fun factory

p~b

anyone remember this place, i could be wrong about the name, it was in dublin and i think there was a tv show about it.

anyone remember or was it all in my imagination lol

Oobie

There was an english tv show called Fun Factory presented by Pat Sharpe - not sure if this is what you're thinking of??

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Think Pat Sharpe's was called Fun House...? Completely unrelated to the company, one way or the other. Fun Factory, I think, used to be a kiddie's ball-park/slide/mini jungly gym kind of thing. Might have been one near the old Dundurm Bowl. Worked in one briefly called Captain Ventures in The Square, now well passed on...

Oobie

You're right. I was singing the theme tune in my head with the wrong words - oops!

Vokes

p~b wrote:

anyone remember this place, i could be wrong about the name, it was in dublin and i think there was a tv show about it.

anyone remember or was it all in my imagination lol

Yes, its coming back to me now.

Wasn't it out in the Dun Laoghaire/Blackrock area if i remember correctly?

I used to go there for friends' birthdays when i was a youngster. I was terrified of that vertical slide

EDIT: Ah, it was in Dun Laoghaire, from the History of Dun Laoghaire Harbour i got

....That pier is now buried beneath the railway line. There used to be a sandy cove running up to the site of the former ‘Fun Factory’, which was closed recently......

Kinetic^

Fun House, whole lot of fun, prizes to be won...............:D

Noelie

the one in dundrum was Wally rabbits, wasn't it?

s8n

Keyser Soze 5 wrote:

Fun House, whole lot of fun, prizes to be won...............:D

It's a real crazy show where anything goes.....

Oobie

s8n wrote:

It's a real crazy show where anything goes.....

It's a thrill, it's a race
Use your body and your brain if you wanna play the game!

chillywilly

Noelie wrote:

the one in dundrum was Wally rabbits, wasn't it?

yep, now its the fountain outside dundrum town centre!!!

monkeyfudge

Oobie wrote:

There was an english tv show called Fun Factory presented by Pat Sharpe - not sure if this is what you're thinking of??

The Fun Factory show was on Saturday mornings on The Sky Channel. It had a talking crocadile puppet and some other things.

It was the first place you could see Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors though.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Twas Wally's in Dundrum, alright, how could I forget...? Fun factory used to be the top hat roller disco...?

ianmc38

monkeyfudge wrote:

The Fun Factory show was on Saturday mornings on The Sky Channel. It had a talking crocadile puppet and some other things.

It was the first place you could see Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors though.

Yeah Fun Factory on Sky on Saturday mornings. i'd be up early every Saturday to watch it.

Denver the last dinosaur, Mask, Transformers, Jayce, Ulysses 31.

All the classics.

Mmm. Nostalgia.

monkeyfudge

ianmc38 wrote:

Denver the last dinosaur

He's our friend and whole lot more...

What did they mean by a whole lot more? Was he a f*ck buddy or something?

_Kaiser_

ianmc38 wrote:

Yeah Fun Factory on Sky on Saturday mornings. i'd be up early every Saturday to watch it.

Denver the last dinosaur, Mask, Transformers, Jayce, Ulysses 31.

All the classics.

Mmm. Nostalgia.

Ah yes.. used to get up to watch this too. So many memories!

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

BRING BACK D. J. KAT!!! (And Linda De Mol whie you're at it.... )

Oobie

Ikky Poo2 wrote:

BRING BACK D. J. KAT!!! (And Linda De Mol whie you're at it.... )

This is the DJ Kat show
I am DJ Kat
That's a Kat with a K and a D and a J
So you better stick around ok ok ok ok

ianmc38

monkeyfudge wrote:

He's our friend and whole lot more...

What did they mean by a whole lot more? Was he a f*ck buddy or something?

That's a very good point! Tell me it isn't so.

layke

Sawboss rocked.


I hated Oon the gimpy knight sorta thing with his pink stripey lance.


Jayce seriously needed to get to the hairdressers to lose the Pepe Le Peu look.

Blisterman

I had my birthday party in the fun factory, and I got a video of it, and a mug with my picture on it.

p~b

i remembered going to it with my cousin, i honestly couldnt sleep the night before, i think it was because i thought i was going to the place that was on the tv, but it was'nt, but it was still good

whiskeyman

Can't believe the two twins, Melanie and Martina, havent been mentioned yet.
Sure, we had to put up with Pats mullet, but even at that early stage in my boyhood, I knew there was something more interesting than just watching the show for the grand prix kart race