Don't Feed the Gondolas

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.

Don't Feed the Gondolas
Also known as	DFTG
Genre	Comedy, satire
Written by	Seán Moncrieff
Directed by	Colm Crowley
Presented by	Brendan O'Connor (2000–2001) Seán Moncrieff (1997–2000)
Starring	Eddie Bannon Des Bishop Dara Ó Briain Brendan O'Connor Kevin McAleer Patrick McDonnell
Country of origin	Ireland
Original language	English
No. of series	4
Production
Producer	Colm Crowley
Production locations	RTÉ Television Centre, Donnybrook, Dublin 4
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	30–35 minutes
Original release
Network	Network 2
Release	1 December 1997 (1997-12-01) – 26 March 2001 (2001-03-26)

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?"^[1][2]

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.