Ryan Tubridy - Radio Shows Thread

miketv

JonathanAnon wrote: »

My god, his level of reluctance to hide everything about his life is verging on OCD.... Can you imagine if G Ryan was asked the same question? He would have been talking til 2pm about all the women he wanted to "roiiiide"..

I hear you! God I miss Gerry sometimes

humberklog

This type of show's format, more than any other kind could, exposes RT's cosetted and privileged upbringing. While this is itself is no hanging offence it's what you do with it that counts.

While most from that enviroment go on to enter the real world, travel, experience, taste, work, socialise outside of the lowest common denominator of their familial upbringing: Ryan goes to Clifden, hides in books and sneers at people with foriegn accents.

Listening to Ryan engage with the general public, as this show requires, is the audio equivalent of watching a housewife in a SUV full of kids parrallel park in downtown Lagos.

Clunky, awkward, defensive, queesy, infuriating. Makes you want to get in and turn the wheel for them.

But maybe there in lies Ryan's problem: outside of RTE and from the age of 8 he's probably had someone there to turn the wheel of social engaging for him.

He's a stuck up sham.

nmoran

Listening to Ryan engage with the general public, as this show requires, is the audio equivalent of watching a housewife in a SUV full of kids parrallel park in downtown Lagos.

Brilliant description. You should reword it to make it short enough for a tweet.....might get his attention.

MJ23

Haw haw, tweet, twitter, books, US presidents, Kennedys, tweet, "twitterati"
Talking to the little people.
Brutal

Poly

I’ve notice he's been moaning about his tonsilitis frequently, although he stills sounds fine ( fine being smug, condescending & pompous) he threw it out today that he might have to take a few weeks off.


I don’t think there’s anything wrong with him, I think this is a face saving, get out clause, he knows and RTE knows he can’t fill two hours with his self indulgent drivel, but he’s too well connected to get canned.


Here’s my theory, He will disappear for a few weeks, they’ll get Catherine Thomas back in and then RTE will announce that due to other commitments he won’t be back.
Nice quiet exit from radio.

jimmynokia

the sooner the better:(

EIREHotspur

nmoran wrote: »

I listen only to his paper review most mornings. I have the following comments:

• He is criminally biased towards Fianna Fail.
• He seems to lack any real empathy for the suffering and outrage of people regarding the financial crisis.
• I was not a fan of Gerry Ryan but recognise that he had personality. I don't believe Tubridy has anything that could be described as personality.
• I don't believe he possesses what one could describe as wit. His geeky, americanised, quippy, patronising delivery style is tiresome.
• He seems to be be incapable of focusing on anything outside of this own particular interests.

p.s. Actually listening back to an earlier show now to get a better idea of what he is like, he is speaking to a relative of an Alzheimer's sufferer and he sounds utterly bored and insincere. At the end of the interview when she says that all the family were around when he died he says 'Good'. When the interview was over he said 'There goes Caroline'! Priceless......

I predict a haemorrhaging of listeners, I just can't imagine who the people are how like his show.

Why do I bother to listen? Because Alan Partridge is not available.

I think N Moran describes him to a tee.

Like or Loathe:
Gay Byrne - At least he had a good interviewing technique and was very engaging with guests and was interested in what they had to say.

Pat Kenny - At least knew how to interview political figures (although showed how square he is when the mood was jovial).


I cannot abide Ryan Turbidy with his fake personality.
He is a Dave Letterman wannabee....drumming desks and playing imaginary drums while quipping to the audience to a live band before the shows gets going.....pleassssssssssssssseeeeeeeeeee.
Someone needs to write him an email or phone the show and tell him he just isn't 1/10 as funny as he thinks he is.
His interviews lack any empathy and the guy has no warmth to him at all.

I never watch the Late Late any more and never tune into his radio shows either. Irritating Chap.

harpsman

michael999999 wrote: »

like im telling ye to do with tubs.im just trying to figure out why you would listen to something you dont like just so you can complain?

dont listen to it actually

polly78

nmoran wrote: »

I listen only to his paper review most mornings. I have the following comments:

• He is criminally biased towards Fianna Fail.
• He seems to lack any real empathy for the suffering and outrage of people regarding the financial crisis.
• I was not a fan of Gerry Ryan but recognise that he had personality. I don't believe Tubridy has anything that could be described as personality.
• I don't believe he possesses what one could describe as wit. His geeky, americanised, quippy, patronising delivery style is tiresome.
• He seems to be be incapable of focusing on anything outside of this own particular interests.

p.s. Actually listening back to an earlier show now to get a better idea of what he is like, he is speaking to a relative of an Alzheimer's sufferer and he sounds utterly bored and insincere. At the end of the interview when she says that all the family were around when he died he says 'Good'. When the interview was over he said 'There goes Caroline'! Priceless......

