Gift Grub 6: The Special One
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Gift Grub 6: The Special One is the sixth annual collection of comedy sketches from Today FM
's Gift Grub
show. The album, released on 11 November 2005, takes its name from the moniker of José Mourinho
, then the manager of Chelsea
(now manager of Inter
). The album went straight in at the number one position in the Irish Albums Chart.
Bertie Ahern
has a nightmare where nothing is the way he remembers it. Manchester United
have plummeted to the Vauxhall Conference League
, Hector Ó hEochagáin
has become president of Ireland
, his daughter has married Royston Brady instead of Nicky from Westlife
, Liam Lawlor
is an honest man, he can't find a pint of Bass
anywhere, Fine Gael
's Enda Kenny
is now Taoiseach, with Gerry Adams
as his Tánaiste
, Bertie himself is a lowly backbencher in the Dáil.
2. Pope Idol - A take off on Pop Idol
. Ant & Dec
present a show to find the next Pope. The contest is judged by Simon Cowell
, Pete Waterman
and Sharon Osbourne
.
3. Newsflash 1 - Bryan Dobson
(or "Dobbo") of the RTÉ News
joins a panel of celebrities to discuss why the chicken crossed the road.
4. Hector v Hector - The real Hector Ó hEochagáin
was in studio when he was joined by Gift Grub's impressionist and this led to some confusion as to who was the real Hector.
5. Newsflash 2 - RTÉ News' Jim Fahy reports on how popstar Chris DeBurgh was found inside a glass bottle.
6. Team Manchester - After the Glazers'
takeover of Manchester United
, the players now speak with American accents
and the team has now become more like an American sports franchise
.
7. Where Are The Sausages? - An episode of the 5 part 'Villa' series. Mary Harney
is unable to make breakfast as there are no sausages. She accuses Tom Cruise
, Gerry Adams
, Daniel O'Donnell
and Hector Ó hEochagáin
.
8. Radio Jay Meets The Thrills - Radio presenter, and brother of Roy Keane
, Johnson (or Jay as he prefers to be known) meets Irish pop-rock outfit The Thrills
.
9. A Flock Of Ronan - A selection of clips featuring Ronan Keating
. Including Ronan replacing Eminem
after he pulled out of the Slane Castle
concert and an episode featuring Ronan and a golf cart.
10. Newsflash 3 - Plastic Sheeting gives us a report on the unknown whereabouts of Cork
Culture.
11. Eddie Hobbs In Neverland - Financial adviser Eddie Hobbs
visits Michael Jackson
in his Neverland Ranch
, showing him how to "tighten the belt".
12. José and his Amazing Technicolor Overcoat
- The famous José Mourinho
sketch.
13. Newsflash 4 - A report on the whereabouts of a discarded Brian McFadden
hairstyle.
14. Naked Camera - Jay sets up Irish politician Michael D. Higgins
candid camera style in Dublin Airport
.
15. Bertie's Rhinos - Bertie attends the dedication of two new rhinos to Dublin Zoo
. Guests include Roy Keane (who really wants to see a lion) and music by Ronan Keating.
16. The World Toilet Summit - Plastic Sheeting reports from 'The World Toilet Summit' in Belfast
. Ronan Keating, Gerry Adams and The Thrills have all taken part.
17. Andy - A parody of Barry Manilow
's Mandy
. Bertie
struggles to get served by a bartender named Andy.
18. Taxi - After budget cuts within the RTÉ
news correspondents are required to share a taxi to work together. There is also a bonus segment at the end of this track . It is a short clip from 'The Villa' in the pool. The characters discuss St. Patrick's Day.
Today FM
Radio Ireland Ltd, trading as 100-102 Today FM is an Irish commercial FM radio station which is available nationally. The station, which commenced broadcasting on Saint Patrick's Day in 1997, can be received nationally and carries a mix of music and talk...
's Gift Grub
Gift Grub
Gift Grub is a series of short comic pieces broadcast on weekdays on the breakfast show of Irish commercial radio station Today FM since 8 May 1999...
show. The album, released on 11 November 2005, takes its name from the moniker of José Mourinho
José Mourinho
José Mário dos Santos Félix Mourinho is a Portuguese football manager and the current manager of Real Madrid. He is commonly known as "The Special One".Mourinho is regarded by some players, coaches and critics as the best ever coach in football....
, then the manager of Chelsea
Chelsea F.C.
Chelsea Football Club are an English football club based in West London. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier of English football. Chelsea have been English champions four times, FA Cup winners six times and League Cup winners four...
(now manager of Inter
F.C. Internazionale Milano
Football Club Internazionale Milano, often referred to as Internazionale or simply Inter, is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Italy. Outside Italy, the club is often called Inter Milan. They are the reigning FIFA Club World champions and Coppa Italia holders.Inter have always...
