Chips, meet Piss...

Things have been quiet in Rubber Balls Towers of late. We had planned a Christmas Sketch but my dear old dad died shortly before Christmas, which rather took the wind out of my sails. Quite frankly, I lost my mojo and felt no enthusiasm for doing anything much.

Also, doubts about the very basis of Rubber Balls had been setting in anyway, as I don't feel that people are really that interested in satirical sketch type humour - there are now so many outlets, such as topical comedy panel shows on TV, radio shows, and a torrent of stuff on the internet. I mean, how can one compete with, say, a snappy Photoshopped gag on Twitter or Facebook?

And then, just as I started getting back to work on another (related) project, ITV announced Newzoids, a new '...puppet show [which] promises a “biting look at the world of politics and celebrity”, nearly 20 years after the end of Spitting Image.' Thank you very fucking much, ITV, for pissing all over Rubber Balls's chips. That said, I do really hope that Newzoids is a massive hit as, with luck, that will stimulate interest in all things puppety...

Meanwhile, to feel like I'm getting somewhere, I've just finished painting the Benjamin Netanyahu puppet head - whether it gets used or not is another thing...

Dad would have loved it - he hated Netanyahu...