Glenroe

jamieh

Is it just me or does anyone else miss Glenroe at 8.30 on a sunday night.....It was a great auld show in fairness!!

*Angel*

I think it's just you...

Superman

jamieh wrote:

Is it just me or does anyone else miss Glenroe at 8.30 on a sunday night.....It was a great auld show in fairness!!

no i miss it too, it was the definitive end to a weekend.

RuggieBear

by god, i hated glenroe....and i worked on it :eek:

Superman

RuggieBear wrote:

and i worked on it :eek:

elaborate ! have you any glenroe paraphenalia about?

RuggieBear

Superman wrote:

elaborate ! have you any glenroe paraphenalia about?

Afraid not...i helped organise 15 years of scripts (from the beggining up till the time i was there) into a coherant resource for the newer writers (so i was able to see all the storylines develop from the start). Also helped to edit an episode once with the director and producer.

Superman

you truly are the stuff of legends!

billy the squid

what a god awful program. most of the fharacters were stuck up toffee nosed farmers. with more money than sense, or so it seemed.

Larianne

well it was far better than Fair City. But that isn't very hard. Glenroe being on just reminded me that I had to be back in school the next day!

Ruu_Old

RuggieBear did you got to meet that sex godess Biddy Bryne?

Larianne, exactly the same for me..school next day :mad:

Oral Slang

Haha, I have a signed picture of Dinny! phwaww..

RuggieBear

Ruu wrote:

RuggieBear did you got to meet that sex godess Biddy Bryne?

Larianne, exactly the same for me..school next day :mad:

No but i did get to see miley and dinney do a scene in the pub.....dinney pulled an almighty primadonna strop about being left to long in the studio lights (admitedly those tv lights are very warm)

Superman

remember when your man tried to burn down the zinc mine and left his glasses behind and got snared!
Definitely my favourite episode

Repli

Biddy was a ride

smuckers

Typical Genroe ending:

Oh god, I've left the cooker on (cue title music)

Drag00n79

I hated Glenroe with a passion. In the eighties, the music was synonymous with me going into a deep depression with the thought of school again on Monday. For me it signalled the end of the weekend.

Edit:
Sorry, just saw Larianne's similar post!

OY

jamieh wrote:

Is it just me or does anyone else miss Glenroe at 8.30 on a sunday night.....It was a great auld show in fairness!!

NO! I just think Glenroe was one of those annoying programs that they put on on Sunday nights to remind people that the weekend is over. Alongside such tripe as 'The school around the corner' and 'Where in the World'! god i am bored just thinking about it!

smoke.me.a.kipper

it too reminded me of school the next morning. but i still watched it for the chicks in it.

OLDYELLAR

Ou member that chuck guy , He was deadly!!
Miley needed a hair cut badly , jesus that song the byroad to glenroe

mike65

RuggieBear wrote:

Afraid not...i helped organise 15 years of scripts (from the beggining up till the time i was there) into a coherant resource for the newer writers (so i was able to see all the storylines develop from the start).

So you're the one responsible for turning Terry Killeen into a girl!

Mike.

Kingsize

For me it signalled the end of the weekend

YES i remember that horrible feeling,with only 20 minutes left to Start & finish your homework before "That's Life" started.

BolBill

Thought Biddys Ma was in great shape but then I was only 10 !!!!!!!

Stench Blossoms

ah blackie conners

OLDYELLAR

Yea I hated it for the fact that me bleeding Maths homework always came out during it and then the weekend was over

eddiehitler

OLDYELLAR wrote:

Yea I hated it for the fact that me bleeding Maths homework always came out during it and then the weekend was over

yea i remember that, jayses that was the worst part of the week. sunday nights in our house tv for me was the wonder years then where in the world (remember that crap??!!)and then Glenroe. ya always knew that when the credits rolled at the end it was time for bed, but ya never had your homework done so you had to stay up doin that til all hours!

OLDYELLAR

Oh fuk where in the world I remember it!!!
Yea the bloody maths thats all i think of when i think of Glenroe , Id end up copying it in the morning anyway , be so tired after all the excitement of Glenroe

eddiehitler

i think RTE should have a type of 'gold' channel just like they do in the uk just to show all those old ****ty programs from the 80's. i know they were crap but i bet a lot of people would tune into them just for nostalgia more than anything else. probably be better than the crap thats on RTE lately anyway!

OLDYELLAR

I love watching the wonder years on paramount when im up home!Yea I wish RTE would do something like that!

Larianne

eddiehitler wrote:

yea i remember that, jayses that was the worst part of the week. sunday nights in our house tv for me was the wonder years then where in the world (remember that crap??!!)and then Glenroe. ya always knew that when the credits rolled at the end it was time for bed, but ya never had your homework done so you had to stay up doin that til all hours!

