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Forgotten Irish sitcoms.

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    #62
    Hyperbollix
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    There was one that aired in the mid 90's. A "comedy" about three priests living on an island. Think Pat Short appeared in it. Dreadful. How anyone thought it would work I do not know.


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    #63
    .anon.
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    Hyperbollix wrote: »
    There was one that aired in the mid 90's. A "comedy" about three priests living on an island. Think Pat Short appeared in it. Dreadful. How anyone thought it would work I do not know.

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    #64
    Rhythmics
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    Fergus's Wedding
    Roose Bolton and his fiancee preparing for their wedding with the local priest, while trying to hide the fact that they're swingers.


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    #65
    El Tarangu
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    George White wrote: »
    Had an overqualified cast.

    The kid from 'The Butcher Boy' started in it also


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    #66
    Seamai
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    .anon. wrote: »
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    That guy, Maurice O'Donoghue, was my english teacher for 3 years of secondary school.


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    #67
    El Tarangu
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    This is a UK one, so doesn't count, strictly speaking but has an Irish main character: Tommy Tiernan, years ago, had his own sitcom called 'Small Potatoes'. It featured him and the British-Indian comic (who was 'Goodness Gracious Me' and lots of other stuff) as two lads working in a video shop. In the first episode he goes back to his hometown to visit his school or something - strange show. On late at night on BBC 2. I think that they produced one season and that was it. I'm not sure Tiernan did many other acting gigs between this show and Derry Girls.


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    #68
    Hangdogroad
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    El Tarangu wrote: »
    This is a UK one, so doesn't count, strictly speaking but has an Irish main character: Tommy Tiernan, years ago, had his own sitcom called 'Small Potatoes'. It featured him and the British-Indian comic (who was 'Goodness Gracious Me' and lots of other stuff) as two lads working in a video shop. In the first episode he goes back to his hometown to visit his school or something - strange show. On late at night on BBC 2. I think that they produced one season and that was it. I'm not sure Tiernan did many other acting gigs between this show and Derry Girls.

    I remember that..Think I just saw the first episode, a mad guy coming into the shop claiming vampires were under his bed (I think)


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    #69
    NickNickleby
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    El Tarangu wrote: »
    This is a UK one, so doesn't count, strictly speaking but has an Irish main character: .....

    Aha! I get an in. I give you:
    "Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width".


    Only quote I can remember from it is :"ah holy St Susan of Sallynoggin".

    Featured Joe Lynch, long before he started putting sh!te on eggs and selling them as free range in Glenroe. It was on BBC or ITV in the 60's .


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    #70
    Say Your Number
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    I remember The Roaring Twenties, seemed like it was only half-finished, might have had some potential if they spent a bit more time on it and didn't rush it out.


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    #71
    Cienciano
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    the purple tin wrote: »
    Soupy Norman.
    A Polish soap opera overdubbed by Mario Rosenstock.
    Gas craic it was.

    Whoever in RTE commissioned that and let it go out on air is a legend. I can't imagine the description would pass the test in an RTE boardroom nowadays


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    #72
    George White
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    Hangdogroad wrote: »
    Yes, it was weird to see stalwarts like Eamon Morrrissey in it.. I seem to remember Jon Kenny singing a song about Tom And Nora (of the schoolbooks).
    Janet and John, actually

    Warwick Davis was in it as the undertaker.
    Sean McGinley!
    Maria Doyle Kennedy!


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    #73
    George White
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    NickNickleby wrote: »
    Aha! I get an in. I give you:
    "Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width".


    Only quote I can remember from it is :"ah holy St Susan of Sallynoggin".

    Featured Joe Lynch, long before he started putting sh!te on eggs and selling them as free range in Glenroe. It was on BBC or ITV in the 60's .

    ITV.
    Featured the great John Bluthal, later Frank in Vicar of Dibley, but one of the greatest comic actors ever. Worked with Milligan a lot, on Q. Also in Superman 3 as pisa vendor, the 5th Element and Hail, Caesar! Had a long, globetrotting career.

    Lynch seemed to constantly ref Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown in his stuff. In the special of Chorlton and the Wheelies, he mentions Doon Layoragh for some reason.


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    #74
    Cosmo Kramer
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    There was a comedy on RTE in the 90s called Finbar's Class (or something like that). Think it might have even got a second season. It was pretty dreadful though.


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    #75
    Morgans
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    There was a good mockumentary that was on setanta about 12 years ago maybe. Main character was a simple lad in his twenties who supported/volunteered for what looked like a Leinster senior League side. He had the Brent delusions of grandeur thing going for it. Had several decent episodes before running out of steam. One series. Cannot remember the name of it but the Irish comedy that made me laugh the most in the last 20 years. Must try internet for help on the details.


