Forgotten Irish sitcoms.

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odyssey06 wrote: »

We are now accepting entries under parentage rules where Irish actors embarrassed themselves. Like the Irish soccer team!

The late Kenny Lynch, London born singer, comedian and actor was of Caribbean/Irish heritage and appeared
in an episode of the (very), old BBC sit-com 'Till Death Do Us Part'.

Will this do.

ShyMets

And lets not forget Ardal O'Hanlon in the BBC sitcom, My Hero. Absolute scutter.

Hangdogroad

Hangdogroad wrote: »

Yes he did. See also that terrible sitcom Slingers Day. Bruce Forsyth as a supermarket manager.

I like Slingers Day! Could relate to it as I worked in a supermarket back in the 80s. Time has been kind to it.

the purple tin

So You Think You've Got Troubles.
Alf Garnett as a Jew from England who moves to Belfast to run a factory at the height of the troubles. Early 90s, not bad as I recall.

Edgware

the purple tin wrote: »

So You Think You've Got Troubles.
Alf Garnett as a Jew from England who moves to Belfast to run a factory at the height of the troubles. Early 90s, not bad as I recall.

If Im not wrong someone in the shop asked was he a Catholic Jew or a Protestant Jew

Edgware

odyssey06 wrote: »

We are now accepting entries under parentage rules where Irish actors embarrassed themselves. Like the Irish soccer team!

Or Tyrone players who had to be taught Amhran na bhFiann

George White

Hangdogroad wrote: »

Yes he did. See also that terrible sitcom Slingers Day. Bruce Forsyth as a supermarket manager.

He played other nationalities too, including Iranian in Whoops Apocalypse, doing a Welsh accent for some reason.
He was also a Cockney Jewish tailor in Adam Adamant Lives.

George White

Edgware wrote: »

If Im not wrong someone in the shop asked was he a Catholic Jew or a Protestant Jew

Which I believe was based on a genuine incident that happened to costar Harry Towb, allegedly the only Jew ever born in Larne...

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the purple tin wrote: »

So You Think You've Got Troubles.
Alf Garnett as a Jew from England who moves to Belfast to run a factory at the height of the troubles. Early 90s, not bad as I recall.

Warren Mitchell played the part of 'Alf Garnett', an old-school racist, in the sitcom 'Till death do Us Part'. The character was a West Ham supporter and would occasionally make antisemitic remarks about Tottenham Hotspur and their historical Jewish connections. The irony is that the late actor Warren Mitchell was, in real life, a Jewish, Spurs supporter!

The series you mentioned, starring Warren Mitchell, 'So you Think You Got Troubles', had one season of just six episodes.

mloc123

pappyodaniel wrote: »

Colin Murphy was painful though.

Found him fine on Blizzard, but over the years on panel shows he became very played out.

Montage of Feck

The blizard of odd was a genuinely decent show, the mandarins at rte obviously never originally vetted it.

Aglomerado

BPKS wrote: »

Not a sitcom but The End (?) on a Friday and Saturday night during the mid 90s was a godsend for those of us in 2 channel land who would listen on in jealousy as our posh friends with "the channels" told us of Channel 4 shows they would watch.

Telling our Irish teacher to watch it for the Peig cartoons and almost getting a beating the following Monday after we were told it was sacrilegious was something I wont forget in a hurry.

Sean Moncreiff regularly read out silly letters I used to write to him on that.

RandomViewer

mloc123 wrote: »

Found him fine on Blizzard, but over the years on panel shows he became very played out.

The Blame Game on BBC is a case in point, it's so afraid of offending anyone it's embarrassing

RandomViewer

COVID wrote: »

Warren Mitchell played the part of 'Alf Garnett', an old-school racist, in the sitcom 'Till death do Us Part'. The character was a West Ham supporter and would occasionally make antisemitic remarks about Tottenham Hotspur and their historical Jewish connections. The irony is that the late actor Warren Mitchell was, in real life, a Jewish, Spurs supporter!

The series you mentioned, starring Warren Mitchell, 'So you Think You Got Troubles', had one season of just six episodes.

Doctor Legg from Eastenders was in it too

RandomViewer

Deleted User wrote: »

Does Anyone remember a programme that used to be on UTV around 1993 - it was a Northern Irish Saturday morning lchatshow, they had comedy sketches also. Patrick Kielty presented it, I thought it was halirious, wish I could remember the name

Sus? Kielty and some guy who was on blind date, was quite funny, was on the time the ULF were threatening to kill Daniel O'Donnell if he kept playing to old biddies in the North, Kielty made some very comic comments on the suituation

RandomViewer

Did "CU Burn" get mentioned, TG4 comedy from the 90s about an undertaker with a turf fired crematorium was followed up by "Gleann Ceo" about dodgy guard in Doochary,

Say Your Number

Was watching some Soupy Norman today, forgot how funny it was, love the scene where there's this group of young lads hanging around at a wall and this bald hardman character pulls up and starts antagonising them, they dub it as this fella from Tipperary winding up the Jackeens about how much money he's making

ShyMets

Anyone remember Brian Murray in the sitcom Bread. Played the character of Cousin Shifty.

To be fair to Murray he wasn't bad but the character was a little on the Orish side at times

George White

Yes, but that series is extremely unpopular with Scousers, who despise that it made them out as a bunch of scroungers.

saabsaab

George White wrote: »

Yes, but that series is extremely unpopular with Scousers, who despise that it made them out as a bunch of scroungers.

Reminds me of this..


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaccLMuLa7o

RandomViewer

ShyMets wrote: »

Anyone remember Brian Murray in the sitcom Bread. Played the character of Cousin Shifty.

To be fair to Murray he wasn't bad but the character was a little on the Orish side at times

But everyone remembers him as Trevor Jordash in Brookside,

fluke

Quite enjoyed some of the sketches from Your Bad Self with Domhnall Gleeson as a clothes store assistant making X-Men sounds.

There was one on Network 2, about an evening class, think it was broadcast in the 00's which lasted one season I think. Only caught a bit of it but seemed sharp enough.

Also there's currently an animated thing on after 9pm on 2 - Fantasy Ireland. Pretty awful.

RandomViewer

There's some rubbish set in a newspaper, early 90s ,very vague recollection,

George White

Extra, Extra - Read All About It - dip**** Hot Metal/Drop the Dead Donkey with Norman Rodway

Capt'n Midnight

Soft Border Patrol. Forgotten about already.

Hangdogroad

RandomViewer wrote: »

There's some rubbish set in a newspaper, early 90s ,very vague recollection,

George White wrote: »

Extra, Extra - Read All About It - dip**** Hot Metal/Drop the Dead Donkey with Norman Rodway

Unbelievably bad in every possible way. The Roaring Twenties of the early 90s.

Hangdogroad

RandomViewer wrote: »

But everyone remembers him as Trevor Jordash in Brookside,

Or Flurrry Knox in The Irish RM depending on far back you go.

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Not a sitcom I know, but Bryan Murray's performance as 'Fitz' in Strumpet City was probably his best ever.

skooterblue2

El Tarangu wrote: »

When the actor playing the little chubby fellow died, he was given a full paramilitary funeral - it turns out he was a member of the Real IRA.

hmmmmm, the poor fella got into an argument with someone as I recall and brought on an asthma attack. I think it was more of a "walter" than leader of an Active Service Unit. Terribly sad story.

skooterblue2

Anyone remember "Perfect Scoundrels" with David Murray and Peter Bowles?