Frank Kelly
Radio comedy
Radio comedy
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Many of his radio sketches originated from his weekday [RTÉ](/wiki/RT%C3%89_Radio_1 "RTÉ Radio 1") radio show *The Glen Abbey Show* in the 1970s until the 1990s. Kelly played the part of a [culchie](/wiki/Culchie "Culchie") (rural buffoon) called Gobnait O'Lúnasa. The sketches typically started with the sound of him putting coins in an old public phone's coin box, and when the call was answered, his words were, "Hello! Guess who? Is that you Nuala?" Kelly acted the part of an English [BBC](/wiki/BBC "BBC") reporter interviewing rural inhabitants about local customs, such as watching bacon being sliced, or "ha\-hooing" (shouting a [rebel yell](/wiki/Rebel_yell "Rebel yell")) competitions. The village was called Ballykilferret and described by the BBC man as being in "the Republic of Eer\-ah" (a mispronunciation of [Éire](/wiki/%C3%89ire "Éire")).


What type of people were portrayed as being interviewed by an English BBC reporter?