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The Old Days on RTE

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    #122
    bobbyss
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    adaminho wrote:
    My American Mother in law couldn't believe that I was raised watching Rowan and Martins Laugh in as a kid as it was her favourite growing up!


    Veeeery interesting!!!


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    #123
    Ash.J.Williams
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    Get smart was as funny as it gets for this 8 year old :)


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    #124
    Ash.J.Williams
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    Read the comments for the interaction with the bass player Bob heathcoate and he explains everything:)


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mewDYCneM8


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    #125
    newcavanman
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    Harry Palmr wrote: »
    National Film Board of Canada.
    I feel my life growing up in the late 60s and early 70s in Single Channel Land was scarred by this lot and those horrendous cartoons from Hungary or Czechoslovakia. Truely dire stuff.
    I do remember they had a summer where it seemed to be all Speedy Gonzalez cartoons, which were a huge improvement.
    Overall there was an awful lot of ****e but some gems. I was 12 when we got it the "Piped TV". It really felt like we had won the lottery, which also didn't exist then


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    #126
    Ash.J.Williams
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    Looking over this thread we see that we are a relatively young country and we had a lot of obstacles to get to where we are today. The national anthem video showing off our new infrastructure projects and the imported tv shows playing alongside our own tv innovations are great to see. Have we taken our foot off the pedal?

    We were kids tv pioneers to the point we had to stop it to pay for rte salaries/egos


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    #127
    breezy1985
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    Ash.J.Williams wrote: »
    Looking over this thread we see that we are a relatively young country and we had a lot of obstacles to get to where we are today. The national anthem video showing off our new infrastructure projects and the imported tv shows playing alongside our own tv innovations are great to see. Have we taken our foot off the pedal?

    We were kids tv pioneers to the point we had to stop it to pay for rte salaries/egos

    Have we taken our foot off the pedal ?
    No


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    #128
    Ash.J.Williams
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    breezy1985 wrote: »
    Have we taken our foot off the pedal ?
    No

    Rte have ?


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    #129
    Duckworth_Luas
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    adaminho wrote: »


    Think this was the song they played!
    This was what was generally played on Anything Goes.

    Altered Images

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6t1vaF50Ks0


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    #130
    mikemac2
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    Gay Byrne telling off a drunk guest

    The studio audience leap to his aid and defend his right to be drunk on live TV. This is Ireland dammit


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    #131
    Ash.J.Williams
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    Duckworth_Luas wrote: »
    This was what was generally played on Anything Goes.

    Altered Images

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6t1vaF50Ks0

    She was the feminist in father ted too


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    #132
    The One Doctor
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    The Late Late, back when they actually debated stuff instead of the limp noodle Tubs is.


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    #133
    bobbyss
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    The Sullivans. Australian WW2 saga. I always fancied Mrs Sullivan I have to say.


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    #134
    Hangdogroad
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    adaminho wrote: »


    Think this was the song they played!

    Yes, they also used Happy Birthday by Altered Images

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xut3SlragUQ


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    #135
    Hangdogroad
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    NewbridgeIR wrote: »
    Sports Stadium with handwritten racing results on a card. Always began at 1:40pm after Daktari, Wonderful World Of Disney, The Invisible Man, Hardy Boys etc.

    Jeremy The Bear

    Lug - a weird looking yoke that lived in The Burren. Three minute programme. Early 80s.

    Peter Murphy’s Cross-Country Quiz

    The old Sports Stadium theme before it was changed to Europes the Final Countdown.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPLocdn2Dn4


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    #136
    Duckworth_Luas
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    The One Doctor wrote: »
    The Late Late, back when they actually debated stuff instead of the limp noodle Tubs is.
    The Late Late used to have some cracking shows dedicated to debating a single topic.

    One that stands out for me was a show on Scientology, which aired when I was a student.

    Parts of it are on YouTube.

    What I remember most is the contribution from an American sounding journalist who often used to appear on RTE programs of the time, such as Gerry Ryan's radio show.


    Part of his contribution is from 6:20 on-wards

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7p3vY5wO6Tc


    Totally discredited Scientology in Ireland.

    The "free personality test" guy disappeared from Dublin streets immediately after this.


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    #137
    Beechwoodspark
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    Sorry but just for accuracy I have to respond

    The Scientology free personality tests were still on going at least until the year 2010 as both I and a good friend were offered them (worked nearby).

    I don’t work in dublin now so can’t say when they stopped asking people to do them.


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    #138
    Hangdogroad
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    Duckworth_Luas wrote: »
    The Late Late used to have some cracking shows dedicated to debating a single topic.

    One that stands out for me was a show on Scientology, which aired when I was a student.

    Parts of it are on YouTube.

    What I remember most is the contribution from an American sounding journalist who often used to appear on RTE programs of the time, such as Gerry Ryan's radio show.


    Part of his contribution is from 6:20 on-wards

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7p3vY5wO6Tc


    Totally discredited Scientology in Ireland.

