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Never missed an episode. Maybe because i am Irish...i'm from Co.Kerry though not Dublin..from the same area hehe :0
So..what do all think of it??
A whole load of swearing from Mrs Brown (mammy) but that's to be expected this is Brendan O'Carroll we are talking about
*NOT SUITABLE FOR LITTLE EYES*
Did you think it was good or a bit dull okay but not excellent??

I love it

I love it too!

My dad was telling me there is an original version of it which is also hilarious. Im planning to borrow it when I go up there today, will have to report back!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mrs-Browns-Boys-One-7-Disc/dp/B004D3GO64

I absolutely live it, I am from Irish stock too and the humour is just SO familiar.

Hate it. All my family in Dublin hate it.

This is what is good about humour isn't it? A situation can have one person laughing hysterically while the second person looks on aghast or bemused asking "what's so funny"?
Dunno what it is about the show which does it for me, maybe the memory of Irish relatives (female) who although not as foul mouthed as "Mammy Brown", definitely had similar views on life and the love of family. They were also similarly disparaging about men and if the stories I've heard are true then I am descended from legions of strong Irish women who were wedded to feckless drunken Irishmen! Certainly "der drink" features heavily in family stories.

The thing is though I have many Aunties and a Grandma from Dublin. Strong, family loving women. If the Mrs Brown character is how Irish Matriarchs are perceived as a result of this programme then they've been done a massive disservice.
I've seen Brendan O'Carroll in stand up ( not live thankfully) and he is the vilest of the vile. Makes my skin crawl. I'm not a pride but he loves a bit of misogynist humour thrown in with his foul language.

prude

I don't know that I would enjoy his stand up stuff. Mrs Brown is just a character not representative of Irish women - just the extremes of character. I'd no more think all Irish women were like this than think all priests were a carbon copy of Father Ted. It's just humour at the end of the day and what works for one does not for another.

Incidentally was talking with a friend last week about the lack of "family" comedy these days, you know, sitcoms you can sit down and watch as a family. Long gone are the days of Croft and Perry with Dad's Army, It Ain't Alf Hot Mum, Hi-De-Hi etc, some slightly risqué comments but nothing which overstepped the mark.

I could never let DS watch Mrs Browns Boys but am sure he would LOVE some of the old sitcoms from my childhood.

....and sometimes/often with MBB's you can just see the rest of the cast going " wtf is he doing, this isn't in the script". I think that's what makes me laugh more than anything.

You know Dilly I agree about the family programmes. I have fond memories of watching the likes of Hi di hi and Allo Allo because I can picture us all on a Saturday or Sunday night sat together. It's a rarity finding anything that we can sit with DS and watch and all enjoy.

I realise this makes me sound like I've got a stick up my arse " mrs brown is vile"" bring back the 70s sitcom". I've not. Honest.

No it doesn't lol - vive la difference I say

I'm irish and I love it, funniest thing on tele at the moment.

This programme is shite. I had a late night fairly disturbing convo on another thread around Christmastime, about Mrs Brown shagging her own daughter.

Father Ted is genius, on the other hand.

Yeah - Brendan O'Carroll is married to the woman who plays the blonde haired daughter isn't he? I like her, think she has a really lovely face.

I'm Irish and I hate it. Detest Brendan O'Carroll.

Yes, Dillyday, apparently so. The thread about Imagine Mrs Brown coming at you with a sex face on was funny though, once drink became involved.

It's hilarious to think that the same character was played by Angelica Houston in the film

Americans for you...

There are a lot of Scots families in the village where I'm from like that. I find it quite funny and the episode where she had the brazillian wax nearly ended me.

My mum and dad like it.I'm amazed as my mum hates swearing and crudness,but my dad said 'even your mum was laughing'.I've not seen it.

My hubby loves it when Mrs Brown makes the rude jokes haha
I literally fell of the sofa when I saw this on TV
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHH8Db0hC7w
I'm glad I'm not the only one totally stuck to the tv

I bought the book "The Mammy" last year and hated it, couldn't even be bothered to finish it.

Then brother and SIL were raving about Mrs Brown's Boys at Christmas, so I thought I'd watch it on Boxing Day. Hated it, and wondered what all the fuss was about.

Then I started watching the last episode which was on after Casualty on Saturday night. That episode nearly finished me off, I was laughing so much!

It was the bit with the Gonorreah sp? that got me. It was the other guy pissing himself that did it!

Didn't think I would enjoy it when I saw the clip of mrs brown hitting the grandad with the saucepan.

However, I find it hilarious and find some of the storylines quite tender. I love the ad libs, and how the cast react to them.

Incidentally, I don't now assume that all Irish mothers are like mrs b. The series actually reminds me of Bread, a Liverpool family sitcom also with a strong matriarchal figure.