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    #76
    Mad_maxx
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    Hangdogroad wrote: »
    The same makers were behind both. Paths To Freedon was one of the funniest things RTE have done. Fergus Wedding came afterwards, I was a bit underwhelmed by it at the time, maybe was expecting to much after PTF.

    pretty sure Fergus,S Wedding came first , both starred michael mcElhatton


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    Morgans
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    Morgans wrote: »
    There was a good mockumentary that was on setanta about 12 years ago maybe. Main character was a simple lad in his twenties who supported/volunteered for what looked like a Leinster senior League side. He had the Brent delusions of grandeur thing going for it. Had several decent episodes before running out of steam. One series. Cannot remember the name of it but the Irish comedy that made me laugh the most in the last 20 years. Must try internet for help on the details.

    Twas called Fran


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    All in all
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    Trivia - about a quiz team.

    Aoibhinn McGinnitty was in it.


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    #79
    the purple tin
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    Hangdogroad wrote: »
    TG4 did C-U Burn which of you dont mind subtitles is really funny. There was just one series made but it's often been repeated.

    They also showed a Mr Bean type silent comedy called Fear An Phoist which was just awful.
    They did a good one called Barney Bunion as well. About a private eye in Connemara.


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    Morgans
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    Mad_maxx wrote: »
    pretty sure Fergus,S Wedding came first , both starred michael mcElhatton

    No Paths to Freedom was first. There was hype for Fergus's Wedding as a result. Late late chat show promo etc. After week 2, all hype was gone.


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    #81
    the purple tin
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    Morgans wrote: »
    No Paths to Freedom was first. There was hype for Fergus's Wedding as a result. Late late chat show promo etc. After week 2, all hype was gone.
    PTF had a full length film as well.
    I think I remember it doing quite well at the time.


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    #82
    Shoelaces
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    The Roaring Twenties. I have never seen worse television.

    Like Hillsborough and 9/11 had a child


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    odyssey06
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    All in all wrote: »
    Trivia - about a quiz team.
    Aoibhinn McGinnitty was in it.

    I enjoyed that one. Wasnt a pure sitcom as such more of a funny slice of life.

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



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    #84
    Riddle101
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    Would Podge & Rodge: A Scare At Bedtime count as a sitcom? It wasn't in the usual format of a sitcom but I used to find it hilarious.

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


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    donspeekinglesh
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    All in all wrote: »
    Trivia - about a quiz team.

    Aoibhinn McGinnitty was in it.

    I remember seeing a few minutes of that. The company that do a lot of the mass broadcasts were involved, so a lot of it was filmed in Maynooth where they're based. One of the character's houses was the showhouse in our estate.


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    #86
    Skid X
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    Morgans wrote: »
    There was a good mockumentary that was on setanta about 12 years ago maybe. Main character was a simple lad in his twenties who supported/volunteered for what looked like a Leinster senior League side. He had the Brent delusions of grandeur thing going for it. Had several decent episodes before running out of steam. One series. Cannot remember the name of it but the Irish comedy that made me laugh the most in the last 20 years. Must try internet for help on the details.


    That was Fran, there were two series of it

    Shown on Setanta and then repeated on TV3

    I liked it a lot


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    #87
    The Mulk
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    donspeekinglesh wrote: »
    I remember seeing a few minutes of that. The company that do a lot of the mass broadcasts were involved, so a lot of it was filmed in Maynooth where they're based. One of the character's houses was the showhouse in our estate.

    I enjoyed that, the pub where the quiz was held was the Celbridge Manor bar(while it was closed for renovations).There were a few scenes filmed around the Main St. too. It was light enough, and the characters were good


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    Hangdogroad
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    The Mulk wrote: »
    I enjoyed that, the pub where the quiz was held was the Celbridge Manor bar(while it was closed for renovations).There were a few scenes filmed around the Main St. too. It was light enough, and the characters were good

    The main guy, with the distinctive face. I seem to remember him having a cameo in Paths To Freedom as prisioner who has an altercation with Rats.


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    The Mulk
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    Hangdogroad wrote: »
    The main guy, with the distinctive face. I seem to remember him having a cameo in Paths To Freedom as prisioner who has an altercation with Rats.

    David Pearse?
    His bio has him down as 'Strokes' in Spin the Bottle, so you're probably right.

    Turns out Aisling Bea was in Trivia too, I can't remember her in it

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1720019/


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    mloc123
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    George White wrote: »
    Had an overqualified cast.
    I managed to get the series on bootleg DVD over the lockdown, and god it is strange.
    The gay son in it is obsessed with blacking up as famed singers - a running joke they drop after two eps - he does Bassey and Ella Fitzgerald. There's non-diagetic musical numbers, at one point Jon Kenny performs There Once Was a Man from the Pyjama Game.
    The youngest daughter hs no character, and then basically turns into Lisa Simpson towards the end.
    A lot of it seeped into Mrs. Brown. Bronagh Gallagher's character had a different job every ep, like Dermot Brown. But the difference is Gallagher is a funny-bones performer. And even in bad material, she still managed to make the most of it.

    It did the opposite to what Linehan and Matthews wanted, which is the theme song is this very Oirish Sharon Shannon-performed trad thing, while with Ted, they wanted something that wasn't trad, and very sitcom.

    I kinda want to see this now


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    #91
    Church on Tuesday
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    Hangdogroad wrote: »
    Wasnt a comedy.

    Wasn't anything TBF.


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