). The album went straight in at the number one position in the Irish Albums Chart.
Track listing
1. Bertie's Nightmare - TaoiseachTaoiseach
The Taoiseach is the head of government or prime minister of Ireland. The Taoiseach is appointed by the President upon the nomination of Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas , and must, in order to remain in office, retain the support of a majority in the Dáil.The current Taoiseach is...
Bertie Ahern
Bertie Ahern
Patrick Bartholomew "Bertie" Ahern is a former Irish politician who served as Taoiseach of Ireland from 26 June 1997 to 7 May 2008....
has a nightmare where nothing is the way he remembers it. Manchester United
Manchester United F.C.
Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.The 1958...
have plummeted to the Vauxhall Conference League
Football Conference
The Football Conference is a football league in England which consists of three divisions called Conference National, Conference North, and Conference South. Some Football Conference clubs are fully professional, such as Luton Town, but most of them are semi-professional...
, Hector Ó hEochagáin
Hector Ó hEochagáin
Hector Ó hEochagáin is an Irish television and radio presenter from Navan, Co. Meath, Ireland. He currently presents Breakfast with Hector weekday mornings on RTÉ 2fm.-Career:...
has become president of Ireland
Republic of Ireland
Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...
, his daughter has married Royston Brady instead of Nicky from Westlife
Westlife
Westlife are an Irish boy band established on 3 July 1998. They are to disband in 2012. The group's line-up was Nicky Byrne, Kian Egan, Mark Feehily, Shane Filan, and Brian McFadden . The group are the only act in British and Irish history to have their first seven singles peak at number one...
, Liam Lawlor
Liam Lawlor
Liam Aloysius Lawlor was an Irish politician who resigned from the Fianna Fáil political party following a finding by a Party standards committee that he had failed to co-operate with its investigation into planning irregularities, and subsequently came into conflict with the Mahon Tribunal.-Early...
is an honest man, he can't find a pint of Bass
Bass (beer)
The Bass Brewery was founded as a brewery in 1777 by William Bass in Burton upon Trent, England. The main brand was Bass Pale Ale, which was once the highest selling beer in the UK...
anywhere, Fine Gael
Fine Gael
Fine Gael is a centre-right to centrist political party in the Republic of Ireland. It is the single largest party in Ireland in the Oireachtas, in local government, and in terms of Members of the European Parliament. The party has a membership of over 35,000...
's Enda Kenny
Enda Kenny
Enda Kenny is an Irish Fine Gael politician, and has been the Taoiseach since 2011. He has led Fine Gael since 2002. He served as Minister for Tourism and Trade from 1994 to 1997. He is also a two-term Vice President of the European People's Party.Kenny has been a Teachta Dála for Mayo since...
is now Taoiseach, with Gerry Adams
Gerry Adams
Gerry Adams is an Irish republican politician and Teachta Dála for the constituency of Louth. From 1983 to 1992 and from 1997 to 2011, he was an abstentionist Westminster Member of Parliament for Belfast West. He is the president of Sinn Féin, the second largest political party in Northern...
as his Tánaiste
Tánaiste
The Tánaiste is the deputy prime minister of Ireland. The current Tánaiste is Eamon Gilmore, TD who was appointed on 9 March 2011.- Origins and etymology :...
, Bertie himself is a lowly backbencher in the Dáil.
2. Pope Idol - A take off on Pop Idol
Pop Idol
Pop Idol is a British television series which debuted on ITV on 6 October 2001. The show was a talent contest to decide the best new young pop singer in the United Kingdom, based on viewer voting and participation. Two series were broadcast - one in 2001-02 and a second in 2003...
. Ant & Dec
Ant & Dec
Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly , known collectively as Ant & Dec, are an English comedy and TV presenting duo from Newcastle upon Tyne, England...
present a show to find the next Pope. The contest is judged by Simon Cowell
Simon Cowell
Simon Phillip Cowell is an English A&R executive, television producer, entrepreneur, and television personality. He is known in the United Kingdom and United States for his role as a talent judge on TV shows such as Pop Idol, The X Factor, Britain's Got Talent and American Idol...
, Pete Waterman
Pete Waterman
Peter Alan Waterman OBE is an English record producer, occasional songwriter, radio and club DJ, television presenter, president of Coventry Bears rugby league club and a keen railway enthusiast. As a member of the Stock Aitken Waterman songwriting team he wrote and produced many hit singles...
and Sharon Osbourne
Sharon Osbourne
Sharon Rachel Osbourne is an English television host, author, music manager, businesswoman and promoter as well as the wife of heavy metal singer-songwriter Ozzy Osbourne....
.
3. Newsflash 1 - Bryan Dobson
Bryan Dobson
Bryan Dobson is a newscaster with RTÉ in Ireland. He has presented RTÉ News: Six One for almost 15 years. He previously presented RTÉ News: Nine O'Clock.-Early life:...
