Alt Name: | DFTG |
Genre: | Comedy, satire |
Director: | Colm Crowley |
Presenter: | Brendan O'Connor (2000–2001) Seán Moncrieff (1997–2000) |
Starring: | Eddie Bannon Des Bishop Dara Ó Briain Brendan O'Connor Kevin McAleer Patrick McDonnell |
Country: | Ireland |
Language: | English |
Num Series: | 4 |
Producer: | Colm Crowley |
Location: | RTÉ Television Centre, Donnybrook, Dublin 4 |
Camera: | Multi-camera |
Runtime: | 30–35 minutes |
Network: | Network 2 |
Don't Feed the Gondolas is an Irish comedy panel show, that ran for four series on Network 2 between 1997 and 2001. The show was hosted by Seán Moncrieff and the longest-serving panellists were Brendan O'Connor and Dara Ó Briain.
The name of the show is attributed to a remark made by a Wicklow County Councillor, Jimmy Miley, during a meeting regarding Blessington Lake. When the meeting proposed putting a gondola on the lake, he remarked: "That's all very well, but who's going to feed it?"[1] [2]
A running gag of the show, whereby the host Seán Moncrieff would make prank calls under the alias 'Monica Loolly' and claim to be from a small town in Galway named Ahascragh.