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OUR WINNING INNOCENT TEXT

All this week we've been reading out loads of texts from listeners in our Innocent Smoothies competition and the theme was children's innocence. Those funny things they say or do in complete seriousness that just crack up the adults around them.

We've loved receiving your texts every single day but there could only be one winner of the overall prize and that person is Claire Teggart from Churchtown.

This was the text she sent in:

When U2 launched their last album my then six year old daughter was in town with a friend of mine. They had life size cut outs of the band and my friend took a pic of my daughter on her own with them. When my six year came home she was buzzing and told me that she had her pic taken with U2. She said Ava stood beside Bono and she stood beside Corner(meaning Edge). He's still known as that in our house.....from Claire Teggart and the ever confused Katie Teggart

So congratulations to Claire and her daughter Katie... and Jim-Jim insists he's going to call The Edge "Corner" from now on!

GOING GREEN ON NOVEMBER 14

On the show this morning, Amanda (with her sports hat on) drew our attention to a very important campaign that's running in the lead up to the first leg of the Republic of Ireland's World Cup qualifying play-off with France at Croke Park - Going Green on November 14.

The lads and lassies of You Boys In Green have got together to try and encourage Irish soccer fans and the rest of the country to get behind Trap's men that Saturday night and show a level of support not seen since the heady days of Italia 90 and USA 94.

Everyone going to the game is asked to wear green so that when the French run out on to that pitch they're met with a wall of green right round the stadium. Plus the fans are being encouraged to shout and cheer like never before and create an atmosphere in Croke Park fitting for the occasion.

All of us here on the Colm & Jim-Jim Breakfast Show are behind this campaign and we'll be talking more about it in the run up to match day but if you want to find out more details now, or if you fancy finding out more about You Boys In Green you can check out their website www.ybig.ie 

AMANDA'S MOVIE MINUTE

This week, Amanda took a look at the new comedy from the production company of Will Ferrell and Adam McKay. The film is called The Goods: Live Hard and Sell Hard and is one of those improv, unpolitically correct comedies that can be a bit hit and miss. Despite the fact that McKay directed and Ferell starred in such classics as Anchorman, Talledega Nights and Step Brothers, unfortuantely merely producing The Goods is not enough to lift it to those standards. Amanda found it simply not funny enough for her liking but check out the trailer yourself below.

DUGGY HIGHLIFE

As always on a Friday, we caught up with Duggy Highlife and not surprisingly he was delighted that Sharon Cummins (pictured above with the President) has been finally released although he seemed more concerned with his polar bear rug? But thanks to Mr Woo, Hoo-Haa central got cleaned...

Yep, just another day in the life of Duggy... check out what exactly he said about Sharon and his problems with the polar bear rug below 

It's Thursday so that means it's Recommends time again.

This week there was definitely a book theme going on as both Jacqui and Colm went with books but not Jim-Jim.

So let's start with Jacqui. She recommended the two GAA autobiographies that were published last week and have been causing controversy ever since. Donal Og Cusack's Come What May deals with his personal life and hurling life. It's the inside story on the Cork GAA conflicts and about how he's coped with being gay in the world of GAA.

The other GAA book she recommended is Tadhg Kennelly's autobiography Unfinished Business and who would have thought it would manage to steal the headlines from Donal Og, but it has, because Kennelly admitted in the book that his challenge on Cork midfielder Nicholas Murphy at the start of the All-Ireland final was premeditated. He's since come out to say that he never read the final proof of the book and his comments were misconstrued. Whether that's true or not, his book makes for another fascinating GAA read.

Both are available from all good book shops.

Colm also went with a book but not a sports one. Instead he picked John Irving's new novel - Last Night in Twisted River. It's Irving's 12th novel and according to his own website, it's the first time since The World According to Garp that he's managed to include the title of the book in the last sentence.

Apparently he always begins with the last sentence every time he writes a novel and works his way backwards. And this time, the last four words are indeed the same as the title Last Night In Twisted River. Colm is a big fan of Irving so highly recommends you check out his latest book.

Finally, Jim-Jim departed from the book theme and went instead with a festival - the Galway Comedy Festival to be exact. It's the fourth year of the event and it takes place all this weekend across the Bank Holiday. There's over 50 different acts performing from all over the world.

Check out their website galwaycomedyfestival.com/ 

TODAY'S INNOCENT TEXTS

All this week on the show, in conjunction with Innocent Drinks, we're giving listeners the chance to win a family holiday to Sweden. We've also got daily prizes of an Innocent Prize Pack and Horrid Henry book up for grabs.

Each day we're asking you to send us stories of childhood innocence, those innocent things kids say or do, completely oblivious to how they're sending us adults into fits of laughter.

We've been getting great stories all week, and so here's a selection of our favourites from today...

Myself and my partner were in the car one day with his then 4 year old son. We passed a neighbour of mine in his brand new jeep. My partner quized me on how can my neighbour afford the new jeep as he is a post man.i said sure he doesnt drink or smoke and dj's at the weekends.we drove on discussing this for a bit when a voice in the back popped up and said inquizitively . But dad does the man not get thirsty?classic!

At the consecration as the priest lifted the chalice, my five year old Aidan shouts into the hush "look Gran, he's got a trophy"! Deirdre

My four year old cousin wanted to know why my pregnant friend was so fat. I didn't want to explain the birds and the bees to him so i said she bit her nails. We were walking down town and there was a pregnant woman on our side of the street so he yelled at her I know what you were doing to get that big belly

I was makin a sandwich 4 my son i was cutting it in half he said mummy will u cut it into four pieces as i'm really starving . Debbie wicklow town.

Hi lads .when my niece was younger she defended her uncle William by correcting another child in her class when they spoke about their willie she said its not ur willie its ur William. Jacqui

When my daughter was learnin to read, she announced, durin a dinner party, that she knew what custard was made from....BIRDS!!

I was in superquinn with my 4 year old and my baby ginger twins.  An ole one came up and said "what lovely red hair on those twins". And my 4 year old said " my mommy says they will have red pubes as well ".  Earlier in the day my husband and I were havin a laugh saying they have red eye lashes and that they will have red pubes as well.  That will teach us.  You had to see the look of shock and horror on ol' ones faace.  What could I say but " oh where did he get that from" and walk away

When my daughter was small we would call to a cafe, one day it was empty as we were early,looking round she said, look at all the people not here.Neil in Cork

When my son david was 9 he heard the word prostitute and asked me what it meant. I told him it was a wild cat found in america. His teacher rang me a few days later and said they were doing a nature class and david asked her had she ever seen a prostitute and that there were loads of prostitutes in america!

My brother when he was asked by our neighbor (he was 7 ) what do you want to be when you grow up ? He promptly replied I don't know, but I am going to be a skeleton when I die. Cheers Ailish

 My daughter  cliodhna when she was six made friends a new  with a little polish girl who had just moved in to our estate.  She told me she didnt speak much english.  After a few days of playing with her my daughter told me she was starting to speak a bit of polish.  When i asked her what she had learned she said  very slowly - you.... Want... Go... Out...? Kate

A couple of years ago, my friends little girl who was 3 at the time asked what time we were going to Kilatoilet at? We were in fact getting ready to go to visit friends in Kilaloe! But logical in her mind!!

We were at a hurling county final last year, my friend was there with her 3 year old daughter, there was a minutes silence and she asked what it was for so we explained a man who plays his mam died at the week end. So the minute passed and everyone cheered and she pipes up to say ah good she's alive again..

When i Was 4 years of age i was on the bus with mam and a homeless man got on and i said to my mother mam look its worzel gummage and started 2 yell howaya worzel

My four year old niece's idea of how tissues are made: i think they take a piece of cloud, squash it, put it in the microwave and then fold it up! Ha ha!

 I brought my 3 yr old nephew 2 mass one day and as he normally doesnt go,i explained thd we had 2 sit down,b quiet and listen 2 the man who would be talking at the table, the priest comes out,in a red robe,and it was all quiet,and charlie shouts out excitedly,....ITS SANTA! mortified is the word!

Had 2 change a bra and while we wer standing at customer serv desk waiting 4 an assistant  my 3 year old son shouted out 'excuse me lady we would like 2 pay 4 my mums new boobies'  .-....Carol - kk

A couple of years ago we had dinner in a friend's house. After dinner my 6yr old went 2 the bathroom. When he came back 2 the table he said,'MUM,that chicken curry is after going through me like the LUAS!'. . . .

My little brother when he was 5 was looking for shampoo in the bathroom press but instead found sanitary towels and asked what they were i said big plasters, much to my mums mortification one day we had visitors he came in with a sanitary towel stuck to his little leg claiming he fell and cut his leg but he was ok he put on his own plaster. Pamela wicklow

i Ask me sister a maths qs because she was learnin 2 add i said wat do u get wen u add 1apple,1orange and 1 banana and from d back of the car she said a  smoothy.

one evening we wer at mass and a person in front of us farted and my younger brother poked the man and said out load u shouldn't fart in peoples faces it's not nice..

my little girl started school and i asked her what did u do 2day ,she said , teacher gave us a drink , oh what did she give u i said , well it looked like milk and taste like milk but teacher called it bainne.