(or "Dobbo") of the RTÉ News
RTÉ News
RTÉ News and Current Affairs , is a major division of Raidió Teilifís Éireann responsible for news programming on television, radio and online within the Republic of Ireland. It is, by far, the largest and most popular news source in Ireland - with 77% of the Irish public regarding it as their main...
joins a panel of celebrities to discuss why the chicken crossed the road.
4. Hector v Hector - The real Hector Ó hEochagáin
Hector Ó hEochagáin
Hector Ó hEochagáin is an Irish television and radio presenter from Navan, Co. Meath, Ireland. He currently presents Breakfast with Hector weekday mornings on RTÉ 2fm.-Career:...
was in studio when he was joined by Gift Grub's impressionist and this led to some confusion as to who was the real Hector.
5. Newsflash 2 - RTÉ News' Jim Fahy reports on how popstar Chris DeBurgh was found inside a glass bottle.
6. Team Manchester - After the Glazers'
Malcolm Glazer
Malcolm Irving Glazer is an American businessman and sports team owner. He is the president and chief executive officer of First Allied Corporation, a holding company for his varied business interests, most notably in the food processing industry...
takeover of Manchester United
Manchester United F.C.
Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.The 1958...
, the players now speak with American accents
American English
American English is a set of dialects of the English language used mostly in the United States. Approximately two-thirds of the world's native speakers of English live in the United States....
and the team has now become more like an American sports franchise
Major professional sports leagues of the United States and Canada
The major professional sports leagues, or simply major leagues, in the United States and Canada are the highest professional competitions in team sports...
.
7. Where Are The Sausages? - An episode of the 5 part 'Villa' series. Mary Harney
Mary Harney
Mary Harney is a former Irish politician. She served as Tánaiste from 1997–2006, Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment from 1997–2004, and as Minister for Health and Children from 2004 to 2011...
is unable to make breakfast as there are no sausages. She accuses Tom Cruise
Tom Cruise
Thomas Cruise Mapother IV , better known as Tom Cruise, is an American film actor and producer. He has been nominated for three Academy Awards and he has won three Golden Globe Awards....
, Gerry Adams
Gerry Adams
Gerry Adams is an Irish republican politician and Teachta Dála for the constituency of Louth. From 1983 to 1992 and from 1997 to 2011, he was an abstentionist Westminster Member of Parliament for Belfast West. He is the president of Sinn Féin, the second largest political party in Northern...
, Daniel O'Donnell
Daniel O'Donnell (Irish singer)
Daniel Francis Noel O'Donnell is an Irish singer, television presenter and philanthropist. O'Donnell came to public attention in 1983 and has since become a household name in Ireland and the UK. He has also had considerable success in the US. He is known for his close relationship with his...
and Hector Ó hEochagáin
Hector Ó hEochagáin
Hector Ó hEochagáin is an Irish television and radio presenter from Navan, Co. Meath, Ireland. He currently presents Breakfast with Hector weekday mornings on RTÉ 2fm.-Career:...
.
8. Radio Jay Meets The Thrills - Radio presenter, and brother of Roy Keane
Roy Keane
Roy Maurice Keane is an Irish former footballer and manager. In his 18-year playing career, he played for Cobh Ramblers in the League of Ireland, Nottingham Forest and Manchester United, before ending his career at Celtic in Scotland....
, Johnson (or Jay as he prefers to be known) meets Irish pop-rock outfit The Thrills
The Thrills
The Thrills are an Irish rock band, formed in 2001 in Dublin, Ireland. The band was founded by lead vocalist Conor Deasy and guitarist Daniel Ryan, guitarist and bass player Padraic McMahon, pianist Kevin Horan and drummer Ben Carrigan. Their big break came with their debut album, So Much for the...
.
9. A Flock Of Ronan - A selection of clips featuring Ronan Keating
Ronan Keating
Ronan Patrick John Keating is an Irish recording artist, singer-songwriter, musician, and philanthropist. Keating debuted on the professional music scene alongside Keith Duffy, Mikey Graham, Shane Lynch and Stephen Gately, in 1994 as the lead singer of Boyzone. His solo career started in 1999, and...
. Including Ronan replacing Eminem
Eminem
Marshall Bruce Mathers III , better known by his stage name Eminem or his alter ego Slim Shady, is an American rapper, record producer, songwriter and actor. Eminem's popularity brought his group project, D12, to mainstream recognition...
after he pulled out of the Slane Castle
Slane Castle
Slane Castle is located in the town of Slane, within the Boyne Valley of County Meath, Ireland. The castle has been the family home of the Conyngham Marquessate since the 18th century....
concert and an episode featuring Ronan and a golf cart.
