Just wondering if anyone is at all familiar with the comedy output of my homeland's premiere(and only) broadcasting network ? let me tell you, if you you feel frustrated by the bbc/c4/itv's more questionable shows, rejoice that you dont have to witness the horror that is RTE's recent scheduling... a few months ago we had 'the english class', think 'mind your language' shot like the office containing a scene where our main character made a kicking motion while saying 'back of the net!' utterly horrific, and thats the tip of the iceberg, we also had 'the roaring twenties' (like a half hour you tube sketch written by first year media students, actually it may well have been) and the less said about 'upwardly mobile', the better... then there was 'bacholors walk' a while back, a really good comedy drama that was cancelled after 3 series due to internal RTE sniping... Its deeply upsetting that this is the state of affairs in the part of the world that gave us Linehan/Matthews/Moran/O'Hanlon etc. and is also host to an incredibly vibrant stand up circuit... ive annoyed myself now, im going to bed...... death to RTE!
