Dustin the turkey, ??

StereoSound · 07-11-2017 10:36PM #1

Why did RTE get rid of him? Were parents complaining of his jokes on the politicians of Ireland? Or they didn't like his slang words being adopted by kids? Was there too much adult humour in his jokes? I thought he is great as a kid and my dad laughed his ass off at some of the Cork jokes..... "Best thing that came out of cork was the road to Dublin"....

Where the hell would you get these kind of jokes on daytime kids TV these days? Didnt do me any harm! Is it the nanny state attitude these days that saw his end? Better for kids to watch the little kitten singing and the puppy dancing ? FECK OFF! My kids don't watch TV because there is shag all worth watching! Its not like how it was with me and my dad watching so much kids stuff together back in the 90s, stuff that was actually worth watching. I don't have this TV experience enjoyment with my kid because of the strict sensorship for suitable viewing... " Oh that's toooo violent for little children, we couldnt possibly licence that on the network, the poor children might go on a rampage!!"

Donald Trump · 07-11-2017 10:40PM

Miriam O'Callaghan allegedly had him for Christmas during the recession

Lots of mouths to feed and only a few hundred grand per year to pay for food.

Tough times

McMurphy · 07-11-2017 10:42PM

Why did RTE get rid of him?

Because it was as funny as an ingrown hair on the back of your balls.

Every joke seen coming from a mile away.

Seriously, always made me wanna switch the channel.

tomwaterford · 07-11-2017 10:42PM

Got dropped when the den got cancelled

Had a failed music career and now appears to be reduced to annual apperenxes on the toy show

me_irl · 07-11-2017 10:43PM

I preferred Snotser.

Dtp1979 · 07-11-2017 10:43PM

I always, and still do, think Dustin is hilarious

Ipso · 07-11-2017 10:50PM

I will always admire him for confronting the creeping evil that was line dancing.

Are Am Eye · 07-11-2017 10:50PM

I like it when he starts shouting abuse and insults at people.

Pac1Man · 07-11-2017 10:50PM

I heard he grabbed some turkey breasts.

gozunda · 07-11-2017 10:51PM

Following his escape from a Turkey farm at Christmas he never really looked back imo.

He outlived Zig and Zag and a bunch of presenters on RTE. His most infamous moment was when he asked the joke question on daytime tv - "how does Sinead O'Connor comb her hair? Answer Pull down her knickers & etc.

As far as I'm aware he was banned for a while after that :pac:

He was a star of his times imo. There's no one out there of his calibre presently imo.

wawaman · 07-11-2017 10:51PM

Pac1Man wrote: »

I heard he grabbed some turkey breasts.

GO ON YA GOOD THING

branie2 · 07-11-2017 10:53PM

One of The Den's best presenters

briany · 07-11-2017 10:56PM

They completely PG'd Dustin towards the tail-end of his career. He went from calling the Irish language 'foreign' in the early 90s to then wholesomely promoting it in the mid 2000s.

The stuff he used to come out with in the Den's heyday you wouldn't get even on an edgy late night show now. Calling the Irish language foreign and joking about not paying your TV license in the context of comedy wouldn't be stood for too long.

07-11-2017 10:58PM

Has he been to Meath yet?

branie2 · 07-11-2017 10:59PM

He also reminded us not to forget the batteries

weadick · 07-11-2017 11:05PM

I had a friend from Germany who absolutely loved Dustin and still does. Simon Cowell was a fan apparently and couldnt believe what he used to get away with on Irish tv. One of the last times I saw him on rte was on the 50th anniversary of the LLS a few years ago when he told Tubridy the toy show was the only thing he was any good at, which is true. After that he was never seen on another toy show again and is sorely missed tbh.

Arghus · 07-11-2017 11:08PM

briany wrote: »

They completely PG'd Dustin towards the tail-end of his career. He went from calling the Irish language 'foreign' in the early 90s to then wholesomely promoting it in the mid 2000s.

The stuff he used to come out with in the Den's heyday you wouldn't get even on an edgy late night show now. Calling the Irish language foreign and joking about not paying your TV license in the context of comedy wouldn't be stood for too long.

Yeah, back in the anarchic 90's Dustin used to get away with genuinely edginess, he was great.

But like most RTE fixtures he was gradually defanged over time.

Pac1Man · 07-11-2017 11:09PM

The lads.

branie2 · 07-11-2017 11:11PM

He used to call Zag Zog

Ghost Train · 07-11-2017 11:11PM

For an established tv personality he should never have done Eurovision, it was fun joke for a bit but got tired pretty quick and I'm not sure it translated too well

briany · 07-11-2017 11:12PM

Pac1Man wrote: »

The lads.

I can't believe it's taken me 'til now to realise that Socky was just a mentally subnormal Morbeg.

Pac1Man · 07-11-2017 11:13PM

Feeling a bit nostalgic reading this thread.

Here's some teletext.

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uck51js9zml2yt · 07-11-2017 11:14PM

When he lost us the Eurovision his goose was cooked

Yes..I was one of those who voted for him to represent us.

StereoSound · 07-11-2017 11:15PM

When he did the flap flaps it was funny..... Ray telling him to do it lol

aziz · 07-11-2017 11:15PM

When I saw the title of this tread, first thoughts that went through my head was "is he dead "or is this the lastest celeb to be outed as a sex offenderðŸ˜³

tupenny · 07-11-2017 11:17PM

Faith of our feathers 👐

7 Seconds... · 07-11-2017 11:17PM

Dustin is certainly one of a kind. Hard to believe it's nearly ten years since he did the eurovision in 2008.

TheIrishGrover · 07-11-2017 11:18PM

Whatever about that Sinead O'Connor joke (I don't believe even he would say that on TV) I do remember one incident. I was on the bus to Dublin late in the evening near Christmas. Dustin was guest on the radio. So it was about 8 or so and wasn't a kids show. Bus was only half full, everyone dozing off, only half listening to him. The DJ was asking him about his favourite songs etc and he says "Anything by Boyzone Hweh hweh hweh" The DJ says "Have you met them?" He goes "I met Ronan last week and he said "It's pronounced Ronán, There's a fatha" I says, a fatha? I'll shove that fatha where Brian Kennedy won't find it"

Everyone on the bus, who was half listening to the radio just pissed themselves laughing.

DaithiMa · 07-11-2017 11:19PM

Faith Of Our Feathers was an all time classic. Funky Ford Cortina and Where Do You Go To You're Ugly two of my personal favourites off that album.

07-11-2017 11:22PM

DaithiMa wrote: »

Faith Of Our Feathers was an all time classic. Funky Ford Cortina and Where Do You Go To You're Ugly two of my personal favourites off that album.

I came here just to post Funky Ford Cortina. I used to love Born Greasy too

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8tdbdRVDR0

briany · 07-11-2017 11:23PM

I have a vague memory of when Podge started appearing on the Den, and one time he and Dustin getting into a heated argument, and they were squaring up to one another, nose to nose, threatening one another. It's such a weird memory, the idea of two children's puppets carrying on like two lads outside a late night takeaway.

Dustin the turkey, ??

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