The Rimini Riddle: A Lost Episode

An episode of The Rimini Riddle, an Irish TV show from the early 1990’s
I do not own the rights to anything in this video, it is a recording from an old VCR tape.
The show popped into my head randomly one night because I remember an old episode my Dad had accidentally recorded it when I was younger. I went searching for information about it online and upon seeing there was barely anything I went looking for the old VCR tape.
Unfortunately these 13 minutes or so is all that I have.

[@lindaeasley5606]

" Don't eat too much. You'll give yourself nightmares." But we are the nightmares

[@justacloud3374]

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[@MB-ko3mr]

God this show used to freak me out when I was a kid and looking at those creepy puppets still makes me feel uneasy

[@clutchhh]

Man I wanna watch the rest of this so bad. I hope more tapes get discovered some way how. It's fun to watch.

[@bettyottman1718]

8:28

[@clutchhh]

@@bettyottman1718 LOL

[@StormtrooperGamer]

Me too the show is so interesting, so different and intriguing, I wish it was on VHS or dvd

[@reganovich]

This thing used to be on Sundays on RTE during the winter..it was so grim. It'd give you an eerie uneasy feeling watching it but not understanding why it was so strange. The puppets were terror inducing but the wierd stuff going on during the show would mess with your head. I'm remember being young enough to think 'I'm not afraid of this' but now as an adult it terrifed the bejaysus outta me. Sunday night. Dark winter evening. Grim as. We've come a long way baby!!

[@TheActualCathal]

I wish there was more! The really strange plot turns are the ones that linger most in my memory.

[@Zulf85]

If you haven't been there, the people on the lost media wiki forums on would probably love to share info with you - there's definitely a community of people who are like "tf even was this show anyway" sharing memories

[@bettyottman1718]

Everyone thought that the show would never exist.

[@StormtrooperGamer]

@@Zulf85 do you have any links? I've been interested in this show for a while but this show managed to COMPLETELY dissapear! Were lucky some people were able to find these episodes

[@pompe221]

"It occurs to me, Rory, that you are looking at me with suspicion." Well, you are a creepy old guy who just let himself in with his key in the middle of the night to sing in the kitchen and eat all the sausages soooooooo . . . yes. The Unshaved Mouse sent me and I was not disappointed. Disturbed and confused/fascinated but not disappointed.

[@braidena1633]

Imagine a fridge full of sausages and literally nothing else. The diet of these.. um people

[@Froggythegremlin]

This is beautiful. I’ve always wanted to see the show. Being from the States, it is not part of my childhood, but Puppetry is. I hope to see more. It would be great if the whole show would be released.

[@TheHorrorking]

Sadly rte will never bring this series back.

[@upncmnh11]

This show was kind of what I would call a supernatural soap opera for children's television. It did become a supernatural soap opera as the seasons moved on. I was between the ages of 5 and 7 at the time when it was on but felt for my age it ended up moving 'too fast' to understand what was going on,

[@admiralofcuteness]

Same here, froggy! Just learned about this show today, but I agree, it's fascinating.

[@iatecielssoulsorrysebastian]

“We’re only children!” and “I like shooting children.” are genuinely funny lines. Especially the way Rory’s actor delivers it in such a deadpan voice.

[@StormtrooperGamer]

Very underrated show 😭

[@corrieplattfan4847]

This is a Series 2 episode, aired on December 4 1993. Episode Synopsis: A gourmet dinner... Luxurious room... A chance to suss out the opposition and not costing a penny - no wonder Aunt Vera is tempted! The opportunity to accompany Dolly Cassidy on an overnight visit to Puffin Manor Guest House is too good to miss - but there is a snag - the children can't be left on their own... Una has a solution - she invites Rory, Ellen and Leo to stay over at her home.

[@clutchhh]

Wow thank you

[@sebastianc1110]

Interesting.

[@fifthsasquatch]

Where did you get this info?

