Have You Ever Been On The Telly?

starbelgrade · 09-11-2010 11:06PM

amdublin wrote: »

My mother was in the audiencec for the Late Late Show the night that your man verbally attacked Pat Kenny ("you're an insuffferable @&%$... etc etc)

She said apart from that happening it was the most boring night of her life.

I was in the audience for a filming of Colm & Jim Jim's Home Run. That was some bad sh1t. People were asking could they go out to the toilet and then not coming back. So then they stopped letting people go out Eventually we all escaped around midnight. That is a night I don't like thinking about. Goddamn you OP for this thread and bringing up this repressed painful memory.

Oh, so it was my fault that you went to see two idiots trying to make a crap TV show & didn't enjoy it? :eek:

Iron Hide · 09-11-2010 11:08PM

Posy wrote: »

Yep. I was featured on 'Nationwide' once.
Couldn't even deny it was me, my name was in a caption at the end of the screen.

Is that you, Willie Stroker?

GSV · 09-11-2010 11:09PM

I was on the Nine O'Clock news some years ago (with my photo beside/behind the newsreader)
and on the front page of most of the national newspapers the following day. :cool:

I was sitting in a hotel room down the country, watching the TV when it came on
and realised that I hadn't contacted any of my family. :eek:

Cue stunned phone calls.

Long story, but no animals were hurt in the making of this post.

amdublin · 09-11-2010 11:12PM

starbelgrade wrote: »

Oh, so it was my fault that you went to see two idiots trying to make a crap TV show & didn't enjoy it? :eek:

No. It was my sister's fault. She got the tickets and then conveniently couldn't go on the day and sneakily offered them to me "it's a new show, supposed to be great, you should go, you'll like it"

It was sh1t. I didn't like it. We weren't even given any free stuff.

I don't think I'll ever forgive her.
It has caused an awful rift in our family

amdublin · 09-11-2010 11:13PM

GSV wrote: »

I was on the Nine O'Clock news some years ago (with my photo beside/behind the newsreader)
and on the front page of most of the national newspapers the following day. :cool:

I was sitting in a hotel room down the country, watching the TV when it came on
and realised that I hadn't contacted any of my family. :eek:

Cue stunned phone calls.
Long story, but no animals were hurt in the making of this post.

What had you done?! What had you done?!

:eek::eek::eek:

LenaClaire · 09-11-2010 11:23PM

I did ads when I was really little and then when I was about 10 our school choir was on tv

Proxy · 10-11-2010 12:06AM

I was on The Joke Box when I was very young... my joke was:

"What did the Mother Hen say to her chicks when they wouldn't behave?

If your father saw you now, he'll spin in his gravy"

rannerap · 10-11-2010 12:20AM

Was on the podge and rodge show about 2 years ago on the weird talent section turning my eyelids inside out! got paid 130 yoyo to do it but still havent lived it down

Mars Bar · 10-11-2010 12:26AM

Yup, on the Saw Doctors documentary that they show nearly every year!

I got my jills in one shot for JC results back when I was in 1st year.

AckwelFoley · 10-11-2010 12:31AM

To catch a predator.

Apparently im the only one that made it on 3 shows in a row.

Chris Hansen knows me by my my first name and all now.

We text sometimes.

Hes cool

Jesus Wept · 10-11-2010 12:33AM

Thread needs youtubes.

WindSock · 10-11-2010 12:36AM

I was on TV for all of .5 seconds on a segment about Trip to Tipp in '97 and .5 seconds in Nationwide at Poulnabeg Dolmen last year. Totalling 1 second of fame for me, that I am aware of. Still have 14 mins and 59 seconds to use up.

Oh and I just remembered I am in an early 90's Timmy Mallet vid too. 14 mins and 58.5 left. Won't post the YT link, the music is absolutely horrendous.

Lloyderz · 10-11-2010 12:37AM

I have been in plenty of tv ads down the years through my dad. Here is my tv debut aged 6 months in this classic advert!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-Nz9sBjs3o

Scarinae · 10-11-2010 12:46AM

I was an extra in a short-lived Irish show called The Big Bow Wow. Most people here have probably never seen it - be glad of that! I watched several episodes (which were excruciatingly bad) but was rewarded with seeing myself walk down a staircase with a drink in my hand

GSV · 10-11-2010 01:39AM

Lloyderz wrote: »

... Here is my tv debut aged 6 months in this classic advert!

Your ma has great legs.

amdublin wrote: »

What had you done?! What had you done?!

:eek::eek::eek:

I got on the wrong side of 2 guys in combat jackets, ski masks and carrying sawn-off shotguns.
I was called a hero in the papers but they didn't know I'd used my Vulcan Death Grip & Ninja-like Tiger Pastry Attack moves.

discobeaker · 10-11-2010 01:48AM

I was on the TV last night cos i was at the Bray vs Monaghan match. In agony today cos i was in the crowd of people who were hurt due to the wall colapsing onto the pitch. Thank god nobody was hurt badly.

