Colin Murphy presenting the panel

Heisenberg.

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Crucifix

He's definitely not a patch on Dara O'Briain, particularly with the guests, but he's not terrible either.

plonk

He'll never be as good as dara-- ( whos stand up dvd is probably the best ive ever seen) But ya it was v good last night luckily that gob****e jason byrne wasnt there

kevmy

Hopefully Dara's not going to disappear from it anytime soon as Colin's nowhere near his level yet. In fairness he can't be Dara has presenting experience stretching back to Echo Island. Good last night, neither of the Byrnes which is a good thing.

Kojak

Murphy is OK, but is not suited to the "big chair", IMO. He is better when he is a panelist rather than chairing the discussion.

I think that O'Briain will be seen less and less on The Panel as his "Mock the week" show in England takes off.

godtabh

Have any of you seen Murphy in the Blizzard of Odd? He can defo host a show but they are different formats.

I much rather the Blizzard of Odd to come back

Mossy Monk

Colin Murphy is fantastic

csk

Colins is a fantastic panelist, if not the best. But he was shown up last night as a presenter, especially when dara arrived. dara was almost chairing the discussion at times especially when the the professor chap came on.

Jerichoholic

It was rubbish again last night, I think it's day has come. No doubt RTE will keep it on air for another 17 years anyway. Murphy is far better on the Blizzard of Odd, he's just not comfortable enough as the host of that.

hot fuss

It has not had it's day. I think a lot of peopel would disagree with that!

It's one of the best programmes on RTÉ. It is without a doubt hit and miss at times, but the majority of the time it is really, really funny. It's also great to see such a good vehicle for Irish comedians, because they deserve it.

niamh1975

i think colin is trying to hard at the moment. He will probably get better with more experience but in fairness it must have been hard for him with dara coming on last night

Utopia Parkway

Think they need to mix up the panellists a bit more. Getting kinda sick of seeing the same faces (and indeed jokes) every week. Maybe get the odd foreign comedian in if they're available.

*Simone*

I dont think Colin is as good as a presenter as Dara, but sure that goes without saying. I agree that he sometimes attempts to 'hog' the limelight by waffling on a bit, but hes not bad as a stand in. (which is what it was originally said to be - temporary!)

I dont agree that the show has had it's day, I still crack up every week. My favourite panel line-up would have to be Andrew Maxwell, Neil Delamere, Colin Murphy and Karl Spain seems to alright too. Not a fan of the Byrnes' and whos that girl?! I really dont know why they have her on it. Its like whenever she says something its just *cringe* and the others have to quickly rescue whatever non-funny statement she's just made!!

Killaqueen!!!

I'm going to be really p1ssed off if he takes Dara's place when/if he goes. He's so annoying...I used to find it funny but now he just p1sses me off - especially because Dara has been out the last few weeks. I would take an hour of Dara's 'ehs' than Colin Murphy. Don't particularly like Andrew Maxwell either but he has his moments like yesterday.

What's the other guys name, is it Karl Spain? Or have I got it wrong? Looks like he has a more permanent spot - and rightly so. What a great idea to solve drink driving 'let them take the driving test drunk, and if they pass it they can drive drunk!' classic.

Anyway, I say get rid of Mairead Farrel and Colin Murphy....

The ideal panelists:

Dara O Briain - Host
Neil Delaware - Panelist (and stand in if Dara is busy)
Karl Spain - Panelist
Paulinne McLynne - Panelist
that red-haired guy who was on a while ago - Panelist
Andrew Maxwell - Panelist

with the last two alternating every few weeks.

*Simone*

Killaqueen!!! wrote:

Anyway, I say get rid of Mairead Farrel and Colin Murphy....

The ideal panelists:

Dara O Briain - Host
Neil Delaware - Panelist (and stand in if Dara is busy)
Karl Spain - Panelist
Paulinne McLynne - Panelist
that red-haired guy who was on a while ago - Panelist
Andrew Maxwell - Panelist

Mairead Farrel - thats her name! Seriously does anyone else just cringe when she says something? Nice girl though, just shouldnt be on The Panel!

Dont think Pauline Mclynn is funny either, so keep her off. And yeah I agree that Neil Delamere would be a better host than Murphy.

KC81

I think colin murphy as a presenter is woeful. he has no interviewing skills and he seems a bit dumb really.he'd really struggle to get anything out of a crap guest. Neil Delamere is great but i saw him hosting a programme on a comedy festival in canada and he was crap, didnt seem relaxed at all, i think pauline... would make a great host as she'd be able to ask the guests some questions.

aidan_walsh

The biggest problem to me with Colin, who I love as a comedian and thought Blizzard was brilliant, is that on the Panel he still seems to act like one of the panelists. The number of times he cut off some of the others last night so that he could tell his own joke was incredible, especially in the first half of the episode. He still needs to learn when to step back and let the others talk, IMO.

Ghost Train

I like him, but he doesn't seem that comfortable in the role. I think with a few more shows he'd do a better job, just seems to forget sometimes that he's the presenter.

