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Created by
  
Theme music composer
  
Phil Chevron

Original language(s)
  
English

Final episode date
  
2005

Program creator
  
9.1/10
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Starring
  
Colin Murphy

Country of origin
  
First episode date
  
4 February 2001

Network
  
RTÉ2

Language
  
English

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Opening theme
  
"Television Screen" by Centipede on the Roof.

Similar
  
This Is Nightlive, Anonymous, Don't Feed the Gondolas, Upwardly Mobile, Dan & Becs

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The Blizzard of Odd is an Irish comedy television programme broadcast from 2001–2005 on RTÉ, presented and written by Irish comedian Colin Murphy. The half-hour show (including commercials) was aired usually on Tuesday nights at 22:25 on the RTÉ Two channel.

Contents

The programme incorporated a number of segments such as Boggle Box, reviewing the week's television programmes, Made in Ireland, which features clips from various Irish B-movies (including low budget Irish pornography films, which Murphy dubbed "Lepraporn"). Also "reviewed" in comical fashion were bizarre cult material such as recurring favourites Vampyros Lesbos and the Leprechaun film series, plus other segments which varied from week to week.

On one occasion Murphy was reviewing Star Trek, in particular the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The High Ground" However, he was unable to show any clips of it, as the episode was banned from broadcast in Ireland and the UK due to a positive reference to Physical force Irish republicanism. Murphy got round the ban by reading out the script of the offending scene, attempting to play both characters (Jean-Luc Picard and Data).

While the show was very cheaply produced – the set for later seasons was simply a white backdrop onto which Murphy occasionally brought props – it remains a cult favourite among sections of the viewing public in Ireland. It is on an indefinite hiatus and hasn't aired since 2005. Although it has been removed from the RTÉ website, the show has yet to be formally cancelled or renewed, leaving it in a state of limbo.

The show's title music was "Television Screen", a cover of The Radiators from Space's 1977 debut single by Centipede on the Roof.

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Controversy

In 2005 clips from low-budget 1997 movie Space-jacked were aired on the show. The film featured two actors from soap opera Fair City; Mick Nolan who plays Ray and Ciara O'Callaghan who plays Yvonne. O'Callaghan was noted at the time for appearing naked.

References

The Blizzard of Odd Wikipedia