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The Pat Kenny Show Thread

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    #692
    Lapin
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,184 ✭✭✭✭Lapin


    Yep. Good first hour by Miriam apart from the CAO twilight zone. Although I reckon that had to be carried on RTE's 'flagship current affairs' programme as a public service.

    That was a chilling clip there from the 911 attacks. However, in the interview that followed my first thought when I heard the woman with the American accent was "what book is this one trying to flog?"

    Perhaps this is due to an overexposure to Moncrieff, who I (cynically) believe has the same American woman on his programme everyday plugging a different book.


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    #693
    giftgrub
    Registered Users Posts: 1,309 ✭✭✭giftgrub


    I think they missed a great opportunity with the 9-11 piece there.

    The engineer in Pat would have loved the detail about the building collapse and so on.


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    #694
    Lapin
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,184 ✭✭✭✭Lapin


    mike65 wrote: »
    Oh here we go.

    Yep, now here we go.

    Its a wonder Miriam doesn't have this guys parents in the studio to play their favourite songs. :)

    Time for local radio I think. Newstalk is not an option these days.


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    #695
    constitutionus
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    kinda mixed feelings about the show today.

    on the one hand no myles which is to be greeted with relief, on the other hand miriams voice really is annoying on radio.

    i managed to get to the 9/11 stuff before turning off.

    why cant they just stuff racheal english on the show for a couple of weeks?

    surely theres someone from the drivetime/morning ireland set that'd kill to do the gig.


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    #696
    mike65
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    giftgrub wrote: »
    I think they missed a great opportunity with the 9-11 piece there.

    The engineer in Pat would have loved the detail about the building collapse and so on.

    Agree it was clear Miriam had just the barest brief for this item prepared by her team, Kenny would have been able to draw out more about the structures and the conspiracies based on them.


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    #697
    Wertz
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    I can't stand that woman's voice so I turned over the minute the intro music faded out this morning...don't tell me I missed an interesting piece about 9/11 conspiracy on the national broadcaster?


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    #698
    mike65
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    No, not really a couple of reporters have written a book about the events of September 11th 2001 which goes through all the various conspiracies as well as detailing a time line leading up the the day. It could have been interesting but wasn't (see my comment above).

    http://www.amazon.com/Eleventh-Day-Story-Osama-Laden/dp/140006659X


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    #699
    Wertz
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    Ah, right...not really surprising, I couldn't foresee O'Callaghan giving much credence to outlandish variations on the official story, at least not enough to expand on them.


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    #700
    FlutterinBantam
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    Wertz wrote: »
    I can't stand that woman's voice so I turned over the minute the intro music faded out this morning...don't tell me I missed an interesting piece about 9/11 conspiracy on the national broadcaster?

    Thah's a tarrible thing to saiy .

    Shaaaime on you.


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    #701
    IvyTheTerrible
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    My goodness, this one on talking about Wallis Simpson (very cutting edge topic, that) is very shrill....


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    #702
    touts
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    IvyTheTerrible wrote: »
    My goodness, this one on talking about Wallis Simpson (very cutting edge topic, that) is very shrill....

    I suppose they have to work through the bitter aftertaste of Myles. Some PR/advertising slots (like this one for the new book on Wallis Simpson) may have been booked and paid for weeks ago so it will take time to return this to a current affairs show rather than a history/arts show.


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    #703
    SEPT 23 1989
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    P1ss poor performance by Burton


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    #704
    Poly
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    SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »
    P1ss poor performance by Burton

    How many times did she say "That's something we have to look at?"


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    #705
    Callan57
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    Poly wrote: »
    How many times did she say "That's something we have to look at?"

    She sounded a bit like someone who expected a soft interview & got caught out


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    #706
    later12
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    Has Pat not had enough of the Santa Ponsa sunshine yet? He'll be like a burnt tomato when he comes home.


