The Old Days on RTE

briany · 22-04-2021 08:10PM

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

The Lyrics Board - Irish game show around music - from 1992 - 2012. First presenter Aonghus McaNally, then Linda Martin and, finally, a revamped one presented by Pop Idol winner Brian Ormonde. When I saw it all the panels were on the music or entertainment business. I saw a few in the 1990s and that was enough for me - I could only imagine what the later one was like!

I can't really knock the Lyrics Board a whole lot. I do not like Linda Martin and all those who appeared on the show who see themselves as the big fish in the small pond that is the Irish pop music industry, but the show itself made a lot of older people happy and the format was exported to a lot of countries, so I can appreciate that it was something that RTE did well, even if I'm not personally a fan of the show's content.

odyssey06 · 22-04-2021 08:36PM

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

The Lyrics Board - Irish game show around music - from 1992 - 2012. First presenter Aonghus McaNally, then Linda Martin and, finally, a revamped one presented by Pop Idol winner Brian Ormonde. When I saw it all the panels were on the music or entertainment business. I saw a few in the 1990s and that was enough for me - I could only imagine what the later one was like!

Apparently the format was sold to other countries and it did well in Germany

adaminho · 22-04-2021 08:50PM

Deleted User wrote: »

The kids of Degrassi Junior High was another one.

There were 5 different DeGrassi street shows!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degrassi

adaminho · 22-04-2021 09:40PM

Going back over TV shows I loved as a kid I realised they were on BBC rather than Rte.

briany · 22-04-2021 11:12PM

Roddy Doyle's Family.

I still try to bounce a couple of chips on the table to test their quality.

22-04-2021 11:22PM

adaminho wrote: »

There were 5 different DeGrassi street shows!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degrassi

Kids Of Degrassi Street was a bit lame but Degrassi Junior High on RTE/Network 2 (possibly Thursday nights) 1987-1989 was ESSENTIAL viewing.

The follow up Degrassi High is ace too. Bought the DVD sets of both when on holidays in the US back in the 2000s.

AndrewJRenko · 22-04-2021 11:24PM

Mad_maxx wrote: »

really ? , i dont remember Denis o Brien or Tony o Reilly featuring on the show

We had lots of incoming tax exiles availing of Haughey's tax free status for artists - Elvis Costello lived in Stepaside, Jim Kerr in Killiney.

AndrewJRenko · 22-04-2021 11:32PM

odyssey06 wrote: »

Apparently the format was sold to other countries and it did well in Germany

Aonghus made a fortune from selling the format overseas.

Hangdogroad · 23-04-2021 05:34AM

NewbridgeIR wrote: »

Kids Of Degrassi Street was a bit lame but Degrassi Junior High on RTE/Network 2 (possibly Thursday nights) 1987-1989 was ESSENTIAL viewing.

The follow up Degrassi High is ace too. Bought the DVD sets of both when on holidays in the US back in the 2000s.

Degrassi Junior High is the one I mainly remember. A guy in our class was nicknamed Snake as he was the spit of yer man in it.

Only storyline in Degrassi High I really remember was the school bully who gets Aids and trashed the condom machine in the jack's. I'd largely moved on from it by that point.

Ash.J.Williams · 23-04-2021 07:38AM

briany wrote: »

Roddy Doyle's Family.

I still try to bounce a couple of chips on the table to test their quality.

He was a fussy eater wasn’t he?

