Line #116 Series/TheSavageEye


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3	->''"Ireland: A land of complex questions and simple people. Over this intriguing little place, we cast [[TitleDrop The Savage Eye]]."''
4	-->-- OpeningNarration
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6	''The Savage Eye'' is an Irish comedy show written and acted primarily by David [=McSavage=] which lampoons different aspects of Irish culture and history. Each episode poses a question, usually in the form of "Why are the Irish so x?" and up to eight reasons are given. It has aspects of a {{Faux Documentary}}, with real interviews with people on the street about the episode's question, interspersed with comedic sketches. Ran for three seasons on RTÉ between 2009 and 2011. There was also a Christmas special at the end of series three in 2011.
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8	The [[{{Uncanceled}} fourth series]] ran in May and June 2014 on Creator/{{RTE}} Two.
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11	!!''The Savage Eye'' provides examples of:
12	* AllGaysArePromiscuous: Mick 'The Bull' Daly claims that all 'quaaares' will try to trick you into riding them.
13	* AnswerCut: This exchange.
14	-->'''Liam Fay''': In the past, people might've recognised someone from the television, gone up and gotten their autograph. Now, they're more likely to go up and punch them.
15	-->''(cut)''
16	-->'''Hector Ó hEochagáin''': [[{{Catchphrase}} Rahoo, rahoo, rahoo!]]
17	* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: "The consequence of bad parenting shows itself in Ireland's high percentage of alcoholics, drug addicts and advertising executives."
18	* BestialityIsDepraved: Mick 'The Bull' Daly:
19	-->'''Mick 'The Bull' Daly:''' You can kill and eat animals - that's no problem, like. That's fine, you kill them and eat them. But once you start riding them, then society's like 'Oh no, you can't ride them.' But you can kill them and eat them, like. But if the animal had a choice, huh?
20	-->''(EvilLaugh)''
21	* BigBad: The British and the Catholic Church.
22	* BigOlEyebrows: Mick 'The Bull' Daly has massive grey eyebrows.
23	* BlatantLies: From the Sports episode, the 'completely impartial' football referee, in the match between England and Ireland, who is wearing a [[QuintessentialBritishGentleman Union Jack waistcoat and top hat]].
24	* BreadEggsBreadedEggs: "I am half-lesbian and half-vegetarian, or 'Lesbitarian', if you will."
25	* BreathlessNonSequitur: The presenter for RTE news does this quite often.
26	-->''[[CatchPhrase Go fuck yourself, it's six o'clock.]] My vagina is as eager as the clapping flippers of a wet sea-lion.''
27	* BritishStuffiness: Parodied in a fake, British, war propaganda film. The children of Britain are shown as being smart and well-educated, having learned from birth how to be useful and productive members of society. The Irish children, on the other hand, only learn how to dance and play. Thus, when an atomic bomb goes off, the British children are able to quickly construct bomb shelters and tend to the injured, while the Irish children are left [[AshFace soot-faced]] (but still dancing).
28	* CatchPhrase: Hector Ó hEochagáin -- "Rahoo! Rahoo! Rahoo!"
29	** John Duffy -- "How did that make you feel?", "Ah jeeyaysus"
30	** Mick 'The Bull' Daly -- "Fuckin' quaaares!"
31	** Pat Kenny -- "Woooooooow"
32	** Patsy -- "Stick it in a pan!"
33	** Ireland's President for Life has a minor one -- "On behalf of the Irish Nation, this is happening."
34	* CalvinBall: The Sports episode tells us about a precursor of Gaelic football called 'Whackadabollockin' where the object is to [[GroinAttack hit someone's testicles]] with a hurdle.
35	** Also mentioned is 'Eel Wrangling' and 'Potato Whispering'.
36	* CloudCuckoolander: Most of the characters.
37	** The Garda Sergeant.
38	** Hector Ó hEochagáin.
39	** Ireland's President for Life.
40	** John Duffy.
41	** Mick 'The Bull' Daly.
42	* ClusterFBomb: Whenever Mick 'The Bull' Daly speaks.
43	* ComedicSociopathy: John Duffy gets great (sexual) pleasure from hearing people's sad stories.
