Trojan Donkey - PJ Gallagher and Jim-Jim Nugent in the UK?

Basq · 02-08-2013 10:48am #1

How I miss this, and I'm kinda glad I did!

It's not enough that PJ Gallagher's Jake Stevens character was a one-joke pony.... but they've now adapted it for the UK market, and he's brought along Jim Jim Nugent with him.

Here's all 5 episodes.. don't think I could make it through one!

Skid X · 02-08-2013 1:32pm

Yeah, I stumbled on this a few weeks ago It went out at 11.40pm with very little promotion. I wasn't impressed. An odd commission by Channel 4.

Trojan Donkey is a new hidden camera comedy that shows us how funny life can be when we think no one is watching.

http://www.channel4.com/info/press/news/brand-new-sketch-show-for-c4-trojan-donkey-hidden-in-plain-sight

Ironically, given the graveyard slot it was broadcast in, no-one was watching.

JP Liz V1 · 19-01-2014 8:21pm

Seen an ad for this starting tomorrow night on RTE 2

ArtSmart · 19-01-2014 11:34pm

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Seen an ad for this starting tomorrow night on RTE 2

Wow.

So RTE really IS broke.

Well, at least we've still got 'reeling in the years...'

God Bless you Steely Dan.

conorhal · 20-01-2014 1:57pm

I can hear the 'flush' from here as this series circles the bowl.
First the beeb inexplicably gives Jason Byrne a show and now P.J. Gallagher crosses the pond... who knew that the talent pool had grown so shallow over here that these 'jokers' are seen as poachable?

Perhaps UTV can give Byrne and Gallagher their own meta sitcom together about two painfully unfunny comedians that sit about watching old VHS tapes of Don't Feed the Gondolas and laughing at their own jokes.

20-01-2014 2:06pm

I'm assuming that this is another of those poor hidden camera type shows and as such it's an easy pick up for any network. You can shoot it on the cheap and post production is ridiculously fast compared to most

Mick Murdock · 20-01-2014 2:51pm

As if Mrs. Browns Boys hadn't shamed the nation enough.

Brendan O'Carroll, PJ Gallagher, Jason Byrne, Jim Nugent should he tried for treason!!

BuilderPlumber · 25-01-2014 5:44pm

At least, the Trojan Donkey is marginally better than the Tubridy Show!

IrishLad2012 · 28-01-2014 10:40am

Last nights episode was good, really liked the new characters Gallagher has introduced.

Go Harvey Go · 28-01-2014 11:43am

BuilderPlumber wrote: »

At least, the Trojan Donkey is marginally better than the Tubridy Show!

Another random post, eh...?

celtic tiger 2011 · 28-01-2014 3:23pm

What did ye think of last night's episode?.

zetalambda · 28-01-2014 4:50pm

conorhal wrote: »

I can hear the 'flush' from here as this series circles the bowl.
First the beeb inexplicably gives Jason Byrne a show and now P.J. Gallagher crosses the pond... who knew that the talent pool had grown so shallow over here that these 'jokers' are seen as poachable?

Perhaps UTV can give Byrne and Gallagher their own meta sitcom together about two painfully unfunny comedians that sit about watching old VHS tapes of Don't Feed the Gondolas and laughing at their own jokes.

Another of our "talented" comedians, Andrew Maxwell has crossed the pond as well. Hopefully, he'll stay there.

I watched the two episodes of Trojan Donkey on the RTE player this morning unaware that the series had been commissioned by Channel 4 and I was thinking what the fcuk are RTE doing producing another series of Naked Camera under a different name and in Scotland? Absolute shite except for the traveller in the tattoo parlour wanting to get the bible tattoed on his back, that was funny.

celtic tiger 2011 · 28-01-2014 6:55pm

zetalambda wrote: »

Another of our "talented" comedians, Andrew Maxwell has crossed the pond as well. Hopefully, he'll stay there.

I watched the two episodes of Trojan Donkey on the RTE player this morning unaware that the series had been commissioned by Channel 4 and I was thinking what the fcuk are RTE doing producing another series of Naked Camera under a different name and in Scotland? Absolute shite except for the traveller in the tattoo parlour wanting to get the bible tattoed on his back, that was funny.

Is Trojan Donkey any worse than Trigger Happy TV by Dom Jolly?.

Go Harvey Go · 28-01-2014 7:12pm

celtic tiger 2011 wrote: »

Is Trojan Donkey any worse than Trigger Happy TV by Dom Jolly?.

Trigger Happy TV was genuinely good, though...

Nixer Jim · 28-01-2014 7:18pm

celtic tiger 2011 wrote: »

Is Trojan Donkey any worse than Trigger Happy TV by Dom Jolly?.

Yes, yes it is worse, far worse. Mind you half of the problem are the Scots. What a dour lot.

