Funniest examples of 'Paddywhackery' on foreign TV episodes set in Ireland

Elmo

D1976 wrote: »

from 4.00, jesus wept

Flight of the Doves

In fairness Flight of the Doves is a classic children's movie.

Ash.J.Williams

SkidMark wrote: »

Murder She Wrote had a few Irish episodes, to be sure

best irish program ever.....fact

Ash.J.Williams

JonathanAnon wrote: »

Meant to put this up earlier.. something more contemporary... from Hannah Montana.. the two characters are singing before the scenes as an intro..

At 1:00 they have an Oirish/Scottish section.. The tune is The Irish Washerwoman but they appear to be wearing kilts.. This is not the first time when the Disney crowd have not been able to tell Ireland and Scotland apart..

was the kilt not an irish thing first?

AnonoBoy

Magnum PI in Ireland. The episode was called 'Faith & Begorrah'!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vy2npXG4a2Q

irish1967

Chringeeeeee... JAG in Ireland

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVvR_noei6A

ixoy

No mention of Star Trek TNG's "Up the Long Ladder" (I think) then? In that one they discover an Irish colony 400 years in the future. The Irish beam aboard their donkeys, straw, and beer aboard the Enterprise and speak in Oirish accents the whole time. Yes that's in the 24th century.

AnonoBoy

I don't think they actually show them in Ireland in the episode but according to the Gilmore Girls they got a train from London to Dublin. Good job!

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=59616653

ixoy

Oh and I'm struggling to get through Season 3 of "Sons of Anarchy" due to the awful potrayal of Ireland. The accents are generally rubbish (only one was good and he ain't in it anymore) and apparently Belfast is stuck in a time warp in the '70: people only play rebel songs and everyone is in the 'Ra (just like the song).

In fact for ages they kept gun running for the IRA - had the writers even heard of the Good Friday Agreement?

Planemo

Nothing beats the Relic Hunter episode where they go to Ireland. It has to be seen to be believed.

krudler

ixoy wrote: »

No mention of Star Trek TNG's "Up the Long Ladder" (I think) then? In that one they discover an Irish colony 400 years in the future. The Irish beam aboard their donkeys, straw, and beer aboard the Enterprise and speak in Oirish accents the whole time. Yes that's in the 24th century.

The sad thing is there probably will be Irish people still like that in the 24th century :pac:

Ash.J.Williams

Gael wrote: »

I remember seeing a dreadful (but hilarious) example in an episode of the revamped Mission Impossible tv series that was on in the late eighties/early nineties. Even as a young child, the ridiculous protrayal of Ireland stayed with me. I managed to find that episode on youtube recently. Watch it if you dare (or want a good laugh)! It's in five parts below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJWa8GJhvhg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSAf90SlS-U&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3zNzDJ44wc&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5BXUxAoGuA&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mXYDXD2UFw&feature=related

Anyone got any other examples (preferable with links to the episodes on the net)? I remember 'Murder She Wrote' also had a laughable 'Oirish' episode as well.

most convincing accent in this was Clive from neighbours!!!

lord lucan

ixoy wrote: »

Oh and I'm struggling to get through Season 3 of "Sons of Anarchy" due to the awful potrayal of Ireland. The accents are generally rubbish (only one was good and he ain't in it anymore) and apparently Belfast is stuck in a time warp in the '70: people only play rebel songs and everyone is in the 'Ra (just like the song).

In fact for ages they kept gun running for the IRA - had the writers even heard of the Good Friday Agreement?

Not to mention Jimmy's Oirish/Cockney/American accent which often changed mid-sentence!!

pickarooney

There are a few more obscure ones here along with most already mentioned. The Captain Planet one was brilliant though.

JonathanAnon

lempsipmax wrote: »

Captain Planet and his crew come to Belfast to deal with a nuke!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQJrovKgrTw

Sean and Stuart's new bakery was firebombed by both sides shortly after Captain Planet left.. :(

chalkitdown1

lord lucan wrote: »

Not to mention Jimmy's Oirish/Cockney/American accent which often changed mid-sentence!!

A good time as ever to post this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVIkgK6eyn0

Cyndaquil

seamus wrote: »

Yes, but I do think the Heroes stint in Cork deserves the award for worst portrayal. It was borderline racist (in so far as you can call the irish a race) and so factually incorrect that clearly not a single writer or member of the production team had even bothered to even research Ireland, never mind come here.

