Ryan Tubridy - Radio Shows Thread

Cassidy28

jimmynokia wrote: »

What he gets paid is OTT he is off just as much as he is on.

Yes but he really works hard :rolleyes: and he deserves his frequent breaks

JonathanAnon

This constant shilling that he seems to get involved in is really embarrassing.. Getting Noel Kelly to put out subtle messages telling us all that "Ryan is wanted by the BBC" from which we are meant to infer that he must be worth it because the Brits want him..

And besides that nice little statement from the inside source in RTE to the effect that "it's not Ryan's fault, it's not the production teams' fault, in fact it's nobody's fault" is the usual lack of accountability that we get from public service... The TRUTH is, it IS Ryan's fault. Nobody wants to listen to his self indulgent nonsense... But nobody in RTE has the balls to make him accountable for his listenership figures..

If there was anybody in RTE with half a brain cell, the clever plan would be to tee him up for the BBC to take him off the books... It would save them having to pay him, save Tubridy the indignity of being fired for being useless, and the BBC would be happy cos they are getting their man...

jimmyw

Is it any wonder he is popular on the BBC, for the most of the show he was playing music and none of his gibberish:p.

This banter with who ever comes into the studio is a bit cringe worthy though:o.
Of course when Ken Bruce asked him which one he prefered for Eurovision, he sat on the fence.How could he offend Jedward?;)

Personally I think the UK song is better than the sh1t from the other two knuckleheads:rolleyes:.

telekon

Is he back reviewing the papers now? (I think so anyway, only caught a couple of minutes while Prendeville was spinning his usual sh*te tunes).

He was talking about the sweet factory in Donegal moving abroad. Shock horror, Ryan was talking about yummy sweeties again...

ghiertal

JonathanAnon wrote: »

This constant shilling that he seems to get involved in is really embarrassing.. Getting Noel Kelly to put out subtle messages telling us all that "Ryan is wanted by the BBC" from which we are meant to infer that he must be worth it because the Brits want him..

And besides that nice little statement from the inside source in RTE

Jon i think you have been proved right about the so-called "inside source".

http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/tv-radio/big-bbc-break-for-tubridy-as-he-struggles-with-home-crowd-3098249.html

May 4 2012

RTE insiders are questioning whether or not he is the right 'fit' for the station after he left Radio 1.
"Is 2fm the right station for Ryan Tubridy? If the public didn't like Ryan why would 'The Late, Late Show' have a 48pc (audience) share on a Friday night?" a well-placed source put it to the Irish Independent.

http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/tv-radio/tubridy-starts-third-bbc-stint-but-plays-down-permanent-move-3102267.html

May 8 2012

"It's challenging on occasion; my own radio situation in Ireland isn't exactly triumphant but we are working on it," Tubridy said.

"I won't be going anywhere from the 'Late Late Show'. Sure, you can freshen it up if needs be, but last Friday we pulled in 48pc audience share."


As Ash Williams said it all choreographed propaganda. The thing is that the public isn't stupid ryan. One other thing that bugs me is that he constantly insists that he is 37 years old. In every article this pops up. He will be 39 in a few weeks time.

Ash.J.Williams

Heard a few minutes of newstalk this morning. Seemed to be pieta house on discussing suicide. The segment was being hosted by (i think) Fionn Davenport, would that be right???

Anyway he was brilliant, the most notable part of the interview was a lady discussing her brothers suicide. That's where I thought of Tubs! While she spoke there was silence, not a word was spoken by the host or anyone else. Completely the opposite to 2fms fake emotional pornography. THere was none of the "really" Oh that's awful" "how did that make you feel?" When the lady was finished there was NO coaxing more sad stories out of her like TUbs would! Overall young Davenport wiped the floor with 2fm this morning!!

I must say I am still reeling about the Terry Pratchett interview. I'm not a fan of pratchet only through ignorance, and have never read his books. All i saw was a 64 year old man, with alziemers, getting grilled. So tubs....you think Ronan Keating should get an easy time and yet you grill an old man??? Did you hear tubs whiney whingey voice at the end??? Seriously how is this buffooon still on tv....I'll tell you why...half the audience are "used to" the late late and watch it....the rest are watching for CRINGE!!!