I predict a haemorrhaging of listeners, I just can't imagine who the people are how like his show.

Why do I bother to listen? Because Alan Partridge is not available.

I love this synopsis, lol!! It's so true, I'm bored to death with him and switched off yesterday as I feel I've given him long enough, who thought it would be good to replace Gerry with such a bore, you've got to wonder. I know Gerry was one of a kind but there's bound to be someone more in touch with the listeners, more knowledgable and broader minded as a replacement. He makes me miss Gerry even more. The brains behind 2fm knew they'd have to go all out to replace Gerry and they've failed miserably, don't get me started on Colm Hayes :mad:. Between the two of them they've turned the mornings on 2fm into hell for my ears. I can't begin to imagine who would feel the need to call up and speak to any the two of them.

constitutionus

FFS !

I tuned in for a brief minute between newstalks breakfast show ending and switching to pat kenny (which hadnt started yet and was playing some god awfull country and western music ) and the FIRST ****ing word out of his mouth was "Twittering, you like twitter, twits" to some politicial head.

suffice to say i endured the country and western song instead

sweet jesus just GO man !

mikom

Henry Kissinger mentioned at about the two minute mark this morning.
Like a clock DLB............... Like a clock.

Poly

constitutionus wrote: »

"Twittering, you like twitter, twits" to some politicial head.

He is grilling Paul Gogarty on behalf of FF. I'm no fan of the Greens, but DLB is really showing his bias today.
Disgusting from our state funded broadcaster

nmoran

He asked Paul Gogarty were you a nerd or a jock in school? Does he even know that he lives in Ireland! Or is Ireland just a place that JFK visited in 1963!

Happened to hear a bit more of him this morning as I was in the car. Woeful stuff if you are looking to be entertained, fantastic if you are looking to nitpick and have a laugh!

constitutionus

i have to ask the question.

what the hell is the target demographic of this show ?

its patently NOT the one gerry ryan was aiming at.

i think they shouldve given the slot to hector. im NO fan of his either but at least he's somewhere in the same vein as gerry was and couldve maintained a sort of contunity for his listeners.

tubs is just bizarrely floundering here. more and more im starting to visualise him as val doonican opening for the prodigy

JonathanAnon

Gogarty is one very odd fish.... he's almost child like at times. Writing "F**K Gilmore" on his Twitter page was very naive.. He should have learned from Simon Coveney's. But at least DLB gave him a lesson in Twit-etiquette today..

"Shooting the breeze".. :mad::mad: Plus a usual tortured reference to something American, (because even the mere mention of anything yankee is demonstrative of DLB's huge intellect)

Ash.J.Williams

JonathanAnon wrote: »

"Shooting the breeze"..

:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

nmoran

I am smiling here at myself as I have just had the most pathetic thought. Ryan Tubridy and his radio programme are clearly starting to grate on a lot of peoples nerves. Should we set up a Twitter account to which we share the login for whoever wants it? It could be fun to tweet about his show as it slowly sinks....

Just need a catchy account name! Any suggestions? Anyone else interested?

And yes I know this really is a pitiful suggestion on my part. What have I become? Poking fun at him is just too much fun...

deelite

I don't like him (and I don't know what DLB stands for). But if a twitter account was set up like you suggested would that mean actually listening to him - perish the thought.

nmoran

DLB stands for Dainty Little Bugger. Which is how Rhys Ifans described him on the Late Late apparently.

JonathanAnon

nmoran wrote: »

DLB stands for Dainty Little Bugger.

