Remember Bridget and Eamon, the lovingly dysfunctional couple that remind you a little bit too much of your own parents?
They’re back tonight with their new sitcom on RTE 2 at 10pm. If you grew up in Ireland during the 80s or 90s, there is a strong chance you’ll spend most of the show saying ‘sure mam/dad does that the whole time!’
To celebrate this, here’s our quick celebration of the Irish oul’ lad.
They know what they like and they like what they know!
1. A simple oul salad
“What’s those black things?”
“Anchovies?”
“And what’s this spicy lettuce?”
“Rocket?”
“Yeah, rocket in there and get me some lettuce, scallion, tomato and bit of beetroot, none of your fancy stuff.”
2. A decent pint of Guinness
“Use the tap in the back bar. That pint you’ve just given me, I’ve seen better heads on The Sunday Game panel.”
3. To be left alone in the toilet with the paper
“We need to fix the lock on that door, I can’t focus.”
4. Compliments
“And the waitress said we were like brothers. We’ll have to give a her a decent tip, lovely girl.”
5. Roy Keane
He turns to you, teary eyed, after another goalless draw against Moldova: “I’m telling you now, he could still do a job for Ireland. He’s better than that bollocks Glenn Whelan.”
6. Your mam
“She’s the *finest* woman I ever met and she has great taste too; sure she married me.”
7. Tea
“Ahhhhhhhhhhhh, you cannot beat the Barry’s. I wouldn’t go near that other shite.”
8. A cut of cake
“That cup of tea is looking awful lonely, have you a cut of cake to go with it?”
9. Ellen Barkin/Holly Hunter/Meryl Streep/Robin Wright
“Christ, she’s looking better than ever. Some woman.”
10. Going on a family holiday and not using a sat nav or asking anyone for directions
“Jaysus, would you give me over that feckin map, sure you don’t even have it that right way up.”
11. Very, very, very, very well done steak
“If you have to burn it, burn it, but if there’s any blood, I can’t eat it. Cremate it is what I’m saying. Burn it to a feckin’ crisp, Mary.”
12. Coming up with a great idea and offering your services
“And I said to yer man in the hardware store what he could do with is putting the shop on that Facebook and I told him you’d be down in the morning to set it up for him.”
13. Joining Facebook and knowing exactly how to use it
“I sent you a private message there about your sister’s surprise birthday party.”
“You put that on my page dad, Kate saw it.”
“I *did* not. Did I? *shakes head* Zuckerberg, the prick.”
14. Saying slightly non-PC things
“That Holly Willoughboobies, I wouldn’t kick her out the leaba for eating crisps.”
15. The Eurovision episode of Ted
Tears roll down his face… “Would you *look* at the get-up of Jon Kenny!” *spluttering laughter* “Ah jaysus, he’s after walking on spotless. Look at the head on him.”
16. Nonchalantly ruining films
“Ah yeah seen this one before. Bruce Willis is dead.”
Bridget and Eamon kick off their brand new, pure modern sitcom on RTÉ 2 at 10pm tonight.
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