Mrs Brown's Boys

Elmo · 21-01-2011 5:26pm

My Dad likes it and he isn't working class, but he lives in dublin and also finds Kinna funny. He was dissappointed by Mattie :rolleyes:

dlambirl · 21-01-2011 5:32pm

Can someone help me:

I heard that there is a lot of friends and family of Brendan's in the cast and I was wondering who was who, could anyone help??

Mr.Nice Guy · 22-01-2011 2:05am

fonecrusher1 wrote: »

As ive said in a previous post, maybe its a Dublin thing? And theres no offence loaded in that statement.

If you could get a breakdown of the 600,000 figure obtained from the tv ratings providers i gaurantee the majority of the veiwers would show up as being in the dublin area.

I always figured it was the other way around actually. That it was people outside Dublin that found it appealing. Let's all laugh at the strange Dubliner type of thing.

el diablo · 22-01-2011 2:27am

stomprockin wrote: »

I think i know why some folks don't like it and others do.

Its down to snobbery... i think?

I feel people with more of a working class background will relate to this type of humor more so than a snobby upper class?
I'm probably typing crap but thought id trough it out there:)

What about the success of Ballinaskully and Mattie and D'Unbearables? Can we assume that it was only the country folk who contributed to the massive viewing figures of these shyte shows?

fonecrusher1 · 22-01-2011 3:11am

el diablo wrote: »

What about the success of Ballinaskully and Mattie and D'Unbearables? Can we assume that it was only the country folk who contributed to the massive viewing figures of these shyte shows?

Still not as sad as a guy dressed as an old woman saying fcuk all the time & saying things like me luv you long time! Now thats the dunce demographic. duuuuuh heer mammy, da funny man wit da wig sayin bad wuurds again!!. Gerrowadat!!!

Wow embarrassing.

Elmo · 22-01-2011 1:35pm

el diablo wrote: »

What about the success of Ballinaskully and Mattie and D'Unbearables? Can we assume that it was only the country folk who contributed to the massive viewing figures of these shyte shows?

Well it seemed to be what you were suggesting when they went out on the TV

Skuxx · 23-01-2011 11:37am

I have to say last nights one was one of the funniest things I've seen on TV in a very long time!!

HarryPotter41 · 23-01-2011 12:30pm

alan1990 wrote: »

I have to say last nights one was one of the funniest things I've seen on TV in a very long time!!

Same here, scene at the meal had me falling round the place. And I am not mentally unstable, am not from Dublin, am not thick, am not worried about what people outside the country care ( cos believe it or not, they are intelligent, they will relaise its a comedy, not a documentary )

stomprockin · 23-01-2011 12:37pm

HarryPotter41 wrote: »

Same here, scene at the meal had me falling round the place. And I am not mentally unstable, am not from Dublin, am not thick, am not worried about what people outside the country care ( cos believe it or not, they are intelligent, they will relaise its a comedy, not a documentary )

+1

JonathanAnon · 23-01-2011 1:21pm

alan1990 wrote: »

I have to say last nights one was one of the funniest things I've seen on TV in a very long time!!

The scene with Mrs Brown running around the pub with the funeral, on a giant inflatable penis, was good.

Holy Warlord · 23-01-2011 1:27pm

It is not about any urban/rural or class divide.

This is a simplistic farce comedy lapped up by the soft-headed.

HarryPotter41 · 23-01-2011 1:44pm

Holy Warlord wrote: »

It is not about any urban/rural or class divide.

This is a simplistic farce comedy lapped up by the soft-headed.

Am a pretty intelligent individual who is not in the least softheaded and finds it funny.

DeepBlue · 23-01-2011 3:06pm

dlambirl wrote: »

I heard that there is a lot of friends and family of Brendan's in the cast and I was wondering who was who, could anyone help??

Well his real life wife plays his daughter.
His real life daughter plays his future daughter-in-law.
His real life sister plays his neighbour Winnie.
The actor who plays Buster Brady has an O'Carroll surname so there's a good chance he's related somehow as well.
There's probably more as well.

mystique150 · 23-01-2011 3:17pm

Holy Warlord wrote: »

It is not about any urban/rural or class divide.

This is a simplistic farce comedy lapped up by the soft-headed.

I thought it was hilarious! I never liked Brendan O'Carroll before but think he's a lot funnier as a woman! Call people soft-headed if ya want but its a hell of a lot better than the other dribble that RTE throws at us for the rest of the week! I think the divide on this is going to be similar to the Catherine Lynch love/hate affair.

Holy Warlord · 23-01-2011 3:46pm

mystique150 wrote: »

I thought it was hilarious!

its a hell of a lot better than the other dribble that RTE throws at us for the rest of the week!

,

Being better than other RTE entertainment productions is hardly a strenuous test of its comedy chops.

Call me when it challenges truly worthwhile programmes like Fawlty Towers, Brass Eye, Black Books, I'm Alan Partridge, and Police Squad.

JonathanAnon · 23-01-2011 5:19pm

DeepBlue wrote: »

The actor who plays Buster Brady has an O'Carroll surname so there's a good chance he's related somehow as well.

Buster Brady is Brendan's son... and the northy wan who plays his daughter in law, is also his real life daughter in law..

Holy Warlord wrote: »

Call me when it challenges truly worthwhile programmes like Fawlty Towers, Brass Eye, Black Books, I'm Alan Partridge, and Police Squad.

