The John Murray Show

Evan DietrichSmith

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jr22 wrote: »

I think an hour long show featuring just the sound of the heavies from Operation Transformation being smacked on the arse with a hurley would be more interesting.

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You could have sommat there !!.

Big meaty thhhhhwackkkk.....yep got sommat there.

Bellerstring

How original.
A whole show about people and their love stories and stuff......

sudzs

I'd say this guys kids were delighted he called for a stranger of a woman when he was on his death bed! :rolleyes:

sudzs

Live marriage proposal followed dead air, followed by a totally underwhelmed John Murray.

This is truly awful radio.

HeidiHeidi

I woke up to the "Mr&Mrs" quiz - it was EXCRUCIATING :eek:

Never dived for the remote as quick to switch to Lyric, where Marty was banging on about love and playing slushy muzak.

Slightly O/T but not all of us are loved up, and want to hear mushy wushy love stories all day long - SO'R is on now and I'm hoping that a bit of peace might reign in his domain.

I'm already in fear of what Liveline will bring later......

Expunge

The State Broadcaster is, once again, a f**king embarrassment this morning. John Murray's team leaves him down badly with ill-prepared, poorly excuted Valentine's manure.
In the same hour on Lyric, M. Whelan is reading out of Valentine's limericks from his loyal tribe and playing the All Time Greatest Crooner love songs.
I couldn't bring myself to switch to Tubrity on 2FM.

It seems like there's no-one in control when this type of schlock can be on multiple state owned networks at the same time.
All paid for by you and me, buddy.:mad:

bobbyss

Expunge wrote: »

The State Broadcaster is, once again, a f**king embarrassment this morning. John Murray's team leaves him down badly with ill-prepared, poorly excuted Valentine's manure.
In the same hour on Lyric, M. Whelan is reading out of Valentine's limericks from his loyal tribe and playing the All Time Greatest Crooner love songs.
I couldn't bring myself to switch to Tubrity on 2FM.

It seems like there's no-one in control when this type of schlock can be on multiple state owned networks at the same time.
All paid for by you and me, buddy.:mad:

Heard bits in the background this morning. Something about dieting and K Thomas shrieking around the place. Who is remotely interested in this nonsense. Who cares if someone loses weight? This must be past its sell by date. It is all yesterday's news.

IvyTheTerrible

bobbyss wrote: »

Heard bits in the background this morning. Something about dieting and K Thomas shrieking around the place. Who is remotely interested in this nonsense. Who cares if someone loses weight? This must be past its sell by date. It is all yesterday's news.

And on top of that, today's show was a complete shambles technically. A good portion of it was broadcast over their smart phones because the mics went down. Appalling radio.

Evan DietrichSmith

Expunge wrote: »

The State Broadcaster is, once again, a f**king embarrassment this morning. John Murray's team leaves him down badly with ill-prepared, poorly excuted Valentine's manure.
In the same hour on Lyric, M. Whelan is reading out of Valentine's limericks from his loyal tribe and playing the All Time Greatest Crooner love songs.
I couldn't bring myself to switch to Tubrity on 2FM.

It seems like there's no-one in control when this type of schlock can be on multiple state owned networks at the same time.
All paid for by you and me, buddy.:mad:

You have to be from the Munster area?

Bellerstring

More loved up couples and engagement stories today.
Could only bear 3 minutes.
This guy make Mooney sound good!!!:rolleyes:

CountyHurler

They should just buy that guy a one way ticket to his Utopia..

CountyHurler

I wonder do any of Murray's staff ever feel like walking in to the studio and shouting... "Just shut up... just SHUT.. the fcuk UP"...

Cos I do..

Oops69

Rte won't be able to drop him for a couple of years as they'll be accused of all sorts of prejudice given his recent health problems , so were stuck with the fake laugh and these awful intros in the morning

shockwave

Oops69 wrote: »

Rte won't be able to drop him for a couple of years as they'll be accused of all sorts of prejudice given his recent health problems , so were stuck with the fake laugh and these awful intros in the morning

Move him to 7am on sunday mornings, nobody is up at that time

CountyHurler

That ad for the show really sums it up..

