De Den

gmisk wrote: »

He was mentioned and you heard him he was helping out with the building work

Excellent have them taped must get stuck in hopefully he makes an appearance

Brilliant again. Are there any other shows RTE could bring back on a limited basis to end 2020 on a bit of high note? Maybe Nighthawks, Beat Box or The End with Barry Murphy?

briany wrote: »

They'd only pair him up with some useless co-host and produce it to death, a la Podge and Rodge.



He still has a version of it, but it doesn't quite like it did back in the 90s. Maybe the original voice got to be a bit hard on the puppeteer to do.

Puppeteer???

Aurelian wrote: »

I think Dustin is perfect like this just being 25% of the show and not the whole show. Back to what made him funny in the first place.

Did anyone notice Ted lurking in the background last week? Sure to attack Ray sooner or later!

Also, does anyone else remember Cousin Nigel from Yorkshire?

Dustin is excellent when he has other people to undercut. It's hilarious when he goes off on one with Zig, Zag and Ray looking to camera just waiting for him to finish.

I don't know if I directly remember Cousin Nigel, but he is listed as one Zig's alter egos on Wikipedia.

That said, there are a lot of things that apparently happened on the Den which I don't remember, including (I think) Zag allegedly blurting, "Oh, for f*ck sake!" when a kid was taking too long to answer some question on the phone-in quizzes they used to do.

The best thing about the Den is the lack of oversight. It's a good example of the great things that can happen when you give talented performers carte blanche. I have a feeling a reason none of the performers want to revive the show fully is because RTE would end up wrecking their heads.

briany wrote: »

Dustin is excellent when he has other people to undercut. It's hilarious when he goes off on one with Zig, Zag and Ray looking to camera just waiting for him to finish.

I don't know if I directly remember Cousin Nigel, but he is listed as one Zig's alter egos on Wikipedia.

That said, there are a lot of things that apparently happened on the Den which I don't remember, including (I think) Zag allegedly blurting, "Oh, for f*ck sake!" when a kid was taking too long to answer some question on the phone-in quizzes they used to do.

The best thing about the Den is the lack of oversight. It's a good example of the great things that can happen when you give talented performers carte blanche. I have a feeling a reason none of the performers want to revive the show fully is because RTE would end up wrecking their heads.

I remember that, he had an English accent, there was other alters like Captain Joke

There was some great periods over the years, like when Podge first started to appear, in the beginning he'd only talk to Zag on the sly, often threatening him or slagging him off. He would appear then in numerous 'disguises' that the others couldn't see through, he was out to get Dustin and I seem to remember he wanted to eat Zuppy lol

Good ol' days for sure. Had a look at the new one, definitely still has some of that old charm. It's a pity they didn't do it sooner, before my kids were teens, they wouldn't bother with it now but I think they'd have loved it 5-6 years ago - great for those who do still have younger kids though

Thecageyone wrote: »

I remember that, he had an English accent, there was other alters like Captain Joke

There was some great periods over the years, like when Podge first started to appear, in the beginning he'd only talk to Zag on the sly, often threatening him or slagging him off. He would appear then in numerous 'disguises' that the others couldn't see through, he was out to get Dustin and I seem to remember he wanted to eat Zuppy lol

Stuff is coming back to me, Podge was very sinister for a kids show. I do remember him manipulating one of them while everyone else was out. I'd hate them to bring in the sanitised chat show version of Podge just for commercial reasons.

I also think Dustin started out very basic and didn't speak at all in the beginning?

briany wrote: »

Have to say, just for one year, how magic would it be to have the Den running on Christmas morning in its original strand format, showing a bunch of festive-themed programmes?

God yes, that would be magic! I'd get up early on Christmas morning to watch that even though I've no kids :pac:

Aurelian wrote: »

Stuff is coming back to me, Podge was very sinister for a kids show. I do remember him manipulating one of them while everyone else was out. I'd hate them to bring in the sanitised chat show version of Podge just for commercial reasons.

I also think Dustin started out very basic and didn't speak at all in the beginning?

Yeah it got a bit weird at times with Podge in the early days, I loved it because I was a teen at the time and much preferred the darker humour.

When Dustin first showed up Zig and Zag wanted to eat him for Christmas I thnk?

What the "Claire Byrne wearing the same kaks" thing about?

gmisk wrote: »

The savage eye....I doubt they would risk that one again!

I'm not sure the problem with the Savage Eye is on RTE's end, to be fair to them. I think McSavage just ran out of material.

Karter Slimy Tramp wrote: »

Think it suits Zig actually!

Like Eamonn Grumpy back in the day

Dustin needs to host his own show for adults on a Saturday night

Wakey wakey RTE

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Dustin needs to host his own show for adults on a Saturday night

Wakey wakey RTE

He is RTEs under-utilised talent

He’s excellent off the cuff

Also this stuff is Darcys talent

Cody montana wrote: »

Francis Brennan just liked one of my tweets.
It can't get any better now.

....and on International Francis Brennan Day of all days. All is brilliant.

I swear to god, the Den and the Tommy Tiernan Show nearly make up for the rest of the shíte RTE put out.

It's absolutely brilliant. My 8yo daughter got none of the jokes but still watched it all. Every one of them dressed as Francis Brennan doing their own impressions of him oblivious to what all the others were doing. Total chaos! Fair play to whoever in RTE took the risk of letting them run riot for an hour every week. I hope it comes back after Christmas.
There was an ad for the 'After School Hub' after last night's show and all I could think of was the poor fare on offer for the kids of today!