I’ve been nervous around frying pans since

Hangdogroad · 23-04-2021 10:19AM

Hangdogroad wrote: »

Another thing about a lot of RTE childrens shows from the 70s and 80s is it's never entirely clear when they finished production. The year they started no problem but things get murky about when they actually stopped screening new episodes. The Wiki entry there says it was cancelled in the early 90s but it was probably repeats at that stage. (I'm guessing it finished proper circa 87-88)

Mystery solved on when Fortycoats ended. The last episode was shown on Christmas Day 1987 according to this. A different actress playing Slightly Bonkers also and no sign of Sofar.

https://stillslibrary.rte.ie/indexplus/image/2517/021.html

Ash.J.Williams · 23-04-2021 10:29AM

Hangdogroad wrote: »

Mystery solved on when Fortycoats ended. The last episode was shown on Christmas Day 1987 according to this. A different actress playing Slightly Bonkers also and no sign of Sofar.

https://stillslibrary.rte.ie/indexplus/image/2517/021.html

The witch was married to scrote David Kelly I see

Hangdogroad · 23-04-2021 10:55AM

Actually come to think of it Rosemary Fine took over Slightly from Virginia Cole so that was three actresses who played her during its run. Who was Lisa Schuster, pictured in the first link? No further info out there on her (Doesnt seem to be American actress of same name)

Edit: it must have been Schuster took over from Cole and then Fine over from her going on the timeline, unless there was someone else in between.

https://stillslibrary.rte.ie/indexplus/image/2525/074.html

Galwayguy35 · 23-04-2021 07:47PM

The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew

The Famous Five.

briany · 23-04-2021 08:23PM

Back in the old days on RTE when the Angelus came on, instead of a montage of people looking serenely into the middle distance or images that made us reflect upon creation, we'd get some classic Christian iconography of the Virgin Mary, holding the baby Jesus, replete with halos, and Mary's head bowed at an awkward reverential angle as was the style at the time. Always gave me the creeps.

Say Your Number · 23-04-2021 08:34PM

I remember The Blizzard of Odd (or some other comedy) taking the piss out of that angelus stare thing, with a burgler and also a couple going at it, stopping and looking into the distance when they hear the bell.

adaminho · 23-04-2021 08:36PM

Hangdogroad wrote: »

Actually come to think of it Rosemary Fine took over Slightly from Virginia Cole so that was three actresses who played her during its run. Who was Lisa Schuster, pictured in the first link? No further info out there on her (Doesnt seem to be American actress of same name)

Edit: it must have been Schuster took over from Cole and then Fine over from her going on the timeline, unless there was someone else in between.

https://stillslibrary.rte.ie/indexplus/image/2525/074.html

I served Virginia Cole in Adare Manor back in 93. A lovely woman and was telling me about a movie she just finished making. Turns out she was Georgie Burgess wife in the Snapper!

odyssey06 · 23-04-2021 08:52PM

adaminho wrote: »

I served Virginia Cole in Adare Manor back in 93. A lovely woman and was telling me about a movie she just finished making. Turns out she was Georgie Burgess wife in the Snapper!

I remember her also from The Irish RM playing the much putupon Bridget.

She went onto become a barrister later in life, though still had occasional roles in movies such as Tara Road. Sadly passed away in 2018.

https://superannrte.ie/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6538&Itemid=104

adaminho · 23-04-2021 08:58PM

Funny we were only talking about this.
https://twitter.com/LUFC1992_v2/status/1385502917881389056

23-04-2021 09:09PM

Heather Thomas, wow, forgotten her, such a stunner in that blue bikini!

yuridwyer · 23-04-2021 10:08PM

briany wrote: »

And make us miss Dr. Phil and Nationwide? Not a chance!

But seriously, though, what the hell is the story with late night TV programming on RTE????

Firstly, the demographic of people who are watching TV at 3AM and for some reason choose RTE must be incredibly small. It can't be drunk people after a heavy night out who find the perfect end to the evening is watching a repeat of Casualty. I don't think that's ever happened. Elderly folks down the country with only a rusty aerial to pick up TV, well they're all probably asleep. It cannot be anyone with access to the Internet or satellite TV. It's not even stuff that shift workers might have missed in the evening like Fair City.

Back in the old days, they actually used to show something a bit interesting at least sometimes on the graveyard slot. If anyone remembers The End with Sean Moncrieff, they used to show Taxi, The Critic, 3rd Rock from the Sun and Night Stand with Dick Dietrick.

