Don't Feed the Gondolas explained

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.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Don't Feed the Gondolas FAQ . 2016-10-31 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20161101103223/http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/~magluby/dftg/intro.php . 1 November 2016.
  2. https://www.independent.ie/news/temp-head/26334015.html Temp Head