[@FTChomp9980]

This is the only Puppet TV Lost Media I'm interested in,and as a puppet fan/enthusiast I would love a search for more episodes that are lost. I'm fascinated by Lost Media involving Puppet TV with characters.

[@bettyottman1718]

We're thinking that series would never exist.

[@506SVA]

this brings so much nostalgia from when i was a kid 😭

[@Paul5520]

Loved it. So bizarre but so charming ☘️

[@johnbalance3989]

Those aren't sausages, they're the mickeys of murdered children.

[@TheRose087]

Get help... FAST!

[@buddymacbuddington]

😂😂😂😂

[@jonathandonohoe1526]

😂

[@JarrodCook93]

So there are Doctor Who episodes from the 1960s where all copies have been junked but there are at least a few home recorded audios with some pictures as well. It's weird that so little of this exists when it's from the 1990s.

[@grandemoonlight5127]

What does this have to do with dr who?

[@JarrodCook93]

​@grandemoonlight5127 nothing directly other than they're both subjects of lost media.

[@grandemoonlight5127]

@@JarrodCook93 doctor who is part of lost media? Sorry I’m a huge dr who fan I’m just confused on your statement lol

[@grandemoonlight5127]

@@JarrodCook93 ohhhh I finally understand what you’re saying. I reread your original comment, my apologies for the confusion

[@JarrodCook93]

​@grandemoonlight5127 my point is that the lost DW episodes are 30 years older than this show and yet all audio's of them still exist. So I would think that a show from the 90s which aired in the era of VHS must have more copies recorded somewhere. That being said, DW is immensely more popular than this show.

[@gbmj_official]

I am so beyond fascinated with this show & that there’s no copies left ANYWHERE & damn man now I rlly wanna watch more 🤣🤣🤣

[@StormtrooperGamer]

Somehow someway we'll find more and I completely agree with you this show is so intriguing and interesting somehow someway I want to see if we can find the whole series someday 😌

[@djeire06]

Sweet Jeezus omg I'm getting palpitations watching. I was completely freaked out by this show. Kill it with fire 🔥

[@wheresmypizzarollst_t3312]

Why was this recommended to me at nighttime, now I will have nightmares

[@deaneireann4769]

Great job thanks a million man.

[@darkdubh]

Fergal looks like his face is stitched together from those of road accident victims.

[@bettyottman1718]

Rory sounds like Rossa from The Morbegs.

[@deirdrerodgers8187]

he looks like Mick Lally

[@gallibon1319]

Thank you thank you thank you for finding this!

[@richardoc2331]

Fucking freaked me out when I watched it as a child

[@herrmannator_0611]

I'm generally interested in knowing why the show is almost entirely lost

[@gallibon1319]

IIRC, copyright issues.

[@kawaiipop07]

It was so horrifying, people who remember it wanted it dead and buried. Lol

[@FTChomp9980]

I don't think the show was released on DVD or VHS but this is person is lucky to have a recording of the show because the rest if the show is lost and I still want more episodes to be found.

[@brianm2881]

I don't think anyone at the time was interested in keeping a cheap kids' show for posterity. It's only years later when the people who watched it grew up and said, "Hey, anyone remember that weird programme with the creepily-human felt puppets?" that anyone even wanted to see it again.

[@MikachuMacTire]

I remember watching some kind of educational nutritional/healthy eating video in 5th Class. I think it was sponsored by Fyffes Bananas. And Rory the puppet from this show was in it. I remember him saying the catch phrase, "Fyffe Times Better Than The Average Banana." Did this show have a bigger cultural footprint at the time? There were also human actors in the show in addition to the puppets. There were strange sequences with real-life actors interacting with the puppets.

[@johnnyfeen1347]

Was it this by any chance? He's not actually in it but some of the puppets look a bit Rimini-ish 0lus it's sponsored by Fyffes. kzbin.info/www/bejne/b3-wYoyji8qsmposi=K4HJNGrZU_-Z60ic

[@colmreilly8779]

I remember the name. But have absolutely no memory of watching it..

