Dustin the turkey, ??

sligojoek

shineon23 wrote: »

Hold on a second, he's not a real a turkey? :pac:

You should have put a spoiler alert on that.

basillarkin

His voice was definitely different in the early years

Rikand

Loughc wrote: »

He wouldn’t be the only muppet lecturing there.

Hweh hweh hweh

shineon23

Dustin was on Expose on TV3 tonight, i caught glimpse of him while I was changing channels, honest:cool:.

But I went to TV3 Player there now to make sure it was him
https://www.tv3.ie/3player/show/183/0/Xpose

snowflaker

Sh!teinabucket wrote: »

No.
The only person/puppet/ turkey in the land to rip the absolute p!ss outta the so called "celebrity culture" on our tiny little island,expertly so too I might add.

snowflaker

briany wrote: »

The time Dustin gatecrashed Ray, and Zig & Zag's more mature vehicle, 2Phat...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iYU4-70jHY

"I CAN'T UNDERSTAND YOUR ENGLISH ACCENT!! SPEAKIN' DE IRISH!! SPEAKIN' DE IRISH!!"

While wearing a man und jersey, is he a pastiche of every bar store spinner republican... yawn

gnarbarian

The Briggan, the Brack, the Noggin and the Fermot!

whisky_galore

Sh!teinabucket wrote: »

No.
The only person/puppet/ turkey in the land to rip the absolute p!ss outta the so called "celebrity culture" on our tiny little island,expertly so too I might add.

Frank Hall was doing just that before many Boardsies were thought of.
Mike Murphy et al, Dermot Morgan in pre Fr Ted days.

It wasn't all po-faced tv and radio presenters back in the olden days.

razorblunt

Sure wasn't he on with D'Arcy recently being all polite?

razorblunt

Mariah Zealous Gent wrote: »

wtf happened to Podge and Rodge as well...they did pg/neuter them a bit in the later years of the chat show

That Secret RTE producer covered it on his/her twitter. Pretty much made change the show beyond all recognition, lost the viewers and was cancelled.

They're active enough on twitter these days though.

gozunda

shineon23 wrote: »

Hold on a second, he's not a real a turkey? :pac:

Zig & Zag were the creations of design students Ciaran Morrison and Mick O'Hara. At Christmas 1990 they needed a turkey for a brief stint on The Den and they turned to Ciaran's youngest brother, John. Dustin was initially to end up as Zig & Zag's Christmas lunch, but he got a reprieve on the grounds that he was only half-turkey and half a scrawny*, unappetising vulture. When Zig & Zag left to pursue success in Britain, Dustin grabbed his opportunity to fill the vacancy.

https://m.independent.ie/lifestyle/the-birdman-of-belgrade-26442852.html

Dustin: " Who are you calling scrawny!"
:pac:

branie2

He had a radio show as well

Really O'Reilly

Cienciano

Anyone remember this extra at the end of one of the early podge and rodge videos?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgOMm9XTzj0

tossy

gozunda wrote: »

https://m.independent.ie/lifestyle/the-birdman-of-belgrade-26442852.html

Many may not realise it but zig and zag was actually a 3 man operation.

branie2

Remember that row he had with Sean Ban Breathneach?

7 Seconds...

Dustin needs his own talk show. He could called it The Dustin Show! or Saturday Chat with Dustin & Soky! (Soky would be his assistant on this show & obviously it would be on a Saturday), I miss Soky too.

dirkmeister

A Christmas Crisis is on YouTube for anyone who cares.

Such great memories!!!

Oafley Jones

tossy wrote: »

Many may not realise it but zig and zag was actually a 3 man operation.

Wicklow man?!?!? DAFUQ, tis is more shocking to me that all those stories of hollywood leches.

stampydmonkey

Can I come too... wrote: »

I miss Soky too.

I miss Ciara : (

tossy

Oafley Jones wrote: »

Wicklow man?!?!? DAFUQ, tis is more shocking to me that all those stories of hollywood leches.

I'm lost

valoren

Was on 96fm this morning promoting the book. Did they change the voice? Sounded more like Padraig Harington than the old Dustin?

Postgrad10

I'm sure he's got a bit older and his voice has changed

This happens a lot as a character matures, Homer Simpson and Peter Griffin sound very different in early episodes of their shows.

SEPT 23 1989

branie2 wrote: »

Remember that row he had with Sean Ban Breathneach?

Sean Ban Sean Ban Breathneach
Mná Na Mná Na hÉireann

was his taunt

Noel82

Good compilation

Pero_Bueno

Does anyone remember when he first appeared on the show ?
Ian Dempsey was presenting the Den with Zig and Zag and he was promising Dustin Hoffman - and isn't that his full name ?
Dustin Hoffman ?

