literally every year we watch it and respond with “That was shite”

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  1. Not even once.

    I have zero context of the plot. And absolutely no desire to watch it.

    As Ted Crilly once said “Chewing gum for the eyes”

  2. Whoah now. Who’s ***we***? Never seen the thing and glad to have never seen it. The Father Ted Christmas special is always there for you and infinitely better.

  3. Not once has my family ever watched a Mrs Brown’s episode, let alone a special.

    I saw one in an ex’s house once and it was shite.

  4. As a nation we have really strong nostalgic ties to a lot of tv shows. The Toy Show, Mrs. Brown, Killinaskully. They are all gone to the dogs, or went. But we still watch it religiously.

  5. I’ve never seen Mrs Brown’s Boys in any form apart from clips in ads. Always looked like shite so I avoided it.

  6. To be fair, I actually enjoyed the series, I’m easily entertained like that. But these specials are pure and utter dung, you can see the jokes coming two miles off, same shite every time.

  7. I’m not ashamed to say that I really enjoyed them in the early years. It was especially nice because it was something just my dad and I would watch on Christmas and NY’s day. But I haven’t watched them in several years. They’re just so lazily done and so predictable that anyone who’s ever watched it could have written it themselves. Such a blatant cash grab.

  8. They should give a Derry girls slot or a slot from. someone like Blindboy or someone completely new instead IMO. Wasted potential

    Also bring back the Savage eye pls and thanks RTÉ x

  9. Happened to watch about half of one some years back with my sister and we were in stiches. We’d had the normal wine with the meal and an digestive or two and were on to sipping on some cocktails when we turned it on, the episode featured a Christmas play starring an enormous vagina or something to that effect, and we couldn’t stop laughing.

    I’d never seen the show before and sis did say that it’s pure shite, but we both agreed that one episode was comedy gold. Have tried watching other specials, but they always disappoint. Maybe it’s a question of getting the marinade just right.

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