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SHREDDER

AnonoBoy wrote: »

Who's Baz related to in RTE?

He seems sound enough, I'd say he'd be good craic after a few pints. Easily steered into funny situations.

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cypharius wrote: »

It's by far the best show on RTE.

I wouldn't go that far now.

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cypharius wrote: »

It's by far the best show on RTE.

I'd rank it somewhere around the Angelus in terms of entertainment.

SHREDDER

All I'll say is dodge ball!

SHREDDER

The rubber bandits were funny enough, as was Damien Clarke. Fast and Furious had some decent chuckles. Aparst from that I was wincing at the faces of people in the crowd obviously laughing to the warm up man.

Some of the puzzled expressions in the crowd were beutiful. Why anyone would go and sit in the audience is beyond me, not just for this, but most of RTE's studio programmes. Who are these people.

"Is he Avvin a laugh!?"

el diablo

FireballPitcher wrote: »

I'd rank it somewhere around the Angelus in terms of entertainment.

Yes, somewhere between The Angelus, A Prayer Before Bedtime and Ear to the Ground.

Elmo

el diablo wrote: »

Yes, somewhere between The Angelus, A Prayer Before Bedtime and Ear to the Ground.

I quite like Ear to the Ground at times.

JonathanAnon wrote: »

Crude, coarse and devoid of any humour.. When you have to use profanities to get a laugh you know there's a problem...

Dermot Whelan is very good at presenting, but everything else about the show is rubbish..

I trust your judgement JonathanAnon a quickly decided not to catch up on the player if I see on the TV I see it.

el diablo

Elmo wrote: »

I quite like Ear to the Ground at times.

Ok, I'll substitute Oireachtas Report for Ear to the Ground.

Elmo

el diablo wrote: »

Ok, I'll substitute Oireachtas Report for Ear to the Ground.

I see your Oireachtas Report and raise you European Report or as I like to call it Consensus Report.

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Elmo wrote: »

I see your Oireachtas Report and raise you European Report or as I like to call it Consensus Report.

I see your raise and I'm all in with Aertel Pages teletext at night

maxfresh

just watched the second episode on rte player not impressed the movie sketches are very poor and that jennifer maguire is just an annoying bint

Elmo

FireballPitcher wrote: »

I see your raise and I'm all in with Aertel Pages teletext at night

I see your Aertel pages with EuroNews and Telly Bingo.

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Elmo wrote: »

I see your Aertel pages with EuroNews and Telly Bingo.

Telly Bingo....... this discussions equivalent of pocket aces.

Oh well, no money finish for me this time

JonathanAnon

Same as usual... Bits pulled from other RTE programs, and general jokes are funny.. everything else is unfunny.. Rubber Bandits and Jennifer Maguire up next.. I'm heading to TV3 for Vincent as soon as he's on..

ricero

Kill it now

el diablo

Why are people laughing at these inbred fúcking idiots in Temple Bar?

abouttobebanned

Anorexics are not funny. What's going on?

abouttobebanned

Oooh... People are going to complain about the feline based humiliation.

JonathanAnon

Put on masks, talk with silly voices, and use coarse language.... Is this what qualifies as the best humour RTE can provide... my god..

hurry up Vincent..

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It's shocking how bad this programme gets as the show goes on.

I mean its not "can't miss" TV by any stretch, but it usually starts with some promise and then denegrates into an unfunny crude Podge & Rodge.

Maguire is flupping useless. Well done you found a cat bed and a sex toy vagina. I hope you weren't paid hourly for that research.

Rubberbandits had their funny bits, just unfortunate the funny bits were the proverbial needle in the haystack of unfunny dirge.

Dermot Whelan can be a good presenter, but when he's saddled with this muck its just embarassing.

When Delamere was doing it, there was a lot more focus on television and ripping it out of the tv shows, or out of context clippings, but its just veered so far away from that tried and tested format now that its just hard to watch at points.

Ash.J.Williams

I only watch it to see the few seconds of Rubber bandits, but last night i had to give up before they even came on....absolute horse****e,,,,,think it was that brefni C**nt that ruined it for me, just like batman ruined it last week....and that vampire ****e....what the f**k was that?


Get the comedians off RTE and start getting comedy writers........

(except for mcsavage....i'd like a 2nd series of savage eye)

ricero

harry hill must be laughing at our misfortune honestly ever since dermot morgen died comedy in this country has gone to the dogs minus hardy bucks

el diablo

Ash.J.Williams wrote: »

I only watch it to see the few seconds of Rubber bandits, but last night i had to give up before they even came on....absolute horse****e,,,,,think it was that brefni C**nt that ruined it for me, just like batman ruined it last week....and that vampire ****e....what the f**k was that?


