Ireland Fields Singing, Dancing Turkey Sockpuppet
No, no, no. Despite the title, the post isn't about this guy. Ireland has entered a singing, dancing sockpuppet turkey into the annual Eurovision song contest. No, really, they have. This is not, however, sitting well with some people.
Dustin the Turkey, a children's entertainer with a good line in bad songs, has undermined Ireland's reputation as a mystical land of song and story by entering the Eurovision Song Contest.
The annual contest is no stranger to turkeys particularly as far as recent British entries are concerned. Nor is Eurovision a stranger to bad taste.
advertisementBut should Dustin be chosen as the Republic of Ireland's entrant, it will be the first time that a turkey in the form of a glove puppet has represented a nation.
Although it should be remembered that Turkey in the form of the country triumphed in 2003 when Sertab Erener sang 'Every Way That I Can'. Dustin is one off six acts that has been short-listed in Ireland.
Already, the children's entertainer's song Irlande Douze Points has emerged as a clear favourite.
The winning entry will be chosen in a public telephone vote on February 23. Dustin's song sung in a North Dublin accent urges the contest judges to “give douze points to Ireland, for its lowlands and its highlands, for Wogan's wig and Bono's leather pants. We brought you Guinness and Westlife, 800-years of war and strife, but we all apologise for Riverdance.”
Although his albums have sold well in Ireland, Dustin's flippant attitude has not gone down well in certain quarters of a country with a proud Eurovision record.
Frank McNamara, who wrote two of the Irish Republic's seven winners, said that the selection of Dustin by RTE, the state broadcaster, as one of the six acts was “giving two fingers to Irish songwriters”.
One of Dustin's best selling albums is entitled "Poultry in Motion." We admire that sense of humor in a puppet. In honor of the Irish version of Rick Ellensburg, then, here's Dustin performing Riverdance:
Humor, Video, World news | Gaius Wednesday, 6 February , 2008
By feeblemind, Wednesday, 6 February , 2008 @ 12:02 pm
Off topic: Japan to launch paper airplanes from space http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23029202/
By NortonPete, Wednesday, 6 February , 2008 @ 3:44 pm
Feeblemind, it actually wasn’t off topic for me. Silly sock puppets in lieu of a human with talent, Astronauts experimenting with paper airplanes in space which is pointless, it will never have any value. It all coming together for me. The dumbing down of the entire world.
What is on reality TV tonight kids?
By plantlady, Wednesday, 6 February , 2008 @ 5:46 pm
Jeez. Makes the Three Stooges look like Shakespeare.