I haven't seen the Eddie Jordan interview but i would imagine the entire f1 part of was based on the movie Senna.

ghiertal

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/mr-tubbs-blather-routine-goes-down-a-treat-on-beeb-3102192.html

Mr Tubbs' blather routine goes down a treat on Beeb

Forty years ago, Sidney Poitier asked southern rednecks to call him Mr Tibbs, and yesterday morning Ryan Tubridy asked BBC Radio 2 listeners to call him Mr Tubbs.
On his 6.30am start as Chris Evans's stand-in, he was introduced by Nikki, the previous show's DJ, as "the very lovely and the very talented" Ryan Tubridy, though she puzzled over his name. Hence his "Tubbs" suggestion.
Having stood in for Graham Norton on the station last summer, he seemed quite at ease in his BBC holiday home, though the format -- playing six pop tracks every 30 minutes, along with news, weather, sport, traffic updates and what-the-papers-say slots -- didn't allow him much scope to make an impact.
Still, he did get to exhibit his geekish fondness for cultural trivia, prattling on about the original titles of famous movies and wondering about the private lives of such fictional detectives as Hercule Poirot and Jessica Fletcher.
Bubblegum for the ears is Tubbs's stock-in-trade and if the latest Irish listenership figures indicate that audien-ces at home are wearying of it, the Brits can't seem to get enough of Irish blather, tho-ugh they still have intelligi-bility problems with the Irish accent -- when Tubbs told traf-fic girl Bobbie that he didn't "understand a word they say" on 'The Wire', she riposted "And that's from you!"
He managed the odd impish remark, observing of Wilson Pickett's 'Mustang Sally' that the refrain "Ride, Sally, ride" would have a "different connotation in Ireland" -- before hurriedly adding: "But we'll get into that at a later time."
Much later, I'd say, if he doesn't want to offend early-morning 'Daily Mail' sensibilities.
Some of his badinage with the reporters seemed to startle them, not least when he asked a flu-struck, sniffling Bobbie: "What's the matter with you? Do you need a hug? Do you know what you need? A duvet day." Possibly unsure whether this was meant as advice or an invitation, Bobbie didn't respond and they moved swiftly on.
The show moved swiftly on, too, cramming more than 30 undemanding pop songs into its three-hour length, and then along came the guest we'd been promised at the outset -- Fr Brian D'Arcy, a "pal from Ireland", as Tubbs described him.
We didn't hear, though, about the cleric's recent travails with the Vatican, which probably would have been a bit too Irish -- too local, anyway -- for the show's English audience, and maybe too politico-religious, too.
Instead, the priest was in a Pause for Thought slot, quoting a Spanish proverb about how beautiful it is to do nothing and then to rest afterwards. And in this vein he urged his listeners to "take time to relax, especially if you don't have time to do so".
Tubbs, though, clearly has no time to relax, what with his RTE commitments and now this further shot at glory with the Beeb. I won't be listening, but I'm sure Chris Evans will be lending a wary ear to the Irish broadcaster.

Ash.J.Williams

Some of his badinage with the reporters seemed to startle them, not least when he asked a flu-struck, sniffling Bobbie: "What's the matter with you? Do you need a hug? Do you know what you need? A duvet day." Possibly unsure whether this was meant as advice or an invitation, Bobbie didn't respond and they moved swiftly on.

ha ha

jimmynokia

Well if the BBC like him they can have him.Be interesting to see what salary he will fetch of them.

telekon

Just like he did when he was substituting for Graham Norton, he is playing the tweed cap wearing, begorraah and bejaysus Paddy card. This will grow extremely tiresome I would imagine seeing as he is on the radio daily now, and not just some odd weekend slot.

