Why I love Mrs Brown’s Boys
OPINION:
When I told my respected colleagues that I was indeed a fan of the renowned Mrs Brown’s Boys, they suggested I book myself into a retirement village.
But to be honest, I’m surprised at their lack of enthusiasm.
Mrs Brown’s Boys is a charming show jam-packed with heart warming Irish jokes that have a touch, OK maybe a large dose, of Irish sass.
It is is underestimated and under-appreciated and here’s one more truth bomb: My love of Mrs Brown and her family sits firmly with the majority of New Zealand.
Mrs Brown’s Boys was the fourth most watched series on TVNZ in 2017.
That trailed behind only 1 News, Country Calendar and Fair Go.
Mrs Brown, played by the show’s creator Brendan O’Carroll, is the family’s matriarch.
She walks around with her dowdy cardigans hanging over her long skirts, while her hips sway with a slight limp.
The thing about Mrs Brown is that every family has a character like her.
Whether she be your mammy or your aunty or ma, there’s always one in the family with the quick wit that defies age and strikes when you least expect it.
Oh Mrs Brown, you and your loose language. That’s right, while the show might seem suitable for audiences over the age of 60 – because of a mature cast – in reality, they’ll whip you right on your backside with their feisty speech and colourful phrases.
And how can we not appreciate a show that is performed by an entire family in front of a live studio audience.
Sometimes, and quite exhilaratingly, the cast (let’s be honest, mostly Mrs Brown) go off script.
But most importantly, what I love most about Mrs Brown’s Boys is Brendan O’Carroll.
I love him for the time he told a Russian TV company to stick it when they said they wanted to erase out the known gay character of the TV show, or when he donated 2800 Christmas dinners to a Dublin charity, or when he put aside more than $53,000 to help the baby of a woman who died in a car crash.
It’s naughty, it’s loveable and the man behind the creation of dear old Mrs Brown is someone to be admired – that’s why I love Mrs Brown’s Boys.