Was also on Sky news and ITV news when paul McCartney was married in Monaghan afew years back

Owen · 10-11-2010 02:00AM

Scratch Saturday (Had to suffer Kevo - what a pleb) in the audience, Tech TV as a one episode contributor back when Keelin Shanley was pretty hot, News 2 at 10:30 as an 'expert' being interviewed about an IT issue (Expert my arse), and most recently on TVN in Poland at Christmas time. I got asked in Polish if I'd say something about shopping in the centre I was in, I replied in Polish that my Polish was useless, but belt away ... she found out I was Irish, asked me a few questions, and then dubbed over all my answers on the news. Turns out they made me say that I come to Poland to buy all the presents for my Irish family because the prices are so cheap there as a result of the country being so poor and impoverished. Niiiiiiiicce. That went down well with the inlaws!

ironictoaster · 10-11-2010 02:07AM

I did an interview at a FIFA video game tournament in 2006 in Berlin, representing team Ireland. To this day I know idea how I got on it, considering I am **** at the game. Did an interview with that muppet Dave Berry.

Great time, got a free trip to Germany with my dad and loads of free xbox stuff and adidas gear.

Also, I was on the German version MTV news years ago. They wore here for some premiere.

Cheap Thrills! · 10-11-2010 03:33AM

scientific1982 wrote: »

What video?

The band was called: Lir (an Irish band)

The song was called (i think); In a Day

It was shot in 'The gravediggers' pub in Glasnevin over about 2 days I would say in 1992 or 1993, there was a dove in the video and a big extractor fan! I was the girl twords the end wearing a red shorts suit drinking in the pub with this older man, he was an equity actor with a pinstripe suit in his 60's.

I never ever could find it online, if you can find it could you pm me a link?

ta!!!

CorkMan · 10-11-2010 06:13AM

Yes, I knocked out Mike Tyson in the 11th round.

Black Swan · 10-11-2010 06:21AM

Yes! I was in my Pink Pantar outfit shopping Grafton and this shoppe I passed had a cam focused on passersby with a telly monitor. I posed.

candy-gal1 · 10-11-2010 08:59AM

Fair city extras and a bit outside the Your A Star auditions

-Leelo- · 10-11-2010 02:14PM

Was on The Toy Show when I was about 10 with two other people from my school, had to make one of those 3d puzzles of a carousel, I gave out about it the whole time and then when he asked what I'd give it out of 10 I said 8 (just cos the others I was on with gave their puzzles 8) and Gay Byrne made a show of me and said why are you giving it 8, I thought you said it wasn't very good! Cue a reddener from shy, 10 year old me, still hate Gay Byrne to this day!

On another note, for years I told people he smelled like **** but now that I'm older I realise it was probably mothballs!

jimmyneo1 · 10-11-2010 02:23PM

My brother and I were on the Late Late Toy Show years ago in the Gay Byrne days. Had to demonstrate how the toys worked etc. Got to go up to RTE every day for a week before it aired to play with the toys and practice what we were going to do. Good times.....

allanb49 · 10-11-2010 02:30PM

Echo Island reviewing books,
Met Ardal O Hanlon just before the last season of Fr Ted was shot remember him saying how they might be doing a jokey version of Speed.

Also on 6.01 when the teachers strike was on and got cornered by some guy in the old Dundrum shopping centre.

Tiny Explosions · 10-11-2010 02:49PM

WindSock wrote: »

I was on TV for all of .5 seconds on a segment about Trip to Tipp in '97 and .5 seconds in Nationwide at Poulnabeg Dolmen last year. Totalling 1 second of fame for me, that I am aware of. Still have 14 mins and 99 seconds to use up.

Oh and I just remembered I am in an early 90's Timmy Mallet vid too. 14 mins and 98.5 left. Won't post the YT link, the music is absolutely horrendous.

There's only 60 seconds in a minute! :pac:

I got stopped by Lucy Kennedy who was working on "The Rodge and Podge Show" while walking down the street about 4-5 years ago...can't remember what she asked me and I never watched the show, so I don't know if I appeared on the show or not... don't think I did because nobody ever said it to me.:o

Yell0 Man · 10-11-2010 03:08PM

I was an extra in a Thai soap opera last year, spent the entire day having a massive waterfight with about 10 other travellers and 30 Thais in Bangkok, it was also my first full day off crutches in 5 weeks after a tubing accident in Laos, God I wish I was still travelling:(

Duggy747 · 10-11-2010 03:22PM

Was once on The Jeremy Kyle Show but got in a spot of bother when I regretfully threw a letter at him and it struck him over the head.

I was dreadfully embarrased that day, but one must see past these minor hiccups in life and carry on...................tally-ho, old boy!

Another time was when I litteraly bumped into Bertie Ahern who, for no apparent reason, was at the entrance of my church. He turned around, shook my hand and next thing I notice 2 or 3 TV cameras swarming around me. I got the hell out of there before they had me surrounded, no idea if I appeared in the news.