    The "free personality test" guy disappeared from Dublin streets immediately after this.

    I remember that well


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    #139
    Duckworth_Luas
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    Beechwoodspark wrote: »
    Sorry but just for accuracy I have to respond

    The Scientology free personality tests were still on going at least until the year 2010 as both I and a good friend were offered them (worked nearby).

    I don’t work in dublin now so can’t say when they stopped asking people to do them.
    I was a student in Dublin at the time the episode aired. Up until then I would get asked every single day by a guy to do the test as a passed by.

    After this show he disappeared.

    I never said they didn't resume at a later date, but after this Late Late Show expose they laid low for a period.


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    #140
    bobbyss
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    ollaetta wrote:
    RTE had loads of shows based on animals back then: Skippy the Bush Kangaroo Daktari (Clarence the cross eyed lion) Tarzan Flipper Mr. Ed the talking horse Green Acres (Arnold the pig)


    Daktari ! Daktati ! Daktari !


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    #141
    iamwhoiam
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    The fabulous series

    Tenko

    Upstairs Downstairs

    The Onedin Line


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    #142
    iffandonlyif
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    Amirani wrote: »
    I loved Questions and Answers. Watched it just before it finished as a young teenager and it really spurred a lot my interest in politics.


    I'm the same. Caught it in its last year. Couldn't understand why political debate then regressed - populist outrage on Frontline, incoherent questioning on Vincent Browne - when it was most needed. To be fair, much of its success was down to John Bowman, whose excellence you're reminded of each time an election comes around.


    What I dislike about the debate format they now use is that, 1) they try to make them seem more momentous than they are - camera panning from audience to presenter, who is standing in the middle of the studio ready to give an overblown opening address, and 2) it's more of a moderated conversation than an actual debate that pits ideas against each other and allows interjection. The recent united-Ireland debate on Claire Byrne is a good example of how feeble they are - everyone leaves happy; no one's opinion changed.


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    #143
    Beechwoodspark
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    Questions and answers allowed intelligent political debate

    All of its successors have watered down and watered down the level of debate until we get to the dumbed down level of the clare Byrne show and prime time (in fairness prime time is more of an investigative type show than a debate)

    Bring back a proper political debate programme


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    #144
    Ash.J.Williams
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    Klf on the late late - gold tv

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21nhIZ9QF80


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    #145
    bobbyss
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    iamwhoiam wrote:
    The Onedin Line


    It was brilliant. Peter Gilmore and Anne Stallybrass. I think they were the names. It's strange how credits remain with you. Don Adams in Get Smart. I was only reading about that programme recently. The chief died tragically it seems. Agent 86 Barbara Feldon.

    Mary Tyler Moore was another great programme. She was gorgeous and Ted Baxter was fantastic. Superb writing that leaves many of today's programmes in the shade.


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    #146
    iffandonlyif
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    Beechwoodspark wrote: »
    Questions and answers allowed intelligent political debate

    All of its successors have watered down and watered down the level of debate until we get to the dumbed down level of the clare Byrne show and prime time (in fairness prime time is more of an investigative type show than a debate)

    Bring back a proper political debate programme


    It's such a basic format, too - every country has its own version of a political panel show. So I don't quite understand why the national broadcaster has abandoned it.


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    breezy1985
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    iffandonlyif wrote: »
    It's such a basic format, too - every country has its own version of a political panel show. So I don't quite understand why the national broadcaster has abandoned it.

    It was a pity it went. Loved when you had that and the joke version The Panel running at the same time.

    The UK version Question Time has gone down the toilet since Brexit. Letting racists and bigots on every week to chase the ratings


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    bobbyss wrote: »
    Daktari ! Daktati ! Daktari !

    And had great presenter in the name of Gerard Van Geldran. He became naturalized Irish.

    "To the waters and the wild"

    in one program, Gerard tells you how to make a microscope from a buiscet tin and drop of water.


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    #149
    Beechwoodspark
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    iffandonlyif wrote: »
    It's such a basic format, too - every country has its own version of a political panel show. So I don't quite understand why the national broadcaster has abandoned it.

    The politicians themselves didn’t want it maybe??


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    #150
    iffandonlyif
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    breezy1985 wrote: »
    The UK version Question Time has gone down the toilet since Brexit. Letting racists and bigots on every week to chase the ratings

    Yeah, I agree. But, tbh, it's always been a bit unsophisticated. The main problem is the partisan audience trying to out-clap itself.
    Beechwoodspark wrote: »
    The politicians themselves didn’t want it maybe??

    I wonder. Certainly impairs the programme if they struggle to recruit politicians. Another criticism of Irish political discussion is it's dominated by politicians!


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    #151
    AndrewJRenko
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    The current edition of Gogglebox Ireland has some fairly hilarious looks back at vintage RTE stuff, including the theft of rosary beads on Garda Patrol, and this very funny clip of hard core rabbit porn from Live at Three;

    https://streamable.com/o6f1k3

    It's well worth a look on the Virgin player.


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