Soupy Norman
Soupy Norman was an eight-part Irish television programme broadcast by RTÉ. It was aired weekly on Thursday nights at 23:05 on the RTÉ Two channel, in ten-minute segments. The series ran from 24 May to 24 July 2007 . The show is a comedic re-dubbing of the Polish soap opera Pierwsza miłość, which has been running on Polsat television since 2004. The series is written and edited by Barry Murphy and Mark Doherty, with additional voices provided by Tara Flynn, Sue Collins, Luke Murphy and Mario Rosenstock. Where the original soap opera dealt with a girl leaving her family behind to go to college, the re-dubbed version of the programme explores the culture shock of a dysfunctional Cork family in Dublin. The series' surreal humour led to a cult following, with its episodes being popular on YouTube. A special episode entitled "The Late Late Soupy Norman Tribute" which featured dubbed clips from RTÉ's The Late Late Show as well as clips from previous episodes of Soupy Norman as well as including a new scene of the show. This was broadcast on Christmas Eve 2007.. A pilot sketch for the series initially aired on Armando Iannucci’s show Time Trumpet on BBC 2.
- Created By
Barry Murphy
- First Aired on
May 24, 2007
- Popularity: 1.75
- 1 votes
- Status: Returning Series
In Production
1 seaons till Jul 12, 2007
Last episode: Straz
Seasons & episodes
Total 1 seasons, 8 episodes
Specials
Aired
Episode 1The Late Late Soupy Norman Tribute10 min
A Christmas special, it takes the form of an episode of Irish chat show The Late Late Show, hosted by Pat Kenny, that is paying tribute to the "classic Irish drama" Soupy Norman. Interspersed with clips from the show are interviews with well-known Irish figures, such as sports presenter Jimmy Magee, Father Brian D'Arcy, Ronan Collins and rugby player Brian O'Driscoll. A phone-in competition is held to win twelve DeLorean DMC-12s, and Jack is the winning number. However, he cannot answer the question "what colour would I be if I were a banana?", saying it is purple. In the final scene of the series, Soupy Norman bursts in, angry at Jack because he owes him "a Back to the Future car".