Maybe they since dropped the Hoffman to cover asses being sued ...

branie2

You're right, his full name was Dustin Hoffmann in the beginning

Phat Dick

I find Dustin as funny as leukemia and the Den wasn't funny either it was cringe

Will I Am Not

Well leukaemia is subjective.

weadick

branie2 wrote: »

At one point in the Den, Podge pretended to be Dustin, with a blatantly obvious plastic cup for a beak

I'd love to find clips of this again and the first Christmas Crises where Podge broke into their house and broke Ray's clock.

dublinman1990

Dustin was so much fun back then on RTÉ. Kids today really don't know what they are missing.

Riddle101

Dustin on the Panel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtkitHgu_ik

An outtake with Dustin and Snotzer. I think Dustin was really laughing that time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_nOydKvk7M

Duckworth_Luas

Pero_Bueno wrote: »

Does anyone remember when he first appeared on the show ?
Ian Dempsey was presenting the Den with Zig and Zag and he was promising Dustin Hoffman - and isn't that his full name ?
Dustin Hoffman ?

Maybe they since dropped the Hoffman to cover asses being sued ...

As I recall, Zag won a turkey in a golf competition and they were planning to eat it for Christmas. In the beginning he was just that, a turkey, no clothes, language or personality.

But it turned out that it could talk and his name was Dustin Hoffman. So he got a reprieve.

It was all just part of one of their Christmas skits during Dempsey's time. However, the turkey stayed on and gradually morphed into a Northside Dublin builder and eventually a nationally known character outside of children's TV, even though he's just a puppet.

MICKEYG

One of my favourite memories was the noise in the background as the Hi-ace pulled up, Dustin shouted his thanks to Snotzer then arrived on set with the classic "It's all right for you boyos, sitting around watching Fiddly Fudleberg and Buali all day, I've done a days work".

I use that same line from time to time when I come in from work, only to be met with blank stares.

mrsdewinter

Duckworth_Luas wrote: »

As I recall, Zag won a turkey in a golf competition and they were planning to eat it for Christmas. In the beginning he was just that, a turkey, no clothes, language or personality.

But it turned out that it could talk and his name was Dustin Hoffman. So he got a reprieve.

It was all just part of one of their Christmas skits during Dempsey's time. However, the turkey stayed on and gradually morphed into a Northside Dublin builder and eventually a nationally known character outside of children's TV, even though he's just a puppet.

I loved the way that whole scene played out. It had everything: cuddly Ian Dempsey, the guy off Play The Game, the reference to the fella in Tootsie...
But let's get real, here - that was the year I was supposed to be studying for my Inter. Dustin was looking a little frayed by the time I was leaving college, which was 2 decades ago.
He's like the guys in the tiresome Cha & Miya sketches: the olds who commission stuff in RTE think this stuff is hilarious but that doesn't mean anybody under the age of 30 agrees...

briany

weadick wrote: »

I'd love to find clips of this again and the first Christmas Crises where Podge broke into their house and broke Ray's clock.

That used to be on Youtube in its entirety. Been taken down for a while now, though.

Podge's classic threat on that one - "Your face... This hand... Bang!"

C__MC

Anytime Dustin burned twink, it was brilliant

Capt'n Midnight

shineon23 wrote: »

Hold on a second, he's not a real a turkey? :pac:

IIRC he was half turkey half vulture, so they couldn't eat him at Christmas

Capt'n Midnight

The nice thing about Dustin is that he respected the kids.

As long as they were five or under.



There was a six year old kid on the phone

Ray - Where're you from ?
Kid - I'm from Carlow
Dustin - Sorry
Kid - I said I'm from..
Dustin interrupting - yeah I heard you the first time, wha wha

branie2

The late Derek Davis was a target of fun for Dustin

briany

Here's one Dustin used to come out with, "Arklow! Arklow! Arklow! MEGA MEGA WIDE THING!!"

Dustin once appeared on ITV Saturday Morning's SMTV live and had me in stitches.

I remember him saying something like 'your a fine lookin burd' to Cat Deeeley.

No way would he get away with his antics today.

Star Bingo

salonfire wrote: »

I remember him saying something like 'your a fine lookin burd' to Cat Deeeley

Didn’t always have an eye for talent though, here’s one he let slip under the radar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGb2mOYPcwk

Postgrad10

mrsdewinter wrote: »

I loved the way that whole scene played out. It had everything: cuddly Ian Dempsey, the guy off Play The Game, the reference to the fella in Tootsie...
But let's get real, here - that was the year I was supposed to be studying for my Inter. Dustin was looking a little frayed by the time I was leaving college, which was 2 decades ago.
He's like the guys in the tiresome Cha & Miya sketches: the olds who commission stuff in RTE think this stuff is hilarious but that doesn't mean anybody under the age of 30 agrees...

He also would randomly turn up on the xtra factor slagging Simon Cowell a few years back. Louis Walsh must have had some connection with that. Did anyone buy his book that was out?