WindSock · 10-11-2010 03:26PM

Tiny Explosions wrote: »

There's only 60 seconds in a minute! :pac:

Gah, I meant go back and change that before but forgot. Please forgive me for such a grave error. I deserve to have my remaining 'fame' minutes to be cut down.

10-11-2010 03:26PM

My first (known!) TV appearance was only in September. I was in Birmingham at the Pope's visit (felt sorry for the poor man as he looked exhausted but, happily, he seemed to regain some of his energy later). A Sky News reporter came over <snip> and asked if he could interview some of us, having travelled across the pond. Thankfully, I wasn't interviewed - would have made a right heimes of it - but I stuck around in the background. Result: TV appearance for a few minutes.

And yes, I'm afraid I'm one of those "Look, Ma, I'm on TV!" types. I texted my mom but I thought it was BBC instead of Sky News and they missed it. (Served me right.) I only heard for sure that I was on it from a family up the road.

As an aside, the percentage of boardsies who've been on TV according to this poll is really high!

Duggy747 · 10-11-2010 03:36PM

Actually, just remembered I was on Sky Sports News once. It was Trappitoni's first match with Ireland and a bunch of us where outside Croke Park. A guy in a suit comes up to us saying if we wanted to be on TV then a guy holding a camera with the Sky Sports logo on it comes up to us.

We rang someone to check Sky Sports News and, sure enough, 10 minutes later we appeared on it. :pac:

homerun_homer · 10-11-2010 03:37PM

TV3 - I was shown in the crowd at the first Witnness watching a band. I'm sure there's other little things but I don't want to know about it.

Xyo · 10-11-2010 04:18PM

I was on an episode of how long will you live before.

admiralofthefleet · 10-11-2010 04:38PM

yeah twice, on questions and answers and the frontline

CoDy1 · 10-11-2010 04:53PM

Me and my Da were interviewed on RTE News outside Landsdowne Road after IRE v ENG riots. Thought I was well cool.

Was also on the Works with that spastic Mary Kingston.

-Leelo- · 10-11-2010 04:57PM

jimmyneo1 wrote: »

My brother and I were on the Late Late Toy Show years ago in the Gay Byrne days. Had to demonstrate how the toys worked etc. Got to go up to RTE every day for a week before it aired to play with the toys and practice what we were going to do. Good times.....

We didn't get to do that, we just got sent out our crappy 3d puzzles and left to build them and drag them to the studio that day! :mad:

But, c'mon back me up here, Gay did smell a bit ropey didn't he? :pac:

Ghetto Cornetto · 10-11-2010 05:43PM

Was in a show for RTÉ called Proof 2 (as far as the reel said).

I was about 14 or 15 at the time. Scene basically involved some chap escaping from a block of flats (Dolphin's Barn) to an escape car as someone shot at him from one of the balconies above. I was one of the kids in the courtyard playing football. Basically we had to scarper when the shots started firing as the escapee jumped into the car. Absolutely savage experience.

Was also in the audience when my nan was on Winning Streak.

Either role will hardly win me a BAFTA, but there you go.

ordinary_girl · 10-11-2010 06:22PM

I was an audience member on The Late Late Show, and several times on The Panel too. There was some RTE thing in my school a few years ago and I'm one of many people that happened to be walking down the corridor while they were filming, I was on screen for a whole half a second!

ADO · 10-11-2010 06:25PM

was on operation transformation for sharing my drinking skills with the nation!

Bogsnorkler · 10-11-2010 06:29PM

I fell on my arse after skidding on ice on the Six One news

Fizgig Bandicoot · 10-11-2010 07:00PM

R.T.E. mass twice, singing in the choir. Horrible teacher anounced in front of the whole class the next day that he saw me on the television and I was too embarrassed to tell everyone what I was at Mass *shock horror* (I was 13/14) so i said I was on 2 phat for some reason

Scuid Mhór · 10-11-2010 07:08PM

yes but the tale is too hardcore for mere mortals like you.

ibarelycare · 10-11-2010 10:37PM

Xyo wrote: »

I was on an episode of how long will you live before.

How long WILL you live?

Jazzy · 10-11-2010 10:43PM

i once got gnasher off the TCC's Dennis The Menace to jump into a pile of balloons in Gnashers Challenge

wiger toods · 10-11-2010 10:47PM

walking behind an rte news camera at slane castle, the time stereophonics played it a few years back, god they were ****e. my mum and a few of the guys i worked with spotted me. then again i did walk back and forth behind it, around 20 or 30 times.(i was very drunk) i was on tv in vietnam too for about 15 minutes.:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

FreudianSlippers · 10-11-2010 10:50PM

I was in an ad once that ran for a few months.

Asphyxia · 10-11-2010 11:25PM

Yes on News Today on the DEN during the conker festival hahah! and when Don Conroy visited the library in our town I even got his autograph :rolleyes: