The John Murray Show

win2one

Did I read somewhere that Katherine Thomas takes over the show for a couple of weeks, I wasn't a fan when J M (get well sooon) was there ,even less with Miriam and now ....well I will definitely not be listening , it just gets worse.

Harry Angstrom

Anyone is better than Miriam O'Callaghan at this stage. She's reached saccharine saturation point with her radio and TV programmes this summer.

JonathanAnon

serfboard wrote: »

She was interviewing Damian Duff this morning and he's on about the work he's doing for a children's charity. Says his own child had an operation in Great Ormond St Hospital for a hole in the heart.

that must have been a repeat of the interview from a few weeks back.. She kept referring to what duffer did when he was a "liddle boy"... Was awful stuff..

Bard

win2one wrote: »

Did I read somewhere that Katherine Thomas takes over the show for a couple of weeks

Yup... quite correct... but she did add that she couldn't fill Pat Kenny's shows.

Phew, eh?

http://radionation.ie/2013/08/kathryn-to-cover-for-john-murray-show/

JonathanAnon

fkn hell .. 30 mins on red hair.. Move on ffs.. Are they that short of topics.

I think Kathryn Thomas is more suited to that role than anybody else they have had in it, and they should just leave her there.. Infinitely better than John Murray and Miriam O'Callaghan.

JonathanAnon

oh good, this sounds interesting..

Sir Humphrey Appleby

JonathanAnon wrote: »

fkn hell .. 30 mins on red hair.. Move on ffs.. Are they that short of topics.

I think Kathryn Thomas is more suited to that role than anybody else they have had in it, and they should just leave her there.. Infinitely better than John Murray and Miriam O'Callaghan.

Nobody is or has been better than John Murray.
thomas is ,as usual,woeful.

DT100

Sir Humphrey Appleby wrote: »

Nobody is or has been better than John Murray.
thomas is ,as usual,woeful.

John Murray is beyond woeful............

JonathanAnon

It's a brave man who'll stand over John Murray's performances on the radio show.. As I've said many times, he was very good at the business show, but RTE of course were more concerned about keeping a spot for George Lee than actually putting square pegs in square holes...

And dont forget, the Tyrone team are STILL boycotting RTE after his "comedy" sketch three years ago.. I had uploaded the sketch to youtube, but RTE pulled it..

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/gaa/tyrones-rte-boycott-shows-integrity-of-team-29244668.html

The show should have been binned after that sketch, as it proved he just didnt know anything about comedy or boundaries..

NaiveMelodies

Fairly sure the boycott has a lot more to do with ego then it does boundaries, Mickey Harte has done more than enough to prove that since.

The piece wasn't funny at all at all and the song an idiotic choice, but I think any sports manager who attempts to influence a broadcaster to give his journalist buddy a promotion is a worthy target of satire.
Another example of Harte and co crossing boundaries was their defense of Quinn.


Not a massive fan of Murray either mind, but the re emergence of this story in the media has grinded my gears.

JonathanAnon

She's fairly successfully absolved herself of all responsibility for the child's accident... "You know children, they want to dress up in fancy dresses".. Still doesnt explain why they allowed the child to play with a lit candle in a flammable dress..

serfboard

JonathanAnon wrote: »

She's fairly successfully absolved herself of all responsibility for the child's accident... "You know children, they want to dress up in fancy dresses".. Still doesnt explain why they allowed the child to play with a lit candle in a flammable dress..

Heard a bit of that interview - that couple seem to have been through an awful lot ...

Unfortunately, however, 'twas Miriam that was interviewing them.

BTW, anyone see the latest cover of The Phoenix - pic of Tubridy and Miriam and Miriam is saying "Will Pat's listeners follow him to NewsTalk?" Tubridy replies "They will if you take over!".

JonathanAnon

I was probably being a bit harsh on the mother, but it came across as if she was blaming the child for what happened!!! Poor child ended up with burns on her back..

