The Pat Kenny Show

Muff Richardson

Shameless plug after plug by this snobby food whatever she is

BarryD

Muff Richardson wrote: »

Shameless plug after plug by this snobby food whatever she is

Isn't that what Newstalk is often about - plugs and advertorial?

Ol' Donie

Did Pat say they'd be discussing Farage after 12?

It'll all insulation and that?

Or did I miss it? This isn't exactly riveting.

alaimacerc

randy hickey wrote: »

They shouldn't even be mentioned in the same sentence - one is a time-served professional broadcast journalist, the other is a time-served professional bluffer.

And the third is Pat Kenny. (Journalist being Sean O'Rourke, right?) Honestly, PK has just been churning out lowish-middlebrow magazine shows for decades. Just because he was playing a "RTE news and current affairs" jingle long after he'd done anything to merit it. Merely illustrates that Montrose management weren't able to rein in his ego-preening little conceits -- no more than his ludicrous wage demands.

D'Arcy is plain cringy, though. He doesn't even have any sort of rapport with the audience, and any kind of actual content is stumbled over, at best. Please give him someone to interview, though, because as bad as that is, the "slightly ranty pieces into the mic" pieces are just... uncomfortable. In Pat's case, you might as well not bother with the interviewee. Just turn his pompously long-winded questions, self-serving interruptions, and tendentious summaries into an actual monologue, and the Pat superfans would be all the better ale to enjoy the "superb preparation", and save the people stumping up his loss-leader salary the price of any guest appearance fees.

alaimacerc

alaimacerc wrote: »

D'Arcy is plain cringy, though. He doesn't even have any sort of rapport with the audience, and any kind of actual content is stumbled over, at best. Please give him someone to interview, though, because as bad as that is, the "slightly ranty pieces into the mic" pieces are just... uncomfortable. In Pat's case, you might as well not bother with the interviewee. Just turn his pompously long-winded questions, self-serving interruptions, and tendentious summaries into an actual monologue, and the Pat superfans would be all the better ale to enjoy the "superb preparation", and save the people stumping up his loss-leader salary the price of any guest appearance fees.

Sounds like someone didn't get their text read out!

I love Pat. So there.

alaimacerc

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

Sounds like someone didn't get their text read out!

Hee-hee! Well, I'm on Tesco mobile, where the units rates are so steep that would be upsetting, but... no, never texted in. To any radio programme indeed, though I might have been tempted to do so with Rick&Cormac, but I've never actually listened since they've been banished to their weekend fastness...

I love Pat. So there.

I'm enough of a namby-pampy bleeding heart liberal that I can tolerate Pat love in others.

But only just.

tayto lover

Gerry Hutch wrote: »

I too like Pat. One of the few world class broadcasters we have in Ireland.


I think a big ego is a given in his line of work.

Did he ever speak about his land-grabbing escapade on the air?

alaimacerc

Gerry Hutch wrote: »

I too like Pat. One of the few world class broadcasters we have in Ireland.

A legend in his own lunchtime!

Back in the dark days that Pat was trousering a significant proportion of my licence fee, he once said that if he were in the States, he'd be earning millions doing that job.

No, Pat, in the States you'd be unemployed.

Lady Chatterton

Pat invites in 'an expert' and then answers 95% of the queries himself, good man, Pat

ButtersSuki

MrsD007 wrote: »

Pat invites in 'an expert' and then answers 95% of the queries himself, good man, Pat

He's like Joe Duffy in that regard. Except Pat speaks English

alaimacerc

ButtersSuki wrote: »

He's like Joe Duffy in that regard. Except Pat speaks English

I thought the theory of Liveline was to save the price of the expert in the first place.

Joe will occasionally let his callers talk. But most of the time, you'd wish he'd not bothered. And much of it, they just shout each other down anyway...

Roger_007

ButtersSuki wrote: »

He's like Joe Duffy in that regard. Except Pat speaks English

I think Pat is intent on taking over JDs mantle as chief purveyor of 'misery porn' on the airwaves?

PeterTheNinth

It's very generous of Pat Kenny to laugh at John Drennon's "jokes".

It's a bit ridiculous that he gets to make the same cynical, smart ar$e remarks about all the politicians now, given that every one of these people got elected ahead of his Renua team.

Harry Angstrom

PeterTheNinth wrote: »

It's very generous of Pat Kenny to laugh at John Drennon's "jokes".

It's a bit ridiculous that he gets to make the same cynical, smart ar$e remarks about all the politicians now, given that every one of these people got elected ahead of his Renua team.

