Nighthawks rehashed.

darkdubh

Very enjoyable revisit of this excellent series.My God but Ann Marie Hourihane was a gorgeous looking woman in her day,many the impure thought I had about her.The girl who did the waitress was cute too whatever became of her?

Technocentral

darkdubh wrote: »

Very enjoyable revisit of this excellent series.My God but Ann Marie Hourihane was a gorgeous looking woman in her day,many the impure thought I had about her.The girl who did the waitress was cute too whatever became of her?

Yeah Hourihane was quite cute, I remember thinking she didn't really look Irish but sort of Russian, Yum! I used to prefer the woman who played the fake continuity announcer, Blaithin though:

jjf1974

Miles ahead of any of todays chatshows.Shay healy was a legend.

Mr E

Bravo to RTE2 tonight. That sketch show with Domhnall Gleeson was pretty good (patchy enough, but when it was funny it was really funny). I thoroughly enjoyed Nighthawks Rehashed, and now I'm watching the Amy Winehouse documentary. 2-3 hours of RTE2 non-stop - the first time in a long time that I've done that.

briany

I was too young to really appreciate Nighthawks when it first aired but I must say I enjoyed this little retrospective and was glad to see it getting some proper recognition at last. Pretty unique little programme it looked like, too, with a mix of chat, sketches, music and mini-dramedy. It's not a format that's ever caught on exactly.

The footage also makes me wonder what else RTE have got rattling around in their archives that they haven't released. I'd like to see a look back at The End. Would never happen I'm sure as it's probably been wiped and the audience would be small enough. On the other hand, Hot Milk & Pepper has an ep. up on TV50 so anything's possible.

120_Minutes

Was hoping the rapping Dev would be included. was not disappointed. recognised a few people in the background at one point. The show was ahead of its time really.

darkdubh

Anyone remember the 60's continuity anouncer spin off that they did?I think it was a one off episode and it was about Ireland's entry to the Eurovision.There were a few spoof songs including one where the chorus went your love is giving me a heart attack.Jon Kenny of D,unbelieveables was in it as one of the singers.Looking back on it now I think it have provided inspiration for the Song for Europe episode of Father Ted.

mickdw

Was so ahead of its time and even brought down a government
if I remember correctly.

Skid

darkdubh wrote: »

Anyone remember the 60's continuity anouncer spin off that they did?I think it was a one off episode and it was about Ireland's entry to the Eurovision.There were a few spoof songs including one where the chorus went your love is giving me a heart attack.Jon Kenny of D,unbelieveables was in it as one of the singers.Looking back on it now I think it have provided inspiration for the Song for Europe episode of Father Ted.

I had forgotten about that ...

FloatingVoter

mickdw wrote: »

Was so ahead of its time and even brought down a government
if I remember correctly.

It did (indirectly). The drunken Sean Doherty interview helped lead to the fall of Charles Haughey. Not so much a government as a regime.
Excellent work.