My son was almost three when leaving the doctors at 10 am in the morning the doc told him he was a great boy and offered him a lolly pop he then said would your mummy like one? My little boy replied oh no thank you my mummy only likes wine

Sitting on the couch one day my 4 year old amy came in daddy i washed your car as she had no sponge or water i asked what did she wash it with and she replied stones

 I was trying to tell my 6y old son that it important that he go to school so he can get a good job and have money but he told me he did not need school as he was going to get his money playing golf or football . Clive

My daughter karen was driving home with her little sister niamh.they passed a factory with a large chimney.billowing white smoke.niamh said karen can wego to the place that makes the clouds?so sweet

When my boyfriend was 5 he ran crying in2 the kitchen 2 his mam.When she askd him what was wrong-he pulled up his sleeve 2 reveal two freckely arms-and replied 'im going rusty'!

 My son and i were walking on the beach one day when we came across a dead seagull.. He asked me why the bird was lying on the beach.. I thought very quickly and said, 'he died and now he's gone to heaven' .. My son looked at me and in the usual cocky way that children answer said ' i know he went to heaven but i was actually wondering what happened, did he not make it all the way or did god throw him back down'  !

My daughter is now 11 but when she started primary school, they were allowed to pray for an intention every day. U would have the usual for a sick grandparent etc. My daughter offered hers up for her dad. I had an argument with him, nothing major but as i left the room i said i wish he would fall off a cliff. Her intention the following day was that her dad would not fall off a cliff. I found this out at a parent teacher meeting when her teacher said that she worries alot about her dad. The teacher wanted to know does he do rock or mountain climbing. I left that meeting very red faced.

My uncle died when my son was 3, craig wanted 2 no where george wud go now we told him george was up in d clouds minding him. Few months later we were in a plane + craig was staring out d window, when he said i can't find uncle george in d clouds, d look on his face was so serious

U2 CONCERT ON YOUTUBE

U2 are appearing shortly at a venue very near you... your computer!!!! The band are about to make internet history by broadcasting an entire gig on YouTube.

It's happening this coming Sunday and the gig takes place at the Pasadena Rose Bowl in California.

However, the one drawback is that it starts at 8.30pm LA time which is 3.30am here.

Go to http://www.youtube.com/U2  to view it

KENNY EVERETT ON THE LATE LATE

Today on the show Jim was talking about a classic clip on YouTube of Kenny Everett when he was on The Late Late Show some years ago and he had a bit of a run in with Sinead O'Connor. Check it out below.

All this week on the programme we're giving you the chance to win a family holiday to Sweden in conjunction with Innocent. Each day one person gets an Innocent prize pack plus a Horrid Henry book and everyone is included in the draw for the holiday.

To enter, all you have to do is text us your stories of childhood innocence, something your own child or a child you know may have said or maybe it was something you said yourself when you were a kid.

We are absolutely loving the stories you're sending in to us each day and here's a selection of our favourites from today's batch...

As a single mum of a boy, ciaran, aged 10 (2 yrs ago) i decided 2 have a 'birds & the bees' chat with him whilst in the car. I began by explaining the term 'puberty' to him & rattled on for about 10 mins about how our bodies change etc etc.  During this time he kept quiet &  looked interested. When finished my chat i asked him had he any questions? He said 'yes', however my delight & pleasant surpriseness in his interest was shortlived when he asked 'why are vauxhalls called vauxhalls in the north & opel in the south?'...boys will be boys!

My eight year old daughter is learning spanish. I asked her this morning if she could say today is tuesday. She said in innocence Yes it is! Jane

My son was sitting in the back of the car and said " hey you know the way there's Daddy long legs, why is there no Mammy long legs"

Was in the car yesterday wit my daughter ali aged 5. She kept sayin look mam a shepard.s pie i didn't reply then she said mam look lots of shepard.s pies. I said what ali she repeated herself then said a dog like ours mam she ment to say a german shepard. From leona

 
I asked my 2 yr old 'can you lean under the table and get me that sock'? He went to the table looked really confused, I said whats wrong? He said 'I sorry but I dont know how to lean'. Sarah Terenure

Morning lads, my young lad Daniel was 7 and wanted a spider man bike for Xmas. So we put the order in wit Santa. Two weeks later he came to me and said, 'dad i've changed my mind i dont want a spider man bike for Xmas,i want a liverpool kit'. Baffled i said -why? He said cos i found one up in nanny's room behind the wardrobe. Brian dublin.

My son used 2 ask me 2 turn off the dark! Chanel Girl

Whilst having Xmas dinner last year at her nanny's my daughter Farted at the table. Her nanny gave her a look of disgust, my daughter turned to her nanny and said 'oh nanny have a laugh'

When my daughter was 5 nd flew 4 the first time she was looking at the safety sheet nd shouted 2 her brother a few rows back that she hoped she'd get 2 use the slide  not good 4 nervous pasengers but funny angela westmeath

We were at a hotel for lunch one sunday, our 5 year old had lost a front tooth a few days earlier, he was having soup when at the top of his voice he announced "the soup was coming out my hole"  meaning the gap in his mouth  ( i hope )

When Ben was 5 (he's 7 now) I'd regularly tell him how much I love him; it'd turn into a competition as to who loved who more. All great until he said he loved me all the way to France. I'd said I loved him all the way to the moon. He thought he'd won cause after all u can't see France it's so far away whereas everyone can see the moon;-) Aisling (Cork)

My 2 yr old came into my bedroom one morning, I was gal asleep, he had my roll on deodarint and was licking it, said 'eh mum me not like your lollipop!'. Sarah, Terenure.

Hiya guys. my 9 yr old son shea was in bad form one sunday eve. i spent a while with him on d couch cuddling him and telling him how beautiful he is and how important he is 2 me. wen feeling better i said al u needed with a bit of mammys tlc. he asked wat that meant and why do they call a sandwich a tlc. does it make u feel better too. (blt):)

Lads when i brought my nephew Gerard to the beech he dug a big hole and when it was time to go he didn't want to leave it and shouted I JUST WANT  MY HOLE and the whole beech fell around laughing. Lads can ya say hello to him love the show stephen tyrrelstown

My little cousin was shopping wit his mum who was trying on dresses. When she came out of the dressing room he shouted across the shop- mammy r u dressing up as a woman 4 halloween?

My daughter was asked to play mary in the school play, she was 5 at the time, she came home in tears coz she didn't want to b mary coz dey would cut her belly open to take out baby jesus. It took me days to get her to believe dey would jus hand her the doll. Laura

Good morning guys. When U2 launched their last album my then six year old daughter was in town with a friend of mine. They had life size cut outs of theband and my friend took a pic of my daughter and her own with them. When my six year came home she was buzzing and told me that she had her pic taken with U2. She said Ava stood beside Bono and she stood beside Corner(meaning Edge). He's still known as that in our house. Love the show guys.....from Claire Teggart and the ever confused Katie Teggart

My nephew asked my sister how God decides who gets which head - Tonya, Limerick

After catching a fish in the local pond and carrying it home in a plastic bag, I went to get my friends to show off my live catch only to return to a empty basin and a 3yr old sis with a towel drying the fish saying HE HAD ENOUGH SWIMMING IT WAS TIME TO GET OUT!!!! both in our 30s now and she still gets slagged for it....... JOHN:)

When my daughter shauna was 2 and a half she asked me when her birthday was. I told her it was a long way away in june and she said but you can drive me there mummy. Sarah coffey

Lads was just out of the shower when my 5 year old daughter walked in and asked mammy how come u have a beard down there the look on her little face

We were in the car going to school, my 5 year old and 3 year old were talking about getting rabbits. My 5 year old said i want the black rabbit with thewhite eye she saw in the pet shop and my 3 year old said mammy can i have the rabbit with two eyes.

When i was heavily pregnant i bent down one day to pick up something and farted loudly. My then 3 yr old son looked at me shocked and very seriously asked 'is the baby bursting out mammy?'

My 3 yr old daughter was playing by d fireside and all of a suden she proped up and asked me did holy god make all of us daddy? Yes he did i replied andafter a brief pause she asked well how did he make himself ? I was seriously caught for words. Tony cork.

My daughter said she knew how old her Granny was 2O or 22 cause her age is on her knickers

When my daughter was little she loved fish fingers but one day she announced she wasn t going to eat them  anymore when asked why she answered that it was very unfair as  the little fish needed   fingers !

Out for dinner one sunday while up getting drinks from a bald bar man my son roars back to the table. ' hey everyone- look at the man wearing no hair. I WAS MORTIFIED.

My grandmother always tells the story of when i was very small and  she was bringing me for a drive one day. She was strapping me in the car seat and i protested 'don't plug me in nan'!!

 
Last year we were buying a house and we were being shown around by est agent. My husband was talking seriously with woman est agent and our 3 yr old Sophie was hanging around my hubby s legs announced DAD I TOUCHED YOUR WILLIE. Everyone pretended it didn t happen but their were a lot of smirkey faces.

INNOCENT TEXTS

All this week on the show we're running a brilliant competition in conjunction with Innocent Smoothies (check out the show tomorrow for full details of the fabulous prize). But what we're asking you to do is send us texts telling us about the innocence of children, a particular occasion when a kid you know or maybe something you said or did yourself as a kid that shows the innocence of children - and of course makes us laugh too.

Here are a selection of our favourite texts from this morning's show...

Some time ago my ex's cousin aged 6 said: mam now i think i know where babies come out of but i don't know how they got in there in the first place. Andrea

My daughter, saoirse, declared to her mother and nana that it was raining in the kitchen, after she had got her hands on a garden hose and washed out the cupboards. She is now 25 and a regular listener to your show. Ha ha ha

Thought my son got over mis prouncing words. He called my friends rotweiller a rough rider. Last week he came back from school and was talking about furball and root. It took me 3 days to figure out about kids in his class called fergal and ruth.

My little cousin asked our elderly aunt why she had a mustache while sitting at a big family dinner Darragh

My friends grandson wanted to be the 'Joseph' in the school nativity play, when his mam was comforting him over just being picked as the inn keeper he responded 'i.ll show them'. The nite of the play when 'Joseph' and 'mary' approached asking for any room, he responded 'yeah sure we have loads of room.. Come on in'! Classic

When i was 5 i packed my bags 2 run away from home.didnt get very far thou cos i wasnt allowed cross the road! Sue

My little sister aoife one day came in from the garden to tell us that the bird had spitted at her he had actually pooped on her! Ann marie

Myself and a mate were heading to a stag on Friday for the weekend when his kid(2 1/2) saw us filling a bag with bottles and said have you got enough juice for the weekend daddy!

We were in kerry last summer and my four ear old shauna came out of the bathroom in the restaurant shouting mummy my bum exploded out a fart and it came out so quickly. Sarah coffey

My son shouted from the toilet that he had the hurries instead off the runs

My 8 year old niece asked me why every one was asking us to vote no to lesbians? She was referring to the posters asking us to vote no to Lisbon! Kev

Hi Colm n Jim Jim, my son Daniel who is 22 now was 4 he was trying 2 tell me something, I was getting very impatient and told him 2 spit it out, he looked at me very confused then spat on the floor!  Sue Sullivan  killorglin co kerry

My three year old  abha said to me the other day,  Mammy it was very dark when I was in your tummy, but I wasnt scared, because I knew you were there.

My four year old son charlie after visiting my friend who was heavily pregnant asked me how did they get my head back on after taking him out of my belly!

My daughter karen was 3 when we went to the supermarket.she was standing in the shopping trolley helping me put the things on the checkout.naming the items as she went.tea bags coffee etc.she picked up a pkt of sanitary towels and not knowing what they were called.lookf at them and said things 4 mammys willie!i thought the check out girl was going to choke with laughter .i was a red as fire!

We went 2da zoo n 2turtles started getting down 2business n our niece said 2her mam 'look mammy,they r piggy backing' from dave in dublin

Hey lads. In a crowed public loo my 5 year old so Cian shouted out. Dad your winky is bigger than mine. To witch i replied . I hope so son. Ken dublin 24

My little cousin rachel got a set of rosary beads from our aunt bernie for her communion from rome and told her that they were from the pope. The next day rachel was going into school. Just before she got out of the car she turned to her dad and asked, dad whats the name of the bloke that gave bernie the beads!.

Dont know if you can say this on air,but i was teaching my little sister to wink,and she was just starting to talk at same time,so wen i told her to wink,she turned around in front of the family and said i can WANK. Paudie cork

My niece cayla said 2 her mother in d car 1 day. "mammy, is this real life?" from yvonne diviney.

We told our son that daddy wasnt fat he was pleasantly plump.went on hols & any overweight person eoin wud see he'd shout look they're pleasantly plump.christine martin.

My daughter was helping hang washing on line &wondered why was i hanging elastic bands on the line (g-strings) Antoinette

My six year old son and i were bringing some clothes 2 our local st. Vincent de paul. He asked me if vincent wasnt there could we just drop the clothes anyway. It was open, he walked in and said hello vincent 2 the man in it.

Last week when we wouldnt let our 3 year old liam have his own way he stood hands on hips glared and declared thats it im selling your house on yis

Hey colm and jim jim im a teacher for pre school joe we were learnin fruits i held up a lemon n i said who knows what this is and a little girl in the back yelled ITS A GIN AND TONIC! - aisling gallagher.

My daughter , Acacia, was 3 when  this happened. She had no idea that her p.j's and bed were soaking wet until i pointed it out. I asked her had she wet the bed? She looked at the wet p.j's and thought really hard. Then she said, "no,. . . . . I melted" from nettie omahoney, cork

HOW YOU CAN VOTE ON X FACTOR

Despite all those warnings on the screen that Republic of Ireland viewers can't vote for any X-Factor contestants, that's not strictly true. There's a loophole that allows us to vote. A new British website Free2call.tv routes Irish and UK calls to the official X Factor phone numbers at low charges after listening to a 15 second advert.