[@13infbatt]

Here , take these bag of mushrooms, no time to explain.

[@daliahrios322]

Is it weird that I like this show?

[@theplatitudefromouterspace]

As an Irish guy, I hate remembering that I've repressed things.......

[@catofthecafe4064]

i heard the plot of this show dam i want all episodes to be discoverd

[@deadeye_john]

How many Irish people remember this show?

[@jazzkat8322]

I remember it very well I was in my early teens when this show was on RTE

[@luiaznable5398]

Why do I like this

[@MrWilliamlynch1984]

I remember it so well. Wish you could get it on DVD

[@GameDevNerd]

This is a really sinister looking kid's show 😄

[@mulveye_music]

Clearly the creators of Stranger Things (the Duffer brothers!) modelled Eleven's silent super-powers on Otto

[@alanbourke4069]

10:52 "Don't shoot - we're only children!" "I like shooting children."

[@signs4407]

10:52 "I like shooting children" how on earth did that get past censors

[@signs4407]

@Ms Aileen Valentine that's even worse

[@upncmnh11]

I vaguely remember seeing a tweet that writer Mary Burke Kennedy said some scripts were cut for the childrens show (like some things didn't get past the censors).

[@bettyottman1718]

Rory! You beast!

[@signs4407]

@@upncmnh11 IT GETS WORSE

[@upncmnh11]

@@signs4407 I was quiet young when it was on I just remember being soap opera ish as one of the seasons moved possibly the last one.

[@zazelby]

In the video game Control, there's a minor background plot about one of the Bureau's employees making a puppet show ("The Threshold Kids") to talk about Bureau Secret Stuff in a simple, child-friendly way. Unfortunately, all the puppets look like this show, but a little worse.

[@MB-ko3mr]

I was thinking the same thing, the only difference is the puppets in control were intended to be creepy whereas this abomination was actually meant for kids and they couldn't foresee how creepy it turned out to be and that it would give kids all over Ireland nightmares

[@only257]

📼cute tv show

[@thegoldenthread-greatstori6795]

That Michael Jordan clip at rhe start lol

[@BNK2442]

Thanks

[@itsconnorstime]

I've done an imdb search on the actors, no mention of this show anywhere.

[@gasolinecake]

ireland’s candle cove

[@upncmnh11]

Dominic Moore voices Rory and Otto (the plush toy that used his magic powers to knock off Rorys walkman in this episode. Tara Flynn voiced Leo; and Claudia Carroll (Nicola from Fair city) voiced Aunt Vera in this.

[@gallibon1319]

The Rimini Riddle doesn't even have a page on IMDB. That's how obscure it is.

[@upncmnh11]

@@gallibon1319 It was around before the internet and lasted 3 seasons 92 - 94. Its becoming a cult classic via facebook now due to the surrealness of the show

[@johnnyfeen1347]

@@upncmnh11 Tara Flynn and Claudia Carroll also acted in this as the girls In the painting who would come to life, they were depicted in "human" form ie not puppets. There was a sea captain also depicted by an actor, have just seen him in stills.

[@Aidenaman]

Interesting....

[@bettyottman1718]

We thought the show would never existed.

[@mariorodriguez-ws4xs]

Blameitonjorge sent me

[@jenniferamyx7555]

I hope they find the rest of this.

[@deniseduke5257]

The Irish must answer for this crime

[@NervousBoiReck]

This is something that you would see in ur nightmare

[@juliensavoie9299]

The Rimini Riddle is kind of Creepy like Chucky from Child’s Play and also he is a Puppet same as Others Puppets from Peppermint Park

[@facu3292]

Hello

[@grandemoonlight8208]

WHAT IN GODS NAME DID I JUST WATCH 😂

[@xxmynamesjasonxx]

Well, no sleep for me tonight I see.

