Has Kenny stooped to a new low?

Galvasean

Hivemind187 wrote: »

Answer: Angels.

Angels > robots?

Dades

Mordeth wrote: »

i can't get the video to work, god damn mplayer plugin just tries to preload the entire late late

Try just loading the smil file in RP:

http://dynamic.rte.ie/av/228-2446962-512-288.smil

Should start playing @ 1hr 5mins into the show.

Hivemind187

Galvasean wrote: »

Angels > robots?

Going by what our retarded friend has to say, one would assume so.

(at least on RTE)

anti-venom

limerick_woody wrote: »

What does it take for people to have a bit of intellectual integrity and put your hand up when you see obvious absurdity. Just how pathetic are we as a nation that she and that Gibbon Pat Kenny are not laughed off the airwaves.

And yes, you just knew a book-plug was forthcoming at some point.

You have to lay some of the blame for this tripe at the feet of the lazy-assed researchers. You'd wonder at times if they are in the pockets of publishing houses?

condra

complaints@rte.ie is it?

noel farrell

i have to agree with the original post that poor woman needs help i was also very angery at such nonsence i dont know how it ended as i used the remote if that book is a best seller god help us cheers

AtomicHorror

Galvasean wrote: »

Angels > robots?

Maybe some robots, but definitely not transforming robots.

lostexpectation

if you complain they'll argue well she is on the best sellers list....

limerick_woody

Well i sent RTE a complaint - i suspect it won't even be read, but for sure, it won't be read if i don't send it.

Fanny Cradock

What did you say in your letter? Other than really not liking what she had to say, I'm a little confused as to what the grounds for your complaint is.

Twinksno1flan

limerick_woody wrote: »

I am now sitting here, foaming at the mouth with contempt watching Pat Kenny (my wife has the remote). We have some monumentally deluded woman 'revealing', that we are surrounded by angels. We all 'need to believe that there is a god'. Is this **** what we are paying our license fee for? What a ****ing joke RTE has become. That poor woman is clearly mentally disturbed and should be receiving medication, not sharing her delusions with the country. What really alarms me, is that people are sitting at home now, and not foaming at the mouth with contempt.

(rant over)

My dad is 85 and watched the same show, he said she was totally together top totty.

Mal-Adjusted

yea, it was a stupid guest, but for christ sake, define over-reaction! who cares? the plank has had worse guests

ps there is NO way that book is a best-seller!

Galvasean

Fanny Cradock wrote: »

What did you say in your letter? Other than really not liking what she had to say, I'm a little confused as to what the grounds for your complaint is.

The majority of the complaints RTE receive about the Late Late Show tend to be about poor choice of guests/topics. If the quality is poor people who pay license fees have every right to be annoyed.

Fanny Cradock

I wasn't looking for a justification. The nature of public programming is clear and I stated as much in a previous post.

I'm confused because the OP stated he was seething when watching the programme. At this point, I wouldn't sit through the the programme if it caused that much annoyance, nor would I feel the need to send a letter if it happened to be a crap guest. After all, I assume that there was no attack being made on a group or an individual, and poor quality guests are pretty much synonymous with the Late Late.

Different strokes...

Press start

Ahahahaha.

Lots of talk of "garjin angels" whatever the hell they are. The poor woman's parents were even told by doctors when she was a child that she was mentally retarded. She had learning difficulties. Pat Kenny uses the phrase 'away with the fairies' to which she responds, "ah, I'm away with the angels. I was away with God, like, you know."

What the ****?

limerick_woody

Fanny Cradock wrote: »

I wasn't looking for a justification. The nature of public programming is clear and I stated as much in a previous post.

I'm confused because the OP stated he was seething when watching the programme. At this point, I wouldn't sit through the the programme if it caused that much annoyance, nor would I feel the need to send a letter if it happened to be a crap guest. After all, I assume that there was no attack being made on a group or an individual, and poor quality guests are pretty much synonymous with the Late Late.

Different strokes...

Different strokes is right - how could a thinking-person not be offended that the national broadcaster considers it acceptable to give a platform to a individual who is clearly mentally-ill?

How about questions from the audience, ensuring (as they did for Dawkins), that someone with an opposing view would be able to comment. The very fact that people can accept such bull**** in the name of entertainment really bothers me. It is no wonder that superstition, crazy-science and the wilful ignorance have taken over our society.

Galvasean

Apparently they had 'Satanic Sluts' on last night.
Just when you taught things couldn't get worse...
Anyone got the video of that?

All in the name of science

Fanny Cradock

limerick_woody, did you send off a letter of complaint about this?

As I don't watch the Late Late I was mercifully spared the interview of the Satanic Sluts. Still, after reading a bit of this 14 page thread I though it would be a good idea to see how bad their performance was.

I now present you with 'The Robot'. Set faces to stun!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEEAJOOBv-8

Dades

Whoa - that kinda cancels out the angel-woman!

Zillah

I saw some of the Sluts. I laughed my ass off at how bad they were.

limerick_woody

Tragically, i missed it...

My heart will be better off for it though i think - PK is officially excommunicated in my house now.

Galvasean

Fanny Cradock wrote: »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEEAJOOBv-8

Dear God... that made Boyzone's first ever Late Late appearance look... untacky.

Sherifu

Galvasean wrote: »

Fanny Cradock wrote: »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEEAJOOBv-8

Dear God... that made Boyzone's first ever Late Late appearance look... untacky.

Lulz. That was great. They found a way to improve the late late.

anti-venom

Galvasean wrote: »

Dear God... that made Boyzone's first ever Late Late appearance look... untacky.

:eek: Bring back the angel woman.

condra

Scantily clad women doing a little dance to a song. Apart from their pretentious name, I find the whole thing pretty "vanilla" to be honest.

Dades

Classic stuff.

The mentally challenged woman gets a whole segment of the show to demonstrate how mad she is and nobody bats an eye; but a few forward-thinking ladies do a skimpy dance routine and look what happens... :pac:

RTE viewers raise hell over Late Late 'Satanic' show

Galvasean

TBH I never taught I'd find myself..... to the Late Late.

Galvasean

Dades wrote: »

Classic stuff.

The mentally challenged woman gets a whole segment of the show to demonstrate how mad she is and nobody bats an eye; but a few forward-thinking ladies do a skimpy dance routine and look what happens... :pac:

RTE viewers raise hell over Late Late 'Satanic' show

For more eye witness accounts try here:

http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=58010146#post58010146

anti-venom

Galvasean wrote: »

For more eye witness accounts try here:

http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=58010146#post58010146

It's really nothing to do with the fact they were scantily clad, rather that they possess zero talent and their performance was embarrassingly dreadful. Not nearly slutty enough either considering the troupe's name and an obvious trade descriptions act violation in that regard:)

The Mad Hatter

anti-venom wrote: »

It's really nothing to do with the fact they were scantily clad, rather that they possess zero talent and their performance was embarrassingly dreadful.

Like that's stopped any pop act in the last five ten twenty forty years.