Irish viewers who want to vote should dial 00 44 333 66698 followed by the two digit code from the act they want to vote for.

So does that mean John and Edward will stay in because the Irish can vote? Or from what we've seen from you lot on our text system, you're ashamed and embarrassed they're Irish so maybe this loophole could work against the terrible twins instead of for them.

And in case you missed their "classic" performance of Britney's Oops I Did It Again, here's a look at it... scroll to 2.05 and be warned, you might need a tissue...

NEW PODCASTS

We've got a heap of new podcasts for you to check out including our calls with Gitsy and Duggy last week plus an interview with Spandau Ballet's Tony Hadley.

You can find them all plus our back catalogue of stuff by clicking here 

****DON'T FORGET**** if you miss any of the show during the week you can catch up on all the best bits on The Best of Colm & Jim Jim every Saturday morning on 2fm from 9am.

GREG PROOPS

We're big fans of American comedian Greg Proops and we were thrilled to have him on the show this morning. If you're wondering who Greg Proops is, he's most famous for his improv work on the show Whose Line Is It Anyway?

Check out our interview with the man himself by clicking play below

And if you want to see him in action, check out these YouTube clips.

AMANDA'S MOVIE MINUTE

This week, the featured movie in Amanda's Movie Minute was the new Vince Vaughan comedy, Couples Retreat. Unfortunately, Amanda didn't enjoy it very much but in case you are interested in seeing it, check out the trailer below.

Today on the show we spoke about how songwriter Paul Anka phoned the executor of the Michael Jackson estate because he recognised new track This Is It as a song he co-wrote with the King of Pop way back in 1983 and as a result of his angry phone call, Anka is now getting a writing credit on the album and 50 percent of all profits from the song.

So that got us talking about phone calls that changed your life - either ones you made or one made to you.

Colm's life changing phone call was when someone looking for a person to go on air in an emergency called him up after pulling out his demo tape from a drawer and that was his big break on radio.

Jim's life changing phone call was when Sharon, his now fiancee but then just a friend, had gone away to Australia and she gave him a call when she got back and they arranged to meet up for a drink and the rest as they say is history.

To hear what our listeners' life changing phone calls were, check out our podcast below

On Tuesday's show we had a bit of a chat about Robbie Williams' performance of new single "Bodies" on Sunday night's X-Factor Results Show.

The papers were full of discussion about the former Take That singer's rather erractic and wild performance. The singer looked wide-eyed throughout and didn't seem to blink at all during his chat with host Dermot O'Leary afterwards. He also frequently interrupted his singing to say hello to audience members and shake their hands and he hopped around on stage in a strange manner.

However, fans have jumped to his defence, claiming that it was just nerves, adrenaline and the pressure of his first live performance on a British stage in three years. Robbie himself told afterwards that his performance was affected by the fact that X-Factor stage doors got stuck and he had to prise them open himself to get on.

In case you missed his performance, check it out below and you can make up your own mind about it.

STEPHEN GATELY

Every member of the team was shocked and deeply saddened when we heard the news yesterday of the tragic and untimely death of Stephen Gately. The Boyzone singer was a close friend of the show, and a big fan of our regular Ronan and Stephens calls. He always took them in the best spirit they were intended and he was a happy chatty friendly lad anytime we've had him on the show. Our hearts go out to his husband Andrew and his family, friends and fellow Boyzone bandmates at this incredibly sad time.

Here is a performance Stephen and the rest of Boyzone gave of No Matter What that showcases his talent as a singer.  RIP Stephen, you will be missed.

MICHAEL JACKSON'S NEW SONG

Fans of the King of Pop have been waiting eagerly for this but here at last is a brand new song from Michael Jackson. An album is being released on October 26 to coincide with the movie release of This Is It, and will feature the music that inspired the film, demo recordings, and two versions of the previously unreleased song This Is It

Check out this version of This Is It below.

YOUR GOOD NEWS TEXTS

With a few of us feeling under the weather, and all of us feeling down over Stephen's death, and with nothing but bad news in the papers and on the radio, we asked you for a few good news texts. We know that some people no doubt have good reason to be in a good mood today and we were hoping your happy mood would be contagious and infect us and the rest of the nation. So we asked you to tell us something happy and thankfully you obliged so because of you our mood has much improved.

Here were some of our favourites.

Hi guys. My boyfriend & I are after celebrating our 2nd anniversary! We met after our local GAA team won the County final. And they won it again yesterday. What a celebration!! Wohoo!