Nobody should laugh at his "jokes". It only encourages him.

Callan57

PeterTheNinth wrote: »

It's very generous of Pat Kenny to laugh at John Drennon's "jokes".

It's a bit ridiculous that he gets to make the same cynical, smart ar$e remarks about all the politicians now, given that every one of these people got elected ahead of his Renua team.

It's a fair stretch of imagination to call Drennan's pathetic efforts jokes ... Dara Ó Briain should sit him down & explain to him very slooooooowly what a joke is
:rolleyes:

Ol' Donie

This feels all wrong.

Shane Coleman on Breakfast and Chris Donoghue sitting in fot Pat?


I've never heard Chris's voice after ten. All wrong.

constitutionus

yup.

thought it might be a one off but chris doest NOT have the weight for pats slot.

i do prefer shane on breakie with the new lad (kevin something? thought it was cuddihy at first but apparetnly not.)

TBH it just really hammers home to me how much i dont like donogue. didnt realise it as much till he was on his own.

PeterTheNinth

It's funny listening to Chris now trying to be objective when speaking about Donald Trump.

Faugheen

constitutionus wrote: »

yup.

thought it might be a one off but chris doest NOT have the weight for pats slot.

i do prefer shane on breakie with the new lad (kevin something? thought it was cuddihy at first but apparetnly not.)

TBH it just really hammers home to me how much i dont like donogue. didnt realise it as much till he was on his own.

Kevin Doyle from the Indo I think it was.

Billy The Shiite Bag

While he's not nearly as insufferable on PK's show (due to the nature of the show) I think it's proof if ever it was needed that he's nowhere near a strong enough personality or broadcaster to replace George on drivetime.

I'm not familiar with his Co host but unless she is very special I think their show will tank.

ButtersSuki

Apologies if someone has already suggested this but would moving Pat Kenny into the 4:30-7 slot not make the most sense?

Billy The Shiite Bag

I think Pat is happy enough finishing work at 12.30...

Maybe his television work would hinder him too.


I think he would destroy the competition on drive.

ButtersSuki

Billy The Shiite Bag wrote: »

I think Pat is happy enough finishing work at 12.30...

Maybe his television work would hinder him too.


I think he would destroy the competition on drive.

Don't you see you've kinda answered the question there then? If he would destroy the competition they should put him there. They should at least trial it. He's not growing his morning listenership, in fact he's lost listeners.

califano

Just when i delight in not having to listen to Donohue on the morning show hes back covering for Pat!. Over to RTE1!

Del.Monte

ButtersSuki wrote: »

Apologies if someone has already suggested this but would moving Pat Kenny into the 4:30-7 slot not make the most sense?

4.30am would suit me best - I'd surely manage to miss him then.

Expunge

Pat Kenny is needed on Breakfast now, in my opinion.

Fcking station sounds like a Transition Year Project at the moment. It needs an urgent injection of authoritative, professional voices/personalities pronto.

ghostdancer

constitutionus wrote: »

yup.

thought it might be a one off but chris doest NOT have the weight for pats slot.

i do prefer shane on breakie with the new lad (kevin something? thought it was cuddihy at first but apparetnly not.)

TBH it just really hammers home to me how much i dont like donogue. didnt realise it as much till he was on his own.

the weight of Pat's slot? most of Pat's items are complete puff-pieces...

Del.Monte

Expunge wrote: »

Pat Kenny is needed on Breakfast now, in my opinion.

Fcking station sounds like a Transition Year Project at the moment. It needs an urgent injection of authoritative, professional voices/personalities pronto.

And Pat 'DJ' Kenny would help this how?

Expunge

Look, that station is heading for some serious JNLR bleeding in the coming books.
You are right that Pat has too many Partridge/DJ moments but I still think in a more news/current affairs focused slot like breakfast he would do well.

On the current (and coming) Newstalk roster, Kenny is the strongest asset they have, in my view. He's a household name for nigh on 40 years in this country. He is generally well prepared, professional and authoritative sounding (there are exceptions at times).

These mornings I'm hearing male presenters who sound lightweight in their delivery - boys doing a man's job, if you will. Some of them seem to have speech impediments.

They might as well move him as when the new Breakfast Show starts their falling listenership will affect Kenny's slot anyway.

I'm sure it's the last thing Kenny wants to do at this hour of his life.

jimmyw

I fear for the new breakfast slot in the Autumn, as S Coleman and C Fitzpatrick are too safe and bland, where as P Williams is untested.At the moment I am already switching over to Tubs (or the stand in) or Anton.PK would be ok there too.

It badly needs some big.