A Scare at Bedtime

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A Scare at Bedtime
Genre Comedy
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
No. of episodes 130
Production
Running time ~10 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel RTÉ Two (then Network 2)
Picture format PAL (4:3)
Audio format Stereo
Original run 1997 – 2004
Links
Official website
IMDb profile

A Scare at Bedtime (also known as Podge and Rodge: A Scare at Bedtime) was an Irish television show, produced by Double Z Entertainment and broadcast by RTÉ, featuring the two puppets Podge and Rodge as the hosts of the spooky tales and urban myths comedy show, It ran from 1997 until 2004.

A Scare at Bedtime was originally commisioned by RTE to fill a ten minute gap that was left before the 11 o'clock News due to the short running times of American shows that preceded it. This show took its name from the nightly RTÉ 1 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 and 'Tales of Caution' acted out in live action segments. Podge's origins on the Den is ignored, as the backstory gradually established on A Scare at Bedtime, presents Podge and his identical twin brother Rodge to be both in their sixties, 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'Leprocy and Rodraig Spartacus O'Leprocy.

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, Neil Down and Inspector Bush) 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 nine 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

Podge and Rodge
Early years| The Den | Podge | A Scare at Bedtime
The Podge and Rodge Show
Lucy Kennedy | Áine Chambers | Freddie Starr | A Frightmare Before Christmas | Bogmannay | Guestlist | Features
Creators
Ciaran Morrison | Mick O'Hara
Other Related Pages
Ballydung | County Ring | Ballywank | Fester and Ailin' | 2007 Meteor Awards | Ballydung Asylum | Ballydung Manor | Ballydung 666


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Comedy & Drama shows: The Blizzard of Odd | Bull Island | Hall's Pictorial Weekly | The Irish R.M. | The Panel | The Podge and Rodge Show | A Scare at Bedtime | Strumpet City
News & Current Affairs: Discovery | Nine O'Clock News | One O'Clock News | Prime Time | Questions and Answers | Reeling In The Years | 7 Days | Six One News
Chat shows: Kenny Live | The Late Late Show | The Live Mike | Tubridy Tonight
Soap operas: Bracken | Fair City | Glenroe | The Riordans | Tolka Row
Talent Contests: Celebrity Jigs 'n' Reels | Charity You're A Star | You're A Star
Irish language: Buntús Cainte | Trom agus Éadrom
Children's: Bosco | The Den | The Morbegs | Wanderly Wagon
Music: The Last Broadcast

See also: List of programmes broadcast by RTÉ
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