Given the standard of RTE's last few efforts, it is not realistic to expect this... O'Carroll is LCD humour, but it will certainly give you a laugh.. more so than Mattie, killinaskully, Val Falvey which have been exceptionally poor efforts..

Holy Warlord · 23-01-2011 5:39pm

JonathanAnon wrote: »

O'Carroll is LCD humour, but it will certainly give you a laugh.

Nope. Not certainly at all.

Elmo · 23-01-2011 6:18pm

Holy Warlord wrote: »

Call me when it challenges truly worthwhile programmes like Fawlty Towers, Brass Eye, Black Books, I'm Alan Partridge, and Police Squad.

Call me daft but each of those shows come from pretty much different decades. As for Police Squad that's a bit out of place with the other ones.

Given the standard of RTE's last few efforts, it is not realistic to expect this... O'Carroll is LCD humour, but it will certainly give you a laugh.. more so than Mattie, killinaskully, Val Falvey which have been exceptionally poor efforts..

Bar Val Falvey Mattie and Killinaskully both equal MMB in terms of a bit of a laugh IMO and I think that there is a pretension over MMB that it is some how better than either of Pat Shorts attempts, when in reality the only difference is the number of ****s placed in each series or as Mrs. Browne would say F.U.C.K Hee grut hee

murrayp4 · 23-01-2011 6:19pm

I'd rather watch an autopsy...

Holy Warlord · 23-01-2011 6:37pm

Elmo wrote: »

Call me daft but each of those shows come from pretty much different decades.

What is your point here?

Elmo · 23-01-2011 9:25pm

Holy Warlord wrote: »

What is your point here?

My point is that the BBC and US TV produce a huge amount of comedy outside the classic examples that you have mentioned. I know that the other cast of Monty Python for example were a bit surprised to see John Cleese in a traditional sit-com. And my other point is there are allot of horrible comedies from the UK and the US. For ever MASH there are 20 Perfect Strangers, for every Reginald Perrin there are 20 Last of the Summer Wines. For every Paths to Freedom guess what

there are 20 MMBs.

SuperInfinity · 23-01-2011 10:06pm

Oh it's produced by the BBC? lol.

Well fair play to the man. If he can convince the BBC to spend money on such ****e, good luck to him. It's when he takes it out of the ordinary public in Ireland that I have a problem with it.

He's probably ruining the Irish reputation abroad though.... and RTE couldn't spot a comedy worth buying if it was as good as Father Ted.

Elmo · 24-01-2011 12:53pm

SuperInfinity wrote: »

Well fair play to the man. If he can convince the BBC to spend money on such ****e, good luck to him. It's when he takes it out of the ordinary public in Ireland that I have a problem with it.

:rolleyes: Nothing would ever get made.

tfitzgerald · 24-01-2011 12:58pm

I am not a great fan of Brendan o'Carrol but I thought this was good and some parts are excellent:)

SuperInfinity · 24-01-2011 6:46pm

Elmo wrote: »

:rolleyes: Nothing would ever get made.

Excuse me? What the hell are you talking about?

Sir Gallagher · 25-01-2011 12:33am

Just watched this for the first time tonight, 10 minutes in and it's easilly the worst comedy i've seen in years. There's something very early 90's about it, it's very odd.

murpho999 · 25-01-2011 12:56am

Sir Gallagher wrote: »

Just watched this for the first time tonight, 10 minutes in and it's easilly the worst comedy i've seen in years. There's something very early 90's about it, it's very odd.

Also just watched it myself for the first time and also found it dated, especially the decor!!

Either way there were some lines that did make me laugh and it's just a light entertainment show and nothing to get worked up about like some people do on this thread!

hotmail.com · 25-01-2011 2:58am

murpho999 wrote: »

Also just watched it myself for the first time and also found it dated, especially the decor!!

Either way there were some lines that did make me laugh and it's just a light entertainment show and nothing to get worked up about like some people do on this thread!

The decor is supposed to reflect what an old woman's house would like look like in Finglas. It's pretty accurate.

wurzlitzer · 25-01-2011 3:08am

It was rubbish
same ol' same ol'
nod nod wink wink say no more , and bobs your uncle crap
sterotyped to the hilt, it had it all, token gay, token posh aul wan, clergy, tough northerner, token cream cracker, a funeral, and some toilet humour....

eventful I give it that...but not exactly re-inventing the crapper though

SuperInfinity · 25-01-2011 5:55am

Elmo wrote: »

Bar Val Falvey Mattie and Killinaskully both equal MMB in terms of a bit of a laugh IMO and I think that there is a pretension over MMB that it is some how better than either of Pat Shorts attempts, when in reality the only difference is the number of ****s placed in each series or as Mrs. Browne would say F.U.C.K Hee grut hee

Mattie and Killinaskully are both far superior to MBB. Killinaskully was pretty decent for a while before it jumped the shark, then people got sick of it. But for a while Killinaskully was well liked by a lot of people.

I saw two episodes of Mattie and while I didn't see it going anywhere, it was still funny at times. The problem with Mattie is that it was getting stale fast. There was no characterization going on (that I cared about anyway). But as RTE attempts at comedy go, Mattie was decent. So I'm not just criticizing everything RTE puts out in terms of comedy.

Val Falvey was absolute rubbish, maybe MBB is about equal to this, the same with "Project Haha".

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