RobertFoster

Killaqueen!!! wrote:

Paulinne McLynne - Panelist

Gah, no way! Neither herself nor Mairead Farrel are that funny, but at least there's something to look at with Mairead

I wouldn't mind if they got rid of the female panalists all together tbh. Mairead Farrel is OK, Paulinne McLynne is alright, Grainne Seoige is fine in small doses (she'd be more suited to a news/political programme than a satirical programme), what's-her-name that does the Eircom ads is woeful. None of them are particularly funny when pitted against 4 stand-ups. Other than Deirdre O'Kane, I can't think of an female Irish stand-up.

That said, so long as they keep Fiona Looney away, I'll be happy

Faith

aidan_walsh wrote:

The biggest problem to me with Colin, who I love as a comedian and thought Blizzard was brilliant, is that on the Panel he still seems to act like one of the panelists. The number of times he cut off some of the others last night so that he could tell his own joke was incredible, especially in the first half of the episode. He still needs to learn when to step back and let the others talk, IMO.

QFT. I also think he gets too into the jokes, and lets them run too long. Dara knows when to stop a joke and move on. No doubt Colin will learn in time, though.

humphty

Did none of yee see the interview with Dara O Briain?
Itwas always the layout of the show that the presenter would change and the panelists swap about.
I have to say, I don't think theres been a decent female panelist yet

Sandwich

1. Colin Murphy, good and all as he is as a panelist is not as good a D O'B as chair - we seem to have general agreement. Dara, not necessarily funnier, just seems a better chairman, and quicker to come up with something funny himself if the pace is flagging.
2. By unanimous verdict, of the women the panel has had sit in its token woman seat, all have been a complete waste of time.

With the loss of DOB surely this politically correct deliberate hobling of the show can no longer be indulged, and all five places must be occupied by someone with a chance of contributing.

The campaign for and end to the token woman starts here: field a candidate in a vulnerable constituency in the next election, march to RTE and chant unfunny slogans, burn effigies of Ireland female 'commedians' on O'Connell St, fund research into Female Humour Replacement Therapy, I dont know. But something MUST be done.

(BTW Karl Spain - very disappointing. Funny guy but just not suited to the style of show. And A Maxwell's "Brazilian" policeman - hilarious.)

Pigman II

This show would be vastly improved by permanently getting rid of that goober Dara O'Briain.

Heyes

Crucifix wrote:

He's definitely not a patch on Dara O'Briain, particularly with the guests, but he's not terrible either.

second that

*Simone*

Pigman II wrote:

This show would be vastly improved by permanently getting rid of that goober Dara O'Briain.

Oooohh look at you deliberately trying to cause controversy... I dont for a second believe that you think that!!

godtabh

*Simone* wrote:

Oooohh look at you deliberately trying to cause controversy... I dont for a second believe that you think that!!

How is is causing controversy?

This thread is about Colin Murphy presenting the panel & not how great Dara O'Briain.

I'd agree with Pigman 2. I'd much rather see Colin Murphy present it(opinions may differ at this point)

Rb

He was good last night, but hes still demanding a lot of the attention, rather than directing the course of the conversation.

Also, whoever the girl was that they had on...nice new addition anyway.

Mossy Monk

*Simone* wrote:

Oooohh look at you deliberately trying to cause controversy... I dont for a second believe that you think that!!

oh noe, someone has a different opinion to you!!!! :rolleyes:

Mossy Monk

rb_ie wrote:

whoever the girl was that they had on...nice new addition anyway.

Rose Of Tralee i think, only saw it for a few minutes last night but it looked like her

connundrum

Aoibhinn Ni Shuilleabhain, again though, she was filling the token women's position, where she has to interject with 'serious' questions every so often. Either get someone there to hold their own or go with another male comedian as in Blame the Nation.

I did notice that the camera man tended to linger on her more than anyone else, slim pickings eh

dubmick

She wasn't funny at all.

Ray D'Arcy seemed very uncomfortable. I thought David Norris was good though.

MoominPapa

dubmick wrote:

She wasn't funny at all.

Who cares...

dubmick wrote:

I thought David Norris was good though.

David Norris rocks..his story of the most abusive hate mail , well voice mail, was hilarious and after talking about Iraq and starving babies and torture "..Well thats wasn't very funny...hadn't you better say ****" genius

johnnyrotten

Do people find Dara funny?

Milktrolley

johnnyrotten wrote:

Do people find Dara funny?

God yeah. If you don't yourself, rent his DVD and it'll change your mind. The first couple of minutes are weak enough but it sets up the rest of what can only be described as laugh out loud stuff.

homerjk

connundrum wrote:

Aoibhinn Ni Shuilleabhain, again though, she was filling the token women's position, where she has to interject with 'serious' questions every so often. Either get someone there to hold their own or go with another male comedian as in Blame the Nation.