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    #707
    IvyTheTerrible
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    Callan57 wrote: »
    She sounded a bit like someone who expected a soft interview & got caught out

    She must have been listening to the presidential candidate interviews earlier in the summer...


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    #708
    FlutterinBantam
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    later10 wrote: »
    Has Pat not had enough of the Santa Ponsa sunshine yet? He'll be like a burnt tomato when he comes home.

    Santa Ponsa.....Nah man.


    Portugal is Pakie's retreat.


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    #709
    steelcityblues
    Registered Users Posts: 4,630 ✭✭✭steelcityblues


    FlutterinBantam wrote: »
    Santa Ponsa.....Nah man.


    Portugal is Pakie's retreat.

    "I know, for example, when I was in Portugal...."


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    #710
    later12
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    FlutterinBantam wrote: »
    Santa Ponsa.....Nah man.


    Portugal is Pakie's retreat.
    How could I forget.

    Expect lots of detail about the cost of petrol or the the price a meal for four in Portugal when Pat comes home.

    Of course, Pat could probably bail out Portugal all by himself if he wanted to.


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    #711
    FlutterinBantam
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    later10 wrote: »
    How could I forget.

    Expect lots of detail about the cost of petrol or the the price a meal for four in Portugal when Pat comes home.

    Of course, Pat could probably bail out Portugal all by himself if he wanted to.

    Hmmm ...........maybe not, that lump of rock he bought a while back cost the guts of 1.5m.


    Might need a few years.


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    #712
    constitutionus
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    somehow i cant see the discussion coming around to "how cheap their national broadcasters are" when listening to radio by the pool !

    :)


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    #713
    tayto lover
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    later10 wrote: »
    How could I forget.

    Expect lots of detail about the cost of petrol or the the price a meal for four in Portugal when Pat comes home.

    Of course, Pat could probably bail out Portugal all by himself if he wanted to.

    Hope he chokes on a bone. A real big one.


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    #714
    later12
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    I wonder if Pat uses boards, he almost struck me as a guy who would be interested by some of the categories on here... probably best if he doesn't read this one, though...


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    #715
    steelcityblues
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    later10 wrote: »
    I wonder if Pat uses boards, he almost struck me as a guy who would be interested by some of the categories on here... probably best if he doesn't read this one, though...

    Really? He seems too D4 yuppie for that.


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    #716
    Poly
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    later10 wrote: »
    I wonder if Pat uses boards, he almost struck me as a guy who would be interested by some of the categories on here... probably best if he doesn't read this one, though...

    I remember thinking that myself when I heard him cover some topics a while back, the wording he used was very similar to the thread, can't remember what the subject was


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    #717
    dambarude
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    Whatever about trying to fill the gap left by G Ryan, the gap left by PK whenever he goes will be massive.

    Myles is OK in short doses, and I think I can bear Miriam's voice for one week, but nobody can do the same job as PK really.


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    #718
    tayto lover
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    dambarude wrote: »
    Whatever about trying to fill the gap left by G Ryan, the gap left by PK whenever he goes will be massive.

    Myles is OK in short doses, and I think I can bear Miriam's voice for one week, but nobody can do the same job as PK really.

    God help you. The man's a creep.


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    #719
    dambarude
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    tayto lover wrote: »
    God help you. The man's a creep.

    I don't need any help from God, thanks.

    I think he's good, and I know plenty of people who'd agree with me on that. That said his salary is a disgrace, and he wasn't exactly great on the Late Late.


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    #720
    mike65
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    I agree, there no Today Show without PK in the seat. If I were to suggest an alternative/successor it would be erm......:( (anyone help me here?)


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    #721
    Lapin
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,184 ✭✭✭✭Lapin


    +1

    Pat is the best for the mid morning programme. (If only we had less of the hey diddle music though).

    As for a suitable replacement should poor Pat get hit by a double decker bus in Portugal.

    How about Tom McGurk ?
    I thought he was very good when he stood in for Pat a year or two back.


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