Fat person: "My breathing has really improved as well John."
John Murray: "Yeah you're breeding is great, you have five kids.. "...
*everybody groans*

Have to say the 9am-10am on Newstalk beats the hell out of Murray and Tubridy... Again the only problem is that Newstalk reception is patchy... though I see a thread with "new" frequencies so my days of listening to Murray may be over.

Splinter

Lets try and keep this topic about the show and not about the personal situation of the presenter please. There's no need for it and it won't be tolerated

Splinter

padd b1975

shockwave wrote: »

Move him to 7am on sunday mornings, nobody is up at that time

You would be surprised!!

Cathal Murray is excellent in that slot.

In fact, I would go so far as to say he is wasted there at that time.

Harry Angstrom

padd b1975 wrote: »

You would be surprised!!

Cathal Murray is excellent in that slot.

In fact, I would go so far as to say he is wasted there at that time.

They should get rid of Shay Byrne and replace him with Cathal Murray on Risin Time. Byrne is almost as smug as Fionn Davenport.

mbur

padd b1975 wrote: »

You would be surprised!!

Cathal Murray is excellent in that slot.

In fact, I would go so far as to say he is wasted there at that time.

Thanks for the tip. I will probably never follow it up.

I don't mind JM at 9. He speaks well and his attempts at humour are usually amusing enough.

Having said that I found todays attempt to spin the insomnia story was a bit daft. John, like Paul Williams obviously doesn't have a clue about mobile networks. Maybe they are they mates with Shatter.

Bellerstring

Harry Angstrom wrote: »

They should get rid of Shay Byrne and replace him with Cathal Murray on Risin Time. Byrne is almost as smug as Fionn Davenport.

Couldn't agree more!
Smugness personified, but maybe a new thread beckons....!:pac:

jr22

David Corkery was the latest in a seriously long line of misery porn peddlers. I get depressed too and more awareness is great but Jesus Christ, this celebrity depression thing is getting seriously worn out.

Why can't RTÉ just consolidate all of the misery radio and telvision into a giant weekly podcast?

Why not distill it all down to a weekly panel show where Tubridy, Miriam O' Callaghan, Joe Duffy and Murray compete to find the most unfortunate fúcker in the country?

Harry Angstrom wrote: »

They should get rid of Shay Byrne and replace him with Cathal Murray on Risin Time. Byrne is almost as smug as Fionn Davenport.

Both pale in comparison to Phillip Boucher Hayes, the smuggest of them all!

HeidiHeidi

Gawd, that is some caterwauling he has on this morning :eek:

What's his obsession with Daithi O'Sé('s wife) having a baby soon

Oops69

Is john just going to play a load of YouTube clips without the video and then do a fake laugh after each of them as his intro for ever ....get rid of the intro ffs

Evan DietrichSmith

Oops69 wrote: »

Is john just going to play a load of YouTube clips without the video and then do a fake laugh after each of them as his intro for ever ....get rid of the intro ffs

Oops. You, I, most of the contributors to this thread,and I would estimate 90% of RTE ones listeners realise that.

Unfortunately the producer of the JMS, RTE,John himself still haven't seen the light .

Hey schidt happens man.

CountyHurler

I cant believe they've managed to do it, but they have actually managed to find people who are less funny than Murray himself..

CountyHurler

Now that they have run out of fat people to weigh, they dont really know what to do with the show... Nothing they have tried in that slot works, they should just make Morning Ireland an hour longer. It might be a bit repetitive, but it couldnt be worse than the current offering.

win2one

The "off" switch is very useful after Morning Ireland .

Evan DietrichSmith

win2one wrote: »

The "off" switch is very useful after Morning Ireland .

Correct, that what happens in casa Evan, don't even wait that long soon as I hear the pre news promo is pip,pip..peeeeeeeeeeeeeeepppp.

CountyHurler

The 5 second rule is usually what I employ to Murray himself..... For yet another morning they dont really have anything to talk about.. Gonna see what the reception is like on NT this morning but it's usually crap.

HeidiHeidi

That 5-second rule article was, even by the usual standards of the JM show, the stupidest radio I have heard in a very long time. I almost went to the calendar to check that it wasn't April 1st.

