RTE: The Savage Eye

KnowYourEnemy

Hector was good, and the junkie's always worth a watch, terribly disappointed with Mick the Bull though

Mr.Crinklewood

National anthemn was funny in fairness.

omahaid

It's a very hit and miss show but when it hits it's very much on target. The public service song was gold!

supernova84

Some brilliant sketches but the rest is pure garbage in fairness. Think it could be an awful lot better.

Hande hoche!

Judgement Day wrote: »

The treaty sketch was priceless - I nearly spat my coffee over the laptop.

Agreed. My favourite part of the episode.

A Disgrace

The treaty sketch was the best thing on it tonight, everything else was mildly enjoyable, with the exception of the 'president for life' bit - that needs to go.

ricero

The bulls description of the dame street protest was spot on haha brilliant fecking queers !!!

EdenHazard

HAHAHAHAHA Loooove it.

moby2101

Once again Mc Savage shows he's the best comedian this country has produced in the last 20 yrs or so.

cloud493

'sure all we done is Give the Germans the key to the car. we're still in the back like, we can hop out any time we like' Brilliant savage eye

A Disgrace

moby2101 wrote: »

Once again Mc Savage shows he's the best comedian this country has produced in the last 20 yrs or so.

He's a decent satirist, but he's not a brilliant comedian. Not by a long shot

Beau

I found it very funny tonight. The civil service is a department of the unemployed!

artful_codger

loved the protest within a protest. that lad will be getting stick in the pub tomorrow morning.

marozz

artful_codger wrote: »

loved the protest within a protest. that lad will be getting stick in the pub tomorrow morning.

Nice one!

urbanspaceman

best part of tonights episode

butts

Having enjoyed the previous series I was a bit worried that this was going to be a let down. Thankfully it beat my expectations. By no means the best episode ever of Savage Eye but still well worth a watch.

urbanspaceman

the president for life stuff isnt funny, i sometimes have to look away when he does that. but mick the bull, the junkie and the treaty stuff was brilliant.

blatantrereg

it's the third series?
I thougt there was just the one around this time last year?

woodoo

The greasy TD was very funny

padz

watched both recent episodes on the rte player imo and like several people on here i feel about half of the show was poor and half of it was quite good, a good chunk of the skits seem quickly put together but then some were well thaught out, this inconsistency baffles me a bit, wonder what time constraints are on them regarding writing/re-writing and filming then having time to say 'no cut that bit out, put that extra skit we filmed in' etc

doing pat kenny/joe duffy radio dj was done on apres match ages ago,while hector was good skit dez bishop skit was a bit muck i dont know why dave mcsavage always mimics people, also george lee got ribbed and that northern show i know its called the savage eye and thats prob what the idea is but it just seams very sniping rather than funny...

while i do think its the best comedy on rte i perfer when his skits are genuinely original caracters like the off the wall barman or the 'veheical' garda skit from the previous series

Adolf Hipster

moby2101 wrote: »

Once again Mc Savage shows he's the best comedian this country has produced in the last 20 yrs or so.

With a joke like that you must be in the running aswell.


He is horrendously unfunny.

fryup

A Disgrace wrote: »

The treaty sketch was the best thing on it tonight, everything else was mildly enjoyable, with the exception of the 'president for life' bit - that needs to go.

agreed

and why is he picking on mary robinson she was only there one term....mary mcaleese stayed for the two (second term unelected)

D_Man_22

It's the same recycled bull every week. I enjoyed it at the start, but the Christmas special was just dire!!

I think they should have just filmed him at the top of Grafton Street doing what he does best!

D_Man_22

padz wrote: »

watched both recent episodes on the rte player imo and like several people on here i feel about half of the show was poor and half of it was quite good, a good chunk of the skits seem quickly put together but then some were well thaught out, this inconsistency baffles me a bit, wonder what time constraints are on them regarding writing/re-writing and filming then having time to say 'no cut that bit out, put that extra skit we filmed in' etc

doing pat kenny/joe duffy radio dj was done on apres match ages ago,while hector was good skit dez bishop skit was a bit muck i dont know why dave mcsavage always mimics people, also george lee got ribbed and that northern show i know its called the savage eye and thats prob what the idea is but it just seams very sniping rather than funny...

while i do think its the best comedy on rte i perfer when his skits are genuinely original caracters like the off the wall barman or the 'veheical' garda skit from the previous series

Despite the fact that I've panned it already on here, I think RTE are somewhat to blame, they are still very conservative and censor the **** out of the shows they have control over!!

theteal

D_Man_22 wrote: »

I think they should have just filmed him at the top of Grafton Street doing what he does best!

hiding in the green, not annoying anyone?

super_furry

Adolf Hipster wrote: »

With a joke like that you must be in the running aswell.


He is horrendously unfunny.

Dunno about that. As a stand-up, he's awful - relies on insulting people because his material is so poor. However the Savage Eye is great and much more suited to him.

ThisRegard

artful_codger wrote: »

loved the protest within a protest. that lad will be getting stick in the pub tomorrow morning.

That was gas, show's the mentality of the celtic jersey wearers at the anti-British protests.

The junkey gave me a good laugh, walking away with the megaphone, "Seriously, has anyone seen me sleeping bag ?".

MungBean

Junkie with the megaphone and the Bulls party political broadcast were hilarious. Rest wasnt as good as previous series but still good enough all the same.

artful_codger

artful_codger wrote: »

loved the protest within a protest. that lad will be getting stick in the pub tomorrow morning.

Great Werner Herzog reference in that scene with the way it was narrated.
Anybody who saw "Grizzly Man" should have got it.

Overall show was ok - the re-using of the same themes as jokes - British Rule, Guards, etc. etc. is getting a bit lazy. More innovation needed - can't rest on laurals...

Was it just the one Roy keane/Mick mccarthy sketch they did? Overall i love the show. Satirical humour suits McSavage Andrews down to the ground but i doubt his stand up is much good.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sc9LVrNxQGk