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Eamon Keane is to satire what Eamon Dunphy is to Ice Skating

  • 17-10-2008 12:39pm
    #1
    mike65
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    FACT!

    Mike


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  • #2
    Slow Motion
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    Couldn't agree more, the mans attempts at humour are embarrising!


  • #3
    Chiron
    Registered Users Posts: 131 ✭✭Chiron


    I presume this thread is in response to his earlier cringeworthy attempt at humour with that Willie O' Dea sketch.

    How does he get away with this sh1te? I get the impression that he finds himself hilarious and much like David Brent people are just too embarressed or polite to tell him the truth.

    Also today he interupted an interesting report on emmigration with "Breaking News" about a spanish airline going bust that went something like this:

    EK: So what affect will this have on Irish travellers?
    Guest: None at all

    Was that really worth cutting a report short for that......?:confused:


  • #4
    mike65
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    Yep, he did a few of these a while back then stopped, sadly he (or his idiot producer) seems to have forgotten how awful these skits are.

    Mike


  • #5
    IronMan
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    I don't listen to Eamonn Keane because of that breaking news shíte he used to go on with. It was up there with the Sky News newsflash. Are these attempts at humour any worse than when Joe Duffy used to invite Brush Shiels and some other mong on for an hour and a half of aural torture on a Friday? Singing stupid songs, trying to be funny, and laughing at the kind of caller who thinks he is a legendary Dublin wit.


  • #6
    brettmirl
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    Unfortunately, funny Friday on liveline still happens. It's either the first of last Friday of every month.


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  • #7
    FlutterinBantam
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    :confused::confused:

    Lot of anger in this thread...I'll just keep moving on...


  • #8
    fred funk }{
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,827 ✭✭✭fred funk }{


    IronMan wrote: »
    Are these attempts at humour any worse than when Joe Duffy used to invite Brush Shiels and some other mong on for an hour and a half of aural torture on a Friday? Singing stupid songs, trying to be funny, and laughing at the kind of caller who thinks he is a legendary Dublin wit.

    Funny Friday is excellent, very funny. Brush is good too. Everyone has their opinions but I couldn't disagree with you more.


  • #9
    Cole
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,510 ✭✭✭Cole


    The only time I listen to his show is when someone else is standing in for him, as I find him unbearable to listen to.
    All that breaking news stuff and trying to make some innocuous comment by a politician into some kind of controversial and exclusive scoop by his show.
    fred funk }{ wrote: »
    Funny Friday is excellent, very funny. Brush is good too.
    Paddy Cullivan (aka Clint Velour) is great on that also, but is at his uncensored best when playing live with the Camembert Quartet...they were actually my highlight of the Electric Picnic this year, hilarious.


  • #10
    JimiMac
    Registered Users Posts: 237 ✭✭JimiMac


    Cole wrote: »
    The only time I listen to his show is when someone else is standing in for him, as I find him unbearable to listen to.
    All that breaking news stuff and trying to make some innocuous comment by a politician into some kind of controversial and exclusive scoop by his show.

    +1 that 'breaking news' is really annoying. I am not impressed with the guy who has stood in for him the last few times either. I can recall him getting quite aggressive in a couple of interviews. I thought he was there to ask questions - not force his own opinions on interviewees/listeners.

    Slightly OT but is Tom Dunne any better than Orla Barry? I don't think so.


  • #11
    Big Tone
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    I'm afraid Newstalk will hve to do somehting about Eamon Keane his poor presentation and his continuous use of the phrase "breaking news" when there isn't any! The only breaking news that would be welcome would be if NT were to drop him from the schedule.


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