Talk:Jimmy O'Dea
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[edit] Jimmy O'Dea and RTE---Railway Junction Box
Some long time ago, maybe in the 70's, RTE (Irish Radio and Television) made a short (maybe black and white) series of 15-minute sketches with Jimmy O'Dea and David Kelly as two railway employees in an old-fashioned junction box (sorry, I don't remember the name of the series--Help, Please). The sketches were masterpieces of Dublin humour; Kelly always addressed O'Dea as "Mister O," and each sketch ended with the duo making tea!
RTE, to its credit, has brought out DVD's of Hall's Pictorial Weekly and Wanderly Wagon. However, Jimmy O'Dea's contribution to Irish comedy is part of Ireland's--in particular, Dublin's-- cultural heritage. He was idolized by the people of Dublin, and may well have been Ireland's greatest, or at least best-loved, 20th century comedian. If anyone can remember more about the series, or persuade RTE to bring out DVD's, they will be doing a great service to that cultural heritage.--PeadarMaguidhir 10:25, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
(I'm sorry--I cannot figure out how to do an Edit Summary! If anyone would like to do so, I'll be most grateful.)--PeadarMaguidhir 10:25, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