I now officially give up, for ever, on that show :mad:

Please let me know on this thread if anything changes - I won't be holding my breath though.

I Heart Internet

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

That 5-second rule article was, even by the usual standards of the JM show, the stupidest radio I have heard in a very long time. I almost went to the calendar to check that it wasn't April 1st.

I now officially give up, for ever, on that show :mad:

Please let me know on this thread if anything changes - I won't be holding my breath though.

I dunno - Jimmy Crowley was good - interesting fella.

The lady who was caught up in the tube bombings was interesting.

The five-second rule was a bit of fluff.

I know the JM show doesn't deliver on every item, every morning. But they have a very tough position - can't do real news (Morning Ireland has that), can't do heavy current affairs (Sean O'Rouke), so has to do the lighter or human interest stories.

IvyTheTerrible

I Heart Internet wrote: »

I dunno - Jimmy Crowley was good - interesting fella.

The lady who was caught up in the tube bombings was interesting.

The five-second rule was a bit of fluff.

I know the JM show doesn't deliver on every item, every morning. But they have a very tough position - can't do real news (Morning Ireland has that), can't do heavy current affairs (Sean O'Rouke), so has to do the lighter or human interest stories.

I thought the woman was in a train crash, not the london bombings?

I Heart Internet

IvyTheTerrible wrote: »

I thought the woman was in a train crash, not the london bombings?

Sorry, didn't hear the start. Thought it was the london bombings...obviously i got that wrong.

IvyTheTerrible

I Heart Internet wrote: »

Sorry, didn't hear the start. Thought it was the london bombings...obviously i got that wrong.

No big deal! I was only half listening myself so I thought I was hallucinating or something!

Evan DietrichSmith

I Heart Internet wrote: »

I dunno - Jimmy Crowley was good - interesting fella.

The lady who was caught up in the tube bombings was interesting.

The five-second rule was a bit of fluff.

I know the JM show doesn't deliver on every item, every morning. But they have a very tough position - can't do real news (Morning Ireland has that), can't do heavy current affairs (Sean O'Rouke), so has to do the lighter or human interest stories.

as the song goes, It's not what you do it's the way that you do it'

serfboard

IvyTheTerrible wrote: »

I thought the woman was in a train crash, not the london bombings?

Correct. She was in the Paddington train crash of 1999.

Bellerstring

I know the JM show doesn't deliver on every item, every morning. But they have a very tough position - can't do real news (Morning Ireland has that), can't do heavy current affairs (Sean O'Rouke), so has to do the lighter or human interest stories.[/QUOTE]

Ehm..no he doesn't.
Look at Newstalk between 9 and 10!
Excellent radio, not the lazy shyte that RTE shove out at this time slot.
Like I said before, he makes Mooney look gooood!!!:rolleyes:

serfboard

Bellerstring wrote: »

Look at Newstalk between 9 and 10!
Excellent radio

Are you including the quiz in that assessment?

Call me Al

serfboard wrote: »

Correct. She was in the Paddington train crash of 1999.

I really enjoyed that interview. She was very articulate, informative and to the point. It thought john Murray interviewed her well.

Losty Dublin

Call me Al wrote: »

I really enjoyed that interview. She was very articulate, informative and to the point. It thought john Murray interviewed her well.

That's the most galling thing about John Murray; he is capable of far better items such as that interview.

More of the touching human interest stories like this, quirky current affairs issues, in depth celeb interviews, interesting live band insets and the community walks and less puerlie wise cracks, juvenile humour sketches, blatant blags for RTE shows and gigs and attempts at leftfield stories and this show can be saved.

Hesh's Umpire

Bellerstring wrote: »

Look at Newstalk between 9 and 10!
Excellent radio.

Can't agree, Yates is too biased, right wing, conservative and misogynistic to ever cut it as a radio presenter.

Bellerstring

Hesh's Umpire wrote: »

Can't agree, Yates is too biased, right wing, conservative and misogynistic to ever cut it as a radio presenter.

Can't agree.
He's opinionated, but not conservative or misogynistic.
If that "Anti-Woman" vibe comes across, he's just playing it up big time to get a reaction from a knowing Chris Donohue.
And he pulls no punches when interviewing his old FG collegues!

