Irish Poet Of Old – Zozimus

Michael Moran was born circa 1794 in Dublin. He became blind shortly after birth but grew to develop a fantastic memory for creating and reciting verse which he used to create a meagre livelihood for himself. Moran adopted the title Zozimus as his stage-name and was known as The Blind Bard of the Liberties – […]

Savage Eye – Irish Satire – Church And Complaints

Here we have a couple of clips from the highly popular satirical Irish sketch show, Savage Eye. Irish readers will understand the exaggerated points used in these pieces. Rebel Voice laments the loss of such hard-hitting, but accurate comedy. Mrs Brown’s Boys can’t touch this. – If you care, give it a share –

Life Of Brian – Sermon On The Mount

In this clip from the funniest movie ever made, we see Brian and his mother trying to listen to Jesus as he preaches during the Sermon On The Mount. Unfortunately, there was no amplification in those days and mistakes can be made in what the audience hear. “Blessed are the cheese-makers” doesn’t quite have the […]

Life Of Brian – Biggus Dickus

This clip, from the classic Monty Python movie, is the scene where the Roman official with a lisp finds life in Palestine to be very difficult. In a film where every other scene is a classic comedy sketch, this one is up there with the best of them. Michael Palin plays his part perfectly as […]