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Forgotten Irish sitcoms.

Hangdogroad

I'll get the ball rolling with Molloy from 1989. RTE sitcom that lasted one series. Starred the future Bishop Brennnan Jim Norton as the title character. No one of my own age I've mentioned it to remembers it and there are no clips online. I think he was a retiree. Most of it revolved around his local pub. One of his sons was an uptight yuppie and the other was a punk. The only bit I remember finding funny was when the yuppie son passed out in the pub and a drunk lad tries to do CPR on him to which yuppie shouts "get off me you smelly sex maniac"

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Sultan of Bling

Hangdogroad wrote:

Incidentally does anyone else here other than me remember this?

If im thinking of the same programme, im sure the kid who starred in this went to the same school as me.

Glen Carroll was his name.

Hangdogroad

TG4 did C-U Burn which of you dont mind subtitles is really funny. There was just one series made but it's often been repeated.

They also showed a Mr Bean type silent comedy called Fear An Phoist which was just awful.

Seamai

global23214124 wrote: »

Bachelors Walk? Maybe not forgotten but it went years and years without being available on the RTE player and you could only see random episodes on YouTube.

I never watched it first time round but have been watching the re run. It's entertaining but I wouldn't call it a comedy.

donspeekinglesh

mailforkev wrote: »

There was one a few years back that I actually thought wasn’t bad. Can’t remember the name, it was a family surname. Everyone, kids and parents, were played by actors roughly the same age.

Edit: found it on Google there, looks like it was called The Walshes and Graham Linehan was involved.

I enjoyed that. It helped that it was filmed around the corner from where I grew up.

Zeek12

Hangdogroad wrote: »

Incidentally does anyone else here other than me remember this?

I don't but I really should. I was a kid living in two-channel land in 1989!

Loved Jim Norton/Bishop Brennan in Fr. Ted. He's my favourite character in it.

Zeek12

Didn't Paths to Freedom and Bachelor's Walk both hit our screens in the same year (or very close to same year) ?
Technically, Bachelor's walk probably not a sitcom I suppose, but it was very funny all the same.

It felt like a new beginning for comedy on RTE, which up to that point was pretty awful. :pac:

Hangdogroad

Hangdogroad wrote: »

I'll get the ball rolling with Molloy from 1989. RTE sitcom that lasted one series. Starred the future Bishop Brennnan Jim Norton as the title character. No one of my own age I've mentioned it to remembers it and there are no clips online. I think he was a retiree. Most of it revolved around his local pub. One of his sons was an uptight yuppie and the other was a punk. The only bit I remember finding funny was when the yuppie son passed out in the pub and a drunk lad tries to do CPR on him to which yuppie shouts "get off me you smelly sex maniac"

Incidentally does anyone else here other than me remember this?

Hangdogroad

Feisar wrote: »

Pure Mule anyone?

Wasnt a comedy.

Feisar

Pure Mule anyone?

Gregor Samsa

the purple tin wrote: »

The mention The English Class in that thread a lot. Now that really stunk.

Does anyone know what happened to Mr Stubbs? Did he do any more shows?

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2219927/

Del.Monte

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

“mattie”

Just when you think it can’t get much worse than killinascully, along comes a sitcom featuring pat short as a country detective in the big city

Strangely I liked both of them and have them on my DVD stack to watch again some day. I suspect that it's due to my time spent living in the bog - Leitrim - as I recognise many of the characters.

Dr Bob

the purple tin wrote: »

The mention The English Class in that thread a lot. Now that really stunk.

Does anyone know what happened to Mr Stubbs? Did he do any more shows?

I'm not sure but one thing I've learned is that if you're involved with something like a TV show , engaging with viewers directly is a really bad idea.

Church on Tuesday

COVID wrote: »

Moriarty: 'Oh, so you're back for dessert Mr.Keogh''.

Keogh: 'Yep, just making sure someone got their just deserts first!'

