A Scare at Bedtime
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| A Scare at Bedtime | |
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| Genre | Comedy |
| Picture format | PAL (4:3) |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Running time | ~10 minutes |
| Creator(s) | Ciaran Morrison Mick O'Hara |
| Developer(s) | Ciaran Morrison Mick O'Hara |
| Starring | Ciaran Morrison (Rodge) Mick O'Hara (Podge) |
| Country of origin | Ireland |
| Language(s) | English |
| Original channel | RTÉ Two (then Network 2) |
| Original run | 1997–2004 |
| No. of episodes | 130 |
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| IMDb profile | |
A Scare at Bedtime (also known as Podge and Rodge: A Scare at Bedtime) was an Irish television show, broadcast and produced by RTÉ, featuring the two puppets Podge and Rodge as the hosts of the sketch show, It ran from 1997 until 2004
As the duo's increasingly regular use of profane language and sexual innuendo made them unsuitable for a children's television show (one particular line occurring at approx. 4 p.m the utterance of "Dustin smells like shit", which Dustin covered quickly with "I'm not wearing a hat!"), so, they were moved to a close to midnight slot, in the programme, A Scare at Bedtime. This show took its name from the nightly RTÉ show called A Prayer at Bedtime, which overlaid the text of a Roman Catholic prayer over serene images with choral music playing. A Scare at Bedtime, first aired in 1997, is close to being the polar opposite of this, with extremely adult content, lewd jokes and slightly obscene anecdotes being related by the two puppets. Their origins on the Den are largely ignored, as the backstory gradually established on A Scare at Bedtime, presents them to be both in their fifties (although they don't look any different from how they used to), and living in Ballydung Manor, a converted insane asylum for most of that time, with a lunatic nurse that they call "Granny". They were also then given full names also: Padraig Judas O'Lepracy and Rodraig Spartacus O'Lepracy.
Each episode follows the same pattern: Rodge, the dumber of the two, arrives home. Originally the pair would get into bed but in later seasons they sat at the kitchen table. They talk about what Rodge was doing, with Podge usually insulting him. This leads Podge on to telling a story (acted out by live actors) about some people (whose names are usually sexual innuendos, e.g. Chris Peacock, Ulick McGee) who inevitably come to an unpleasant end. Rodge interrupts the story with stupid comments and/or reference to masturbation. It ends with Podge punishing Rodge for no reason.
Podge and Rodge have mimicked Foster and Allen. The characters are called "Fester and Ailin'" and have been seen on A Scare at Bedtime satirically arguing with Foster and Allen, with each claiming the other copied their act. Fester states: "Ailin' here came out of the womb with that accordion on him". Fester and Ailin' also claim that Foster and Allen's song "Bunch of Thyme" was in fact a stolen copy of their original work "Bunch of Lesbians". Fester and Ailin's other songs include "Tropical Diseases", "The Monkey Song" and "Doing the Wife's Sisters on the Sly" as well as the classic yuletide number "Dead Man Up The Chimney".[1]
The show has run to ten series as of 2005, with the first three on sale on DVD. The programme frequently airs on the Paramount Comedy Channel in the UK. It won an IFTA for Best Entertainment Programme in 2000.
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Songs
- Fester an Ailin’ - A Special Tribute (featuring clips from A Scare at Bedtime)
- Dead Man Up The Chimney
- Fester an Ailin' offer some handy advice on what NOT to do on Halloween
- Fester an Ailin' lyrics
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