Bridget & Eamonn

CatFromHue

As a sketch on Republic of Telly it worked very well but can it make the crossover to a 25min 6 episode show?

I hope so anyway as I like the characters and liked the RoT sketches.

In a way it's perfectly placed to mock current society from it's position in the past.

ShagNastii

I'd agree the skits in ROT were fun.

I hope they keep it subtle and it isn't six episodes of "OMG do ya remember mammy and daddy used to do that when we were younger".

What? She is giving the guests TK Lemonade and pink wafers?

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.

wp_rathead

ShagNastii wrote: »

I'd agree the skits in ROT were fun.

I hope they keep it subtle and it isn't six episodes of "OMG do ya remember mammy and daddy used to do that when we were younger".

What? She is giving the guests TK Lemonade and pink wafers?

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.

You pretty much summed up Bernard O'Shea stand up routine...

AnonoBoy

Hoping this will make that difficult jump from sketch to sitcom.

I'll give it a chance anyway - first episodes of sitcoms are so hard to get right.

Atlantic Dawn

It will be so hard to get a full half hour show out of these characters, I will tune in and see how it goes. I think it would need supporting characters such as their neighbours/parents in it too.

lertsnim

It looks awful on the ads and I suspect that the ads will have shown you the "funniest" bits.

Utopia Parkway

I will give it a chance. Translating short sketches into full length shows can often be problematic to say the least.

CatFromHue

AnonoBoy wrote: »

Hoping this will make that difficult jump from sketch to sitcom.

I'll give it a chance anyway - first episodes of sitcoms are so hard to get right.

The first episode of Damo and Ivor was terrible but by the end of the series I quite liked the show.

Hopefully tonight's one will have a good start as it has a lot of potential.

Lights On

I don't watch Republic of Telly so no idea about any of the other stuff, but I've just seen a preview for this on Twitter and it was painfully unfunny. Will be tuning in out of morbid curiosity for the first episode anyway but no hopes for it at all.

buckfasterer

More of Jennifer Maguire being pushed down the publics throats cause RTE reckon she's mad funny.

ricero

And thats enough of that. Absolute scutter

zuutroy

ricero wrote: »

And thats enough of that. Absolute scutter

Seems utterly dreadful which is a pity because I like the two of them. Trying so hard and relying on gimmicks so far.

Lisha

I think it funny

q2xv9rjei4awgb

Doesn't work at all.

Better as a sketch and Maguire is as funny as the human centipede

q2xv9rjei4awgb

Doesn't work at all.

Better as a sketch and Maguire is as funny as the human centipede

amdublin

I'm enjoying it!

Sam Kade

Lisha wrote: »

I think it funny

Now try watching it sober.

RobertKK

I liked it.

buckfasterer

RTE staff must have been flat on twitter tonight anyway

http://www.joe.ie/movies-tv/tweets-the-hugely-positive-reaction-to-the-first-episode-of-bridget-and-eamon-on-rte/529168

Wtwasithinkin

I laughed often.
But I've a feeling it has a small audience number wise. I can't see many 16 to 25 year olds getting it

Grid.

The bit on the LL was horrendous.....please make it stop.:rolleyes:

pl4ichjgy17zwd

Wtwasithinkin wrote: »

I laughed often.
But I've a feeling it has a small audience number wise. I can't see many 16 to 25 year olds getting it

I'm 23 and I enjoyed it, but yeah I would think it's target audience is people who were kids in the 80s

Lights On

Wtwasithinkin wrote: »

I laughed often.
But I've a feeling it has a small audience number wise. I can't see many 16 to 25 year olds getting it

I'm at the tail end of that age grouping and I didn't laugh once during it! Can't say I enjoyed it at all. But saying that, I can see why people of a certain age would be a fan.

Wtwasithinkin

Lights On wrote: »

I'm at the tail end of that age grouping and I didn't laugh once during it! Can't say I enjoyed it at all. But saying that, I can see why people of a certain age would be a fan.

Ouch

Rachel98

What county is it set in?

Gwynplaine

Muck. Though not as bad as MBB.

TheChizler

I enjoyed it, a few nice subtle jokes thrown in among the obvious ones.

CatFromHue

Rachel98 wrote: »

What county is it set in?