I did notice that the camera man tended to linger on her more than anyone else, slim pickings eh

I cant stand her. What is her story anyway? RTE seem to be pushing her everywhere, I even saw her recently hosting some young scientist thing on RTE2 and she hadn't a clue what she was at. All she ever seems to do is have that big goofy smile on her face!

Shes still fit though so at least has a step up on some of the other RTE offerings but I agree that they should just stick another man on there. Like is there any woman out actually thinking "yes, they've got a woman on this, we are being well represented"?!!

Utopia Parkway

homerjk wrote:

I cant stand her. What is her story anyway? RTE seem to be pushing her everywhere, I even saw her recently hosting some young scientist thing on RTE2 and she hadn't a clue what she was at. All she ever seems to do is have that big goofy smile on her face!

Shes still fit though so at least has a step up on some of the other RTE offerings but I agree that they should just stick another man on there. Like is there any woman out actually thinking "yes, they've got a woman on this, we are being well represented"?!!

She's just there as eye candy I presume. She's a very cute girl but there's definitely a touch of the chipmunks about her with those enormous fiacla.

RTE do seem to be pushing her alright. Wasn't she on Test the Nation too?

connundrum

homerjk wrote:

I cant stand her. What is her story anyway? RTE seem to be pushing her everywhere

She must have a very good publicist behind her. Also see Nikki Hyaes, who seems to be appearing everywhere, for no reason.

homerjk wrote:

I even saw her recently hosting some young scientist thing on RTE2 and she hadn't a clue what she was at. All she ever seems to do is have that big goofy smile on her face!

Well according to this, she may just be smarter than the average cookie.. thereby justifying her presence at the Young Scientist Event.

Rose of Tralee, Aoibhinn Ni Shuilleabhain (center), who completed her first-class UCD honours BSc degree in Theoretical Physics in Summer 2005

She needs media training if she's to make it though.

Oh and on topic, I saw Dara live in Vicar Street last year and thought he was halarious, and I do think that he's a better host than Murphy, but Colin is getting better.

Apparently O'Briain will be back in the host seat for the last show next week.

Ghost Train

dubmick wrote:

She wasn't funny at all.

Ray D'Arcy seemed very uncomfortable. I thought David Norris was good though.

Thought the same about ray

homerjk

connundrum wrote:

Well according to this, she may just be smarter than the average cookie.. thereby justifying her presence at the Young Scientist Event.

She needs media training if she's to make it though.

Jesus I knew there was something i didn't like about her!! She's going to be the new Pat Kenny. Albeit a female.

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Nightwish

Ray D'Arcy was awful last night. Am I the only one who couldnt give a sh1t about his and Foxrock-Jenny's baby?

Rb

connundrum wrote:

Aoibhinn Ni Shuilleabhain, again though, she was filling the token women's position, where she has to interject with 'serious' questions every so often. Either get someone there to hold their own or go with another male comedian as in Blame the Nation.

I did notice that the camera man tended to linger on her more than anyone else, slim pickings eh

Well I think she did a great job of it

Nightwish wrote:

Ray D'Arcy was awful last night. Am I the only one who couldnt give a sh1t about his and Foxrock-Jenny's baby?

Well...hes still obviously excited about the whole thing and being a "celebrity" here means most interviews with him for the next while will have at least a question about the kid.
He did seem quite uncomfortable being there though.

Killaqueen!!!

Grrr...Colin Murphy again. Very annoying. I like him as a panelist but a terrible presenter (as I have already said on this thread I think).

Another new girl this week..."she's not funny" yada yada hey. All the women they get on aren't funny apart from Paulinne McLynn,. Despite what y'all say I think she's funny and not just in a 'best of a bad bunch' or 'she was mrs. doyle' way.

Still, new girl was better than Mairead she wrecks my head.

It was good last night, still seeing too much of Colin's hogging. And he's so damn ugly to look at. I know Dara aint a beaut but at least he doesn't pull faces like Colin does...he looks like a fricken ape.

Sandwich

Referred to by Gaybo on his radio show :

http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2007/01/hitchens200701

The lack of funny women is nothing to do with RTE or a chauvinist Irish standup scene - its genetic.

So now we know.

Aldini98

I'd look at Ms Rose Of Tralee all night lads, all night. Shes 8 million times better than Fiona Looney !!!!!

*Simone*

Calling Dara O'Briain a "goober" is just unfair, hence its controversial

And I too agree that no woman is funny enough to be classed as a comedian, Ive yet to see one. The closest thing to a funny female is Deirdre O'Kane, and Id only class her as average. I dunno what it is, we must lack funny genetics... myself not included of course, coz Im a hoot :cool:

gus chiggins

I think colins good not great like dara but then again dara's made the decision that he'd prefer to be on english television...excuse me,cough,cough,sell-out,cough... ahhh! thats better. So if you look at it they have no choice. Colins the only one around on a consistent basis.

On a side note am i the only one you thinks ed byrne is a waste of space on that show, i mean he contributes nothing of value and is only there cause he used to be funny.

Maxwell on the other hand is pure genius, that remark about that hairy fine gael td in a hair net had me in tears!