Retro telly alert: How Do You Do?

With Mary Fitzgerald.

01/03/13 9,237 Views 27 Comments

MARY FITZGERALD. THE woman who made you wish there was a never-ending supply of pipe cleaners and crepe paper in your house.

Sure nobody had pipe cleaners, but we watched How Do You Do religiously anyway.

Remember the time Zig and Zag invaded the studio?

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Helen Scallan 01/03/13 #

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I loved this when i was little!! I love the retro articles. Keep them coming :-)

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- mister 01/03/13 #
  
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  Agreed!
  
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- Maureen Laraway 02/03/13 #
  
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  Ditto.
  
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Tokidoll 01/03/13 #

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An empty bottle of washing up liquid could also be incorporated into any creation!

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- Deirdre Bennett 02/03/13 #
  
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  Dam fairy liquid bottles took forever to empty…..I remember collecting the empty matchstick boxes and making furniture for my dolls house/space ship depending on game (which was a painted cardboard box) ….now that’s how we rolled ;)
  
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deirdre 01/03/13 #

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That must have been where mcgyver got all his ideas

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mister 01/03/13 #

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Yeah what WAS the deal with pipe cleaners?? I don’t believe I’ve ever seen a pipe cleaner. And what sort of pipes do they clean?

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- Daithi G. 01/03/13 #
  
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  A smoking pipe!
  
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- mister 01/03/13 #
  
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  Thanks Daithi, never occurred to me as a child…and kids are meant to be inquisitive!
  
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- Justin Devaney 02/03/13 #
  
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  Did Mary Fitzgerald think all Irish 5 year olds sat at at home smoking pipes in their dressing gowns?
  
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Susan Walsh 02/03/13 #

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May the slow news day continue- so much better than Austerity,Death,Crime..May the list go on…ahh to wake up in the morning to an episode of Anything Goes with Aengus McNally and a Blaa for breakfast-I say it’s the simple things in life!

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Sandra Turner 01/03/13 #

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i loved this! bring it back!

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Ron Noco 02/03/13 #

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Mary was hot!

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Niamh Mc Phillips Rogers 01/03/13 #

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i miss zig and zag

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thomas patrick 02/03/13 #

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Oh my God…. I’d forgotten how good zig and zag were. Way ahead of their time.

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Seán O' Sullivan 01/03/13 #

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This was GAAS: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hu3JjwdYGmY

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gabino 02/03/13 #

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Gotta love the days when all denim was in!

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Liz (10) (^_^) 02/03/13 #

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Loved watching How do you do?
Remember when Mary did tie dye tees and I was part of the Fitz Kids club.
Does anyone here remember that?

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Lorraine Chambers 02/03/13 #

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The forerunner evolution to Podge and Rodge???

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John Mc Carthy 02/03/13 #

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She was hot

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patrick 06/03/13 #

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those old fairy liquid bottles were so versatile (as I am sure the children of today are finding new fangled washing up liquid bottles…. oh, no… wait)

You couldn’t beat a good old fairy liquid water pistol. but by god did you know if the bottle hadn’t been washed out and you got hit in the eye…

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Liam 02/03/13 #

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Unless you can get pipe cleaners with a minimum of 1gb of ram kids arent interested :)

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Laura Farrell 02/03/13 #

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Zig and zag – national treasures!!

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- Liz (10) (^_^) 02/03/13 #
  
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  Yes totally. Love Zig and Zag.
  
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Liam kelly 01/03/13 #

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Slow news day eh?

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- Daithi G. 01/03/13 #
  
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  Liam, why not mention the government or bankers in your comment!?! Maybe that’ll turn the tide on your Red Tumbs! (“.)
  
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- Liam kelly 02/03/13 #
  
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  No need to, the article isn’t about govt/bankers…..
  
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