Hi guys,just found out,i got a 2 bedroom house after waiting 10 yrs,its lovely,yay! . Jess in dublin

2 weeks till i fly to florida for 3 whole weeks with my beautiful kids can't wait a in wicklow

Hi lads just found out yesterday my wife is expecting,shes on the school run at the moment,please say hi

Hey lads, had my debs on friday. Fantastic night and now I'm completely smitten with my debs date. Happy days

I'm 12 weeks pregnant so now i can start to tell everyone plus my morning sickness seems to be going away

Mornin colm and jim,i've great news..i'm a 3rd class teacher and on thurs i was doin some work wit d kids at d front of d class wen1of dem said..i love sittin up at d front teacher,cos we get2talk2u..so even tho its freezin cold,i'm smilin headin in2work dis mornin..sinead

Its good 2 b alive  lovely sunny morning + 4 years clear after having breast cancer AND im going 2  b  a granny  4 the 1st time in nov. DOMENICA FIRHOUSE

I raised ovr 5k in the last 2 wknds by seling handbags,all 4 the hope foundatin and street children of Calcutta. Im heading there in 2 wks. Thnx 2 everyone! Dawn

Hey lads it's the simple things that make life great. My husband and 4year old son will be home today after 3 nights away in wexford. I really can't wait to see them. Missed them loads.

Hey guys, i asked  a guy out at the weekend for the first time ever! Im so excited coz we are meeting this weekend! He is very cute and the kisses are great! Woo hoo- i cant wait!

Me and my girlfriend declared our tru love'after 14mts...im over 40yrs n first time truly in love,my heart is bursting with joy..i want 2 shout 2 d world...do it 4 me lads..,steve in wexford

In a few house i will be dropping my parents to the airport.they are going away for 6 weeks to austrila to see my brother.i have a free gaff for 6 weeks.deadly

Good News! Yesterday i got back into my 'thin' jeans after a major diet and you just played joy division!!! Zi, Limerick. X

Lads my three year old son told me that he is going to win the lotto so i can stay home and play with him dan in cork

Had my 2 year anniversary with my boyfriend last wednesday + though we are losing money each day i know i'll never be broke because i hit the jackpot the day i met him + feel richer every day i spend with him from louise.

My 5 month old said da da for the first time made me really really happy makes all the other worries go out the window from david

A dear friend who i had lost contact with for about ten years contacted me through facebook cant wait to meet her for a catch up from catherine

I got 1000 euro BACK from the taxman on Friday, Neil.

My dog had 4 pups no friday they are so cute jenny whelan Rathdrum

I got engaged to the most fantastic man in the world at weekend and am signing my permanent contract at work for a fantastic job today,which started as temporary 3 months ago.after i got made redundant last christmas. Its not ALL doom and gloom- never been so happy- amanda co cork

My little boy slept  last night all night without waking up till this morning for the first time ever. he is 20 months old.  Aisling from meath

My son who has autism got an a in maths in mainstream school im so happy for him cos i was so worried for him . . Aggie

 Back talking to my dad after 9 years so happy again

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THE BOYS IN GREEN

Not surprisingly, much of the talk this morning was about Ireland's World Cup qualifier against Italy tomorrow night in Croke Park. Fingers crossed that Ireland can somehow produce a win and make for a very exciting Wednesday night against Montenegro.

So with so many possible outcomes, we asked Amanda who was on sport today to come up with all the permutations as to who will qualify from Group 8 after tomorrow and Wednesday's set of matches... and she had to explain it all in 30 seconds!!!! And somehow she managed it although you'd be forgiven if you missed a bit as she had to speak in Dave Fanning style to do it so here it is written down where you can take much longer than 30 seconds to study it.

If Ireland get no points, they could finish third but only if Bulgaria win both games

If Ireland get only one point, second place could come down to goal difference, but again only if Bulgaria win both games

If Ireland get two points or three points, second place is theirs regardless of Bulgaria's results

If Ireland get four points and the Italians don't get any points, top spot will come down to goal difference.

If Ireland fail to win both games and Italy get at least one point Italy finish top

But if Ireland win both matches and Italy only draw against Cyprus, then Ireland will top the group.

And to get you in the mood for tomorrow night's big game, here's a link to the classic Put Em Under Pressure on YouTube which we played on the show today - the clip is taken from RTE's Reeling In The Years and has some great pictures of those heady days of Italia 90... fingers crossed those glory days could be here again... COME ON IRELAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And while we're on the nostalgia trail, below is the rather hilarious Mick McCarthy's Baby that Jim Jim put together back in 2002.