Wicklow I think, well for the outdoor scenes anyway. You could see The Sugarloaf and that 2 hump little mount too in it.
The scene were they're driving out of NI is shot up in Kilmolin
https://www.google.ie/maps/@53.1952464,-6.1969123,3a,75y,71.09h,99.49t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sN__wKtYhy53O0TaRhPbETQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en

Yup I liked the show too.

spurious

I liked it. Of course it was silly, but it made me laugh.Their costume department did a great job. Nearly spluttered my tea when I saw the Lopi jumper.

LionelNashe

Never seen republic of telly, so didn't know what to expect. I laughed out loud during most of that.

dresden8

Liked the "we're turning into protestants" bit.

Overall. Good enough.

Zaph

Funny enough to raise the odd smirk, but that's about it I'm afraid. They're grand as characters in a 3 minute sketch, but nowhere near funny enough to last the full length of a sitcom episode. And I completely failed to see why it was necessary to have the priest so camp. It really added nothing to the show. Won't be bothering with it next week.

lufties

Zaph wrote: »

Funny enough to raise the odd smirk, but that's about it I'm afraid. They're grand as characters in a 3 minute sketch, but nowhere near funny enough to last the full length of a sitcom episode. And I completely failed to see why it was necessary to have the priest so camp. It really added nothing to the show. Won't be bothering with it next week.

I watched a clip of the bit on the late late, God it was cringeworthy. I thought I'll give it a chance. They are just too unfunny.

Doodah7

Laughed out loud at this as well. There were a fair few visual jokes thrown in such as one of the women packing the condoms together through a safety pin!

If you are under 25, you are not going to get a lot of the references. For those that grew up in the 80's, including me, I found it very funny. The turning into Protestants was also very funny.

Zaph

I grew up in the 80s and got all the references, but I still didn't find it funny, so I don't think it can be generalised as a generational thing.

Wichita Lineman

As RTE goes comedy wise this was better than I expected and at least a decent attempt. Some things worked some didn't but I'll definitely give it another go next week.

kunst nugget

Honestly wasn't going to watch it because the ads made it look like absolute muck but it happened to come on in the background while me and the missus were chatting away about something. Pleasantly surprised by it. Some of the gags fell flat on their faces and were cringy but the better jokes helped to balance it out. I enjoyed it.

mansize

Good 3 minute sketch not 26 minute sitcom

fryup

Rachel98 wrote: »

What county is it set in?

every rural county in 80's ireland, its just a send up of the mindset of the time

loyatemu

hasn't Moone Boy already done the whole rural 80s nostalgia thing fairly comprehensively?

fryup

^^^^^^^^

yes, and now its RTE's turn

screamer

It's like marmite really. If you just want 30 mins to sit down and switch your brain off it's a good laugh better than umpteen channels offering car crash TV at that hour of the night.

secondrowgal

I would agree with those that haven't watched ROT, like me, I didn't know what to expect and quite liked most of it. I liked the sorting through the condoms at the table like drugs, and the bus of auld wans come to load up (finar, finar!). I'd give it another go. Not sure if it will get old fast, and it's not as subtle as Moone Boy, but we are always dissing our own anyway!

eeguy

I liked it.

Especially the "sure we've 6 to 8 kids already!"

kunst nugget

secondrowgal wrote: »

Not sure if it will get old fast, and it's not as subtle as Moone Boy, but we are always dissing our own anyway!

Tbf, there's not an iota of subtlety in it at all.

mansize

eeguy wrote: »

I liked it.

Especially the "sure we've 6 to 8 kids already!"

Well they repeated that joke often enough

And the camp gay priest...

And "choppy changey"

Kerrydude1981

Haven't watched it,is it as bad as the Cassidys?

eeguy

Kerrydude1981 wrote: »

Haven't watched it,is it as bad as the Cassidys?

Nothing will ever be as bad as the Cassidys.

Utopia Parkway

Couldn't watch it last night so got around to watching it today. I actually thought it was pretty decent. Especially the first half which definitely had a good few laughs in it. Dragged slightly in the second half alright but overall I enjoyed it. Whether it works over 6 episodes is another thing.

Bigcheeze

eeguy wrote: »

I liked it.

Especially the "sure we've 6 to 8 kids already!"

Yeah but even that gag was trying too hard. If he said "sure we've 7 or 8 kids already" it's more subtle and funnier as you could just about believe someone saying that but no one would ever have said "we've 6 to 8 kids"

Overall I thought it had a few funny moments. Won't write it off yet.

Agent Smith

Kerrydude1981 wrote: »

Haven't watched it,is it as bad as the Cassidys?

A cold shiver went down my spine there....