* Canned laughter

the purple tin

Dr Bob wrote: »

https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055212180
it got a bit messy

The mention The English Class in that thread a lot. Now that really stunk.

Does anyone know what happened to Mr Stubbs? Did he do any more shows?

Dr Bob

El Tarangu wrote: »

There was a sitcom 10 years' ago about a load of people living in a houseshare in Rathmines or something called 'The Roaring Twenties' - apparently it wasn't very good. Anyway, there was some online discussion (on Boards, maybe?) that was generally slating it; one of the producers jumped in and got involved in loads of name-calling with the other posters - very unedifying.

https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055212180
it got a bit messy

COVID

El Tarangu wrote: »

That would have been a lot more fun.

"S2 E3: The Keoghs join the Moriartys for a dinner party full of comic misunderstandings; will Willy have time to kneecap a drugdealer, and still get there in time for dessert? "

Moriarty: 'Oh, so you're back for dessert Mr.Keogh''.

Keogh: 'Yep, just making sure someone got their just deserts first!'

RWCNT

I used to enjoy Give My Head Peace.

Also discovered that Paths to Freedom is up on YouTube in its entirety. It's aged really well and still cracks me up.

Church on Tuesday

In terms of pure sitcom there's Paths to Freedom and then nothing else.

Edit; Hardy Bucks too but that was more YouTube and RTÉ then took the edge of it anyways.

El Tarangu

mloc123 wrote: »

At first I thought you meant this was story line in the series :eek:

That would have been a lot more fun.

"S2 E3: The Keoghs join the Moriartys for a dinner party full of comic misunderstandings; will Willy have time to kneecap a drugdealer, and still get there in time for dessert? "

[Deleted User]

the purple tin wrote: »

Soupy Norman.
A Polish soap opera overdubbed by Mario Rosenstock.
Gas craic it was.

It was hilarious

Hangdogroad

mloc123 wrote: »

At first I thought you meant this was story line in the series :eek:

If I remember right he bad a row with bouncers at a nightclub, maybe refused entry. He came back with a baseball bat and in the altercation he died of a heart attack, was found to have cocaine in his system.

mloc123

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.

At first I thought you meant this was story line in the series :eek:

Gregor Samsa

COVID wrote: »

Created and co-written by Arthur Matthews...who co-wrote Fr. Ted.

Then again, Paul McCartney wrote 'Penny Lane' and 'Say Say Say'.

I think "We All Stand Together" (The Frog Chorus) is an even more apt metaphor there.

COVID

MrMusician18 wrote: »

Val Falvey TD.
Not as old as some mentioned, but equally deserving to be forgotten.

Created and co-written by Arthur Matthews...who co-wrote Fr. Ted.

Then again, Paul McCartney wrote 'Penny Lane' and 'Say Say Say'.

Hangdogroad

A prime example of a forgotten sitcom is the Fatheads which aired in either 1992 or 93. It Starred Joe Rooney and Paul Tylak as two guys with massive Teddy Boy type quiffs sharing a flat. Vaguely like a toned down Bottom. It was shown in I think an early morning slot on Network 2, maybe on a saturday. Theres absolutely nothing about it online.

Edit: I got the title wrong, it was called the Flatheads. No wonder I couldn't find anything about it. It seems it might have been part of another show rather than a programme in it's own right.

the purple tin

Soupy Norman.
A Polish soap opera overdubbed by Mario Rosenstock.
Gas craic it was.

Hangdogroad

the purple tin wrote: »

Damo and Ivor. Has it been forgotten yet?

At least most of the terrible comedies mentioned so far had the good grace to last one or two series. Nothing worse than when pure muck keeps getting recommissioned.

the purple tin

Damo and Ivor. Has it been forgotten yet?

MrMusician18

Val Falvey TD.
Not as old as some mentioned, but equally deserving to be forgotten.

Hangdogroad

mailforkev wrote: »

There was one a few years back that I actually thought wasn’t bad. Can’t remember the name, it was a family surname. Everyone, kids and parents, were played by actors roughly the same age.

The Walshes?