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"Leave It With Mrs.O'Brien"

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  • 25-11-2014 12:45pm
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    An Riabhach
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    Somebody at work said those exact words the other day.
    Almost immediately,I began to have really vague memories of a programme on one of the RTÉ channels with that name,could have been Saturday or Sunday nights.

    Can anybody else remember this programme?
    Who used to act in it and what nights was it on,and what type of programme was it?


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    MsBubbles
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    Leave it to Mrs O'Brien was the title. About Mrs O'Brien a housekeeper to 2 priests
    She was always getting in trouble, trying to sell dodgy stuff


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    An Riabhach
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    Ah yes-Leave It To Mrs.O'Brien.....now I'm rememberin the trailers for that during the ad breaks.

    I wouldn't have remembered it at all if I hadn't heard a customer the other day telling the delivery man "....if I'm not home,leave it with Mrs.O'Brien nextdoor". :-)


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    fryup
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    it was utter crap


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    Aglomerado
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    I vaguely remember it, thinking it was good, but I was 7 at the time, sure what did I know!!

    It gets a mention here. Some more gems in that link too!


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    Harry Palmr
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    Anna Manahan slumming it for cash!


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    darkdubh
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    Aglomerado wrote: »
    I vaguely remember it, thinking it was good, but I was 7 at the time, sure what did I know!!

    It gets a mention here. Some more gems in that link too!


    I regretfully remember all of those mentioned.Extra Extra was undoubtedly the worst,it just stank to high heaven.


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    Aglomerado
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    darkdubh wrote: »
    I regretfully remember all of those mentioned.Extra Extra was undoubtedly the worst,it just stank to high heaven.
    The Cassidys was a pile of utter scutter as well....


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    whisky_galore
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    One of a long line of RTE 'comedy' turkeys.


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    Beano
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    Aglomerado wrote: »
    The Cassidys was a pile of utter scutter as well....

    you dont hear the word "scutter" anymore. I think we need to bring it back.


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    Aglomerado
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    Beano wrote: »
    you dont hear the word "scutter" anymore. I think we need to bring it back.

    It needs to be said in a thick country accent: "Scuh-ther". :D


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    You'd think a program about a housekeeper and a couple of priests might be funny, but there you go. That's RTE for you.

    In a mercifully short run I remember the program went from being advertised as a "comedy" at the start to "comedy drama" by the end, ie RTE acknowledging it was about as funny as a burning orphanage. On Christmas eve.


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    madmaggie
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    Another one in the scutter pile was Bull Island, really lived up to it's name.


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    the_syco
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    Aglomerado wrote: »
    It gets a mention here. Some more gems in that link too!
    Jaysus. I can see why Father Ted wasn't produced by RTE!


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    branie2
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    Wouldn't be the first time Phillip O'Sullivan played a priest


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    nlgbbbblth
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    branie2 wrote: »
    Wouldn't be the first time Phillip O'Sullivan played a priest

    yes, he was also Fr Treacy in Glenroe.

    The other priest in Leave It To Mrs O'Brien was played by Pat Daly who also appeared on Hall's Pictorial Weekly. He wasn't a priest in real life.

    I think there were two series - 1984 and 1986.

    There's one particularly memorable episode featuring a pre-Glenroe Isobel Mahon wearing a short skirt and looking seriously hot.


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