I think it's terrible sad when a child is hurt cos of negligence.. I remember seeing a hospital show on TV3 where the child had drank some sort of (concoction that should have been out of reach) and the child was permanently in hospital with serious damage to the oesophagus. So sad..

JonathanAnon

Just listening to Michael Should he really be talking about this or putting it "in the book".. What about (witch) doctor / patient confidentiality.

Harry Angstrom

He should stick to reading the news.

Oops69

JonathanAnon wrote: »

Just listening to Michael Should he really be talking about this or putting it "in the book".. What about (witch) doctor / patient confidentiality.

He isn't a doctor, he's a psychotherapist , but ' generally ' the same code of ethics should apply , I was abit uncomfortable listening to that bit as well!

JonathanAnon

Harry Angstrom wrote: »

He should stick to reading the news.

RTE should subcontract him to Victim Village on Newstalk.. That oul nonsense he goes on with would fit in perfectly on that show..

Harry Angstrom

JonathanAnon wrote: »

RTE should subcontract him to Victim Village on Newstalk.. That oul nonsense he goes on with would fit in perfectly on that show..

Dil was having a go at Tennessee Williams on Saturday night for being racist. He's been feckin dead for 30 years. Is anybody safe when she's around??

jr22

Is strong religious belief a sign of mental illness these days if you're young Irish and Catholic? Good luck to him, bless him and fair play to him, congratulations etc., but it sounds nuts to me.

the_monkey

I just switched on

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what the f*ck is this shít ??

IvyTheTerrible

the_monkey wrote: »

I just switched on

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what the f*ck is this shít ??

"Big music week" at Connolly Station, or aka "Our presenters have to do even less work than usual for their pay."

JonathanAnon

IvyTheTerrible wrote: »

"Big music week" at Connolly Station, or aka "Our presenters have to do even less work than usual for their pay."

"Big Justify Spending 100 Million On The Orchestra, And Let Tubridy Dress Up As A Beatle Week"

Harry Angstrom

There's a warrant out for Damien Dempsey. He murdered Molly Malone.

IvyTheTerrible

Harry Angstrom wrote: »

There's a warrant out for Damien Dempsey. He murdered Molly Malone.

He's clearly trying (and failing) to channel Luke Kelly.

P. Breathnach

Nice chat with Marie Cassidy, Chief State Pathologist, this morning. But Miriam provided the highlight moment: " a corpse is almost an inanimate object".

HeidiHeidi

I just can't listen to Miriam any more :mad:

No matter how interesting the guest - and today's seemed to be very interesting indeed.

When will JM be back?? Please come back soon

jimmyw

Strange thing is when JM was doing the show, I hardly ever listened to it, but from when Mirriiiiiiiaaaaaaaaaaaaaammm has been doing it, I listen at least at the start of the show to at least find out if there is anyone half interesting on.


I dont know why Miriam has to keep saying "our" show.Would it hurt her to just say "the" show?

JonathanAnon

Just heard the show with Marie Cassidy when I was driving back from work last nite.. They started off the interview with Miriam asking how they met. Marie gave quite a long response which couldnt be heard by the audience because the mic didnt work. So when she'd finished responding (with quite a long and colourful response), Miriam says "They're telling me that there was a problem with your mic, could you answer that question again"... It really was amateur hour.

SEPT 23 1989

Derek Keating :rolleyes:

JonathanAnon

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Derek Keating :rolleyes:

Why in God's name (if you excuse the pun) is he talking to Miriam about this. Why doesnt he ring the priest?? He'll be on to Joe Duffy next.

"Ted, the other priests are bullying me"

SEPT 23 1989

JonathanAnon wrote: »

Why in God's name (if you excuse the pun) is he talking to Miriam about this. Why doesnt he ring the priest?? He'll be on to Joe Duffy next.

media whore is all he is

JonathanAnon

So Nile Rodgers is not pressing charges then..

sligojoek

Firefighters. Joe will be raging he missed this gig.

serfboard

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

I just can't listen to Miriam any more :mad:

How, in the name of God, have you lasted this long?

