Don't Feed the Gondolas

Don't Feed the Gondolas
Genre	Comedy, satire
Format	Panel game show
Written by	Seán Moncrieff
Directed by	Colm Crowley
Presented by	Brendan O'Connor (2000-2001) Seán Moncrieff (1997-2000)
Starring	Eddie Bannon Des Bishop Dara Ó Briain Brendan O'Connor Kevin McAleer Patrick McDonnell
Country of origin	Ireland
Language(s)	English
No. of series	4
Production
Producer(s)	Colm Crowley
Location(s)	RTÉ Television Centre, Donnybrook, Dublin 4
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	30-35 minutes
Distributor	RTÉ
Broadcast
Original channel	Network 2
Original run	1 December 1997 – 26 March 2001

Don't Feed the Gondolas is an Irish comedy panel show, similar in format to the BBC's Have I Got News For You and Never Mind the Buzzcocks, that ran for four series on Network 2 between 1997 and 2001. The show was hosted by Seán Moncrieff and the longest-serving panellists were Brendan O'Connor and Dara Ó Briain.

The name of the show is attributed to a remark made by a Wicklow County Councillor, Jimmy Miley, during a meeting regarding Blessington Lake. When the meeting proposed putting a gondola on the lake, he remarked: "That's all very well, but who's going to feed it?"^{[citation needed]}

A running gag of the show, whereby the host Seán Moncrieff would make prank calls under the alias 'Monica Loolly' and claim to be from a small town in Galway named Ahascragh.

External links

• Information on Don't Feed the Gondolas