The John Murray Show

CountyHurler

my friend wrote: »

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John Murray comedy...

my friend

CountyHurler wrote: »

Fairly nauseating interview this morning with Michael Murphy ... The man certainly has a high opinion of himself.

His newly elected TD nephew Paul Murphy has some of the same foibles and more but the suckers love it

sudzs

Short enough interview with Love Hates Janet there. They covered most of last nights GBH but no mention of what happened to poor Fran!!!

Lapin

Just switched over from Newstalk.

Was John in some kind of a race to play the first cheesy Christmas song of the year.

Actually, make that the first Christmas song of any kind.

FFS give it another few weeks at least John & Co. :mad:

sligojoek

Lapin wrote: »

Just switched over from Newstalk.

Was John in some kind of a race to play the first cheesy Christmas song of the year.

Actually, make that the first Christmas song of any kind.

FFS give it another few weeks at least John & Co. :mad:

You're lucky you didn't hear the rest of the show. It was all depression and cancer. For a change.

CountyHurler

Three more stupid puns to start the show today.. John Murray cant do humour, RTE, can you not get him to read out some funny tweets or something..

thesandeman

Shay Byrne covering this morning. Think Callans Kicks is the only show he hasn't done at this stage. He did a silly joke as well.

CountyHurler

thesandeman wrote: »

Shay Byrne covering this morning. Think Callans Kicks is the only show he hasn't done at this stage. He did a silly joke as well.

Shay Byrne was excellent this morning... He is absolutely perfect for this job, so you can be assured that RTE will never consider him for it on a permanent basis.... Back to John Murray with his puns and inevitable guests with depression and alcoholism tomorrow..

Bellerstring

Can't see Byrne getting this gig.
He's a model for Mooney's slot.
Loves the aul musicals and Eurovision and singing in the shower and all that shyte.
Although, sometimes Murray and Mooney's shows are pretty interchangeable.
Byrne is too giddy and and laughy all the time for me.

BarryD

Bellerstring wrote: »

Loves the aul musicals and Eurovision and singing in the shower and all that shyte.

That's about it alright!

CountyHurler

Bellerstring wrote: »

He's a model for Mooney's slot.
Byrne is too giddy and and laughy all the time for me.

yeah, without ever seeming to contrive to do so, he has completely copied Mooney's style... Well, Mooney back when he first started in radio, not the curmudgeon that we have on air now.

That slot between 9am and 10am is pitched as being "a bit of light relief before going back in to the current affairs with Sean O'rourke" and Shay Byrne is the perfect fit for that role..

CountyHurler

The top ten youtube clips watched by Irish people..... on the radio.... Absolute genius...

Glebee

Im kind of fond of Shay Byrne, he seems to have good manner about him and hes also filling in alot for other slots at the moment. I usually only catch him the odd morning from 05:30am-7:00am and I have to say I like him anyway,. He plays a wide variety of music also..

CountyHurler

I think it's fairly appropriate that A Very Murray Christmas is supporting Aware, cos that depressed the sh1te out of me.... A poem by Joseph O'Connor, followed by comedian/profound thinker Michael Harding, then a poem about depression to finish off the night.... Well if that dont put you in the Christmas mood I dont know what will..

BarryD

It's a double act, don't you know - John in the morning and Joe in the afternoon Maybe there's some subliminal messaging going on - make us all thankful for small mercies and off the streets etc.

neris

dont normally listen to john murray but had it on just now and he had some reporter out asking teenagers in cork some general knowledge questions. listening to it id really fear for the future of the country. One kid telling him they dont need to know some stuff he asked

IvyTheTerrible

neris wrote: »

dont normally listen to john murray but had it on just now and he had some reporter out asking teenagers in cork some general knowledge questions. listening to it id really fear for the future of the country. One kid telling him they dont need to know some stuff he asked

Oh, I don't know, the teenagers were in groups, I reckon a lot of them were just pretending not to know the answers!

Odyssey 2005

IvyTheTerrible wrote: »

Oh, I don't know, the teenagers were in groups, I reckon a lot of them were just pretending not to know the answers!

Hope you're right Ivy

IvyTheTerrible

There is something seriously wrong with this operation transformation lark. A woman is after losing a pound and a half and you'd swear she had put on a stone.

It's very unhealthy to try to lose weight fast. It's better to lose weight slowly and steadily to keep it off after. Of course, the producers don't care if the participants are fatter afterwards.

