Foil, Arms & Hog

Foil, Arms & Hog are an Irish sketch group comprised of Sean Finegan, Conor McKenna and Sean Flanagan. In an interview the first Sean explained the origin of the name: ‘I’m foil as in the comedic foil…the straight man who sets everyone up for their jokes. Arms is really clumsy. He’s all arms and legs, like a bit of a John Cleese…We called him Arms because he couldn’t do any of the straight roles…We didn’t know what to call Sean Flanagan, until we realised that he tends to hog the sketches…So Foil, Arms and Hog is basically the artsy version of boring, clumsy and selfish.’ (He appears to be prone to self-deprecation.)

They’re from Rathfarnham and met at university where they studied Engineering, Architecture and Genetics respectively. Over the last eight years they have toured in Ireland, the UK, Australia and the US. Their Youtube channel currently has over 75,000 subscribers and they upload a new video every Thursday, the most recent one being Fifteen Habits of the Mega Rich.

Some of my favourites are below but you should subscribe to their Youtube channel for a weekly bite-size dose of craic. I haven’t yet had the pleasure of catching a live show but am keeping an eye on their tour schedule.

Upside Down Dogs

Continuing with the theme of Feel Good Friday, Upside Down Dogs is fairly self-explanatory. Who would have thought that such a simple idea would have so much mileage in it? The pictures on this site crack me up. Dogs are so inherently clownish, so good humoured and willing to please, and this site seems to bring all of those magical qualities to the fore.

Hope you all have a great weekend!

Lewis, the Australian Bulldog

Sammi, the Golden Retriever cross

Banshee, the King Charles Spaniel

 

Where are they now: Fairytale Characters

Sometimes when a girl is supposed to be finishing her book, procrastination takes hold and she spends fifteen minutes writing things like this:

Where are they now – Fairytale Characters

Sleeping Beauty

Became addicted to meth due to her desire to stay awake and “reclaim my life”. Currently undergoing rehab at an undisclosed facility.

Cinderella

Involved in lengthy divorce proceedings with Prince Charming citing infidelity as the reason for dissolution of the marriage. The Fairytale Enquirer has reported that the Prince is “charming” quite a number of other princesses and is consequently in violation of the “happily ever after” clause.

The Three Bears

Recently liberated from a Russian circus where they had been imprisoned since being sold by a vengeful Goldilocks.

Goldilocks

On the run from the Three Bears. Witness Protection Programme Codename: Brownilocks.

Alice in Wonderland

It is thought that the pill Alice took to make her smaller was in fact Microdot LSD and she is now in a permanent flashback state and sectioned in a psychiatric facility. Barring another unfortunate incident with a mirror, medical staff expect that she should be able to rejoin society in a few years.

Snow White

Her days as “the fairest of them all” are long since over and she has been campaiging for rights of the vertically challenged for many years with great success.

Pinocchio

Although Pinocchio did eventually become a real live boy, his years as a wooden puppet left deep mental scars. Completely unable to deal with the human aging process, being used to his wooden wrinkle free features, he became an early devotee of Botox. Developing acute Body Dysmorphia, Pinocchio endured many agonising plastic surgery procedures. Unfortunately he is now virtually unrecognisable and as a result has become a recluse, allowing only Gepetto to see him.