Irish series that’s mix of Father Ted and Hardy Bucks returns to TV tonight
Check out JOE’s interviews with the creators and stars of the hilarious comedy. The hilarious Northern Irish sitcom Funboys, which we’ve previously described as a mix of Father Ted and Hardy Bucks, returns to screens tonight (Monday, 15 June) with its second season. Airing on the BBC, the comedy show follows the “soft-bellied boys of […]
1 week ago
‘Word of mouth hit’ Irish movie now streaming at home for free
Despite competing with Hollywood films like A Minecraft Movie and Sinners, this Irish comedy found an audience in cinemas. Homegrown sports comedy Fran the Man is now available to stream at home for free, after generating strong word-of-mouth from cinema audiences. Now accessible on the RTÉ Player, the mockumentary movie is based on the cult […]
3 weeks ago
Spanish TV show hilariously mistakes Irish comedy sketch for real life
Como se dice: ‘Why are they saying some of those things?’ A recent sketch from ComedyJOE, this website’s dedicated comedy channel, appears to have been mistaken by a Spanish TV show as being real. The sketch in question was posted on Tuesday and is titled: “Are these the most sunburnt men in Ireland?” Inspired by […]
1 month ago
A 2025 Irish movie with Hardy Bucks star is airing on TV tonight
It’s currently unavailable to rent or stream, so now is the time to watch the movie. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Wednesday, 13 May) is The Spin, the 2025 Irish road-trip comedy. The film follows Dermot (Brenock O’Connor, Game of Thrones) and Elvis (Owen Colgan, Hardy Bucks), two music lovers who run a struggling […]
1 month ago
New Irish movie does for trad what The Commitments did for soul
Available to watch now, the film features a Love/Hate star as you’ve never seen him before. For such a small country, Ireland has produced a lot of great movies about music. We’ve had The Commitments back in the ’90s, to the oeuvre of John Carney (Once, Sing Street, and the excellent soon-to-be-released Power Ballad), as […]
1 month ago
Vittorio Angelone shares hilarious response to article calling his comedy ‘unapologetically local’
The comedian admitted he had ‘mixed feelings’ about the article. Northern Irish comedian Vittorio Angelone has issued a very funny retort to an article describing his comedy as “unapologetically local”. The piece in question was published by The Irish Times on Saturday (2 May), with the headline: “The performance of Irishness for outside approval is […]
2 months ago