Loved The End, Barry Murphy on Friday's. Sean Moncrieff on Saturday's. Or the other way around. Couldn't remember Dick Dietrick's name until I read that post, cheers!

Declan A Walsh · 23-04-2021 10:13PM

Remember Good Grief Moncrief and Don't Feed The Gondolas?

Hangdogroad · 23-04-2021 10:27PM

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

Remember Good Grief Moncrief and Don't Feed The Gondolas?

Yes. Good Grief....only lasted one series during the summer of 96. Gondolas lasted good bit longer circa 97-01.

briany · 23-04-2021 10:56PM

yuridwyer wrote: »

Loved The End, Barry Murphy on Friday's. Sean Moncrieff on Saturday's. Or the other way around. Couldn't remember Dick Dietrick's name until I read that post, cheers!

Night Stand with Dick Dietrick was a brilliant comedy show. For those who haven't seen it, it was a parody of tabloid talk shows such as Jerry Springer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-zwCJi7CBA

briany · 23-04-2021 11:03PM

Does anyone remember Joe Rooney hosting a kids show called Jump Around which ran as a Summer fill-in show for The Den? I don't think this was something they did before (having a Summer replacement), and I'm not sure they ever did again, but it's been a long time since I watched kids' TV, so I wouldn't actually know.

yuridwyer · 23-04-2021 11:26PM

Anyone remember ENG? Think it was Canadian, from about 94, maybe about a news corporation?

Yyhhuuu · 23-04-2021 11:26PM

Hangdogroad wrote: »

Anyone remember a programme about learning Irish from the early 80s called Anois Is Aris? It had a lot of what could be termed comedy sketches, Frank Kelly was in most of these.

Anyway one in particular sticks in my memory. It was a guy hanging in chains in a cell and a torturer (kelly I think) would show him pictures of various politicians and celebrities and ask "anseo?" to which yer man gave the right answers except for the end where he gave the wrong answer for JR from Dallas and the torturer fella starts flogging him with a whip and yer man roaring his head off. My mother was mortified at this and turned it off.

We had a book from the Anois is Aris series. Can't believe I remember this. I was only a child. I just remember seeing that book in on the fireplace of the dining room where my grandmother slept....

Just googled it and saw the paperback is going for $890 on Amazon.

https://www.amazon.com/Anois-is-Aris/dp/B0013QQ392

What a bargain.

I must have a look for our old copy and I' ll settle for $500. Any takers?

icdg · 23-04-2021 11:39PM

Don’t Feed the Gondolas was a Have I Got News for You-esque quiz show that ran on RTE Two (or N2 in those days) and was the original centrepiece of “Monday Night Comedy”, a hallmark of the N2 era. Moncrieff anchored, while for most of the run Dara O’Briain and Brendan O’Connor were captains. One of those quiz shows in which the questions and answers were less important than the jokes. The guy who played Eoin McLove in Fr Ted did a vox pop segment as I recall. Nowadays effectively seen as a precursor to the longer running The Panel which took over its slot.

Good Grief Moncrieff was one of many Kenny Live summer stand ins. I only remember the theme song, in which it was claimed Moncrieff could climb the highest mountains, swim the seven seas and such like. Probably the earliest RTÉ show to have a house band, in that regard.

Aglomerado · 23-04-2021 11:52PM

I used to be a regular contributor to the End (readers' letters) and still love Sean on Newstalk. Remember Septic, the alien puppet sidekick?

Aglomerado · 23-04-2021 11:54PM

Yyhhuuu wrote: »

We had a book from the Anois is Aris series. Can't believe I remember this. I was only a child. I just remember seeing that book in on the fireplace of the dining room where my grandmother slept....

Just googled it and saw the paperback is going for $890 on Amazon.

https://www.amazon.com/Anois-is-Aris/dp/B0013QQ392

What a bargain.

I must have a look for our old copy and I' ll settle for $500. Any takers?

Wow

I bet there's a copy down in my parent's house better get on it! It might have willies drawn on it though!

The Old Days on RTE

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