Where in the World was on after Glenroe. Glenroe was on before the news at 8.30 and then Where in the world was after the news.

eddiehitler

i wish i could remember things in such detail as you! yea it would be a good idea i think. even better would be if they could show some of the old adverts they used to have on too. there were some classics out there better than the actual programs. but thats RTE for ya, if they thought thats what people wanted theyd do all in their power to do the complete oppisite!

incisor71

OLDYELLAR wrote:

Yea I hated it for the fact that me bleeding Maths homework always came out during it and then the weekend was over

My most vivid childhood memory of knowing when the end of the weekend was nigh was the theme music from Mastermind, when Magnus Magnusson was presenting it.. this would've been 1979/80 yearframe. The Glenroe theme served a similarly unpleasant purpose in later years.

Easily_Irritated

In the paper today, it had the guy who played Blacky Connors brother in Glenroe (also the guy who was in man about dog) who has taken numerous dublin pubs to court for discrimination trying to have their licence renewal applications declined.

NotMe

Easily_Irritate wrote:

In the paper today, it had the guy who played Blacky Connors brother in Glenroe

Johnny Conners wasn't it? He came to my school to teach us some juggling tricks when I was in transition year.

Easily_Irritated

NotMe wrote:

He came to my school to teach us some juggling tricks when I was in transition year.

WHAT?? lol to teach ye juggling tricks? thats insane! Why did he do that? He doesn't grab me as the circus preforming type!

yea, it was Johnny Connors - Ahhh Glenroe! His real name is Michael Collins. Slightly memorably, that.

Easily_Irritated

hahah Glenroe.com is a website for 'Manufacturer of quality orthodontic products' lol how fitting.


Also, does anyone remember the episode of Glenroe where Biddys mam ate magic mushrooms by mistake and was off her face? Very amusing. That and Blacky Connors calling people 'settled' the whole time are my two Glenroe memories!

Sarky

I met Mick Lally on Shop St. in Galway earlier today.

OMG LOIKE!!!1

Easily_Irritated

Sarky wrote:

I met Mick Lally on Shop St. in Galway earlier today.

oh MY god, Im so jealous! lol

seo-ireland

Miley and Fidelma in the hay. The dirty feckers!

Anyone find Fidelma strangely attractive or was that just due to the lack of talent in the show? (i hope it was the latter)

YeatsCounty

Sarky wrote:

I met Mick Lally on Shop St. in Galway earlier today.

OMG LOIKE!!!1

Well Holy God!

Larianne

Worked with a guy who had a 'biggish' storyline in Glenroe. (I won't name names..) and he said that they used to milk as much money outta RTE. They'd film as slow as they could so they would get more days work so more pay. And if they were in an episode for say even a minute, they'd get paid for a full episode!! Madness!!

seo-ireland

Primadonnas. Worse than the cast of Deperate Housewives

Larianne

nah, not really. Just clever. Its hard being an actor in Ireland so having a paid weekly job, you're gonna milk it!!

marshmallow

ah glenroe.. I woulda been really young when this was on but I still remember watching it!

silenoz

Hey, where the **** can I find the lyrics for "Byroad to Glenroe"? I had the song on tape -I actually bought the single- many many years ago. The tape is long gone but I still remember the song quite well, I can't think of all the lyrics, so I'd like to find them. Google was no help really.

Can anyone help me out?

kizzyr

When I was a kid my parents really knew how to live it up on a Sunday evening. It went like this: Where in the World (before this Murphy's Microquizim) presented first by Marty Whelan and then Teresa Lowe, then it was a quick 2 minute break for talking and toilet breaks then Glenroe, after that the kettle went on and bread onto grill for toast (no slice pan rubbish in my parents house), tea and toast was served while watching RTE news at 9pm, weather and then we were all shoved off to bed. Would you have been able to stand the excitement??

emeraldstar

Glenroe?? Twas ****e!! Happy the day it ended

ferdi

blackie connors was ace

as was the scene with miley and fidelma rolling around in the hey


"Well Holy God!"

Mrs. MacGyver

kizzyr wrote:

When I was a kid my parents really knew how to live it up on a Sunday evening. It went like this: Where in the World (before this Murphy's Microquizim) presented first by Marty Whelan and then Teresa Lowe, then it was a quick 2 minute break for talking and toilet breaks then Glenroe, after that the kettle went on and bread onto grill for toast (no slice pan rubbish in my parents house), tea and toast was served while watching RTE news at 9pm, weather and then we were all shoved off to bed. Would you have been able to stand the excitement??

It was the same story in our house. I used to have a crush on the Rector that was married to Fiona March (thats not the only reason i miss it) I met him when i started college and nearly fainted (on a shopping trip to Tesco).

I used to love the antics of George Manning and Des and Nuala (from the garage, stevens son and his wife).
Couldnt stand the who Fidelma/Doctor thingy though.

colm_mcm

My favourite Glenroe moment was when Biddy was driving down the road in a 1996 (ish) Ford Escort, next thing, it's changes into a 1986 one and she drives over this ramp which is placed behind a tractor carrying a ridiculously small trailer, car flips over a few times and Biddy gets a pair of wings and a halo.

dregin

Loller comment: "Does anyone know where I can I can get hold of Mick's version of "Smack My Bitch Up" ? "

Trafford Lad

And you just know that George and Teasy had Swinging parties in their fancy house, George you dirty old dog:)