American Taster Tape File, 2019
Scope and Contents
A file containing material relating to a taster/pilot episode that was made for a proposed American reboot of the satirical puppet television series, Spitting Image. This taster tape/pilot was shot in September 2019. The file holds the following: drafts of scripts for sketches by the showrunner, Jeff Westbrook; computer printouts with copies of caricature drawings by Adrian Teal and photographs of puppet heads; and printouts with articles taken from various online media outlets.
Also present is a second file that holds a document with a shooting schedule for the taster/pilot, which contains personnel information. This file is currently closed.
Dates
- Creation: 2019
Creator
- Avalon Television Limited (Production Company) (1993-) (United Kingdom) (Organization)
- British Broadcasting Corporation (Organization)
- Chortle (Online Comedy Magazine) (2000-) (United Kingdom) (Organization)
- Daily Mail (Newspaper) (1896-Present) (United Kingdom) (Organization)
- eBay, Inc. (E-Commerce Company) (1995-) (United States of America) (Organization)
- Guardian (Organization)
- I Am Birmingham (Online Magazine) (2009-) (United Kingdom) (Organization)
- Metro (Newspaper) (1999-) (United Kingdom) (Organization)
- PA Media (News Agency) (1868-) (United Kingdom) (Organization)
- Teal, Adrian, fl 1990s-fl 2020s (Caricaturist) (Person)
- The Times (Newspaper) (1785-Present) (London) (Organization)
- Westbrook, Jeff, fl 1990s-2020s (Television Producer and Writer) (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Part closed. One file is closed until 2039, due to containing current or presumed to be current personal phone numbers.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright - held by various parties.
Extent
2 file(s) (Two gusseted folders. One of the folders holds a closed item, which will be merged with the other file in 2039.) : Paper
Language of Materials
English
Subject
- Biden, Joseph Robinette, Jr., b 1942 (46th President of the United States of America) (Person)
- Booker, Cory Anthony, b 1969 (United States Senator) (Person)
- Castro, Julián, b 1974 (American Politician) (Person)
- Clinton, Hillary Diane Rodham, b 1947 (United States Secretary of State) (Person)
- Fluck, Peter, b 1941 (Artist) (Person)
- Harris, Kamala Devi, b 1964 (49th Vice President of the United States) (Person)
- Henry, Charles Albert David, b 1984 (Duke of Sussex) (Person)
- Law, Roger, b 1941 (Artist) (Person)
- Markle, Rachel Megan, b 1981 (Wife of the Duke of Sussex) (Person)
- O'Rourke, Robert Francis, b 1972 (United States Congressman) (Person)
- Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich, b 1952 (President of Russia) (Person)
- Sanders, Bernard, b 1941 (United States Senator) (Person)
- Trump, Donald John, b 1946 (45th and 47th President of the United States of America) (Person)
- Trump, Melania Knauss, b 1970 (First Lady of the United States) (Person)
- Warren, Elizabeth Ann, b 1949 (United States Senator) (Person)
- West, Kanye Omari, b 1977 (Musician and Record Producer) (Person)
- Zuckerberg, Mark Elliot, b 1984 (Co-Founder of Facebook) (Person)
Repository Details
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