Pat Shortt has revealed he is planning a solo trip to the wilds of Limerick in a pimped out campervan, once lockdown is lifted.
The comedian and actor, 52, said that he is spending his time at home finishing up his new podcast series titled; “The Wellness Hour with Paaaaah”.
And he says the minute he gets the green light from the Government he is going leaving his family at home and meeting some of the lads in the wilderness for a cookout and beers.
“I did up a van with my son a while back and we went around Europe in it,” he said.
“So, when this is over, I am going to go up into the hills in it on my own, sit in a field with a few of the boys and have a cook out, and drink a few bottles of beer.
“That’s what I am looking forward to most of all, but I am finishing the wellness podcast in the meantime.
“I think the key to surviving this is to try as much as you can to see that daftness and humour in this madness.
“It isn’t going anywhere and you may as well go away and have a laugh because the hardship will be there when you get back.”
Pat was speaking in Kevin Paints, a new RTE Player Original series, where comedian turned portrait artist Kevin McGahern attempts to add a splash of colour to a celebrity interview.
During the interview Pat chats about life starting off with fellow comic Jon Kenny and reveals that before their infamous Late Late Show appearance in the early 1990s they couldn’t sell a ticket in Ireland.
“We were touring in America and playing shows in New York but we couldn’t get a theatre in Ireland,” he said.
“This was pre-Father Ted and it was two fellas coupling up from Limerick performing their own comedy and absolutely nobody would take a chance on us.
“Then the Late Late Show had us on and it was a huge success and we sold out the next morning.
“That was how things happened for us.”
Pat says that despite all their success it is certain catch phrases that follow him around and not his big movie breaks.
In particular he says a one-off Lotto commercial and his catchphrase “dat’s right”.
“In Ireland, strangely, the thing I seem to be remembered most for is (the catchphrase) ‘dat’s right’,” he added.
“That actually came from a Lottery advertisement which only ran for seven weeks.
“I never said it in the live show what happened was the Lotto were changing the price of the ticket, doubling the price and they wanted to soften the blow so they used D’Unbelievables.
“Our two characters were Butty and Roundy and whatever happened they seemed to catch the public’s attention.”
