Don't Feed the Gondolas

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| alt_name = DFTG

| image = Don't Feed the Gondolas title card.png

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| genre = Comedy, satire

| creator =

| writer = Seán Moncrieff

| director = Colm Crowley

| developer =

| presenter = Brendan O'Connor (2000–2001)
Seán Moncrieff (1997–2000)

| starring = Eddie Bannon
Des Bishop
Dara Ó Briain
Brendan O'Connor
Kevin McAleer
Patrick McDonnell

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| country = Ireland

| language = English

| num_series = 4

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| executive_producer =

| producer = Colm Crowley

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| location = RTÉ Television Centre, Donnybrook, Dublin 4

| cinematography =

| camera = Multi-camera

| runtime = 30–35 minutes

| network = Network 2

| first_aired = {{start date|1997|12|1|df=y}}

| last_aired = {{end date|2001|3|26|df=y}}

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Don't Feed the Gondolas is an Irish comedy panel show, that ran for four series on Network 2 between 1997 and 2001. The show was hosted by Seán Moncrieff and the longest-serving panellists were Brendan O'Connor and Dara Ó Briain.

The name of the show is attributed to a remark made by a Wicklow County Councillor, Jimmy Miley, during a meeting regarding Blessington Lake. When the meeting proposed putting a gondola on the lake, he remarked: "That's all very well, but who's going to feed it?"{{cite web |url=http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/~magluby/dftg/intro.php |title=Don't Feed the Gondolas FAQ |accessdate=2016-10-31 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161101103223/http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/~magluby/dftg/intro.php |archivedate=1 November 2016}}[https://www.independent.ie/news/temp-head/26334015.html Temp Head], Irish Independent, 24 Nov 2007

A running gag of the show, whereby the host Seán Moncrieff would make prank calls under the alias 'Monica Loolly' and claim to be from a small town in Galway named Ahascragh.

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