10. Newsflash 3 - Plastic Sheeting gives us a report on the unknown whereabouts of Cork
Cork (city)
Cork is the second largest city in the Republic of Ireland and the island of Ireland's third most populous city. It is the principal city and administrative centre of County Cork and the largest city in the province of Munster. Cork has a population of 119,418, while the addition of the suburban...
Culture.
11. Eddie Hobbs In Neverland - Financial adviser Eddie Hobbs
Eddie Hobbs
-Early career:Hobbs worked for Zurich Life 1979 to 1991 and left his position as Marketing Manager to set up a fee-based financial planning company TIPS. In March 1993 Hobbs published a landmark report "Endowment Mortgages The Hometruth" which collapsed sales of endowment homeloans in Ireland by...
visits Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson
Michael Joseph Jackson was an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. Referred to as the King of Pop, or by his initials MJ, Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records...
in his Neverland Ranch
Neverland Ranch
Neverland Valley Ranch is a developed property in Santa Barbara County, California, most famous for being a home of American entertainer Michael Jackson from 1988 to 2005. Jackson named the property after Neverland, the fantasy island in the story of Peter Pan, a boy who never grows up...
, showing him how to "tighten the belt".
12. José and his Amazing Technicolor Overcoat
José and his Amazing Technicolor Overcoat
José and his Amazing Technicolor Overcoat is a comedy sketch first performed for Gift Grub on Ireland's Today FM.-Song:The skit parodies the musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat as well as Real Madrid manager José Mourinho...
- The famous José Mourinho
José Mourinho
José Mário dos Santos Félix Mourinho is a Portuguese football manager and the current manager of Real Madrid. He is commonly known as "The Special One".Mourinho is regarded by some players, coaches and critics as the best ever coach in football....
sketch.
13. Newsflash 4 - A report on the whereabouts of a discarded Brian McFadden
Brian McFadden
Brian Nicholas McFadden , is an Irish singer-songwriter who rose to fame in the late 1990s as a member of the Irish boyband Westlife...
hairstyle.
14. Naked Camera - Jay sets up Irish politician Michael D. Higgins
Michael D. Higgins
Michael Daniel Higgins is the ninth and current President of Ireland, having taken office on 11 November 2011 following victory in the 2011 Irish presidential election. Higgins is an Irish politician, poet, sociologist, author and broadcaster. Higgins was President of the Labour Party until his...
candid camera style in Dublin Airport
Dublin Airport
Dublin Airport, , is operated by the Dublin Airport Authority. Located in Collinstown, in the Fingal part of County Dublin, 18.4 million passengers passed through the airport in 2010, making it the busiest airport in the Republic of Ireland, followed by Cork and Shannon...
.
15. Bertie's Rhinos - Bertie attends the dedication of two new rhinos to Dublin Zoo
Dublin Zoo
Dublin Zoo , in Phoenix Park, Dublin, Ireland is the largest zoo in Ireland and one of Dublin's most popular attractions. Opened in 1831, the zoo describes its role as conservation, study, and education...
. Guests include Roy Keane (who really wants to see a lion) and music by Ronan Keating.
16. The World Toilet Summit - Plastic Sheeting reports from 'The World Toilet Summit' in Belfast
Belfast
Belfast is the capital of and largest city in Northern Ireland. By population, it is the 14th biggest city in the United Kingdom and second biggest on the island of Ireland . It is the seat of the devolved government and legislative Northern Ireland Assembly...
. Ronan Keating, Gerry Adams and The Thrills have all taken part.
17. Andy - A parody of Barry Manilow
Barry Manilow
Barry Manilow is an American singer-songwriter, musician, arranger, producer, conductor, and performer, best known for such recordings as "Could It Be Magic", "Mandy", "Can't Smile Without You", and "Copacabana ."...
's Mandy
Mandy (song)
"Mandy", originally titled "Brandy", is a song jointly written and composed by Scott English and Richard Kerr."Brandy" had been a hit in 1971 for Scott English in the UK and in 1972 for Bunny Walters in New Zealand...
. Bertie
Bertie Ahern
Patrick Bartholomew "Bertie" Ahern is a former Irish politician who served as Taoiseach of Ireland from 26 June 1997 to 7 May 2008....
struggles to get served by a bartender named Andy.
18. Taxi - After budget cuts within the RTÉ
Raidió Teilifís Éireann
Raidió Teilifís Éireann is a semi-state company and the public service broadcaster of Ireland. It both produces programmes and broadcasts them on television, radio and the Internet. The radio service began on January 1, 1926, while regular television broadcasts began on December 31, 1961, making...
news correspondents are required to share a taxi to work together. There is also a bonus segment at the end of this track . It is a short clip from 'The Villa' in the pool. The characters discuss St. Patrick's Day.