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Irish "comedy" like Hardy Bucks, Damo & Ivor, Rubberbandits etc.

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  • #62
    eisenberg1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,387 ✭✭✭eisenberg1


    SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »
    Paths to Freedom was better than any of those three

    Jeremy: "What price are those harpoons"
    Shop assistant: "They are not harpoons, they are walking poles"
    Jeremy "Ok, I will take them"

    Brilliant:D


  • #63
    jimgoose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,237 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


    harry Bailey esq wrote: »
    I remember now you are correct,the chaps name was Robbie something or other,he got involved in a row outside one of the late night spots in town and returned with a baseball bat and collapsed on the foothpath,he was a dark heavy set fella with a strong Dublin accent if memory serves me correct

    Do excuse me above, it was of course Robbie Doolin, and not Joe Savino.


  • #64
    gerrybbadd
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    The Hardy Bucks are very funny in fairness.


  • #65
    Uncle Ruckus
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    This reminded me how long it's been since I saw any new Podge and Rodge material.


  • #66
    drumswan
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    gerrybbadd wrote: »
    The Hardy Bucks are very funny in fairness.

    Brilliantly funny, the humour in the dialogue is superb.

    I think some Irish people need validation from the UK before they can find something funny.


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  • #67
    Arne_Saknussem
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    DeadHand wrote: »
    Yeah, can't help but feel if the Rubberbandits had been two Dublin boys (preferably with excellent connections in Montrose, right Andy?) peddling the jaded, overexposed "Dub humour" instead of their own original, bizarre hybrid of Limerick city/surrealist humour they'd have got as much work as other, obviously inferior, performers got in this country.

    As it is, they'll need to seek work abroad like Graham Norton, Dara O'Briain and other culchie talent who made the poor career move of being born outside of Dublin.

    Possibly yeah. Although they seem to be more biased towards people who are ****e, rather than just people from the Pale imo.


  • #68
    jimgoose
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    drumswan wrote: »
    Brilliantly funny, the humour in the dialogue is superb.

    I think some Irish people need validation from the UK before they can find something funny.

    I think the 'Bucks are hilarious. "Ten euros to fight a man in a trailer? Fuckin' savage value!" :pac:


  • #69
    Arne_Saknussem
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,732 ✭✭✭Arne_Saknussem


    drumswan wrote: »
    Brilliantly funny, the humour in the dialogue is superb.

    I think some Irish people need validation from the UK before they can find something funny.

    Seems like some people need to snidely put down other people's opinions to validate their own also.


  • #70
    CatFromHue
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    jimgoose wrote: »
    I think the 'Bucks are hilarious. "Ten euros to fight a man in a trailer? Fuckin' savage value!" :pac:

    I know people say it wasn't very good on RTE but The King of the Town, When they get the internet in, Salmon's stag party, Salmon's wedding, actually the whole of the second series is very good.

    And let's be realistic here, if there's one thing Castletown needs it's a West African themed restaurant!


  • #71
    jimgoose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,237 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


    CatFromHue wrote: »
    I know people say it wasn't very good on RTE but The King of the Town, When they get the internet in, Salmon's stag party, Salmon's wedding, actually the whole of the second series is very good.

    And let's be realistic here, if there's one thing Castletown needs it's a West African themed restaurant!

    I think it should be perfectly obvious to anyone with a functioning mind that the one thing every little piss-arse Irish town and village needs is a West African themed restaurant. :cool:


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  • #72
    Chunners
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    drumswan wrote: »
    Brilliantly funny, the humour in the dialogue is superb.

    I think some Irish people need validation from the UK before they can find something funny.

    Not at all, most Irish "Comedy" shows are based on stereotypes. No one inside "da pale" finds "Damo and Ivor" funny because we all know people arent that retarded, it is only funny to "culchies" because it enforces a stereotype they all have of people inside "da pale", same with "Dun'believables" and "The hardy bucks", they are shows based around cultchie humor, to a lot of us (well me anyway) none of it makes sense. I mean really why is this funny?

