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The return of The Den with Ray, Zig zag & Dustin

Double O Seven

The den is returning November 6th @ 6:30pm on RTE One.

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_Kaiser_

Never really watched it when I was a kid (or RTE generally) except for the 90s Batman Animated series. I was always more into the cartoons themselves than the presenters and their "antics" (plus we had Sky from the mid 80s thanks to a brief stint in Holland and then Cablelink/satellite when we came home and it had all the better cartoons)

Anytime I saw Zig and Zag though they just struck me as loud and annoying. Dustin is just a mean-spirted pisstake character. I can see how so many idolise the Den though if all they had access to was RTE and maybe BBC/ITV (Knightmare was quite good though), but it never did it for me.

Double O Seven

paleoperson wrote: »

On the wikipedia it says it will "make its debut" on RTE 1... I wonder is it really true that it has never appeared on RTE 1 in the history of it being on air? Of course they often switch sporting events and the like between 1 and 2.

From 1986 to 1988 it aired on RTE One, weekdays 4 till 6.

paleoperson

paleoperson wrote: »

But how has that anything to do with this?

Ah... I just noticed that The Den will actually be back on November 8th (Sunday), not November 6th (Friday) as the OP says, so I can see now how it makes sense. I was not trying to be hostile to the comment or anything, I was just genuinely curious on what it had to do with it since I had checked the day of November 6th.

On the wikipedia it says it will "make its debut" on RTE 1... I wonder is it really true that it has never appeared on RTE 1 in the history of it being on air? Of course they often switch sporting events and the like between 1 and 2.

TheValeyard

briany wrote: »

The Glenroe theme used to air on a Sunday evening, and the theme essentially became the "Have you done your maths homework yet?" klaxon call to a few generations of Irish kids. Don't want this iteration of The Den and its theme to be the same thing for another generation of Irish kids, but that won't happen because they'll be too busy playing Bouncy Pig Simulator on their iPads.

Bouncy Pig Simulator?

If an evil goose game can make a studio millions, they so could this idea!

Hamsterchops

Dustin: I heard a clip of what can be expected and it sounded really awful, crude, rude, loud, vulgar, cheap and nasty

Would steer well clear of that.

Hangdogroad

razorblunt wrote: »

Any chance of Geri Maye coming back?

Wasnt she let go from Winning Streak for getting bitchy with a female contestant?

paleoperson

briany wrote: »

The Glenroe theme used to air on a Sunday evening, and the theme essentially became the "Have you done your maths homework yet?" klaxon call to a few generations of Irish kids. Don't want this iteration of The Den and its theme to be the same thing for another generation of Irish kids, but that won't happen because they'll be too busy playing Bouncy Pig Simulator on their iPads.

But how has that anything to do with this?

branie2

Zig and Zag were THE stars of the Den

briany

paleoperson wrote: »

Explain please.

The Glenroe theme used to air on a Sunday evening, and the theme essentially became the "Have you done your maths homework yet?" klaxon call to a few generations of Irish kids. Don't want this iteration of The Den and its theme to be the same thing for another generation of Irish kids, but that won't happen because they'll be too busy playing Bouncy Pig Simulator on their iPads.

paleoperson

Deleted User wrote: »

I am not a fan of the idea that today’s kids will get “the Fear” that those adults who’ll be watching The Den this time used to get when they, as kids, heard the start of Glenroe.

Explain please.

razorblunt

KaneToad wrote: »

Wasn't D'Arcy meant to be marrying her at one stage? Doubt she'll be coming back! #awkward

Exactly. I’d say he’ll shoehorn the wife into the show somehow anyway to keep a watch out.

briany

Dustin is brilliant when he's not being reigned in. There aren't many people on TV who can insult so many people on a personal level and get away with it, but Dustin is one of them. Part of that is because he isn't really a person as such, but another part of it is that he's been doing it since the late 80s or early 90s, and so the permission to do that has been grandfathered in, so to speak.

