These Irish Kids Watched The Den And Bosco And Just Didn’t Get The Hype

Glenroe, Bosco and The Den are three shows that shaped most Irish childhoods, and we can’t stand to hear a bad word said about them.

Sure, Bosco was a bit creepy looking with all that red hair and the squeaky voice, but he taught us how to count, didn’t he? And Dustin might have given Ray D’Arcy a hard time, but we knew they were besties underneath it all.

Fast-forward twenty years though, and kids aren’t quite so forgiving. YouTube channel YouthNation rounded up a group of youngsters and played them clips from three Irish TV shows from the early Nineties, and the reactions were… questionable.

In short, the kids were highly, highly unimpressed. A few of our favourite lines…

Glenroe: “This is worse than a farmer would make up.”

The theme tune: “This is the worst music ever. I would not dance to it.”

Biddy and Miley’s home life: “Diddy and Milly are watching TV and chatting.”

 

Bosco: “He’s a doll. Why is Bosco so popular?”

Frank and Marian’s choice of dress: “The adults look weird because they have a shirt and tie.”

The opening credits: “Is this all the show is? Just paper cut-outs?”

 

The Den: “I hate this show. They’re just talking and talking and talking, it’s endless talk.”

Zig and Zag: “They’re puppets? Okay, that’s really weird. They’re just talking puppets and the man is just sitting there chilling.”

Ray D’Arcy: “He’s so good, he’s like the best, he’s like Tom Cruise.”

Socky: “The guy that looks like an insect is quite weird.”

Watch the full video here, and prepare to question your entire childhood.