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40 MYLES ON: A NIGHT OF IRISH COMEDY - DVD~40 Myles On: A Night Of Irish Comedy - DVD~A one-night-only collection of Ireland's top comedy talent gather in Dublin's Vicar Street to pay homage to one of the great comedic geniuses of the 20th century. Flann O'Brien, Myles na gCopaleen, or whatever you're having yourself, was the author of "A Pint of Plain", "The Third Policeman" and "Cruiskeen Lawn" amongst others.

A contemporary of James Joyce and Patrick Kavanagh but a comedic peer to none, Flann O'Brien's acerbic wit and off-the-wall observations have appealed to millions through his worldwide book sales. Now, over forty years after his death, his baton is taken up and interpreted by some of the most famous names in Irish comedy, literature and acting.

Includes backstages interviews by Senator David Norris.

Bonus Features
Two Flann O'Brien short story film adaptations
The Martyr's Crown - A Tall tale of Heroes and Saints with David Kelly, Eva Birthistle & Brian Cox.
John Duffy's Brother - The story of a man who thinks he's a train with Mark O'Halloran & Michael Gambon.~40 MYLES ON%3A A NIGHT OF IRISH COMEDY - DVD|PARKDVD1|~11279~13265~~

STOP YOUR'E KILLING ME -DVD~STOP YOU'RE KILLING ME-DVD~Older readers may remember the Amnesty galas of the 1970s and 1980s. Star-studded, largely nostalgic and somewhat chaotic, they combined brilliant material with utter dross in a manner which suggested that no-one was actually in charge of bringing everything together. The best moments are of course imperishable - Billy Connolly's ramble about the two drunken Scotsmen, Fry and Laurie doing the fence sketch, Victoria Wood captured on the cusp of stardom and finest of all, Peter Cook's parody of the judge's summing-up in the Jeremy Thorpe case. The films are fondly remembered although they're padded out with musical numbers that vary from the good - Pete Townsend doing 'Pinball Wizard' on acoustic guitar - to the agreeably geriatric - Donovan taking us one more time through 'Catch The Wind' - to the wince-inducing - a particularly horrible version of 'In The Air Tonight' by Mr Philip Collins esq. However, now television has largely taken up the charity comedy baton, we don't see many of these big galas onstage. Indeed, Amnesty International seem to have downsized the whole concept, as witnessed by Stop, You're Killing Me. Where we once got a collection of legendary comic talents working together, we now get a group of seven Irish comedians given roughly ten minutes each to make an impression. The standard is pretty good although there's inevitably the sensation that the best performers don't have long enough while the less appealing ones are on for too long. Inevitably, this being Irish comedy for an Irish audience, someone from outside that culture is likely to feel a little excluded. There are references to places which puzzled me somewhat - Newbridge and Offaly for example. However, it's also true that, as with Jewish comedy, the Irish tell the best Irish jokes, all of which lay those dinner jacketed wankers in England for dead. Not that you can generalise about a particular kind of Irish humour - the evidence here suggests that much of it is based in a kind of shared experience of poverty, cruelty and religion, the sort of thing which informs books by Frank McCourt. There's also a particular facility for surreal observation which is at its best when it is just allowed to lie there without comment - the mode of humour which made "Father Ted" one of the finest TV sitcoms. Otherwise, the topics are much the same as you find anywhere else in the world - sex, politics, religion, showbusiness.

Starring:Tommy TiernanDara O'BriainJason ByrneArdal O'HanlonEddie BannonDes BishopDylan Moran

CERT 18 LENGTH 74 MINS REGION 2 WILL NOT PLAY IN USA~STOP YOUR%27E KILLING ME -DVD|2edvd0069|~11279~11284~STOP YOU%27RE KILLING ME -DVD~

THE IRISH COMEDIANS LIVE -DVD (REGION 2 ONLY)~~A great evening of fun and laughter!FIVE OF IRELAND?S BEST STANDUP COMEDIANS IN HILARIOUS FORMGENE FITZPATRICK, DUSTY YOUNG, BIG O, SIL FOX, PAUL MALONEIrish humour is loved the world over, for not only do we laugh as the world laughs with us, we also can enjoy a good laugh at ourselves.Laughter is the same in every language. Sit back and enjoy five of Ireland?s top comedians on this great video with loads of side-splitting jokes and stories which you?ll want to hear again and again! Like Seamus who had a gas leak last week in his house but it?s OK now ? he put a bucket under it!Well over 100 great jokes from the Irish Comedians recorded live and in hilarious form.
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