44	** Ireland's President for Life advises foreigners to precede good news with bad news, so your neighbours won't hate you.
45	* CreationStory: The President for Life claims to have given birth to Ireland --
46	-->'''President for Life:''' AsYouKnow, I gave birth to Ireland. I was in labour for 800 years. The doctors grabbed hold of the [[UsefulNotes/NorthernIreland six counties]] and try as they might, it wouldn't budge. But finally, with the help of a shire horse and a tug boat, it all came out. The doctors were surprised because they'd never witnessed the birth of a nation before.
47	* DidIJustSayThatOutLoud: This exchange from the Family episode:
48	-->'''Minister for using Three Similar Words:''' This government ''is'' a family and I think in every family there has to be a bit of secrecy.
49	-->'''Minister for Breathlessness to Convey Sincerity:''' And no different to any Irish family, there are things that have gone on within this family like favouritism, alcoholism, violence...
50	-->'''Minister for the Awareness of Problems:''' Buggery!
51	-->''(All ministers turn and look at him uncomfortably)''
52	* EvenEvilHasStandards: John Duffy remarks that the theme from ''Film/SchindlersList'' is almost ''too'' miserable.
53	* EvilLaugh: Mick 'The Bull' Daly.
54	* FemaleMisogynist: Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh, who belittles any woman who comes onto her show (to date -- a politican, an animal rights activist, a farmer and an astronaut) and tells them they [[StayInTheKitchen should be at home]] doing the baby's nappies or minding their children instead.
55	* {{Flanderization}}: John (Joe) Duffy. In the first three seasons he was simply a normal man who enjoyed (and sometimes got sexual [[UsefulNotes/{{BDSM}} pleasure out of]]) hearing listeners' miserable stories. By series four, he has become a [[{{Film/Nosferatu}} Nosferatu]]-like creature with an [[TheIgor assistant]] that can't hear any hint of happiness without visibly recoiling.
56	* FromTheMouthsOfBabes: The first episode of season 4 describes how the Internet has caused the children of Ireland to lose their innocence. This is demonstrated with a group of children who decide to play Cowboys and Indians.
57	-->'''Boy''': Okay, the Indians live over there peacefully, and ''we'll'' attack.
58	-->'''Children''': Yaaaay!
59	-->'''Girl''': And we'll make you surrender, and steal ''all'' your land and demonise your culture!
60	-->'''Children''': Yaaaay!
61	** "Did you get all that, boys and girls?" "''Fuck'' Protestants!"
62	* GagNose: David [=McSavage=]
63	* HeteronormativeCrusader: Mick 'The Bull' Daly, who believes that homosexuals ('quaaares' as he calls them) are vampires that live in mountains, can fly, have magical powers and have claws.
64	** He is completely oblivious to (or chooses to ignore) the fact that his own son, Mickey, is a very [[CampGay camp homosexual]] (in hiding though, of course, given who his father is!).
65	*** Mick even says he would have to claw his son apart with a hammer if it turned out that he was 'quaaar'.
66	* HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood: Mick 'The Bull' Daly's had a pretty screwed-up upbringing.
67	* HypocriticalHumour: "I just think it's criminal, the control that religion has in the countries. Anyway, we'll take a break there for the Angelus, and we'll be right back!"
68	* IAmTheNoun: Ireland's President for Life claims to be the nation of Ireland itself.
69	** In the Sports episode, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zn566hjmk1Y she travels back in time]] to November 19, 2009 and cuts [[SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong Thierry Henry's hand off]] for knocking "me, the Irish Nation" out of the World Cup.
70	* IncrediblyLamePun: "I had a very bad experience with laughter when I was a child." "What do you mean?" "I was ''amused'' by a priest!"
71	* JerkAss:
72	** In-Universe: Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh -- she interrupts, makes faces at and insults all her guests.
73	* MilitariesAreUseless: The Irish Defence Forces, as portrayed in Series 4.
74	* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh.
75	** John Duffy, the radio presenter parody of Joe Duffy.
76	** Hector Ó hEochagáin.
77	** Pat Kenny.
78	** Ireland's President For Life is a parody of real life Irish president Mary Robinson (1990 -- 1997).
79	*** Her Housebound It, Mary's real life husband, Nicholas Robinson.