    Jeremy: "What price are those harpoons"
    Shop assistant: "They are not harpoons, they are walking poles"
    Jeremy "Ok, I will take them"

    All that says to me is someone called Jeremy couldn't tell the difference between a harpoon and a walking stick so is probably mildly retarded, the same joke was done years ago when Dougal went to the shop looking for handcuffs only then it was actually funny. they are all shows with aspirations of being the next Father Ted but are, at best, really just "I love Lucy"


  • #73
    jimgoose
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    Also, let's not forget that some of the funniest material to emerge from Ireland in recent years was never even intended to be funny - I refer of course to all that Traveller "shite-in-a-bucket" stuff on YouTube. :pac::pac::pac:


  • #74
    DoYouEvenLift
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,188 ✭✭✭DoYouEvenLift


    Chunners wrote: »
    The last Irish based comedy show I watched was Father Ted and that was only because it was produced by Channel 4, if RTE had have gotten their anal hooks into it it would have been turned into a pile of ****e. The only funny thing about D'Unbelieveables, Hardy Bucks, Damo & Ivor, Rubberbandits is that anyone thinks they are funny in the first place. I'd honestly rather watch an American "Comedy" show than watch the rubbish RTE come up with and try pass off as funny when really it is nothing more than embarrassing. It's no wonder most Irish comedians end up moving to England because the RTE audience are a bunch of dip****e's who wouldn't know funny if it slapped them in the face.

    I'm Kent Brockman and thats my 2 cents


    British comedy shows are better than American I think


  • #75
    Chunners
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    DoYouEvenLift wrote: »
    British comedy shows are better than American I think

    Totally agree, Red Dwarf being a case in point but I'd still rather watch an American comedy than an Irish one but for preference I'd always pick an English one first


  • #76
    The Moldy Gowl
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    Chunners wrote: »
    Not at all, most Irish "Comedy" shows are based on stereotypes. No one inside "da pale" finds "Damo and Ivor" funny because we all know people arent that retarded, it is only funny to "culchies" because it enforces a stereotype they all have of people inside "da pale", same with "Dun'believables" and "The hardy bucks", they are shows based around cultchie humor, to a lot of us (well me anyway) none of it makes sense. I mean really why is this funny?

    Jeremy: "What price are those harpoons"
    Shop assistant: "They are not harpoons, they are walking poles"
    Jeremy "Ok, I will take them"

    All that says to me is someone called Jeremy couldn't tell the difference between a harpoon and a walking stick so is probably mildly retarded, the same joke was done years ago when Dougal went to the shop looking for handcuffs only then it was actually funny. they are all shows with aspirations of being the next Father Ted but are, at best, really just "I love Lucy"

    You are like some one who has the have the joke explained to them.




    Dano macCormac and the chronicles of Baldy Mcdonagh are some excellent unintentinal great.

    Lil' Jay from Limerick is another absolute goldmine


  • #77
    jimgoose
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    Gowlasauras Rex wrote: »
    ...Dano macCormac and the chronicles of Baldy Mcdonagh are some excellent unintentinal great.

    Lil' Jay from Limerick is another absolute goldmine

    Not forgetting the great Postman Patrick - apologies in advance to anyone from the Leitrim/Meath/Cyaaavan area:



  • #78
    eisenberg1
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    Chunners wrote: »
    Not at all, most Irish "Comedy" shows are based on stereotypes. No one inside "da pale" finds "Damo and Ivor" funny because we all know people arent that retarded, it is only funny to "culchies" because it enforces a stereotype they all have of people inside "da pale", same with "Dun'believables" and "The hardy bucks", they are shows based around cultchie humor, to a lot of us (well me anyway) none of it makes sense. I mean really why is this funny?

    Jeremy: "What price are those harpoons"
    Shop assistant: "They are not harpoons, they are walking poles"
    Jeremy "Ok, I will take them"

    All that says to me is someone called Jeremy couldn't tell the difference between a harpoon and a walking stick so is probably mildly retarded, the same joke was done years ago when Dougal went to the shop looking for handcuffs only then it was actually funny. they are all shows with aspirations of being the next Father Ted but are, at best, really just "I love Lucy"

    I dont find Damo & Ivor that funny, but there people Dublin who do find it funny....how can you say no one in Dublin thinks its funny?

    As for my quote from "Paths to Freedom", did you watch the program? obviously it has to seen in context.

    IMO, Paths to was not like Father Ted or I love Lucy.


  • #79
    elefant
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    Chunners wrote: »
    Not at all, most Irish "Comedy" shows are based on stereotypes. No one inside "da pale" finds "Damo and Ivor" funny because we all know people arent that retarded, it is only funny to "culchies" because it enforces a stereotype they all have of people inside "da pale", same with "Dun'believables" and "The hardy bucks", they are shows based around cultchie humor, to a lot of us (well me anyway) none of it makes sense. I mean really why is this funny?

    Are you making two differing points here, or am I not understanding what you're saying correctly?

