Unwanted and unorthodox advice is pressed on the unsuspecting customers of a garden centre.
Disguised as a horticulturalist, Mike Murphy surprises customers with guidance on a unique specimen that is difficult to maintain,
This is a cannibal plant.
Offers of illegal plants are also made, and he berates one amateur rose growing expert for his approach.
You're disturbing their very being.
This episode of 'The Live Mike’ was broadcast on 6 March 1981.
'The Live Mike' first aired on RTE 1 on 9 November, 1979 and was billed as an hourly, Friday night programme of comment, entertainment and surprises. The programme also contained a candid-camera slot in which Mike Murphy and his team took on many disguises.