It’s nearly Halloween – and it looks like Elmo is dressing up as Fran.
Well, Laurence Kinlan anyway – after the TV star discovered the mask used by Peter Coonan’s character during a tiger kidnapping last season.
Last Halloween, shops across Dublin sold out of the replicas – while newspapers even resorted to offering guides on how to make your own.
Mask: Fran’s Halloween garb sold out last year
But Laurence has offered the solution for this year – a trip out to Dundrum.
He said: “I finally found Frans Halloween mask. Halloween HQ in Dundrum for anyone looking for them.”
Recently Laurence admitted that he never expects the public to catch on to things like Fran’s mask.
Tiger kidnapping: Fran in last season’s Love/Hate | RTE
He said: “It is hard to predict what people will latch on to. The way that Fran Conney’s catchphrase: ‘Are you a dirt bird or a ladybird?’ caught on took us all by surprise.
“And the mask that Fran wore during the tiger raid was really in demand last Halloween.
“I was trying to look through this year’s scripts to see what the next craze will be. I have come across a few things that I think could become catchphrases.”