De Den

homerun_homer

What an episode!! They surprised my nieces and nephew at home when they showed their reaction video to seeing themselves in the music video. Their school today is going to go around and play the clip to every class. They are little celebrities off the back of it.

Say Your Number

It's completely weird to read a thread on this site about an RTE production, and see close to a unanimously positive reaction to it.

briany

Say Your Number wrote: »

It's completely weird to read a thread on this site about an RTE production, and see close to a unanimously positive reaction to it.

It's not weird to see something well-executed be given praise. It is weird for such a production to come out of RTE, though. RTE is an efficient machine for taking a decent idea and bastardising it, or taking naff ideas and holding them up as the channel's best effort.

Basically, the original Den succeeded because it gave some talented performers free rein. RTE at least had the good sense to recognise that and let them do pretty much the same, with positive results.

dublinman1990

The christmas special episode last night was so good. It was an extra special event for the kids this christmas & RTÉ pulled it off in style. Fair play to them. They have done themselves proud for all of the families given the circumstances this year.

That ''nelf'' character on last night really was a suspicious looking fella alright.

Santa did his good deeds in putting nelf into the snowglobe probably for all eternity*.


*And of course nelf. While you're in there. Don't say that we have mentioned it

thesandeman

Dustin is going to be on the Claire Byrne show tonight!

Samsgirl

homerun_homer wrote: »

What an episode!! They surprised my nieces and nephew at home when they showed their reaction video to seeing themselves in the music video. Their school today is going to go around and play the clip to every class. They are little celebrities off the back of it.

Brilliant. My daughter got her name on the birthday roller. She was so excited!!

mcmoustache

Say Your Number wrote: »

It's completely weird to read a thread on this site about an RTE production, and see close to a unanimously positive reaction to it.

There was a real honesty to it. It was raw, spontaneous and genuinely funny. It's one of the shows that myself and herself looked forward to every Sunday for a guaranteed laugh.

briany wrote: »

It's not weird to see something well-executed be given praise. It is weird for such a production to come out of RTE, though. RTE is an efficient machine for taking a decent idea and bastardising it, or taking naff ideas and holding them up as the channel's best effort.

Basically, the original Den succeeded because it gave some talented performers free rein. RTE at least had the good sense to recognise that and let them do pretty much the same, with positive results.

The cast were all great and the main four are at their best when they're let loose like that. It wouldn't work if it was too scripted or polished. All they need is a rough outline and they can improvise the rest. The way that they play off each other is something quite special.

ShagNastii

Samsgirl wrote: »

Brilliant. My daughter got her name on the birthday roller. She was so excited!!

Happy burtday happy happy buurrrtday!!!!

briany

mcmoustache wrote: »

There was a real honesty to it. It was raw, spontaneous and genuinely funny. It's one of the shows that myself and herself looked forward to every Sunday for a guaranteed laugh.

Yeah, it's been a bit cathartic these last few weeks to watch Dustin tell the truth about much of Irish TV - that Fair City is brutal, that D'Arcy's chat show was brutal and that Vogue Williams looks a bit like a horse.

Rfrip

https://twitter.com/dustinofficial/status/1342758291340980224?s=21

thesandeman

Sinéad has a show of her own on RTE 2 Thursday night.
I'd never heard of her before The Den but she kinda grew on me.

Karlos77

We need to start a petition to get the Den back...

Sparko

Karlos77 wrote: »

We need to start a petition to get the Den back...

Back in the autumn apparently.

https://www.buzz.ie/amp/movies-tv/ray-darcy-has-told-us-when-rtes-the-den-will-return-to-our-screens-413803?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=article&utm_medium=web&__twitter_impression=true

thesandeman

I wonder might they fit in a sneaky St Patrick's Day episode?
Ray was reminiscing about the St Patrick's Day's Dens of yore on the radio earlier. They used to be class alright.