CountyHurler

Fair play to John for asking the question...

jimmyw

Brendan was being a little coy about what happened to his arm!

The impression I got from the answer to the question about speculation regarding the possibility of Darcy taking over the Saturday night slot, was that he would like to continue, but shur RTE are liable to possibly sling (pardon the pun) him out on his ear anytime even though ratings has gone up.

If he does get the slot, I for one wont be looking at it.Its bad enough listening to Ray without seeing him as well.

Joe D wont be happy about what he said about him:D

CountyHurler

I was sure that John Murray would start the show with a few clips from the inaugural Ray D'Arcy show yesterday...

Not impressed by Ciara Kelly backing away from her remarks last week... Her remarks were DIRECTLY at one woman last week, so for her to say "It wasnt about her, she knows that I have a problem with binge drinking in this country, and that's what it was all about" is disingenuous....

serfboard

CountyHurler wrote: »

I was sure that John Murray would start the show with a few clips from the inaugural Ray D'Arcy show yesterday...

Not impressed by Ciara Kelly backing away from her remarks last week... Her remarks were DIRECTLY at one woman last week, so for her to say "It wasnt about her, she knows that I have a problem with binge drinking in this country, and that's what it was all about" is disingenuous....

Between this and her appearance on Marian Finucane she's had to do a fair amount of damage limitation.

jimmyw

I enjoyed the piece yesterday about music plagiarism (nicking music notes), but now I might be listening out for music that sounds like others.:(:P

Losty Dublin

Q) What is worse than middle age listeners messing up karaoke singing down the phone before 10AM in the Morning?

A) Middle age listeners messing up karaoke singing on the John Murray Show.

Q) Any way to make it worse?

A) Do it all week long on the John Murray show.

shockwave

Losty Dublin wrote: »

Q) What is worse than middle age listeners messing up karaoke singing down the phone before 10AM in the Morning?

A) Middle age listeners messing up karaoke singing on the John Murray Show.

Q) Any way to make it worse?

A) Do it all week long on the John Murray show.

Awful stuff almost as bad as funny friday :pac:

CountyHurler

Oh John, just stfu... dreadful "jokes" every damn morning...

CountyHurler

Kathryn Thomas doesnt wear much makeup.... I like Kathryn and I think she's a good radio presenter, but it's a bit hard to believe that statement if you have ever seen her on The Voice or on Operation Transformation... I would have said that she is the RTE presenter that gets the most work before putting her in front of camera... Hair dyed, eye makeup, lipstick...

Oops69

CountyHurler wrote: »

Kathryn Thomas doesnt wear much makeup.... I like Kathryn and I think she's a good radio presenter, but it's a bit hard to believe that statement if you have ever seen her on The Voice or on Operation Transformation... I would have said that she is the RTE presenter that gets the most work before putting her in front of camera... Hair dyed, eye makeup, lipstick...

what about the men they put in drag to do the sports bulletins on the evening news , jeez camogie gives BIG shoulders.:)

CountyHurler

Is this Ross O'Carroll Kelly's girlfriend?

sligojoek

CountyHurler wrote: »

Is this Ross O'Carroll Kelly's girlfriend?

Which one?

SEPT 23 1989

Former IRA leader doing the weekend sports review

strange world

CountyHurler

Julie Feeney would be a lot better if she didnt put on that stupid voice when she's singing... She has a nice voice if she would just sing properly.

Harry Palmr

What the hell was that "Aussie falls under train" anecdote about? I missed the start and couldn't be arsed to wait to the end of it.

serfboard

Harry Palmr wrote: »

What the hell was that "Aussie falls under train" anecdote about? I missed the start and couldn't be arsed to wait to the end of it.

Something about a woman writer who went to India to write about Kebabs and literally fell under a train in Mumbai.

She emerged unscathed (physically) and it changed her life. Though in what way I don't know becuase I didn't hear the rest of the interview!

Losty Dublin

Everybody's favourite psychotherapist/misery merchant, Michael Murphy, featured on the Thursday show. This actually made me leave for work early.

jimmyw

Losty Dublin wrote: »

Everybody's favourite psychotherapist/misery merchant, Michael Murphy, featured on the Thursday show. This actually made me leave for work early.

I actually don't mind listening to him, there are worse people to listen to.

Lapin

Interesting discussion on revenge there, but I'm not sure if the bloke was fully correct when he said all major religions preach forgiveness rather than vengeance.

