41st President of the United States of America) (Person)
- Charles, Philip Arthur George, 1948 (Prince of Wales) (Person)
- Collins, Phil, b 1951 (Musician) (Person)
- Daniels, Paul, 1938-2016 (Broadcaster and Magician) (Person)
- Dodd, Kenneth Arthur, OBE, Sir, 1927-2018 (Knight, Comedian) (Person)
- Donovan, Jason Sean, b 1968 (Actor and Musician) (Person)
- Edmonds, Noel Ernest, b 1948 (Broadcaster) (Person)
- Elizabeth, II, 1926-2022 (Queen of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) (Person)
- Evans, Derrick Errol, b 1952 (Fitness Instructor) (Person)
- Ferguson, Sarah Margaret, b 1959 (Duchess of York) (Person)
- Ferry, Bryan, CBE, b 1945 (Musician) (Person)
- Gascoigne, Paul John, b 1967 (Footballer) (Person)
- Geldof, Robert Frederick Zenon, KBE, 1951-Present (Musician and Political Activist) (Person)
- Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich, 1931-2022 (President of the Soviet Union) (Person)
- Hurd, Douglas Richard, b 1930 (Baron Hurd of Westwell, politician, diplomat and author) (Person)
- Hussein, Saddam, 1937-2006 (President of Iraq) (Person)
- Jackson, Michael Joseph, 1958-2009 (Musician) (Person)
- Jagger, Mick, Sir, b 1943 (Knight, Musician) (Person)
- John, Elton Hercules, CBE, Sir, b 1947 (Knight, Musician) (Person)
- John Paul II, 1920-2005 (Pope) (Person)
- Kinnock, Neil Gordon, 1942 (Baron Kinnock of Bedwellty, Labour politician) (Person)
- Knopfler, Mark Freuder, b 1949 (Musician and Record Producer) (Person)
- Kohl, Helmut Josef Michael, 1930-2017 (Chancellor of Germany) (Person)
- Lamont, Norman Stewart Hughson, b 1942 (Baron Lamont of Lerwick, Politician) (Person)
- Lineker, Gary Winston, OBE, b 1960 (Broadcaster and Footballer) (Person)
- Madonna, b 1958 (Musician) (Person)
- Magnusson, Magnus, KBE, 1929-2007 (Broadcaster and Writer) (Person)
- Major, John, Sir, b 1943 (Knight, British Prime Minister) (Person)
- Manning, Bernard, 1930-2007 (Comedian) (Person)
- McCartney, Paul, MBE, Sir, b 1942 (Knight, Musician) (Person)
- Midler, Bette, b 1945 (Actor and Musician) (Person)
- Minogue, Kylie Ann, OBE, b 1968 (Actor and Singer) (Person)
- Mitterrand, François Maurice Adrien Marie, 1916-1996 (President of France) (Person)
- Nelson, Prince Rogers, 1958-2016 (Musician and Record Producer) (Person)
- Nimoy, Leonard Simon, 1931-2015 (Actor and Film Director) (Person)
- Parkinson, Michael, CBE, Sir, 1935-2023 (Knight, Broadcaster) (Person)
- Pavarotti, Luciano, 1935-2007 (Opera Singer) (Person)
- Philip, Prince, 1921-2021 (Duke of Edinburgh, consort of Queen Elizabeth II) (Person)
- Piggott, Lester Keith, 1935-2022 (Horse Trainer and Jockey) (Person)
- Quayle, James Danforth, b 1947 (44th Vice President of the United States of America) (Person)
- Rantzen, Esther Louise, DBE, Dame, b 1940 (Broadcaster and Journalist) (Person)
- Reagan, Ronald Wilson, 1911-2004 (President of the United States of America) (Person)
- Richards, Keith, b 1943 (Musician) (Person)
- Savile, James Wilson Vincent, Sir, 1926-2011 (Knight, Broadcaster) (Person)
- Shakespeare, William, 1564 - 1616 (dramatist) (Person)
- Stewart, Rod, Sir, 1945-Present (Knight, Musician) (Person)
- Sting, CBE, b 1951 (Musician) (Person)
- Streisand, Barbra, b 1942 (Actor and Musician) (Person)
- Thatcher, Margaret Hilda, 1925 - 2013 (née Roberts, Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven, Prime Minister) (Person)
- Turner, Tina, 1939-2023 (Actor and Musician) (Person)
- Wyman, William George, b 1936 (Musician) (Person)
- Yeltsin, Boris Nikolayevich, 1931-2007 (President of Russia) (Person)
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