The Simpsons are coming to Ireland!

Dman001

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/ustv/a131889/kenneth-branagh-signs-up-for-simpsons.html

I posted a thread on this a few months ago but it looks like it is now offical.

Creamy Goodness

oh dear christ, when will they pull the life-support plug on this show.

it's almost getting embarassing to say i like the simpsons now.

monkeyfudge

I thought last weeks episode with the St. Patrick's Day Parade and the Orange Order march clashing was actually pretty damn funny.

This weeks episode was terrible though.

WindSock

Actor Kenneth Branagh has agreed to voice a role in an upcoming episode of The Simpsons.

The British star will play an Irish publican when Homer and Grandpa visit a pub in which Grandpa claims he spent the best night of his life.

Homer and Grandpa fly over to Ireland in order to buy the establishment, but find that it isn't easy due to the smoking ban.

But it gets worse...Glen Hansard and yer wan are going to be in it. End now, please.

Mr.Nice Guy

Oh for feck's sake. Trying to do a better job than Family Guy's effort are they?

Time to put this show out to pasture. Let's see what can we expect...leprechauns, shamrocks, 'kiss me I'm Irish shirts' etc.

They might as well set it in Carroll's gift shop.

orestes

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Oh for feck's sake. Trying to do a better job than Family Guy's effort are they?

Time to put this show out to pasture. Let's see what can we expect...leprechauns, shamrocks, 'kiss me I'm Irish shirts' etc.

They might as well set it in Carroll's gift shop.

You forgot the casual drunken wife beating

.DarDarBinks

Cant wait to see this one :rolleyes:

Carroller

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

They might as well set it in Carroll's gift shop.

No can do, thats copyrighted by myself :):pac::pac:



I know.... i crack myself up

Acacia

Cremo wrote: »

oh dear christ, when will they pull the life-support plug on this show.

it's almost getting embarassing to say i like the simpsons now.

I agree, it's getting cringe-worthy now. The writers have lost the plot, and Marge is so annoying (like more so than ever before) it's unbearable.

And this Irish episode...they'll throw in a few ''top o' the mornin', boyos'' and think it's feckin' hilarious...

OK-Cancel-Apply

FFS. Ok...come on, wheel out those tired old stereotypes and put them back when your finished, as another group of brain-dead screenwriters need them.

Nostradamus

Acacia wrote: »

I agree, it's getting cringe-worthy now. The writers have lost the plot, and Marge is so annoying (like more so than ever before) it's unbearable.

And this Irish episode...they'll throw in a few ''top o' the mornin', boyos'' and think it's feckin' hilarious...

I knew it was doomed when the new producer who took over a few years ago said that "Lisa is my favourite member of the cast...she brings a sense of moral voice to the show..."

dlambirl

This episode is being aired on St. Patricks Day as well :rolleyes:

Before americia too isnt it - A Fox first!!

Mossy Monk

dlambirl wrote: »

Before americia too isnt it - A Fox first!!

wow-wow-wee

Nostradamus

Mossy Monk wrote: »

wow-wow-wee

The Irish Times got very excited about this and they being highly intelligent and serious jounalists.

dlambirl

I know they went OTT on the fact!!

I cant imagine people sitting in on St. Paddys Day now to watch the simpsons!!

Deedsie

Cant wait for this. Gonna be great. How many countries have the Simpsons visited for an episode? Brazil, Australia, UK, Italy, Canada?

Mimikyu

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Deedsie

-Phuqer- wrote: »

When did they go to Italy?

Have to agree can't see this being anything more than the usual Irish shíte they stick in it.

Sideshow Bob was a mayor of a village in Tuscanny i think. He had a family. Vendetta Vendetta was his sons catchphrase.

I think it will be good.

Leprachaun

Deedsie wrote: »

Cant wait for this. Gonna be great. How many countries have the Simpsons visited for an episode? Brazil, Australia, UK, Italy, Canada?

Japan and France aswell.

RobertFoster

-Phuqer- wrote: »

When did they go to Italy?

Have to agree can't see this being anything more than the usual Irish shíte they stick in it.

It's called The Italian Bob. The only memorable thing from it was their pisstake of Family Guy (plagiarismo) and American Dad! (plagiarismo di plagiarismo).