CountyHurler

This is a bit much for 9.30 in the morning.. could they not have left this later in the day... Driving in the car on the way in I felt a bit like Tommy Tiernan on the bus in Father Ted.

IvyTheTerrible

CountyHurler wrote: »

This is a bit much for 9.30 in the morning.. could they not have left this later in the day... Driving in the car on the way in I felt a bit like Tommy Tiernan on the bus in Father Ted.

I didn't listen this morning, what was on?

Brendan Bendar

IvyTheTerrible wrote: »

I didn't listen this morning, what was on?

Sorry Ivy, soon as I hear Johns voice, off button is pushed.

Sorry can't help.

CountyHurler

IvyTheTerrible wrote: »

I didn't listen this morning, what was on?

Yer man Rasher, the artist was on, and John had him in tears on the radio... at 9.20 in the f**king morning... Give us a break with the damned misery RTE...

Pelvis Parsley

They're fixated on it. He should know better.

CountyHurler

Is this a paid-for advertisement for Terry Prone's company? It's fairly sickening the power that her and her husband have in RTE...

The whole point of Renua is that the Ministers try to be HONEST with the public, and not use "media trainers" like Terry Prone to tell them how to deceive the public....

BarryD

CountyHurler wrote: »

Is this a paid-for advertisement for Terry Prone's company? It's fairly sickening the power that her and her husband have in RTE...

The whole point of Renua is that the Ministers try to be HONEST with the public, and not use "media trainers" like Terry Prone to tell them how to deceive the public....

You're spot on the ball there I think re the influence they have. Mind you, got some bad press of sorts, in a sideways sort of way, when it transpired in a couple of reports that the same company was obfuscating on behalf of the religious order than ran the infamous home for fallen women in Tuam. They're all the same these 'media communications' people - whoever pays the piper, calls the tune.

serfboard

BarryD wrote: »

They're all the same these 'media communications' people - whoever pays the piper, calls the tune.

Sorry now, but I think you're being a bit naive there. "Calling the tune" (AKA "managing the message") is exactly what people are doing when they hire one of these "pipers".

I agree with the general point about Terry Prone though - I've no problem with her running her own business. But, appearing on RTÉ to promote her business, which her husband, the chairman of the RTE Authority, is a Director of, smacks of conflict of interest to me. There is also, IMO, a conflict of interest in her appearing on review shows commenting on current affairs involving politicians who are clients of hers.

BarryD

serfboard wrote: »

Sorry now, but I think you're being a bit naive there. "Calling the tune" (AKA "managing the message") is exactly what people are doing when they hire one of these "pipers".

That's precisely what I mean - I wouldn't believe a word they come out with. It may be their business but I have little respect for people who'll happily talk out of both sides of their mouth, according as to who is writing the cheque.

serfboard

BarryD wrote: »

It may be their business but I have little respect for people who'll happily talk out of both sides of their mouth, according as to who is writing the cheque.

That's the legal profession dispensed with so.

Brendan Bendar

serfboard wrote: »

Sorry now, but I think you're being a bit naive there. "Calling the tune" (AKA "managing the message") is exactly what people are doing when they hire one of these "pipers".

I agree with the general point about Terry Prone though - I've no problem with her running her own business. But, appearing on RTÉ to promote her business, which her husband, the chairman of the RTE Authority, is a Director of, smacks of conflict of interest to me. There is also, IMO, a conflict of interest in her appearing on review shows commenting on current affairs involving politicians who are clients of hers.

Good synopsis there, I actually did hear that excerpt in a colleagues car and really felt as you do- complete conflict of interest.

To hear Mary O'Rourke blithely dismissing the blame FF attitude got on my goat too.
You were in Govt for 14 years Mary, and you wrecked the place,wrecked it bad.

Bit of a brass neck trying to duck out of that.

mbur

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

Good synopsis there, I actually did hear that excerpt in a colleagues car and really felt as you do- complete conflict of interest.

To hear Mary O'Rourke blithely dismissing the blame FF attitude got on my goat too.
You were in Govt for 14 years Mary, and you wrecked the place,wrecked it bad.

Bit of a brass neck trying to duck out of that.

Hell yeah. Brass necks all round while we have a go at these new upstarts and make sure full attention is drawn to yer man's bad interview.

Well done John, keep the management happy. I'm sure there is some irony with his next guest being an expert on chronic pain management.