Get the comedians off RTE and start getting comedy writers........

(except for mcsavage....i'd like a 2nd series of savage eye)

Any news on another series of Savage Eye? definitely one of RTÉ'S better recent efforts.

Ash.J.Williams

el diablo wrote: »

Any news on another series of Savage Eye? definitely one of RTÉ'S better recent efforts.

I have a feeling the 2nd series would difficult....strange how it's gone quiet...thought it would have been ready for this month.

Elmo

Don't worry, Big Brother's Brian Dowling and Sheila Shick will be soon on to save Irish comedy chat shows.

steo2009

i like Republic of Telly also,

ScumLord

JonathanAnon wrote: »

Put on masks, talk with silly voices, and use coarse language.... Is this what qualifies as the best humour RTE can provide... my god..

hurry up Vincent..

Not a fan of Bo Selcta or spitting image either then?

JonathanAnon

ScumLord wrote: »

Not a fan of Bo Selcta or spitting image either then?

I used to like Spitting Image... never saw Bo Selecta...

Just wish they had kept the same format as last year.. focussing on reviewing the week's mistakes and funny bits on the telly, and funny headlines and stories in the newspapers.. About 80% of the current format is simply not funny... although a honourable mention for Whelan again, he's doing a good job.

Ormus

the guy who voices the ad has a really funny trailer voice....never seen the show..

el diablo

ScumLord wrote: »

Not a fan of Bo Selcta or spitting image either then?

You can hardly compare two gombeens with Quinnworth bags over their heads to either of those shows. :rolleyes:

Last season's format with Whelan presenting would be a lot better than this crap.

Ash.J.Williams

Rubber bandits are the funniest part of the show by a long shot

seachto7

el diablo wrote: »

Why are people laughing at these inbred fúcking idiots in Temple Bar?

It was good that there were 2 lads as Limerick scumbags ripping the mickey out of Dublin. Usually it's the other way around...
Not sure they work on tv, as they can't be vulgar enough!
The programme was dire dire tv overall.....

pappyodaniel

My favourite sound is me balls slappin of Mairead Farrell's hoop.

teekayd25

el diablo wrote: »

Hopefully those simpletons with the Quinnsworth bags on their heads won't be on tonight. if so I'll be switching off.

el diablo wrote: »

You can hardly compare two gombeens with Quinnworth bags over their heads to either of those shows. :rolleyes:

The fact that they are playing *characters* appears to be completely lost on you.


I think the Rubberbandits wearing plastic bags is funny because


1. Possibly the only people crude / vulgar enough, or poor enough, to use plastic bags to conceal their identities would be Limerick scumbags

2. For all the posturing and bravado, they're not brave enough to do it without the bags, and probably for no reason other than they're scared that their mothers will find out

3. It might have been a Quinnsworth bag one night, but it was Centra the next . . . and last night one of them had a Mace bag! Maybe Londis next week . . .

4. What would one of these bags typically have been used to buy? 6 Dutch Gold? 40 Benson? A copy of FHM?
Most likely all of the above . . .

Caliden

Jennifer Maguire really needs to change the way she does that "things that shouldnt be..." bit.
It's just her asking retarded questions and showing pictures.

Ash.J.Williams

Caliden wrote: »

Jennifer Maguire really needs to change the way she does that "things that shouldnt be..." bit.
It's just her asking retarded questions and showing pictures.

I actually thought she had great potential on the last series, she can be quite sharp and is good at the random street interviews, but this series could very well ruin her career....Even yer mans face when he introduces "the things that should not be...." makes me angry.

Ash.J.Williams

teekayd25 wrote: »

The fact that they are playing *characters* appears to be completely lost on you.


I think the Rubberbandits wearing plastic bags is funny because


1. Possibly the only people crude / vulgar enough, or poor enough, to use plastic bags to conceal their identities would be Limerick scumbags

2. For all the posturing and bravado, they're not brave enough to do it without the bags, and probably for no reason other than they're scared that their mothers will find out

3. It might have been a Quinnsworth bag one night, but it was Centra the next . . . and last night one of them had a Mace bag! Maybe Londis next week . . .

4. What would one of these bags typically have been used to buy? 6 Dutch Gold? 40 Benson? A copy of FHM?
Most likely all of the above . . .