The ads for the Paddy's Day episode are already appearing on Sky. Everything's green and there a lot of diddle diddle music.

Mossy Monk

RTÉ News showed clips from this forthcoming episode and what I saw was awful.

Cabbage from a tap.

Oh hilarious. Can't wait to tune in for this tonight

Spon Farmer

it's not rte according to any listings but it's supposed to be according to the news radio over the last few days

boardsdotie

I cant believe the first ever Simpsons premier outside USA (Irish Themed) is aired on solely on UK Satelite.

acontadino

i bet its cringey and why is it not on rte?

trishasaffron

What's happening? I'm watching 10 mins and no reference to Ireland.

acontadino

EPIC FAIL

Mr E

Half way through, haven't laughed once.

acontadino

its a long way from 'homer simpson takes on new york' thats for sure

acontadino

WTF

tbaymusicman

thats a little racist haha but simpsons can get away with it hahaha

acontadino

TACOBELFAST..KINDA FUNNY.

Running Bing

Wow...cant believe they did the "you stepped on the scales and it broke" joke. 8 year old children have been doing that for about 20 years.


Astonishing.

Gauge

"Everyone got jobs!"

"Ireland is at the forefront of a technological boom."


;_;

jaffa20

Anybody know if this will be repeated later?

minxie

jaffa20 wrote: »

Anybody know if this will be repeated later?

prob for the next five years :pac:

Davidius

That was terrible.

Creamy Goodness

moleman only lost five minutes of his life at the quik-e-mart, i lost 22 minutes watching that rubbish, unlike moleman though i wouldn't waste them if i got them back.

Catari Jaguar

Pretty rubbish...:(

noelfirl

Without even going into the generous use of stereotypes (which everyone knew would happen, no biggie) the thing that stood out most for me was how long the "fish out of water" joke went on. Had that been done in an earlier episode, say even 10 years ago, I'd have a suspicion it wouldn't have gone on anywhere near as long.

hacx

bleh. pretty ****e.

lt_cmdr_worf

I agree with the other posts, but it did highlight the decline of pub culture over the years. And an alternative recipe for Guinness:

Bog water and chocolate syrup

tony 2 tone

That was dire, just seemed like a collection of the old Irish stereotypes from previous Simpsons, ie drinking, fighting, leprechans, bad Irish accents.

_Kaiser_

Well that was as bad as expected. The first half of it wasn't even relevant. Simpsons fails again.

Ciks

I don't think it was that bad. I mean in terms of humour the simpsons has gone downhill but tonight's episode seemed to view Ireland fondly. If you look at the Aussie and Brazilian episodes - their portrayal of the people - I think we got off lightly. The stereotypes weren't as bad as in previous episodes.

How long were they supposed to be in the country though? Thought it was funny that Marge bart and lisa were in antrim one moment and in Dublin the next

norwegianwood

acontadino wrote: »

its a long way from 'homer simpson takes on new york' thats for sure

classic! if only they'd made this episode around this episode around that time, it probably would have been hilarous.....

_Kaiser_

Ciks wrote: »

How long were they supposed to be in the country though? Thought it was funny that Marge bart and lisa were in antrim one moment and in Dublin the next

That reminds me.. what was with the red double decker? :rolleyes:

dimejinky99

was anybody but me happy to see Glen hansard in it? i was...

norwegianwood

dimejinky99 wrote: »

was anybody but me happy to see Glen hansard in it? i was...

i for one was very happy that he only manged to get a few lines of that song out before someone fcuked a piano at him!

pipeliner

noelfirl wrote: »

Without even going into the generous use of stereotypes (which everyone knew would happen, no biggie) the thing that stood out most for me was how long the "fish out of water" joke went on. Had that been done in an earlier episode, say even 10 years ago, I'd have a suspicion it wouldn't have gone on anywhere near as long.

As i was watching this part i was thinking, this is like what family guy would do. It wasnt funny with them and its not funny now.

_Kaiser_

pipeliner wrote: »

As i was watching this part i was thinking, this is like what family guy would do. It wasnt funny with them and its not funny now.

Ah no, Family Guy would have been much better - look up the "Irish heritage" sketch

garbanzo

Poor fare really. Very disappointed with it.