Fester and Ailin'
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Fester and Ailin' are the alter-egos of Irish television show hosts Podge and Rodge. The duo first appeared in A Scare at Bedtime in the late 1990s. They are a parody of Irish folk singers Foster and Allen.
They 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".
Among their best known songs is the classic yuletide number "Dead Man Up The Chimney".[1] It included such lyrical gems as:
- There's a dead man up the chimney we call him old st. Nick, we shot him up the arse and poked him with a stick, Oh' Christmas is cancelled old white beared is dead, we tried to pull him down we 'll have to burn him out instead.[2]
For Halloween one year, Fester and Ailin' released a song advising on the careful handling of fireworks. It was called "You Should Never shove A Banger Up Your Arse on Halloween".[3]
[edit] External links
Songs
- Fester and Ailin’ - A Special Tribute (featuring clips from A Scare at Bedtime)
- Dead Man Up The Chimney
- Fester and Ailin' offer some handy advice on what not to do on Halloween
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| The Podge and Rodge Show | |
| Lucy Kennedy | Áine Chambers | Freddie Starr | A Frightmare Before Christmas | Bogmannay | Guestlist | Features | |
| Creators | |
| Ciaran Morrison | Mick O'Hara | |
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| Ballydung | County Ring | Ballywank | Fester and Ailin' | 2007 Meteor Awards | Ballydung Asylum | Ballydung Manor | Ballydung 666 | |
