OMG WTF RICHARD SCHIFF

[tzikeh]

DEAR THE IRISH WHY ARE PUPPETS INTERVIEWING RICHARD SCHIFF ON A TV TALK SHOW WHERE YOU CAN SAY "FUCK" PLEASE EXPLAIN YOUR STRANGE CULTURE

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[leaper182.livejournal.com]

O_O

...

BWEE.

*roars with laughter*

[greywingnut.livejournal.com]

What? How? What?

...over here dead, if you need me...

[leaper182.livejournal.com]

Maryland!

*smiles happily*

Sorry, I lived in MD for eight years, and somehow still have fond memories.

*^^*

[greywingnut.livejournal.com]

Maryland ain't too bad. I spent my late childhood here (13-20) and moved back about five years ago after five years in VA (Williamsburg and NoVa) and five years in my true home of IL.

Just wish I could get away from all this DC Beltway traffic...

[leaper182.livejournal.com]

I spent 4-12 up in MD before moving to GA (12-24 and counting), so I have the fond memories, but not necessarily of the traffic. *^^*

[unoriginal-liz.livejournal.com]

Hee! The puppets are called Podge and Rodge, and they've been part of the Irish television landscape (which is a pretty barren one, I have to admit. Miles of dry uninspiring 'THIS IS A NIGHTMARE!' Fair City desert punctuated by the 'Father Ted' oasis) since I was a kid.

They got their own talkshow about two years ago (I think), and have devoted it to 1) embarrassing the living snot out of their guests 2) sexual innuendo and 3) embarrassing the living snot out of their guests THROUGH sexual innuendo. They were pretty restrained there, actually...their guests are usually z list celebrities or well known Irish names, the kind of people we're so tired of seeing (hazard of tiny Ireland's celebrity scene, and tiny Ireland's bitter, begrudging people) that we just want someone to mock them mercilessly. The creepy puppets are the only talk show hosts willing to do this for the Irish people.

My favourite moment was when they interviewed one of the Irish Big Brother contestants, and Podge/Rodge said, "Well, it's not that you've done nothing with your life — it's more that you've done nothing...worthwhile"

Our strange culture in a nutshell!