Evan DietrichSmith

Hesh's Umpire wrote: »

Can't agree, Yates is too biased, right wing, conservative and misogynistic to ever cut it as a radio presenter.

It might come as a surprise to you that that kind of person is in the majority of radio listeners to news based stations..

They don't have Radio 1 tuned in down on the sinks dude.

DownBeaten

Bellerstring wrote: »

Excellent radio, not the lazy shyte that RTE shove out at this time slot.
Like I said before, he makes Mooney look gooood!!!:rolleyes:

Strange, but every time I listen to NT between 9 and 10 all I hear is two tired ould lads bitching and moaning at each other. If Denis O'Brien has any sense he'd tell Pat Kenny to get in half an hour earlier and start his show at 9:30 and give back the 12:00-12:30 slot to the lunchtime news programme.

HeidiHeidi

Losty Dublin wrote: »

That's the most galling thing about John Murray; he is capable of far better items such as that interview.

More of the touching human interest stories like this, quirky current affairs issues, in depth celeb interviews, interesting live band insets and the community walks and less puerlie wise cracks, juvenile humour sketches, blatant blags for RTE shows and gigs and attempts at leftfield stories and this show can be saved.

For all of the moaning and groaning I've done, I actually agree with this - especially the first bit.

I used to really enjoy JM when he did the Business Show on Saturday mornings - he brought a really light touch to material that could very easily have been boring or incomprehensible.

Occasionally nowadays he does a "serious" (not necessarily actually serious, but not skit material, IYKWIM) interview and it's a throwback to the old days. That interview that was mentioned, although I didn't hear it, I think is an example of what I mean.

But the direction he's gone (or been sent) on his current show is towards light, fluff sort of material, and his efforts at it are nothing short of excruciating.

I really, really wish they'd put him back doing what he's actually very good at, and leave the lame jokes and attempts at bad humour to Funny Friday when we all know not to tune in.

HeidiHeidi

DownBeaten wrote: »

Strange, but every time I listen to NT between 9 and 10 all I hear is two tired ould lads bitching and moaning at each other. If Denis O'Brien has any sense he'd tell Pat Kenny to get in half an hour earlier and start his show at 9:30 and give back the 12:00-12:30 slot to the lunchtime news programme.

I also agree with this

I've never, ever listened to Newstalk, so when I started tuning in recently as an alternative to JM, it was fresh and different. But about four weeks later, I'm sick of listening to the pair of them. The bitching and slagging about the sweaty cycling gear this morning was painful to listen to (so I didn't for very long!).

Evan DietrichSmith

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

For all of the moaning and groaning I've done, I actually agree with this - especially the first bit.

I used to really enjoy JM when he did the Business Show on Saturday mornings - he brought a really light touch to material that could very easily have been boring or incomprehensible.

Occasionally nowadays he does a "serious" (not necessarily actually serious, but not skit material, IYKWIM) interview and it's a throwback to the old days. That interview that was mentioned, although I didn't hear it, I think is an example of what I mean.

But the direction he's gone (or been sent) on his current show is towards light, fluff sort of material, and his efforts at it are nothing short of excruciating.

I really, really wish they'd put him back doing what he's actually very good at, and leave the lame jokes and attempts at bad humour to Funny Friday when we all know not to tune in.

Actually very good at.

Adequate, average, ok, is wht I'd say.

alan partridge aha

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

I also agree with this

I've never, ever listened to Newstalk, so when I started tuning in recently as an alternative to JM, it was fresh and different. But about four weeks later, I'm sick of listening to the pair of them. The bitching and slagging about the sweaty cycling gear this morning was painful to listen to (so I didn't for very long!).

Ivan is ok but I cannot stand that Chris o D, with his bull**** liberal agenda, always picks a piece written by someone like Fintan O Toole and the likes. Pronounce your Ts properly you twat.:mad:

Bellerstring

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

I also agree with this

I've never, ever listened to Newstalk, so when I started tuning in recently as an alternative to JM, it was fresh and different. But about four weeks later, I'm sick of listening to the pair of them. The bitching and slagging about the sweaty cycling gear this morning was painful to listen to (so I didn't for very long!).

But it's funny!!:P

Oops69

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