Plus his repartee with the newsreaders /traffic girls is already falling flat on its face I see with the stunted responses he is getting. In pretty much the same fashion it did with that 2FM newsreader at 9am. (Unfortunately her name escapes me, the one who got fierce odd with him over the grilling he gave her regarding the identity of the christmas present she got her fella...)

A pattern is emerging here...

jimmynokia

http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/tv-radio/tubridy-starts-third-bbc-stint-but-plays-down-permanent-move-3102267.html

EchoO

jimmynokia wrote: »

http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/tv-radio/tubridy-starts-third-bbc-stint-but-plays-down-permanent-move-3102267.html

It is understood he will take unpaid leave from RTE to work with the BBC.

That's a nice bit of spin there. As a contractor ALL his leave is unpaid. Whether he should get so much leave and get paid so much when he is not on leave is another matter.

It's obvious what Tubridy gets out of this, but what about RTE? Surely it is not too much to expect that Tubridy's first loyalty be to his full-time, and extremely well paid, job. There are only 3 months between each lot of JNLR results and he is going to be missing for 2 of them. How could this possibly address the problem of trying to win back all those listeners? I'm sure some people would say that him not being there would be more of a help then a hindrance. But if that is the case, then he should just be sacked from the programme.

RTE should have insisted that Tubridy stay where he is and try to rectify the mess that he, above anyone else, has created.

plasmaguy

Unfortunately and realistically, Turbridy's morning slot on 2fm is sinking faster than the Titanic and has as much hope of being refloated as the Titanic.

He should jump ship as soon as he can from a professional point of view because soon no-one will be listening to him on 2fm, I wonder how the bigshots in 2fm will spin that though, possibly that Ryan can turn it around, still a chance, if only, blah blah blah.

My suggestion is stick Lottie Ryan in that slot and see what she can do..hopefully for 2fm some of her dad's ability to attract listeners wears off on her but she certainly can't be worse than Tubridy.

Tubbs, the BBC beckons, cheerio old boy.

Itssoeasy

Listening to tubbs from yesterday. Power of love to start ? Jesus.

EchoO

plasmaguy wrote: »

My suggestion is stick Lottie Ryan in that slot and see what she can do..hopefully for 2fm some of her dad's ability to attract listeners wears off on her but she certainly can't be worse than Tubridy.

I've nothing against Lottie Ryan, but it could be argued that nepotism has played a large enough part in this mess already. I can't see any point in compounding it even further with another bit of nepotism.

Itssoeasy

EchoO wrote: »

I've nothing against Lottie Ryan, but it could be argued that nepotism has played a large enough part in this mess already. I can't see any point in compounding it even further with another bit of nepotism.

And if lottie Ryan got the gig, what would Colm Hayes do for show content ?

plasmaguy

EchoO wrote: »

I've nothing against Lottie Ryan, but it could be argued that nepotism has played a large enough part in this mess already. I can't see any point in compounding it even further with another bit of nepotism.

She'd be worth a try at least.

EchoO

plasmaguy wrote: »

She'd be worth a try at least.

Why should she get preferential treatment over experienced DJ's or media students? I'm sure RTE has an equal opportunities policy these days and as it the National Broadcaster you would think they would have to take it seriously. In short - nepotism is wrong.

plasmaguy

Name recognition. She's also not an RTE insider as she is too young to be.

It's a young person's station to be honest.

Tubridy talking about the 60s, the Kennedys, etc etc...seriously, no-one listening to 2fm gives a damn about the Kennedys.

Just play the damn records and talk about young persons stuff..simple..

EchoO

plasmaguy wrote: »

Name recognition. She's also not an RTE insider as she is too young to be.

I don't know how many different ways I can say - she should not get that job because it would be blatant nepotism. There are plenty of people working in the industry who would have "name recogntion", but who have got it through their talent as radio presenters - not because of who their farther was. In any case 2fm isn't supposed to be a "young person's station" anymore. They publicly announced a change in their target audience a few years ago.

plasmaguy

EchoO wrote: »

I don't know how many different ways I can say - she should not get that job because it would be blatant nepotism. There are plenty of people working in the industry who would have "name recogntion", but who have got it through their talent as radio presenters - not because of who their farther was. In any case 2fm isn't supposed to be a "young person's station" anymore. They publicly announced a change in their target audience a few years ago.