I gave up soon after she started, but what really nailed it for me was when she interviewed Glen Hansard and he said that the first words from "Falling Slowly" come from the sea area forecast.

Miriam's response? "So cool" (I kid you not).

That the radio survived being hopped off the wall that day is a testament to my temperament.

I switch between Ray Darcy and local radio now.

Also, now that her champion has left RTE, can we expect to see her star wane a bit?

IvyTheTerrible

serfboard wrote: »

How, in the name of God, have you lasted this long?

I gave up soon after she started, but what really nailed it for me was when she interviewed Glen Hansard and he said that the first words from "Falling Slowly" come from the sea area forecast.

Miriam's response? "So cool" (I kid you not).

That the radio survived being hopped off the wall that day is a testament to my temperament.

I switch between Ray Darcy and local radio now.

Also, now that her champion has left RTE, can we expect to see her star wane a bit?

Woah woah woah, the RTE director of programmes is her husband? Explains a LOT.

alan partridge aha

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Splinter

folks,

why must we resort to abuse/name calling about presenters? absolutely no need for it. Keep it civil please

Splint

HeidiHeidi

Ye Gods, Miriam sounds like she just ran from home all the way to the studio.... she's normally a bit breathless, but today she's positively gasping :eek:

I'm off to Lyric.

IvyTheTerrible

Ah, I've realised this programme should be called "sweeping generalisations about women/mothers". This is the third time in the last week that Miriam has had a mother on telling everyone what it is like being a mother in a general fashion. Strangely enough, NONE of what they said about being a mother relates to anything I've experienced as one.

Happyman42

Miriam asking P.J. all the hard questions.

HeidiHeidi

One of Miriam's most irritating traits (on telly as well as radio) is her insistence on inserting the interviewee's name (plus surname, if it's a particurlary "serious, testing" question) into every single question she asks them.

How many times did we hear "PJ (Mara)" during that interview? I lost count.

Was spectacularly obvious during that excruciating Prime Time interview with Gerry Adams a while back.

Time for Lyric again, methinks.

JonathanAnon

Happyman42 wrote: »

Miriam asking P.J. all the hard questions.

Awful Awful stuff... Talking about Tom Vaughan Lawlor playing him in the documentary. "Would you meet him if he asked?"

Given that it was Charlie who really ramped up the cronyism and corruption that has the country where it is, I dont know how she can treat this topic so trivially.. If PJ Mara wants to self indulge on the national airwaves, it should be in the company of Sean O'Rourke.

sudzs

This is the third time this week I've heard this Vicky one on the radio promoting her book under the guise of doing something to "improve society" :rolleyes:

IvyTheTerrible

sudzs wrote: »

This is the third time this week I've heard this Vicky one on the radio promoting her book under the guise of doing something to "improve society" :rolleyes:

Full marks for effort to Miriam for repeatedly asking the same or similar questions about her personal life which Vicky said at the beginning she wouldn't answer!

sudzs

IvyTheTerrible wrote: »

Full marks for effort to Miriam for repeatedly asking the same or similar questions about her personal life which Vicky said at the beginning she wouldn't answer!

Well that did make a difference to the BBC4 and World Service interviews!

IvyTheTerrible

sudzs wrote: »

Well that did make a difference to the BBC4 and World Service interviews!

How do you mean?

sudzs

On the BBC there were no repetitive questions about her personal life which she no doubt stipulated before the interviews.

IvyTheTerrible

sudzs wrote: »

On the BBC there were no repetitive questions about her personal life which she no doubt stipulated before the interviews.

Well I thought that when Vicky said she wouldn't talk about it that Miriam would get the hint but she want to get all Jeremy Paxman on her!

sudzs

IvyTheTerrible wrote: »

Well I thought that when Vicky said she wouldn't talk about it that Miriam would get the hint but she want to get all Jeremy Paxman on her!

Unsuccessfully!

IvyTheTerrible

And I think Miriam has ruined the end of the movie...