Podge & Rodge are back..

Personally I’d sooner shoot myself in the eyes than watch that ****e. I’d rather endure hours of Dustin the turkey karaoke. :pac:

Is it just me who thinks they should’ve just stayed gone?

id have preferred a scare at bedtime return not the chat show which got old fairly quick, but the twitter brigade would be up in arms being offended.....And that Gahirty wan is deffo not needed....a real life chucky doll who is not funny ….doing impressions with the same voice doesn't make you a impressionist/comedian

redbuck

Couldn’t even last 10 minutes of the first episode it was that terrible.

JohnMc1

Alivia Flabby ScratchMGS wrote: »

Personally I’d sooner shoot myself in the eyes than watch that ****e. I’d rather endure hours of Dustin the turkey karaoke. :pac:

Is it just me who thinks they should’ve just stayed gone?

I'm surprised it made it past the planning stage given how their act isn't very PC.

One eyed Jack

Alivia Flabby ScratchMGS wrote: »

Personally I’d sooner shoot myself in the eyes than watch that ****e. I’d rather endure hours of Dustin the turkey karaoke. :pac:

Is it just me who thinks they should’ve just stayed gone?

Nope, even on daytime children’s tv they were about as funny as having to wipe my arse with a handful of nettles.

branie2

Oh, really!, as Podge in the Den days would say

Cee-Jay-Cee

Never watched them last time, won’t this time either.

RhubarbCrumble

Pair of scuttering gobsheens.

Omackeral

Alivia Flabby ScratchMGS wrote: »

Podge & Rodge are back..

The Crowman

A Scare At Bedtime was class but never liked the chatshow, they well overstayed their welcome.

endacl

Unfortunate lack of imagination among people who ‘work in the meedja’.

Ash.J.Williams

they're needed

DanMurphy

Podge & Rodge are resurrected as a vehicle to launch a new celebrity in the making. No more to it than that. It's worked before.

machiavellianme

DanMurphy wrote: »

Podge & Rodge are resurrected as a vehicle to launch a new celebrity in the making. No more to it than that. It's worked before.

They hardly launched Ray D'Arcy? Though I'd have tuned in if they launched him to Mars (one way).

biko

Alivia Flabby ScratchMGS wrote: »

Personally I’d sooner shoot myself in the eyes than watch that ****e. I’d rather endure hours of Dustin the turkey karaoke. :pac:

Is it just me who thinks they should’ve just stayed gone?

Claims to hate Podge & Rodge
Starts a thread on Podge & Rodge

The Crowman

biko wrote: »

Claims to hate Podge & Rodge
Starts a thread on Podge & Rodge

Your post makes no sense. Is that really that strange to post about things we dislike?

paleoperson

One eyed Jack wrote: »

Nope, even on daytime children’s tv they were about as funny as having to wipe my arse with a handful of nettles.

Get out.

Just go.

And take your horrible opinions with you.

biko

biko wrote: »

Claims to hate Podge & Rodge
Starts a thread on Podge & Rodge

Did you read the OP?

I asked what people thought about it being brought back. A discussion on a discussion board. Heaven forbid.

paleoperson

Alivia Flabby ScratchMGS wrote: »

Did you read the OP?

I asked what people thought about it being brought back. A discussion on a discussion board. Heaven forbid.

So what do you like? Name a few things and hopefully there'll be something we can **** all over.

paleoperson

paleoperson wrote: »

So what do you like? Name a few things and hopefully there'll be something we can **** all over.

Jaysus you’re a big fan of Rodge and Podge aye?

ToddyDoody

I'm no hardliner. I appreciate the show well enough, neither love them nor loathe them.

I hope they're well compensated for their work.

paleoperson

Alivia Flabby ScratchMGS wrote: »

Jaysus you’re a big fan of Rodge and Podge aye?

Not really, I don't care that much for the chatshow, it's alright sometimes. But the Scare at Bedtime was wonderful tv. One of the few great things RTE have ever produced.

Capt'n Midnight

paleoperson wrote: »

Not really, I don't care that much for the chatshow, it's alright sometimes. But the Scare at Bedtime was wonderful tv. One of the few great things RTE have ever produced.

I liked the Blizzard of Odd.

tonycascarino

DanMurphy wrote: »

Podge & Rodge are resurrected as a vehicle to launch a new celebrity in the making.

Completely agree. It is most likely being used to promote Doireann Garrihy. Before you know it she will be fronting everything.

Reati

Like the show or not aside, there is one factor the production behind these reboots don't seem the realise. These shows were popular in a different time.

The people who watched this stuff grew up, interests change etc and the target age group is different to the ones who watched it back then. They haven't had to keep up with the times over the years and as such fall back to the formula that worked then but that's unlikely to work today.

It's like (if they were all alive) new father Ted espisodes or friends (by god I hate friends) doing another series. It just wouldn't be popular outside of some nostalgia.

I am surprised this is back.

Ipso

Reati wrote: »

Like the show or not aside, there is one factor the production behind these reboots don't seem the realise. These shows were popular in a different time.

The people who watched this stuff grew up, interests change etc and the target age group is different to the ones who watched it back then. They haven't had to keep up with the times over the years and as such fall back to the formula that worked then but that's unlikely to work today.

It's like (if they were all alive) new father Ted espisodes or friends (by god I hate friends) doing another series. It just wouldn't be popular outside of some nostalgia.

I am surprised this is back.

