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7 unusual facts about Gerald Scarfe


Beatles Arias

The original cover illustration is by Gerald Scarfe (working under the pseudonym "Sir Ralph Godstrouser-Legge R. A.").

Bel Mooney

In 1985 she collaborated with Gerald Scarfe on a satire on Margaret Thatcher and her government, called 'Father Kissmas and Mother Claws.'

Cuspicephalus

The specific name honors artist and cartoonist Gerald Scarfe for his vicious caricatures which mostly have very pointy noses.

Fizzers

Fizzers pieces are not executed in the traditional, satirical mode of British caricature epitomised by Gerald Scarfe, but are inspired by the works of European artists such as Sebastian Krüger and Patrice Ricord.

The Official Visit

This was the first episode to feature the animated title sequence designed by Gerald Scarfe, and the theme music composed by Ronnie Hazlehurst.

Welcome to the Machine

Gerald Scarfe created a music video, initially a backdrop film for when the band played the track on its 1977 In the Flesh tour.

William Todd-Jones

Todd-Jones's performance of a full-bodied rhinoceros costume for the Sir Peter Hall/ Gerald Scarfe stage production led to his involvement in the London-based charity Save the Rhino, for whom he became a patron.



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