Best catchphrases from RTE

Yester

I just read a list of the top 50 television catchphrases of all time. They were all from American and English shows. i reckon there should be a list of the top 50 Irish catchphrases. So far I have;

There’s one for everone in the audience
Feck Arse Drink Girls
Roll it there Collette
Okey Doke

Lady Chatterton

Stop the lights

alchemist33

You will, you will, you will, you will, you will...

tampopo

Stop the lights.

Realt Dearg Sec

Father Ted ones can't be counted as rte catchphrases.

"If you own a TV, you do need a licence". Classic...

Yester

So fresh its famous.
Guinness is good for you
The fillet of cheddar

tampopo

And there we'll take a break.

s8n

oky doke

Mr.Nice Guy

GO ON YA GOOD THING!

Yester

Coolaboola

riffmongous

I don't know what a tracker mortgage is

RTT

Knock knock open wide, see what's on the other side!

Yester

Who’s taking the horse to France

Oscar Bravo

the horse, sure what do ya think your eating

WestWicklow1

Delira and excira

Vas vause or vase

Jb1989

And there's one for everybody in the audience...

Yester

Oscar Bravo wrote: »

the horse, sure what do ya think your eating

This thread is about catchphrases, not french cuisine.

Mr. Guappa

Don't make unnecessary journeys

Skerries

that money was merely resting in my account! - Father Ted

oh wait that was British TV

that money was merely resting in my account! - Bertie Ahern

Jeju

And now we pause for the Angelus

Yester

Look up, it’s Aer Lingus

Lady Chatterton

Banaghan's of Cloughjordan (An RTE TV advert for years and years....then they ruined it all by moving to Nenagh).

bmm

This "cohort" and that "cohort" ....!!! A Pat Kenny special that remains in the RTE lingo !!

bmm

"Dia daoibh a chairde !" .... oh yeah, on a roll now

Yester

bmm wrote: »

"Dia daoibh a chairde !" .... oh yeah, on a roll now

Reminded me of;

Dilín ó deamhas ó deamhas
Dilín ó deamhas ó dí
Dilín ó deamhas ó deamhas ó deamhas ó
Dilín ó deamhas ó dí.

valoren

And there's one for everyone in the audience.

pickarooney

Give 'em a lift woohoo with cookeen
Start the day the flahavans way
Where's grandad?
Kids, they're divils but sure wouldn't you die if anything happened to them?

super_furry

"Where'd ya get your hairstyle?"

ahlookit

Seems RTEs best catchphrases are all ads or from a channel 4 series. Says a lot about their output over the years.


Keep it down Ted.

Lovely Bloke

thirty posts to

"Well, Holy God"

:eek:

Also,

"If you could just hold it there" - John Giles

"A good player, not a great player" - Eamo

jayobray

Roll it there Roisin/Colette

SmartinMartin

Get yer hand outta my arse Marian .

Bosco.

ollaetta

"Cheno Unction. It's a quare name but great stuff." Long running ad for something you shoved up a cow's arse or something like that.

Lady Chatterton

^^^^
That reminds me of the great 80's TV advert for Triple A Golden Maverick...

Triple A Golden Maverick

That's A for Anti-scour, A for Acidified A for Accelerated Growth

StupidLikeAFox

"I don't belieeeeve it" - that guy from the Father Ted episode in the cave

Riskymove

Danger Here!!!

valoren

Riskymove wrote: »

Danger Here!!!

...A nation holds it's breath.

Lady Chatterton

'They didn't suit you'

Larry Gogan (Just a minute quiz).

http://tablequiz.net/they-didnt-suit-you/


*From RTE (radio) but you couldn't leave it off a 'Best catchphrases from RTE' list.

Red Kev

Talk to Joe
And how did that make you feeeeeellll
Tell us again about your illness
1850 715 815
And here's another story about death
Pat Hickey is innocent
It's not a crime in Ireland
Back after dese.

Red Kev

We are living well beyond our means

I'm an innocent mon. (Shouted in a thick Nordie accent)

It's my mature recollection

On reflection l.....

Listen to your betters.

Burn the bondholders.

Where's my NAMA.

We are where we are.

Because I'm entitled.

I know my rights.

Anything schtirring there Biddy.

Will you come into the field with me Bridie.

Lovely Bloke

"I've a bone to pick with you" - Fran

Subacio

Oh me aching back

Tom, did you put the cat out?

If you had the only car in the world...............you could drive as you please; but you haven't and you can't.

Have you had a few pints, sir?

gobo99

It started on the late late show.

And now we'll pause for the Angelus

Well holy God

Home and away has been defered, Alf has been defered and were on the air till 10 o clock

Different class, different class,

Holy moses

LynnGrace

His father is from Fermanagh, his mother's from Fiji, neither a hurling stronghold

One of my favourite quotations! (Not sure it counts as an RTE catchphrase, but it does make me laugh)!

overthebridge

"Who's taking the horse to France?"

madmaggie

Sin a bhfuil anocht a chairde, beannacht De libh.
Back when then national anthem came on with the lovely sparkling river, then closedown.

corcaigh07

Sally O'Brien and the way she might look at you.

patspost

"I rode her mother on the Curragh"
Possibly Ted Walsh, Horse Racing Commentator

Arghus

"With your pontificating and your moralising... I'm off to sue someone about a field" - Some absolute nutter let go on a rant at Pat Kenny on Live TV a few years back - for what felt like an hour.

"Pat Kenny you piece of ****! You insufferable Prick" - Pat receives more ire from an impromptu Late Late guest

"Sure he's the one that left his wife for a young one!" - Dunphy dismisses Rod Liddle.

"Puke Football"- Pat Spillane's greatest contribution to the English language.

darkdubh

"Where's Grandad?"

"Tom did Ya put the cat out?"

"Bonzo want's to go out dear"

"Rabies kills. Agonisingly."

ziggy

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