The rubber bandits have been on the go a long time now, and they are actually very intelligent, sharp, funny guys. Personally i'd say the clue to the plastic bags is quite blatently in their name...
I haven't had a chance to see their live show, but from what i have seen on youtube they are one of irelands best performers.
THey actually sold out some london dates recently.

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Ash.J.Williams wrote: »

I haven't had a chance to see their live show, but from what i have seen on youtube they are one of irelands best performers.
THey actually sold out some london dates recently.

What are you talking about? One of Irelands best performers???

They're playing the Twisted Pepper in Dublin which is tiny and the places they've played in London are bars/pubs, and considering their humour is very Irish I'd be sceptical that they sold out any of those places

Unless I'm missing something and they're being badly misrepresented on the Republic of Telly as rarely funny?

Ash.J.Williams

FireballPitcher wrote: »

What are you talking about? One of Irelands best performers???

They're playing the Twisted Pepper in Dublin which is tiny and the places they've played in London are bars/pubs, and considering their humour is very Irish I'd be sceptical that they sold out any of those places

Unless I'm missing something and they're being badly misrepresented on the Republic of Telly as rarely funny?

Would you think there are aspects of the republic of telly that are funnier than the bandits?

re: the twisted pepper i said "best" performers not "biggest"

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Ash.J.Williams wrote: »

Would you think there are aspects of the republic of telly that are funnier than the bandits?

re: the twisted pepper i said "best" performers not "biggest"

Fair point on the best v biggest, I suppose thats all down to opinion

Well I think the "news" part of the show is the funniest bit. The first 4 minutes where they report news and show clips out of context. Other than that, the next 26 minutes including the rubber bandits and especially Jennifer Maguire are brutal.

Ash.J.Williams

FireballPitcher wrote: »

Fair point on the best v biggest, I suppose thats all down to opinion

Well I think the "news" part of the show is the funniest bit. The first 4 minutes where they report news and show clips out of context. Other than that, the next 26 minutes including the rubber bandits and especially Jennifer Maguire are brutal.

I'm basing this on what i have seen on youtube, I've always been a fan of their prank calls, and was aware they were a hip hop comedy duo, but of late they are displaying traits of serious professionalism, underneath the plastic bags are two well clued in "professional" comedians.

Our man in Havana

This is woeful stuff. Bring back Neil Delamere.

AOwannabe

Looks like the show has got in trouble today...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/nov/17/ireland-debt-crisis-resignation-hoax

Ireland debt crisis: TV resignation hoax causes further anguish

Comic posing as reporter starts rumour of minister's 'resignation', prompting fears for Irish coalition's slim majority

A prankster posing as an Irish television reporter nearly precipitated a crisis inside the embattled Irish coalition government today.
As members of the Dáil filed into parliament in Dublin's Kildare Street this morning, someone holding an RTE microphone asked them what they thought about the resignation of Irish health minister Mary Harney.
Rumours then started to spread that Harney, a senior member of the Irish government, had resigned due to personal reasons and was leaving politics. Her alleged departure would have reduced the current Fianna Fáil/Green coalition's majority to just two inside the Dáil.
At one stage in the morning, representatives of the opposition Fine Gael party were asking reporters if they had heard reports that Harney was about to walk away from the government.
It later transpired, according to parties in the Dáil, that the "reporter" was working for the RTE comedy show Republic of Telly, which often plays hoaxes on the Irish public.
However, this particular hoax has now sparked an internal row within RTE, the Guardian has learned: the station's political correspondent, David McCullagh, has made a formal complaint to RTE about the prank, which provoked considerable anger from the main political parties.

Elmo

Just flicked in an saw Gay Byrne interview Dana that was funny

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Haddockman wrote: »

This is woeful stuff. Bring back Neil Delamere.

He was even worse!

AnonoBoy

FireballPitcher wrote: »

They're playing the Twisted Pepper in Dublin which is tiny and the places they've played in London are bars/pubs, and considering their humour is very Irish I'd be sceptical that they sold out any of those places

They've also played The Academy and the Electric Picnic.

Shane10

i laughed at it last night and i slate RTE as much as the rest of us. it was funny. Dermot Whelan is a poor comedian but hes very good at presenting this show, very natural. the bandits are funny, find myself waiting for them now. its growing on me, never really watched it when delamere presented it.

Namabillion

Delemere was a lot better

PIORUN

Far Better this year. As much as I think Delamare is alright, I couldn't keep watching it when he was presenting.

el diablo

I haven't watched this in a few weeks and it was actually going ok tonight till them country simpletons ( Rubber Bandits) came on. I've honestly no idea what their story is? Why were the audience laughing?