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* "When You're 65".

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* "When You're 65".65", which describes how rough things can get for the elderly.
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* Thatcher's resignation is for the large part played for all the comedic brutality it can offer. However one sketch is played oddly poignantly, with Thatcher wandering an empty House of Commons at night. As conversations from the past are heard, she sits in a chair and sobs quietly. Given the puppet Thatcher made so much of the show's humour, this truly signifies that her tenure is coming to an end.

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* Thatcher's resignation is When it became clear that Thatcher was about to be ousted as the Conservative Party's leader (and, by extension, Prime Minister) if she didn't resign, this for the large part played for all the comedic brutality it can offer. However one the final sketch is played oddly poignantly, with in the episode that aired just before her resignation had Thatcher wandering an empty House of Commons at night. As conversations from the past are heard, she sits in a chair and sobs quietly. Given the puppet Thatcher made so much of the show's humour, this truly signifies that her tenure is coming to an end.

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* While still played mostly for laughs, Kinnock singing "Everything's Coming Up Roses" after losing the 1992 election is pretty sad.

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* While still played mostly for laughs, "When You're 65".
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=po4SjdYGo7M Neil
Kinnock singing "Everything's Everything's Coming Up Roses" after losing the 1992 election is pretty sad.Roses]]
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--> Alastair Burnet: "And now the main points again; death, injury, agreements, strikes, war, Soviets, Americans, two-nil and stupid bastards. Goodnight.

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--> Alastair Burnet: "And now the main points again; death, injury, agreements, strikes, war, Soviets, Americans, two-nil and stupid bastards. Goodnight."
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** It's especially effective as, at the time, they didn't know if there were going to be any more series of Spitting Image after the first, so they decided to go out on a serious note, much like Series/Blackadder, and all the cast and crew are listed alphabetically in the credits, with no mention of roles, similar to the last episode of Series/TheYoungOnes.

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** It's especially effective as, at the time, they didn't know if there were going to be any more series of Spitting Image after the first, so they decided to go out on a serious note, much like Series/Blackadder, [[Series/{{Blackadder}} Blackadder Goes Forth]], and all the cast and crew are listed alphabetically in the credits, with no mention of roles, similar to the last episode of Series/TheYoungOnes.
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** It's especially effective as, at the time, they didn't know if there were going to be any more series of Spitting Image after the first, so they decided to go out on a serious note, much like [[Series/Blackadder Blackadder Goes Forth]], and all the cast and crew are listed alphabetically in the credits, with no mention of roles, similar to the last episode of Series/TheYoungOnes.

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** It's especially effective as, at the time, they didn't know if there were going to be any more series of Spitting Image after the first, so they decided to go out on a serious note, much like [[Series/Blackadder Blackadder Goes Forth]], Series/Blackadder, and all the cast and crew are listed alphabetically in the credits, with no mention of roles, similar to the last episode of Series/TheYoungOnes.
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* Thatcher's resignation is for the large part played for all the comedic brutality it can offer. However one sketch is played oddly poignantly, with Thatcher wandering an empty House of Commons at night. As conversations from the past are heard, she sits in a chair and sobs quietly. Given the puppet Thatcher made so much of the show's humour, this truly signifies that her tenure is coming to an end.

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* Thatcher's resignation is for the large part played for all the comedic brutality it can offer. However one sketch is played oddly poignantly, with Thatcher wandering an empty House of Commons at night. As conversations from the past are heard, she sits in a chair and sobs quietly. Given the puppet Thatcher made so much of the show's humour, this truly signifies that her tenure is coming to an end.end.
* While still played mostly for laughs, Kinnock singing "Everything's Coming Up Roses" after losing the 1992 election is pretty sad.
* One of the few times anything on the show ''isn't'' played for laughs is the final song of Series 1, "Every Bomb You Drop". A parody of the already melancholy and eerie-sounding "Every Breath You Take" by Music/ThePolice, the lyrics are changed to a [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech Reason You Suck Speech]] directed at world leaders.
** It's especially effective as, at the time, they didn't know if there were going to be any more series of Spitting Image after the first, so they decided to go out on a serious note, much like [[Series/Blackadder Blackadder Goes Forth]], and all the cast and crew are listed alphabetically in the credits, with no mention of roles, similar to the last episode of Series/TheYoungOnes.
** The only humour in the scene comes from Alastair Burnet's newsreader speech at the beginning, and even then the humour is ''very'' dark.
--> Alastair Burnet: "And now the main points again; death, injury, agreements, strikes, war, Soviets, Americans, two-nil and stupid bastards. Goodnight.
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* Thatcher's resignation is for the large part played for all the comedic brutality it can offer. However one sketch is played oddly poignantly, with Thatcher wandering an empty House of Commons at night. As conversations from the past are heard, she sits in a chair and sobs quietly. Given the puppet Thatcher made so much of the show's humour, this truly signifies TheEndOfAnEra.

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* Thatcher's resignation is for the large part played for all the comedic brutality it can offer. However one sketch is played oddly poignantly, with Thatcher wandering an empty House of Commons at night. As conversations from the past are heard, she sits in a chair and sobs quietly. Given the puppet Thatcher made so much of the show's humour, this truly signifies TheEndOfAnEra.that her tenure is coming to an end.
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* The Music/LouisArmstrong puppet weeping as he sings "We've Ruined the World".

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* The Music/LouisArmstrong puppet weeping as he sings "We've Ruined the World".World".
* Thatcher's resignation is for the large part played for all the comedic brutality it can offer. However one sketch is played oddly poignantly, with Thatcher wandering an empty House of Commons at night. As conversations from the past are heard, she sits in a chair and sobs quietly. Given the puppet Thatcher made so much of the show's humour, this truly signifies TheEndOfAnEra.
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*The Music/LouisArmstrong puppet weeping as he sings "We've Ruined the World".

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