- "How come we aren't good anymore??"
Title: Irish People Watch Eurovision For The First Time
Published: May 07, 2018
Theme: Watching
TRY'ers:
- Damon Blake (@FOXANDBLAKE)
- George Fox (@COMEDYFOX)
- Dónal Sharpson (@DONALSHARPSON)
- Kellie Hughes (@HERESKELLIE)
- Dermot Ward (@CHIZMUND)
- CLISARE (@CLISARE)
Eurovision Song Contest Acts Watched:
- Dana (Ireland, 1970); "All Kinds Of Everything"
- Cliff Richards (UK, 1969); "Congratulations"
- Johnny Logan (Ireland, 1987); "Hold Me Now"
- ABBA (Sweden, 1974); "Waterloo"
- Paul Harrington & Charlie McGettigan (Ireland, 1994); "Rock 'n' Roll Kids"
- Bill Whelan (Ireland, 1994); "Riverdance"
- Verka Serduchka (Ukraine, 2007); "Dancing Lasha Tumbai"
- Lordi (Finland, 2006); "Hard Rock Hallelujah"
- Dustin the Turkey (Ireland, 2008); "Irelande Douze Pointe"
- Jedward (Ireland, 2011); "Lipstick"
- Conchita Wurst (Austria, 2014); "Rise Like A Phoenix"
- SunStroke Project (Moldova, 2010); "Run Away"
- Ryan O'Shaughnessy (Ireland, 2018); "Together"
Tropes:
- Blasé Boast: George describes Riverdance- an Interval (Intermission) act- as having the attitude of "Oh, by the way? We're going to ruin your night." Given how famous it became....
- Clip Show: While the TRY'ers are (presumably) watching the full acts, what the audience sees is, in effect, a clip show.
- Expy: Eurovision gets described as a "vocal Hunger Games."
- Gilligan Cut: Between George and Dermot, when watching "Together":George: "I literally puked in the street outside that bar[...]."
Dermot: "Look! George!" -
Ho Yay: When "Rock & Roll Kids" starts up, it's discussed whether the performers "couldn't even look at each other on stage" in an attempt to quell any rumors. - It Will Never Catch On: Discussed, about "Riverdance":"Back then, they were like 'toaster-shoes'[...] Just two words you can't put together."
- Meme: "Do you know what the 'Epic Sax Guy' meme is?"
- And part of the fun of watching is seeing George realize where it came from.
- Mic Drop: Referenced, as to what one of the acts — Johnny Logan — could have done. He starts with one word, then pauses. George immediately sees the possibility.
- Nonindicative Name: "Riverdance is a dance; not a song." (There are lyrics- at the beginning. Presumably a Eurovision requirement even for Interval acts.)
- Pyrrhic Victory: Apparently why Ireland hasn't "been good in 24 years": "Because we can't bloody afford hosting it!" (Winners are usually required to host the next year's event.)
- Shout-Out:
- The Hunger Games
- Austin Powers
- "[...]this is their Sesame Street."
- Milo Yiannopoulos
- "It's Coachella! Beat No...."
- "My favorite James Bond theme."
- Lindsey Stirling