[@hugoc.m.7727]

otter is adorable

[@VagueNaming]

Damn, this is great lmao

[@nostalgiamostalgia0319]

Blameitonjorge

[@TheRose087]

At long last found it😂loved it😂

[@hodonyassin9760]

This is fantastic! How did you find this?

[@mrpotato442]

This shows characters and storylines were creepy...Think it was Irelands answer to Chucky and Childs Play.

[@SLAMT1LT]

Pretty certain any kid that watched this became a serial killer.

[@FilmmakeroftheFuture]

I’m with Rory in this episode, and Aunt Vera in the end.

[@TheActualCathal]

At fucking last.

[@grandemoonlight8208]

This is not a kids show, this is not a adult show. THIS IS NOT A SHOW!!! What children’s show says “drunk” and “shooting children”?!?! Messed up

[@kri249]

A show from Ireland.

[@Samwise_Ass]

There might be a few

[@chillzgons9217]

Man this show is awesome. Yo itsKevG find more. More. More. Lol they shot Rory oh no! Lmao funny

[@itsconnorstime]

Its been two years since I read about this on the lost media archive, how did you find this?

[@KevOmegaman]

I had it recorded on an old VCR tape. Googled it one night and noticed the lack of knowledge about it online so went looking for the tape! :)

[@itsconnorstime]

@@KevOmegaman this might be the only physical remains of the show in existence.

[@ilovepuroland]

Does the bottle in the background of the kitchen say "Slave"? Or am I crazy?

[@TheRose087]

Why was their always moving 😂thats what i want to know

[@Goldi3loxrox]

Uncanny Valley vibes.

[@cinnamoncupcakke8454]

The Rimini Riddle this from 6

[@Nummy999]

Why do they all look like Mick Hucknall at different stages of his career?

[@Chromosome999]

This sh*t used give me nightmares

[@dc1313drc]

Is it just me, or does the old guy sound a little like Scrooge McDuck?

[@chanbear2005]

Yeah, I agree.

[@stopthemahem]

Irish Chucky for kids

[@Pleinair92]

Why is it only 13 minutes? Is that how long each episode was?

[@trionabyrne72]

I don't know.

[@pompe221]

The poster said he found this on a VHS so they probably missed recording the beginning. The episode was probably supposed to be 20-25 minutes long but that's just a guess.

[@KevOmegaman]

@@pompe221 correct. My dad accidentally recorded it before or after an episode of the cartoon Dinosaurs, unfortunately all I had was 13.5 minutes

[@upncmnh11]

It was 30 mins in the early seasons then 15mins in the later half I read somewhere. It last 3 seasonsi think

[@ghvxxg]

Wow

[@knollie20wayheal80]

what is the song he listens to?

[@mrmadcaps]

Rory was a fan of a metal band called the Fat Catastrophes in the show. Their songs were basically what a middle aged Irish guy thought heavy metal would sound like.

[@knollie20wayheal80]

thanks for explaing ^^ do you know where I can see more of this show?@@mrmadcaps

[@mrmadcaps]

@@knollie20wayheal80 no, it's lost media. I remember watching this as a child but it doesn't exist anywhere it seems. This half of an episode is the only real example of the Rimini Riddle left in the world.

[@knollie20wayheal80]

still thansk for your help it is very nice to hear it from someone that watched the tv show I appreciate your help with my question@@mrmadcaps

[@automatedimagination]

7:20

[@trionabyrne72]

10:28

[@theslayerboyRED]

2:17

[@Dane-s5r]

I don't

[@carriem6427]

Idk ,I think this is pretty good 😄

[@AlexiaVon]

"women are a pain in the neck" lol.. Great 90s kids TV :D. Wouldn't hear that sexist statement in kids shows nowadays.

[@pwnrz8684]

Blameitonjorge

[@sebastianc1110]

10:52

[@bloodhound1182]

Blameitonjorge

[@lukerichardson3976]

Blameitonjorge