Three hours ago, I suggested a meme on twitter (where I’m @niallok by the way!) based on renaming movies in an Irish-y way. I called it “Movies Made Irish” and it involved taking a word out of the movie name and replacing it with an Irish place or town name with presumably hilarious consequences (you know?… like… “Raiders of the Lost Arklow” and so on).

I even proposed a hashtag for it (”#moviesmadeirish“) – yeah it won’t start trending or anything, but it helps to keep track of it and it grew quickly enough, evolving beyond just town names, with Irish-isms, symbols of Irish life and other silly mutations being thrown in.

Here’s some of the best ones (with town/place names):

Freddie Got Finglas’d, Castle-knocked Up, Lord of the Ringaskiddys, ET: The Extra Killesterial, Raiders of the Lost Arklow, Bray-Fart, Meath Myself and Irene, Dublin Indemnity, Dublin Your Money, When Harry Met Sally Gap, Romancing the Blarney Stone, Star Wars Episode I – The Phantom Ennis, Die Another Bray, Jurassic Cark, Crocodile Ardee, Bridget Jonesboro’s Diary, Naas/Off, The Ring (Of Kerry), Finding Nemo Rangers, Kimmage Mutant Ninja Turtles OR Teenage Mutant Nenagh Turtles, East Wall-E, Armagh-geddon, Star Wars Episode II – Attack of the Clones (Co. Monaghan), The Belfast and the Furious, The Fast & The Firhouse, An Offaly Big Adventure, The Killiney Fields, Schindler’s Lisdoonvarna, The Grapes of Bunratty, Dundrumdog Millionaire, Killaloe Framed Roger Rabbit, The Shawshankhill Redemption, D4 Confidential, Rush & Lusk Hour 2, Indiana Jones and the Templeogue of Doom, From Lusk ‘Til Dawn, Fantastic Mister Foxrock, Silence of the Lamb Doyle’s, Men in Blackrock, The Witches of East-Link, Derry Maguire, Marino Royale, Munster Vs Aliens, The Men Who Stare at Goatstown, Kiss Kiss Bang Bangor, How the Newcastlewest Was Won, The Replacement Killashandras, Alvin and the Leixlipmonks, Ringsend of Days, Das Booterstown, Carlito’s Bray, Macroom with a View, The Rock (Of Cashel), Mulhuddart Drive, Stand By Meath, Bridge on the River Moy, Munsters Inc., The Order of the Phoenix Park, The Spy Who Came In From The Coldcut Road, Sleepless in Stoneybatter, Lucan for Eric, Looking for Errigle, Malahide and Seek, A Cork-Work Orange, Singing in the Slane/Singing in the Slaney, Some Like It Howth, Dead Man Walkinstown, Glendalough, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Lost in Naas

And then there’s the ones that don’t mention town names but are still funny…

Apocalypse Cowen, Three Blokes and a Chissler, Sophie’s Joyce, The Mammy, The Mammy returns & The Mammy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, Feckless (Clueless), Austin Powers: The Spy Who Rode Me, Ó Deartháir Cá Bhfuil Tú?, The Begrudge, Silence of the Shams, Twelve Angry Dublin Bus Passengers, The Sisterhood of the Traveller’s Pants, Irish Dancing With Wolves, Diddley-die Hard, The Breakfast Roll Club, Snakes on a Pint of Plain, Foot Luas, Macauley Culkin …in “Free Gaff I & II”, A-Wolfe-Tonement, Ghost in the Shell Garage, Sherlock Gaffs, Saving Private Ryanair

It’s still going on as I type… thanks to @duggan, @psneeze, @clearskies, @lecraic, @ByGina, @sharononeill, @calumvs, @garthicus, @GSheehy, @KeavyL, @nonsequitir, dartacus, @Mojo_Marty, pluincee, EvilPhil, sintaxasn, @gerrymulvenna, @dermdaly, @Azrael1, @cianm, @feylya and @sineadkeogh to name but a few for taking part… it kept me entertained (and kept me from working on a college assignment, lol!) – I was following a lot of you already, and am now following a bunch of you for the first time!

Loads of stuff going on that’s eating up my time… most of which I’m a little annoyed about.

I mean I don’t mind having to do college assignments – they’re par for the course… but when you’ve got seven or eight at once – four or five of which are due within the same three days… THAT’s a pain. I won’t go on about it anyway…

Here’s the most recent movie I’ve seen… I’d highly recommend it. Ignore what the various bad-mouthing cocks who tend to feature on RottenTomatoes say…

Oh and don’t worry about leaving your brains at the door. You WILL need one. I watched this with radio legend Bob McKenzie and he laughed his ass off throughout pretty much the whole movie.*

*: What that tells you… I really don’t know…

Ok, I’ll be back to normal blogging speed shortly… what’s slowed me down recently is just the massive volume of work I took on with RealRadio 100.3, along with a few other little things.

Anyway, here’s a couple of things in the meantime…

This can’t be real… CAN IT???

Ace Ventura Jr.: Pet Detective

… and for your entertainment:-

Frampton does Soundgarden

Well, according to famed Irish comedian, Dara O’Briain, that is.

Cue Don LaFontaine style movie trailer voice: “In a world, where rivalries are settled… with complicated and ridiculously over-the-top “dance-off”s… which have been made illegal… ONE MAN… ONE DESTINY… etc. etc.”