I remember that, a brother and sister with completely different accents (neither of them Cork), Cork has skyscrapers apparently, at least though we were portrayed has being in the ipod age though.

Anyone remember the old X Men aninimated cartoon from the 90s? The character of Banshee is meant to be from Co.Mayo, his accent however was anything but, even verging on Scottish at times.

Duckworth_Luas

Not really "Paddywackery", but has to be seen to be believed. Scenes from US cable show Deadliest Warriors.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msFljrJ7M4A

blow69

Very good

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtLwXECzB7g

2.24

I_am_LOST

I know it's only a kids program, but I was watching the cartoon Jackie Chan adventures and they were in Ireland for this episode. The accents were hilarious!! There was a chase scene, and Jackie Chan even ran through a potato factory :rolleyes:

Gael

On a related note, actor Gerard Butler had the good grace to apologise for his dreadful 'Oirish' accent in 'PS I love you'.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJJmoYp_2tw

FouxDaFaFa

Heroes is the one thats stands out the most for me. I just remember noticing so many things that if you had researched the tiniest bit you would know was wrong. The police all had guns and there were steam grates everywhere on streets.

Sir Gallagher

Young Indiana Jones' portrayal of Ireland wasn't too bad, at least you know there was some research put in with this one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRtRc-msCAY

virmilitaris

The Koreans made an entire drama titled Ireland.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYnso41pInU

edit: Oh yeah and it was a hit here.

Elmo

virmilitaris wrote: »

The Koreans made an entire drama titled Ireland.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYnso41pInU

edit: Oh yeah and it was a hit here.

They're into their dramatic music

Reminds me of

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCbuRA_D3KU

dr gonzo

I never saw that Heroes ep, does anyones have a link? ive wanted to see it since it was shown.

cryptkeeper

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e62heGj-aJ8&feature=related

An old 90's show, set in Oirland... skip to the 4 min mark on the video, let the cringing begin...

fryup

apologies for bumping this old thread

but holy mother of god:eek:

did any of you see Murder she Wrote this afternoon on RTE1

it was one of those "oirish" specials and the thing was it was an all yank cast doing god awful paddy accents....it was so bad it was great:) begob

Ash.J.Williams

fryup wrote: »

apologies for bumping this old thread

but holy mother of god:eek:

did any of you see Murder she Wrote this afternoon on RTE1

it was one of those "oirish" specials and the thing was it was an all yank cast doing god awful paddy accents....it was so bad it was great:) begob

i have seen it....classic stuff...the fact that the shortcut was through and old cemetary was funny too

An Sionnach Glic

A couple of 'treats' for you all:

The whole 'Oirish' episode of Mission Impossible from the late 80s is up on Dailymotion here. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xxeueu_s2e9-mission-impossible-1988-banshee_lifestyle

And here's the 'Celtic Riddle' episode of Murder She Wrote.

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/10065660/murder_she_wrote_the_celtic_riddle/

George White

chalkitdown1 wrote: »

That's definitely the worst I've ever seen. The accents, mother of god. Da Oi Pods.

The Cork Heroes eps, clearly filmed on the legendary Universal "Little Europe", where all of the old Universal horror and Basil Rathbone Sherlock Holmes films were done, as were Murder She Wrote, Columbo, various TV shows, Around the World in 80 Days, so recognisable to a film nerd, looked more like Paris (the streets are intended to be generic Europe, and was designed in the 1920s) and there were pound signals.

Murder She Wrote had a fictional Irish brand of perfume, "Celtic Breeze", ponytailed Irish dancers, blokes in flat caps, "making love with a man with a pipe in his mouth" as dialogue, etc, to be fair, the England episodes were just as bad. "Viscount of Blackraven" me arse, Trevor Eve with a mullet as a MI^ JB Fletcher fanboy trying to fake some agent's death me arse, a Victorian music hall still pulling in people in 1985, even with punk couples in the audience, Olivia Hussey trying to do a Manchester accent with Patrick "Steed" MacNee as her comedy Mancunian dad, Lansbury as her English cousin Emma with a kind of weird Liverpool Irish accent, Latino extras in turbans to look like the British Asian community, Glynis Johns' Irish accent, Uncomfortable looking extras in American cop outfits wandering around a red phone box....

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