Great to see it'll be without an audience, but what format will it take beyond that? It won't be a strand, will it, where the program lasts for 3 hours but really they're just doing stuff in between the other programs on a Sunday evening, surely? That said, I can't say I wouldn't love to see Dustin tear into Fair City after it ended. So, I expect it'll be a half hour or hour? If you allot time to just let them do whatever they want within reason, that'd be the best thing. Just let them chat and do little skits and bits. Do not use it as a vehicle to have on some no-talent RTE darling, who isn't very funny or interesting, and just takes up valuable space and time. I'll let D'Arcy off with that one since he a presented the show back in the old days, though.

MyPeopleDrankTheSoup

Double O Seven wrote: »

Dustin is as stale as last weeks bread, I cringe when he comes on

no way, he's as good as ever

telling bob geldof to wash himself and not his car

https://youtu.be/iH4dZ8zk3JU?t=679

[Deleted User]

Bosco will be turning around in his little wooden box.

MyPeopleDrankTheSoup

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Bring back Emma as well.

she works with Linkedin now according to her... LinkedIn

still flaking

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VB3jynSA3g

branie2

Great news

[Deleted User]

paleoperson wrote: »

And throw Ted in, hopefully he'll finally get the better of Ray.

Y’know he got a 3 movie & TV series deal? Starred as some lad that sounds like a Tellytubby......po.........

KaneToad

It BeeMee wrote: »

If they're doing crossovers, bring back Velcro Girl!

She's married to Dave of Dermot & Dave "fame".

KaneToad

razorblunt wrote: »

Any chance of Geri Maye coming back?

Wasn't D'Arcy meant to be marrying her at one stage? Doubt she'll be coming back! #awkward

[Deleted User]

I am not a fan of the idea that today’s kids will get “the Fear” that those adults who’ll be watching The Den this time used to get when they, as kids, heard the start of Glenroe.

Those who know, will know.

Your Face

I wont watch it because Ray Darcy is a weevils jizz stain.
The Den was class - back in the day.

the purple tin

It BeeMee wrote: »

Transmission time would have to move to 11pm for Bronx and Teddy to appear...

If they're doing crossovers, bring back Velcro Girl!

Ring-a ding-ding!

IAMAMORON

Is Vogue Williams or Jennifer Zamparelli going to be on? Other wise I am not watching it. Ray bleedin D'arcy?

I scored 5 on the psychopath test btw, chuffed now.

Cee-Jay-Cee

Never watched it when I was younger so have no intention of watching it now. I used to like Ray when he was with Today FM and done the morning show with Will, Mairead and his wife but then he became an old man, moaning and complaining about everything and I soon switched off. He’s had his day, he should leave well enough alone.

It BeeMee

E mac wrote: »

The guys who created pudge and rodge / zig and zag also did the 'Bronx Bunny Show' not at all aimed at kids, though be great if those characters appeared on the den.

Transmission time would have to move to 11pm for Bronx and Teddy to appear...

If they're doing crossovers, bring back Velcro Girl!

touts

Double O Seven wrote: »

The den is returning November 6th @ 6:30pm on RTE One.

Easiest €200k a year anyone will ever make.

Brock Turnpike

I'm looking to give this a shot pretty based on the fact it was the only decent thing on "RTE Does Comic Relief". Admittedly that is damning with feint praise, but let's see how it goes.

BuboBubo

Edgware wrote: »

Great. So Wanderly Wagon should be next. Or would Pavee Point object?

Here comes the hiace
Wanderly Wanderly hiace

screamer

Can’t see this working across the generation gap. They’re obviously trying to get kids to watch it, by reeling their parents in to watch it for nostalgia.
Ray will have the three bears on first to try and convert all the kids to eating porridge, and banning sugar and telling them how bad it is for them. Fun times ahead

PsychoPete

Shouldn't it be Dustin, Soky, Snotzer,Zuppy, Ted and Podge with D'Arcy? Don Conroy better make an appearance