Eoin Butler: writer, journalist and Mayoman of the Year

Tripping Along The Ledge


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This is funny

This is funny

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These are funny

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News caption mishap edition. Read the rest of this entry »

This is (barely) funny

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Do you like Burger King? Read the rest of this entry »

Problem daddy-o?

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The film is A Face in the Crowd starring Andy Griffith (a.k.a. Matlock) and Patricia Neal.

Perhaps this Mexican man and his dancing dog will cheer you up…

Norm MacDonald on Conan O’Brien (1997)


His new show, entitled simply Conan, débuts on TBS in the States in November. But for my all time favourite O’Brien moment, you’d have to go back to the Late Show in 1997, and this appearance by Norm MacDonald, in which the comedian hilariously sabotages O’Brien’s interview with Courtney Thorne-Smith, one of the then-stars of Melrose Place. Whatever you do, make sure to watch the whole way through to the very end. Read the rest of this entry »

Published: Irish Times, September 11 2010

‘Shturdy, reliable fellas…’

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The YouTube videos are crude and derivative. They are written and performed by rank amateurs, a fact that is glaringly apparent in almost every scene. The editing is shoddy. Plot structure is sometimes nonexistent. And the picture presented of life in rural Irish towns is as bleak and depressing as anything penned by the late John Healy.

Oh, and the nine Hardy Bucks’ Storyland webisodes also happen to be some of the funniest comedy shorts this country has ever produced. Read the rest of this entry »

This is funny

This is funny


Fast forward to about 1:01 on the video above. Then watch this second video after the jump. Yeah, I know. These clips have been going around since at least last Friday. It’s now almost Wednesday. But goddamnit, this is funny. Read the rest of this entry »