As for Jason Byrne, a children's cancer ward is funnier (as in not very funny at all, just before the high horse brigade come galloping through)

celtic tiger 2011 · 28-01-2014 10:44pm

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Nixer Jim wrote: »

Yes, yes it is worse, far worse. Mind you half of the problem are the Scots. What a dour lot.

As for Jason Byrne, a children's cancer ward is funnier (as in not very funny at all, just before the high horse brigade come galloping through)

Explain to me how Trigger Happy TV was any better .

Last nights episode of Trojan Donkey was good . Gallagher was very creative in his ideas and his improvisation with his victims was impressive . You got to admit he has good acting ability if anything else . He is sharp in his responses to his victims . The guy who he sent to buy him a suit, and when he asked what was his size . He said he didn't know and he started to measure himself with pens and got him to draw an outline of himself on the wall while using masking tape, which seemed a bit perverted . How can you not find that funny?. A lot of thought went in to that skit from Gallagher . It wasn't some cheap gag like Trigger Happy TV where a gets in an elevator and there is a guy dressed in a prisoner outfit tied to an electric chair.Where as Gallagher doesn't rely on cheap gags, He actually has to get in to character and perform.

EdmondShiels3 · 29-01-2014 12:24am

I taught it was good. I got board of Jake Stevens on naked camera, but measuring his arm with a pen was funny.

Go Harvey Go · 29-01-2014 11:10am

celtic tiger 2011 wrote: »

Explain to me how Trigger Happy TV was any better .

Well, why don't you watch it for yourself?

Loads of clips on YouTube...

celtic tiger 2011 · 29-01-2014 2:08pm

Mick Murdock wrote: »

As if Mrs. Browns Boys hadn't shamed the nation enough.

Brendan O'Carroll, PJ Gallagher, Jason Byrne, Jim Nugent should he tried for treason!!

How can you not find Trojan Donkey funny?.

Go Harvey Go · 29-01-2014 2:28pm

celtic tiger 2011 wrote: »

How can you not find Trojan Donkey funny?.

I hate to ask this - but don't you respect the opinions of those who do not find it funny?

celtic tiger 2011 · 29-01-2014 5:57pm

Go Harvey Go wrote: »

I hate to ask this - but don't you respect the opinions of those who do not find it funny?

Of course I do . I just think people are being overly critical of PJ Gallagher . His show while not great is still decent.

Go Harvey Go · 29-01-2014 7:30pm

celtic tiger 2011 wrote: »

Of course I do . I just think people are being overly critical of PJ Gallagher . His show while not great is still decent.

But you suggested that it was no worse than Trigger Happy TV - which, as I've already said, was genuinely good and justifiably received plenty of critical acclaim...

celtic tiger 2011 · 29-01-2014 10:42pm

Go Harvey Go wrote: »

But you suggested that it was no worse than Trigger Happy TV - which, as I've already said, was genuinely good and justifiably received plenty of critical acclaim...

Sorry, I meant Fool Britannia. I haven't seen Trigger Happy TV, but I have seen Fool Britannia and I think its average.

celtic tiger 2011 · 01-02-2014 8:44pm

TV critic John Boland absolutely panned it in the Independent today.

Jonkenji · 01-02-2014 9:48pm

Rightly so

I_smell_fear · 01-02-2014 10:08pm

It's a fúcking prank show and even by that it's a shíte prank show.

celtic tiger 2011 · 02-02-2014 4:58pm

I_smell_fear wrote: »

It's a fúcking prank show and even by that it's a shíte prank show.

What are its viewing figures like?.

celtic tiger 2011 · 04-02-2014 11:34am

Last nighs episode was hillarious . The skit where he was a taxi driver and he was crying about the elephant who ended up in hopital after getting a bananna stuck up his trunk was comical genius.

Go Harvey Go · 04-02-2014 1:51pm

celtic tiger 2011 wrote: »

Last nighs episode was hillarious . The skit where he was a taxi driver and he was crying about the elephant who ended up in hopital after getting a bananna stuck up his trunk was comical genius.

I take it you disagree with John Boland's review, then?

celtic tiger 2011 · 04-02-2014 4:39pm

Go Harvey Go wrote: »

I take it you disagree with John Boland's review, then?

That John Boland bashes everything . You can't say his opinion has merit.

Go Harvey Go · 04-02-2014 7:56pm

celtic tiger 2011 wrote: »

That John Boland bashes everything . You can't say his opinion has merit.

Charlie Brooker bashes just about everything, too, and hardly anyone slags him off for it...

celtic tiger 2011 · 04-02-2014 10:45pm

Go Harvey Go wrote: »

Charlie Brooker bashes just about everything, too, and hardly anyone slags him off for it...

WHO IS Charlie Brooker?.

clairek6 · 04-02-2014 10:50pm

Crap and exact same asnaked camera. Has anyone seen the programme on tv3 around 8 on fridays? Old people playong pranks, gallagher could learn a lot from it!