AMANDA'S MOVIE MINUTE

This week Amanda's Movie Minute featured "Up", the latest animated feature from Pixar and according to our Amanda, it's worth the hype. It hits cinemas this weekend, with some places even showing it in 3D so grab the kids (or if you don't have kids, don't worry because this is one for everyone) and get yourself down to your nearest cinema pronto.

You can check out the trailer by clicking here.

OUR RECOMMENDS

It's that time of the week again when we give you our Recommends. Amanda kicked off proceedings this week with the recommendation to watch a brand new TV show called Modern Family. It starts on Sky 1 next Thursday October 15th at 8pm and it's from the writers of Frasier. It's a mockumentary style half hour comedy about three very different modern day families. Check out the trailer below

Jim was next up with a recommendation of a new book from comedian Dara O'Briain called Tickling The English with the subtitle A Portrait of a People by an Irishman with Baggage. And it's simply his observations on English people and England in generally since he moved there and taking his tour around the country. Jim highly recommends it, saying it's really funny.

Finally Colm recommends checking out the Pet Expo at the RDS in Dublin this coming weekend. If you have any pets or are thinkin of getting a pet it's the place to go to find out all you need to know and more.

From Ask The Vet (that's Pete pictured above) to The Dog Breed Village and the World of Birds there's something for everyone there.

Check out www.petexpo.ie

FAME

This morning we playe the original Fame theme song and boy did we get some reaction to that. Of course the new version of the movie has been a massive hit in the States and still can be seen over here in cinemas all over the country and is becoming as popular with today's kids as the original Alan Parker film and subsequent tv series all those years ago.

Texts from Fame fans came flowing in which got us talking about it all but it seems the most popular and memorable song from the tv programme is Starmaker as we got loads of requests for that. We're going to play the song on the show tomorrow but if you can't wait that long, check out the video on YouTube below.

The team broadcast from the Cork studios this morning and boy was it a great show. We had lots of fabulous Corkonians on with us and you can find out more about them here.

LIAM SHEEHAN

Liam is a magician and mind reader who has performed for lots of celebrities (including Roy Keane who he is pictured with above) but none more famous than Michael Jackson. Liam joined us in studio to tell us about the time he met Jacko and his kids when they were staying in Cork.

He also performed some amazing magical tricks for us AND read our minds which was particularly freaky. We'll podcast his interview in tomorrow in case you missed it but if you're interested in finding out more about the amazing Mr Sheehan, his website is www.liamsheehan.ie 

LISA CUMMINS

Lisa Cummins recently became the first Irish person to complete a two-way English Channel swim (yes that's England to France and back again). She's from Blackrock in Cork so we thought we would celebrate her achievement by having her on the show. She dropped by studio, was an absolute pleasure and we were all fascinated by what it took for her to complete the swim within the regulations set out for such challenges.

If you want to find out more about Lisa, check out her website www.arockieswim.com/index.html  And her blog is here

FRED

Fred are a band from Cork that we're big fans of on the show and we were delighted that Jamin took a few minutes to get up out of bed and talk to us this morning. Check out their brilliant video for the track Skyscrapers below.

IRELAND'S BEST DOG

You've voted in your thousands and we were delighted this morning to reveal Ireland's Best Loved Dog on the show. The winner of the public vote was Betty, and her owners are Laura and Katie Sweetman from Loughshinny in Co Dublin.

To find out more about Betty and check out her picture go to www.rte.ie/worldanimalweek/finalists/topdogs.html

THE (new) A-TEAM

Today we got a sneak at the first pictures from the set of the new A-Team movie which stars Ireland's own Liam Neeson as Hannibal plus Bradley Cooper as Face, Quinton Jackson as BA Baracus and Sharlto Copley from District 9 as Murdock. Take a look below.

THIS WEEK'S GITSY AND DUGGY

This week once again the lads were on form. Gitsy decided to tell us about his favourite festival of the year - Skanktober Fest - while Duggy looked forward to the weekend's big rugby match between Leinster and Munster.

Listen to the podcasts of both calls by going to our Podcast page and you can also check out all the other Podcasts we've done from bits and pieces of the show plus a few little extras that never went out on air.

OUR RECOMMENDS

This week on our Recommends, Jacqui started off by recommending a movie called The Soloist which stars Jamie Foxx and Robert Downey Jnr. You can check out the trailer below

Jim-Jim recommended sports fans check out the new sports show on Radio 1 every weekday night at 7pm presented by Darragh Maloney. It's called Sport at 7 and you can check out the website here. 

And Colm recommended Flip Flop, the International Children's Theatre Festival that will be happening around the Dun Laoghaire area at the end of October. Check out more information by clicking here.   

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