    I understand you say 'Damo and Ivor' (which I've never seen) is only funny to culchies, because apparently 'they all' are completely oblivious to how humans outside of the countryside behave.

    You then say it's the same with 'Hardy Bucks'. Does this mean only non-culchies find it funny? Because it plays up to country stereoypes?


  • #80
    jimgoose
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    elefant wrote: »
    ...Does this mean only non-culchies find it funny? Because it plays up to country stereoypes?

    I'm a culchie from East Limerick of the particularly mountainy variety, and when I eventually figured out that D'Unbelievables wasn't a documentary I thought it was uproariously funny. Mainly because it's all true! :pac::pac::pac:


  • #81
    The Moldy Gowl
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    just because you dont find something funny, dosent mean there is no funny/art in it


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  • #82
    drumswan
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    The Hardy Bucks is similar to Trailer Park Boys, which I find amusing. Apparently people from Dartmouth wouldnt get Trailer Park Boys though.

    :confused:


  • #83
    The Strawman Argument
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    DoYouEvenLift wrote: »
    British comedy shows are better than American I think
    God, I'd say it's a while since that could be said. BBC have really been ballsing it up for the longest time now. There's the occasional gem but the quantity of quality doesn't come remotely close to the US ...and that's without factoring in the crazy disparity when it comes to podcasts and other things.


    Like England it isn't large enough to just create this huge comedy industry like the US has, and RTE is far worse than the BBC ever could be.
    There isn't really that much room for much of an alternative comedy scene; youtube is a pretty good alternative though, it's probably produced most of Ireland's better stuff in recent years (hardy bucks and, I think, rubberbandits both started there, right?).



    ...as an aside, is the hardy bucks rte show worth watching? I assumed it was ****e.


  • #84
    Chunners
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 424 ✭✭Chunners


    Gowlasauras Rex wrote: »
    You are like some one who has the have the joke explained to them.




    Dano macCormac and the chronicles of Baldy Mcdonagh are some excellent unintentinal great.

    Lil' Jay from Limerick is another absolute goldmine

    If you are going to insult someone about their intelligence at least get your spelling correct


  • #85
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    jimgoose wrote: »
    Also, let's not forget that some of the funniest material to emerge from Ireland in recent years was never even intended to be funny - I refer of course to all that Traveller "shite-in-a-bucket" stuff on YouTube. :pac::pac::pac:
    I love how inventive their insults are 'ya handicapped biscuits, with your big Ennis face on ya' wtf :pac:


  • #86
    jimgoose
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    riffmongous wrote: »
    I love how inventive their insults are 'ya handicapped biscuits, with your big Ennis face on ya' wtf :pac:

    Some big timber there right enough. I was particularly impressed with the sledgehammer grace of "Junkie's bastard!!" :pac:


  • #87
    The Moldy Gowl
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    Chunners wrote: »
    If you are going to insult someone about their intelligence at least get your spelling correct

    2edgy5me


  • #88
    Chunners
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    eisenberg1 wrote: »
    I dont find Damo & Ivor that funny, but there people Dublin who do find it funny....how can you say no one in Dublin thinks its funny?

    As for my quote from "Paths to Freedom", did you watch the program? obviously it has to seen in context.

    IMO, Paths to was not like Father Ted or I love Lucy.

    Yeah I did see it, dentist goes nuts, band member gets violated in a gay bar by a transvestite who was being passed off as a transsexual (more stereotypes), dentists wife tuns out to be looking for a shag, Dubliner skanger tries get a music career via the medium of crap rap. It wasn't really the height of comedy or anything but I guess you'd have to be one of those stereotypes to really appreciate how funny it actually wasn't but sure no bother it is always funny to take pot shots at the gays and the trans isn't it? sure isn't Brendan O'Carroll career based on it?


  • #89
    GerB40
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    harry Bailey esq wrote: »
    I havnt read through the whole thread but does anyone remember'upwardly mobile'? It was an alleged comedy that rate put out in the nineties, it would be a contender for worst ever Irish show, it only ran for one or two seasons, its also memorable because one of the leads died following a fight in the city centre, and was named as an active member of the inla :eek:

    "But it's Belvedere for me".. Jaysus havin three channels meant we used to watch some shyte...


  • #90
    SuperGrover
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    Soupy Norman is my favourite Irish comedy. Almost nobody has seen it, apparently. Simple but brilliant...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vr5MYwqA8rk


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  • #91
    DEFTLEFTHAND
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    SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »
    Paths to Freedom was better than any of those three

    Agreed, I thought the movie they made afterwards with Rats was decent also.


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