Or they completely over did it with too many shows that relied on crude jokes that got old very quickly.

Reati

Ipso wrote: »

Or they completely over did it with too many shows that relied on crude jokes that got old very quickly.

It ran originally for 3 years. Someone didn't get tired of it very quickly...

The 8 year break in the middle will be what see this not be a long run.

Gwynplaine

Sure if you don't like it don't watch it. Plenty of other things to watch.

Dakota Dan

Alivia Flabby ScratchMGS wrote: »

Personally I’d sooner shoot myself in the eyes than watch that ****e. I’d rather endure hours of Dustin the turkey karaoke. :pac:

Is it just me who thinks they should’ve just stayed gone?

You hate it so much and started a thread about them, are you sure you hate it?

Dakota Dan

machiavellianme wrote: »

They hardly launched Ray D'Arcy? Though I'd have tuned in if they launched him to Mars (one way).

You can only go one way to mars, may as well send Tubridy with him as well as BBBBertie.

Dakota Dan

Dakota Dan wrote: »

You hate it so much and started a thread about them, are you sure you hate it?

I said it once, I’ll say it a thousand times

D I S C U S S I O N

Just because I don’t care for them doesn’t mean I can’t make a thread asking what people think.

Badly Drunk Boy

branie2 wrote: »

Oh, really!, as Podge in the Den days would say

Remember when Podge first came along (without Rodge), he didn't have any hair, and was a fairly creepy character? And then, after a while, it all went downhill...

machiavellianme wrote: »

They hardly launched Ray D'Arcy? Though I'd have tuned in if they launched him to Mars (one way).

I'm sure he meant yer wan Garrihy. Ray was around before Podge and Rodge. Even before The Den, there was Jo Maxi! :pac:

MikeyTaylor

Welcome back Podge & Rodge.

Dakota Dan

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I said it once, I’ll say it a thousand times

D I S C U S S I O N

Just because I don’t care for them doesn’t mean I can’t make a thread asking what people think.

Calm down man, you’ll give yourself a heart attack.

The Crowman

Dakota Dan wrote: »

You hate it so much and started a thread about them, are you sure you hate it?

So you only talk about stuff you like?

AdrianLM

Completely agree. It is most likely being used to promote Doireann Garrihy. Before you know it she will be fronting everything.

Yea, I wonder who she's related.

Scare at bed time, brilliant. Characters like Enda Meshaft and remember the one about the "brown Haleys commet"

Assetbacked

AdrianLM wrote: »

Yea, I wonder who she's related.

Scare at bed time, brilliant. Characters like Enda Meshaft and remember the one about the "brown Haleys commet"

Actress Aoibhin, 31, PR guru Ailbhe, 29 are her older sisters according to the Sun.

Aoibhin Garrihy who was in Fair City, has been floundering around RTE and TV3 recently. She lists RTE as her general employer on LinkedIn.

Ailbhe Garrihy, while stated as PR guru, appears to be general manager of Dublin Bay Cruises.

The implication of the above uncertain bios would indicate there is nothing overly special by way of talent and therefore it would not surprise me if connections were used to secure roles with RTE.

Sweet.Science

Not sure if i fancy the host or not .

razorblunt

Sweet.Science wrote: »

Not sure if i fancy the host or not .

Are you a fan of the Chucky horror movies?

DEFTLEFTHAND

Ah yes, glad to see it.

At least your man Dee up there is doing something right.

Ash.J.Williams

i love podge and rodge however i hate "celebrities" therfore i'm out and judging by this thread everyone else is too?

TightyWhiteys

Assetbacked wrote: »

Actress Aoibhin, 31, PR guru Ailbhe, 29 are her older sisters according to the Sun.

Aoibhin Garrihy who was in Fair City, has been floundering around RTE and TV3 recently. She lists RTE as her general employer on LinkedIn.

Ailbhe Garrihy, while stated as PR guru, appears to be general manager of Dublin Bay Cruises.

The implication of the above uncertain bios would indicate there is nothing overly special by way of talent and therefore it would not surprise me if connections were used to secure roles with RTE.

Ian Dempsey is her godfather

Reati

Didn't last long...

https://m.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/the-podge-rodge-show-reboot-axed-by-rte-after-just-one-season-37948295.html

whisky_galore

Reati wrote: »

Didn't last long...

https://m.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/the-podge-rodge-show-reboot-axed-by-rte-after-just-one-season-37948295.html

Maybe it's for the best, like we really want another vehicle for Montrose connected people of dubious talent.

Relikk

Good. One less programme polluting the telly with Z-listers.

could her sister or Ian or anyone, just sit her down and tell her she's not talented....RTE you don't have to take on everyones relative, friend, or child of the guy who does maintenance in one of the presenters garden

Signore Fancy Pants

Doireann Gahiry looks like a Pug.

There, I said it.

whisky_galore

Dale Doback wrote: »

Doireann Gahiry looks like a Pug.

There, I said it.

The presenter could look like a pug's arse for all I care so long as they have the talent to do the job.

Edgware

Dale Doback wrote: »

Doireann Gahiry looks like a Pug.

There, I said it.

You still would

Cee-Jay-Cee

They're an embarrassment, up there with zig/zag, dustin and bosco. We are certainly adept at producing cringe-worthy stupid puppet shows in this country.

The Crowman

Sweet.Science wrote: »

Not sure if i fancy the host or not .

She reminds me of the one on the left.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8F5g0qRSwc