16-504: Saturday Live can refer to: Saturday Live (Irish TV series) , an Irish television talk show Saturday Live (UK TV series) , a British television comedy series Saturday Live (radio series) , a British radio series Saturday Live , a spin-off of Friday Live , an Australian short-run election series on Sky News Live See also [ edit ] Saturday Night Live , an American television comedy series Topics referred to by
32-498: A childish version of his mildly surreal style. During the rapid increase in the use of mobile telephones , he offered a "Mobile Phone Euthanasia " services on the streets of Dublin, where he would destroy phones for annoyed owners. His cousin Maeve Ingoldsby is a playwright. Pat retired from selling his books on the streets of Dublin in 2015. Ingoldsby also wrote some episodes of Wanderly Wagon Since Pat withdrew from
48-447: A mix of serious discussion and light chat. It was aimed at a younger audience than its main rival, The Late Late Show . The show was broadcast during the autumn-spring season (October to April) and was created to fill the vacant Saturday night slot after the departure of The Late Late Show from Saturday to Friday nights. It was first broadcast on RTÉ One on Saturday 25 October 1986. The original programme ended on 11 April 1988. It
64-409: Is an Irish poet and TV presenter . He has hosted children's TV shows, written plays for the stage and for radio, published books of short stories and been a newspaper columnist. Since the mid-1990s, he has withdrawn from the mass media and is most widely known for his collections of poetry, and his selling of them on the streets of Dublin (usually on Westmoreland Street or College Green ). In
80-436: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Saturday Live (Irish TV series) Saturday Live is a televised talk show hosted by various guest presenters, which was broadcast live on RTÉ Television on Saturday nights from 1986 to 1988 and later revived from 1999 to 2000. Saturday Live featured guest interviews and live music from guest music groups and featured
96-424: Is still part of Ireland's arts scene, sometimes opening Art exhibitions, introducing then-new musicians such as David Gray or launching other people's books. He self-publishes through Willow Publications, which he set up and named after one of his pet cats (who later died). Some of his books since 1998 have carried a note that they are protected by the " Bratislava Accord 1993, section 2 cre/009 manifest-minsk ",
112-554: The 1980s, Pat hosted RTÉ children's TV shows named Pat's Hat , Pat's Chat , and Pat's Pals . His plays include Bats or Booze or Both (Dublin, Project Arts Centre, 1977); Hisself (Dublin, Peacock Theatre, 1978); Rhymin' Simon (Peacock Theatre, 1978); When Am I Getting' Me Clothes (Peacock Theatre, 1978); Yeukface the Yeuk and the Spotty Grousler (Peacock, 1982); and The Full Shilling (Dublin, Gaeity Theatre, 1986). In
128-1015: The Rev. Ian Paisley ), Eamon Dunphy (soccer pundit), Johnny Giles (soccer pundit), Anthony Cronin (poet), Tiede Herrema (industrialist), Mary Mooney ( Fianna Fáil TD), Michael Cleary (priest) , Bernard Loughlin, Joe Dolan (singer), Brendan Shine (singer), Yvonne Costelloe, Niall Tóibín (comedian and actor), Eamon Casey (bishop), Pat Ingoldsby (poet), Ulick O'Connor (writer), Henry Mountcharles (aristocrat), Henry Kelly (broadcaster), Shay Healy (broadcaster), Colm Tóibín (writer), Rosemary Smith (rally driver), Tommy Makem (musician), Mick Lally (actor), Ina Broughall, Ronnie Drew (singer), Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh (sports commentator), Tracy Piggott (broadcaster) Eamon Morrissey (actor) , Joe Lynch (actor) , and Stephen Roche (professional cyclist). Bibi Baskin also presented an episode, and subsequently went on to host her own chat show for 6 years from Autumn 1988 during midweek. An episode
144-431: The death of his father, or the electroconvulsive therapy he received (c. 1988), to his appreciation of the natural world or his pets (mostly cats, but also some fish). Observations of Dublin are mostly humorous conversations overheard on the bus, or the characters he sees and talks to while selling his books on the streets. Some observations are not so cheerful as he also sees the drunks and the homeless of Dublin city, and
160-743: The early 1990s, he had a column in the Evening Press (a now-defunct national Irish newspaper). These columns were later collected in The Peculiar Sensation of Being Irish . Ingoldsby is a fluent Irish speaker and includes a few poems written in Irish in each book of poetry. He lives in Clontarf , in Dublin, Ireland. Since sometime in the mid-1990s, he has withdrawn from TV, radio and theatre, instead devoting his efforts to poetry. Pat
176-423: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Saturday Live . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saturday_Live&oldid=1230910966 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
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#1732794383405192-523: The some aspects of modernisation which he isn't pleased with. His most distinctive style of poetry is his humorist style. A recurring character, Wesley Quench, appears in roles such as the driver of a Flying See-Saw Brigade. Another poem, "Vagina in the Vatican," depicts a vagina sneaking into the Vatican unstopped because no one knew what it was – except for a few who couldn't let slip that they did. He also occasionally produces stories for children. These are
208-613: The terms of which allegedly protect his book's content from being included in: In March 2022, the Museum of Literature Ireland (MoLI) hosted a video installation to mark the release of Ingoldsby's latest anthology, In Dublin They Really Tell You Things — Pat Ingoldsby, Selected Poems 1986 — 2021 . Most of Pat's poems are about his personal experiences, observations of life in Dublin, or mildly surreal humorous possibilities. Topics of personal experiences vary from
224-475: Was also hosted by current-affairs broadcaster Pat Kenny , whose own first attempt at a chat show, The Pat Kenny Show had failed. Kenny's success in the Saturday Live show, together with his hosting of the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest , led to his being considered competent in light entertainment, and he was effectively being made the permanent presenter of the show when the Saturday Live incarnation
240-844: Was replaced in October 1988 by the rebranded Kenny Live . Following Pat Kenny's move to present The Late Late Show in autumn 1999, the Kenny Live incarnation was retired and the Saturday Live formula was revived for the Saturday night slot for the 1999-2000 season, again with rotating guest presenters. Among the guest presenters were John Daly (television presenter), Tracy Piggott , Dana (singer) and Dave Fanning (broadcaster). The revived show proved unpopular and ended after only one series. Pat Ingoldsby Pat Ingoldsby (born 25 August 1942 in Malahide , Dublin , Ireland )
256-485: Was succeeded in October 1988 by Kenny Live , hosted by Pat Kenny , and was revived for the 1999–2000 season after Kenny's departure to host the Late Late Show. The original run of Saturday Live from 1986–1988 was hosted by a series of guest presenters. The first episode was presented by Feargal Quinn . Other episodes were presented by Alan Dukes (then leader of Fine Gael ), Rhonda Paisley (daughter of
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