Still Spitting at Sixty : From the 60's to My Sixties, A Sort of Autobiography

Law, Roger

ISBN 10: 0007181663 / ISBN 13: 9780007181667

Published by Harper Collins, London, 2005

About this Item

No marks or inscriptions. A clean tight copy with bright boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or torn with slight creasing to lower edge. The autobiography of one half of the duo (Fluck & Law) who produced the incredibly successful Spitting Image, the television satire show in the 1980s on British television which lampooned the Thatcher government and much else so very well. 293pp We do not use stock photos, the picture displayed is of the actual book for sale. Every one of our books is in stock in the UK ready for immediate delivery. Size: 9.5 x 6.25 inches.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Still Spitting at Sixty : From the 60's to My Sixties, A Sort of Autobiography
• Publisher: Harper Collins, London
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0007181663
• ISBN 13: 9780007181667
• Binding: Hard Cover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good (+)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Performing Arts - TV
  • Biography - Performing Arts

About this title

Synopsis

Roger Law, the evil genius behind the mocking, caricature puppets of Spitting Image—which lampooned Margaret Thatcher, ridiculed the royal family and gave birth to "The Chicken Song"—unburdens his tormented soul and tells the awful truth of how it all came about. The award-winning series ran for 8 years, with Law masterminding the corruption and undermining of an entire generation's respect for authority and institutions.  Still Spitting at Sixty is Roger Law's account of his life so far, up to and including his retirement in Australia, filled with all the lunacy and flare that one would expect from the co-producer and creator of Spitting Image.

About the Author

Roger Law was born and brought up in England's bleak Fen Country. Law made his escape from the family construction firm by going to art school in Cambridge, where he met Peter Fluck, who would collaborate with him on many projects including the satirical puppet show Spitting Image, after which he shipped himself to Australia. In Sydney he secured something like a base as 'artist in residence' in the Bondi Pavillion. Rarely in residence, Law spends most of his time travelling around and drawing that sunburnt country. Some of the fruits of these travels were featured in his exhibitions at the Rebecca Hossack Gallery and The Fine Art Society in London.