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Sat 04 Apr 2007ReviewsAbout half way through Desperate For Housewives, the stage show of RTÉ television's most lifelike personalities, Podge was cut short by the audience.The skit was Ballydung Blind Date; the question was what kind of sweet his intended (freshly plucked from the audience) might be; the answer was a Crème Egg; the gag was screamingly obvious. "What?" asked Podge, taken aback by the laughter, "It could be romantic."