80	** Seamus Heaney.
81	** Creator/DanielDayLewis and {{Music/Rihanna}}, since series four.
82	* NonAnswer: The Minister for using Three Similar Words.
83	** The Minister for Breathlessness to Convey Sincerity isn't much better.
84	* NoodleIncident: Any of Mick 'The Bull' Daly's stories
85	** Any of the President for Life's stories about her past.
86	* ObligatoryBondageSong: Rihanna's song that she sings after claiming that --
87	-->'''Rihanna''': ''(heavy Caribbean accent)'' Woman is always aks-in' me about love. But sometimes all a woman wants from a man is a punch and to be called a dirty little slut.
88	* {{Oireland}}: Parodied, especially with relation to Cavan people.
89	** In the tourism episode, a passing Irish peasant is engaged in conversation with some upper class English gentlemen on holiday in Ireland (the joke being that when the Irish man walks off, he goes back to acting normal and mutters under his breath "For fuck's sake!")
90	-->'''Gentleman''': I say, Irishman, wonderful weather we're having!
91	-->'''Irishman''': ''(doing a little jig)'' Oh ho ho ho, 'tis, 'tis, to be sure, to be sure.
92	* OminousLatinChanting: "O Fortuna" from ''Music/CarminaBurana'' [[{{Leitmotif}} plays every time]] the Catholic priest robs the little boy in the 'Catholic Church' titles.
93	* OncePerEpisode: In almost every episode, 'British Rule' and 'The Catholic Church' are reasons number one and two.
94	* PedophilePriest: The Catholic priest who steals the little boy in the 'Catholic Church' titles.
95	* PermanentElectedOfficial: Ireland's President For Life.
96	* PoliceAreUseless: The Gardai in the classroom, mostly due to the unusual and incompetent methods of the Sergeant teaching them.
97	** In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAh4N8uGK5Q a domestic dispute]], he ignores the actual good suggestions by the students and tells them to either drive slowly past the house, or get out standing far away and say 'Keep it down'.
98	--->'''Sergeant:''' Repeat after me -- domestic dishputes will always sort themselves out!
99	** In other situations, such as when learning how to take care of a baby, the above dynamic is reversed. The students act like CloudCuckooLander [[{{Manchild}} manchildren]] while the Garda Sergeant is SurroundedByIdiots.
100	* SelfDeprecation: Not exactly self, but [=McSavage=] frequently ridicules and makes fun of Fianna Fáil, despite the fact that his real life father (David Andrews) and brother (Barry Andrews) were both [=TDs=] ([=MPs=]) for that party in the Irish Parliament.
101	* ShowWithinAShow:
102	** "Edwin & Patsy".
103	** "Embarrassing Moments with Pat Kenny".
104	* SirSwearsalot: Mick 'The Bull' Daly likes to use the F word a lot.
105	* SuperZeroes: "Dead Man", a superhero whose power is being dead. It's actually quite effective: Dead Man is rolled over on a stretcher towards the scene of a mugging. The mugger feels so awkward and uncomfortable around the dead person that he walks off without taking the victim's handbag.
106	** It helped that the position he fell in was (bare) ass up.
107	* SurrealHumor
108	* UnusualEuphemism: Ireland's President for Life [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBLR8rSRSkw teaching Ajiboye]] the euphemisms pertaining to the Irish family:
109	** 'Fond of a few drinks' for a raging alcoholic.
110	** 'On tablets' for an out-and-out drug addict.
111	** 'Trouble with his nerves' for any family member who suffers from Alzheimers, Depression or Dementia.
112	** 'Grand' for any family member who is bipolar, bulimic, suicidal, physically or sexually abusive, sitting on a couch rocking back and forth eating biscuits.
113	* VitriolicBestBuds: Ireland's population is said to be this to each other as friends in the episode on why the Irish love to be unhappy.
114	* WackySoundEffect: The President for Life's Housebound It.
115	* {{Whatevermancy}}: Mick 'The Bull' Daly's mother used to read people's shite (faeces) in a cup to tell their future.
116	* WordSaladHumour: "Of course I have a vagina. I don't have it with me. It's strapped to a skateboard, rolling down a hill, being chased by a rabbit."
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