How did I not notice this before??

Sparky · 10-09-2006 11:25PM

I always liked the way Dustin slagged the sh1te out of westlife.
When the euro ads were on he would slag the "the change is in your pocket"

Call me mad, but I had his first album.
Dustin and Bob Geldof singing together...a classic.

Brian Capture · 10-09-2006 11:30PM

Dustin is a scumbag - the type of ignorant, narrow-minded, insular Dub you go miles out of your way to avoid.

BlitzKrieg · 10-09-2006 11:47PM

Brian Capture wrote:

Dustin is a scumbag - the type of ignorant, narrow-minded, insular Dub you go miles out of your way to avoid.

but as long as he is stuck in the tv he's funny to watch.

Tha Gopher · 11-09-2006 12:00AM

Sparky-s wrote:

Call me mad, but I had his first album.
Dustin and Bob Geldof singing together...a classic.

lol, aye they re did Rat Trap.

"Dustin take a walk take a walk take a waallkkk"

"Geldof take a wash take a wash take a wassshhh!"

Does anyone remember the time they went to Moscow?

Or when Socky first arrived, none of the rest of them liked him and talked about him behind his back, at the end of one show it showed him tearfully packing up and leaving and then the lads were sorry for what theyd done, and he came back (presumably an anti bullying thing going on)

I remember once when i was about 8 they had a national school class of kids my age on from the area of Leitrim my granded had been born in but left in his teens/early 20s. I remember snapping thinking "if my grandad hadnt moved from Leitrim, ida been born there and ida went to that school and been on the Den!"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Den_(television) good article here. Zig once said "ah for fcuk sake" to a child

Flukey · 11-09-2006 02:08AM

America is of course more strict, even in adult viewing. However, there are a lot of adult jokes and subtle ones that would go over a kid's head. Obviously the Simpsons comes to mind, with a lot of stuff that only adults would pick up, even it is not innuendo. Just political stuff or digs at certain people or society in general.

Programmes like Sesame Street had a lot of subtle humour too. They did a lot of stereotypical characters, like Kermit when he was doing his news reporter. Little things like catching him offguard when the camera came on to him, that you would sometimes see in reality.

Some of the reports themselves were full of things that a lot of the smaller kids would not have picked up on. There was one where he was interviewing Christopher Columbus before leaving on his trip when he discovered America. Obviously in reality he would not have known that was going to happen, so that whole concept in itself was funny. In the interview Kermit was asking him questions about how he was going to discover America and Christopher was saying things like how he was going to sail his ships across the sea and discover America. Near the end of that sketch, he asks Kermit what time it was. Kermit looks at his watch and answers "It's about 1492"

A lot of their music sketches were parodies on real music. They had one with 4 insects as a band called The Beetles. The were singing a song called "Letter B".

Sesame Street was full of that kind of stuff, simple lines of dialogue in the middle of a sketch, stereotypes, subtle references to things etc. Stuff a 5 or 6 year old would never pick up on, but as you got older you would. Some classic stuff.

Dun laoire · 11-09-2006 01:23PM

Remember Rainbow

I think Zig Zag could be a slang for a fag??? I'm thinking that's what your man meant when he said there was no gays in the 80's. Could be wrong though.

whiskeyman · 11-09-2006 01:30PM

On the point of so many kids shows having areas aimed at adults - Saturday morning shows have to be the worst.
One of the funniest had to be on BBCs 'Dick and Dom in da Bungalow'.
I think Doms surname is Wood, and he had a t-shirt with 'Morning Wood' on it once... got a rake of complaints!

Terry · 11-09-2006 01:38PM

the jail in the simpsons is called "Morning wood penitentiary".

Flukey · 11-09-2006 01:58PM

There is one where Homer has lost Maggie, so he calls a hot line for missing children. The song being played while he is on hold is "Baby Come Back."

There was another one when Homer was ringing the prison and they put him on hold. I can't think what the tune was now.

Zapho · 11-09-2006 02:07PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJE4OdhRjsM
Back when Ray was a young fella.

Wasn't there a thread about a couple of "mishaps" on the den, like some saying the f word accidently? The bad f word father , you know the one I mean!

Sofaspud · 11-09-2006 03:42PM

Flukey wrote:

There is one where Homer has lost Maggie, so he calls a hot line for missing children. The song being played while he is on hold is "Baby Come Back." There was another one when Homer was ringing the prison and they put him on hold. I can't think what the tune was now.

Or when he called the bad father's helpline wossname, and "cats in the cradle" was playing.

_blank_ · 11-09-2006 08:17PM

Zapho wrote:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJE4OdhRjsM
Back when Ray was a young fella.

AAAGH!

Right at the end of that is an "A-Moan Grumpy" piece that cuts off just as it's getting started. Ten times better than Aprés Match imo.

How did I not notice this before??

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