There's your twitter account name there...

deelite

Wow I thought it stood for Dirty Little Bugger

nmoran

Wow I thought it stood for Dirty Little Bugger

Maybe it was I heard the explanation second had.

constitutionus

nmoran wrote: »

DLB stands for Dainty Little Bugger. Which is how Rhys Ifans described him on the Late Late apparently.

ah, the other show he does i dont watch



i tuned in once to see bill bailey on it as i was going to the gig he was doing in the 02.

how in the name of christ can you have a comedy genius like that on and not raise a laugh ?

it was painfull watching turgidy respond seriously to bills scatalogical obversations (im thinking here when he pointed out the blue dots of the set look like a massive fly looking in through a window which went RIGHT over ryans head ) and then procede to ask him the dumbest questions ive ever seen.

gaybo wouldve had a field day with him.

jimmynokia

nmoran wrote: »

I am smiling here at myself as I have just had the most pathetic thought. Ryan Tubridy and his radio programme are clearly starting to grate on a lot of peoples nerves. Should we set up a Twitter account to which we share the login for whoever wants it? It could be fun to tweet about his show as it slowly sinks....

Just need a catchy account name! Any suggestions? Anyone else interested?

And yes I know this really is a pitiful suggestion on my part. What have I become? Poking fun at him is just too much fun...

TWEETYTUBSTWIT should be the name

we should send him this thread
enough is enough now what are 2fm doing keeping nhim on putting people to sleep every morning

Cole

michael999999 wrote: »

if ye dont like him STOP LISTENING.why would ye listen if ye hate him that much?.

I agree.

nmoran wrote: »

Woeful stuff if you are looking to be entertained, fantastic if you are looking to nitpick and have a laugh!

But I also agree with this. There's nothing great on between 9-10, imo, so I switch between stations at this time and if nothing interests me, I tune into Tubridy....and shout at the radio. Kind of entertaining, but can only manage 10 mins or so.

Slideshowbob

RT is getting on my wick these days

Acting all pontificating going on about the economy when it was his family relatives that were part of the FF clan that put us in this mess

Also he slagged off Usher's performance on X Factor on Monday morning - ok wasnt a great performance but id like to see Ryan writing cool songs - id say he'd be nowhere without his family ties

giftgrub

Less than a minute before Kissinger got a mention this morning.

His jokey attitute towards the Chilean story is a little sickening.

"Hi Ho" from the Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

I want to ****ing vomit.


Oh......theres the twitter mention

nmoran

Very funny there from Kathryn Thomas on the side of the mountain in Africa:

'You have to pee a lot more. When its five degree below and theres icicles on your...................................tent!'

nmoran

I have stopped listening to Tubs at this point, just caught the first 15 minutes. What I did hear was a representative sampling of his usual fare:

• Pointless discussion with Emma the news reader about Imelda May. (She didn't recognise her music in the sig tune but claimed to be a big fan). He invited her to skip the news at 11 and join him to see Imelda May play in studio instead. Emma sounded bored by Ryan.
• Then he insisted that his producer join him for a lengthy and pointless discussion about how well she knew the Beatles music. Ryan bragging that he just took delivery of 2 remastered Beatles albums.
• JFK's visit to Ireland when a senator was mentioned as well as the loss of his unborn baby around that time. Its amazing to realize that he consistently makes references to a former american president who died almost 50 years ago.

The only things missing were a FF reference, an inane anecdote from an encounter in a shop (to show he is normal like us) and an illustration of his inability to display empathy. He delivered on all 3 to some extent.

• Brian Cowen got sympathy as a reluctant leader who nevertheless loved his country
• His fruit and Veg man gave him an apple for nothing. Wow
• Finally he read a really tragic story about a road death and he finished up by saying and I quote: 'It puts material scenarios into grotesque content'. What that meant exactly who knows. I can only speculate that he is feeling guilty about being so please with himself and his Beatles cds and his apple!

Imhof Tank

nmoran wrote: »

His fruit and Veg man gave him an apple for nothing. Wow
he is feeling guilty about being so please with himself and his Beatles cds and his apple!
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He must have been signed up by the apple marketing people because the day after his bird dumped him recently he was pictured leaving the studio wearing those ridiculous oversize specs, important looking papers in one hand and apple in the other.

Some Max Clifford type clearly set the whole shoot up – stoic go getter, no time to be moping around; the apple = sustainable, ethical, tasty snack, perfect prop for projecting a preachy, superior image

Wait and see - there will be a text or tweet pretty soon now about how great apples are or whatever and then you will hear from him all about the need for us as a community to get back to basics and good old fashioned values and everything his image is supposedly built upon.

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