There is always going to be nepotism in RTE, that's just a fact of life, we all might as well get used to it.

Unless and until it's privatised, nepotism will be rampant in there.

In 10-20 years, one of Tubridy's kids will be the next big thing in RTE, I can guarantee you of that.

It's all a dynasty in there.

jimmynokia

Heard it all in5 mins this morning he is so intrusive,again on the death subject.

Itssoeasy

I think lottie Ryan should get one go at doing that slot on a bank holiday for example. I'm not saying she should get anything out of it, but at least 2fm could see how she handles it or sounds in the captains seat. I know she does a segment on the Colm Colm show but thats only for a few minutes once a week(I think) at least if she ain't up to it rte know instead of the situation they have now where he was just dropped in there and has lost more people than titanic did.

Welsh Megaman

The guy writing in the Independent on Saturday hit the nail on the head:

Either move Ryan back to Radio 1

OR

Get rid of 2fm completely and launch a new station as the Irish Equivalent of BBC Radio 2 - with Ryan as one of the flagship dj's.

yosser hughes

I cannot believe there are people actually suggesting Gerry Ryan's daughter as someone to present this show!! I'm shocked at this peasant mentality. No wonder RTE don't give a bollix, if the public are so deferential.
Tubridy is unlikeable and this has become more noticeable since the demise of the Celtic bubble. During the bubble people didn't seem to mind that the likes of Tubridy gets paid €800k a year or whatever he's getting.
He is utterly charmless and the beneficiary of nepotism and all that is wrong, and what people hate about RTE, but why would he leave? Would you? He won't go until he's told to go.
No point in blaming Tubridy for being what he is and accepting a huge salary. Who wouldn't? Blame the decision makers. The people who sign the cheques,those who decide what rates of pay these people get. I don't think salary negotiations in RTE are too tough when everyone in the room are friends anyway.
Moncrief is the obvious choice but Radio 2 is irrelevant and should be scrapped anyway as a way of cutting in to the 20 million deficit RTE is currently operating.The taxpayer should not be subsidising the likes of 2FM when the demographic is more than catered for in the private sector.It's not public service broadcasting. There is simply no justification for 2FM. Or Tubridy for that matter.

Imhof Tank

Truely bizzarre opening to the show this morning - a letter supposedly from "a listener" warning of the twin dangers to happy marriages of

- school reunions and
- facebook

According to Tubridy this is a major issue in modern Ireland - and he'd like you to call in with your thoughts, etc, etc..............

Cassidy28

Tubridy is probably an all right type of bloke :eek:, but he is just to childish and giddy for my liking, I cant wait until he gets the boat over to the uk .

plasmaguy

You could be waiting along time to be honest.

How long was the full Irish slot and the other one he used to have on Radio 1? I think it was for an hour.

Tubridy is good when its all short and snappy, bit like the Tubridy Show on tv. Lengthen the format and he struggles to fill the time with meaningfull conversation, interviews and so on.

Its hard work filling 2 hours of tv and radio and it looks to be beyond Tubridy mostly.

Put him back to an hour in the morning and he'd be grand.

Itssoeasy

So, tubbs goes from 9-10 which leaves 10-11 empty unless you give Colm hayes an extra hour or put another show in the gap, or else move CH to 10-12 and give someone else more time later on.

Also you could put larry gogan out to pasture and then they would have a two hour block to give someone a bit more time or a new show altogether.

Ash.J.Williams

Itssoeasy wrote: »

So, tubbs goes from 9-10 which leaves 10-11 empty unless you give Colm hayes an extra hour or put another show in the gap, or else move CH to 10-12 and give someone else more time later on.

Also you could put larry gogan out to pasture and then they would have a two hour block to give someone a bit more time or a new show altogether.

Or just leave him off