Liveline Thread 27/03/14 to date

SEPT 23 1989

ButtersSuki wrote: »

Louis Soir-aaays.

Loowis sil or rays

Harry Angstrom

Liveline has morphed into Off The Ball.

ButtersSuki

Was renowned football pundit Gerald Kean unavailable?

Hamilcar

FIFA are not a toothless organisation

snubbleste

and I wish I was on dat ennnnnn seventeeeeeeeeeeeen, stone walls and de grass...

An Claidheamh

I thought Gerald Keane was Joe's personal football expert?

my friend

Why is anyone surprised at Uraguays defense of Luis Suarez?

From the country that brought you 'Alive'

Team cannibalism is a national tradition

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1972_Andes_flight_disaster

snubbleste

ButtersSuki wrote: »

Was renowned football pundit Gerald Kean unavailable?

Sonny Knowles and expert June Rodgers also unavailable

ButtersSuki

"Stiffened"

More innuendo…..in your end though….

snubbleste

What's in his head? :eek:

Roger_007

snubbleste wrote: »

What's in his head? :eek:

Teeth!

snubbleste

15:00:01

ButtersSuki

snubbleste wrote: »

What's in his head? :eek:

Zombie, zombie, zombie…..

my friend

Joe, old people are dying and you're spoofing about the World Cup ???

ButtersSuki

Mooney's Monday Quiz on Thursday.

RTE……geniuses.

my friend

ButtersSuki wrote: »

Zombie, zombie, zombie…..

No, that would be Gerrard ..

snubbleste

my friend wrote: »

No, that would be Gerrard ..

or Dolores

Mike Guide 69

Dont agree with the ban for life shouts for Suarez, mindless with what he did (albeit 3rd time), but a lot mores serious incidents took place in football over the years both internationally and domestically, that warranted long long bans. Feel sorry for Brendan Rogers who defended him to the hilt over the biting at the Chelsea match and then goes and does this on the worlds biggest stage, prat!!!!

Dan Jaman

He's a moron and a thug and should be booted out.
Suarez too, for that matter.

Ash.J.Williams

Dan Jaman wrote: »

He's a moron and a thug and should be booted out.
Suarez too, for that matter.

His attitude to his teammates is the worst of all...what a way to let your team down.

ButtersSuki

Ash.J.Williams wrote: »

His attitude to his teammates is the worst of all...what a way to let your team down.

Ah in fairness he gives all his Funny Friday buddies a gig every month…..

oh wait, we're talking about Suarez…...:D

Mike Guide 69

ButtersSuki wrote: »

Ah in fairness he gives all his Funny Friday buddies a gig every month…..

oh wait, we're talking about Suarez…...:D

Wonder will George be tuning in tomorrow, if he thinks Brendan O Carrolls offensive.............?????

MammaZita

Received the following "response" from RTE in relation to my complaint regarding the bias and bullying of one caller on Monday's show:

"Dear M,

Many thanks for your email dated June 25th 2014 regarding Brendan O'Carroll.

Liveline is a programme which, on a daily basis, offers its listeners an opportunity to voice their opinions on a whole variety of topics from serious to light. There is no denying the fact that Brendan O'Carroll's creation "Mrs. Brown's Boys" has become, in television terms, a worldwide phenomenon. It is liberally laced with crude language and yet has delivered one of the biggest television audiences in the history of the BBC.

On Monday's programme, George O'Reilly phoned in to complain about Brendan's performance on the Graham Norton Show the previous Friday which, in his opinion, was transitioning the image of Irish humour from being one of a nation of drunken louts to now a nation of foul mouthed people.
In the course of the programme we had callers on air who argued both sides of the story with a mixture of passion and humour. As always, Joe Duffy chaired the debate in his own inimitable style.

All email and phone traffic to the programme is taken very seriously, and rest assured that your email was reviewed at our programme editorial meeting. Again many thanks for taking the time to email Liveline.

Yours sincerely,
Aonghus McAnally


Aonghus McAnally
Producer Liveline"

Hitchens

MammaZita wrote: »

Received the following "response" from RTE in relation to my complaint regarding the bias and bullying of one caller on Monday's show:

"Dear M,

Many thanks for your email dated June 25th 2014 regarding Brendan O'Carroll.

Liveline is a programme which, on a daily basis, offers its listeners an opportunity to voice their opinions on a whole variety of topics from serious to light. There is no denying the fact that Brendan O'Carroll's creation "Mrs. Brown's Boys" has become, in television terms, a worldwide phenomenon. It is liberally laced with crude language and yet has delivered one of the biggest television audiences in the history of the BBC.

On Monday's programme, George O'Reilly phoned in to complain about Brendan's performance on the Graham Norton Show the previous Friday which, in his opinion, was transitioning the image of Irish humour from being one of a nation of drunken louts to now a nation of foul mouthed people.
In the course of the programme we had callers on air who argued both sides of the story with a mixture of passion and humour. As always, Joe Duffy chaired the debate in his own inimitable style.

All email and phone traffic to the programme is taken very seriously, and rest assured that your email was reviewed at our programme editorial meeting. Again many thanks for taking the time to email Liveline.

Yours sincerely,
Aonghus McAnally


Aonghus McAnally
Producer Liveline"

fair play, you got a reply from Fungus McNulty!

ButtersSuki

MammaZita wrote: »

Received the following "response" from RTE in relation to my complaint regarding the bias and bullying of one caller on Monday's show:

"Dear M,

Many thanks for your email dated June 25th 2014 regarding Brendan O'Carroll.

Liveline is a programme which, on a daily basis, offers its listeners an opportunity to voice their opinions on a whole variety of topics from serious to light. There is no denying the fact that Brendan O'Carroll's creation "Mrs. Brown's Boys" has become, in television terms, a worldwide phenomenon. It is liberally laced with crude language and yet has delivered one of the biggest television audiences in the history of the BBC.

On Monday's programme, George O'Reilly phoned in to complain about Brendan's performance on the Graham Norton Show the previous Friday which, in his opinion, was transitioning the image of Irish humour from being one of a nation of drunken louts to now a nation of foul mouthed people.
In the course of the programme we had callers on air who argued both sides of the story with a mixture of passion and humour. As always, Joe Duffy chaired the debate in his own inimitable style.

All email and phone traffic to the programme is taken very seriously, and rest assured that your email was reviewed at our programme editorial meeting. Again many thanks for taking the time to email Liveline.

Yours sincerely,
Aonghus McAnally


Aonghus McAnally
Producer Liveline"

In other words, we take your complaint very seriously and will file it with all the others we've received in the waste paper basket.

Fair play for writing in, but that's a complete whitewashing of the issue(s).

MammaZita

Hitchens wrote: »

fair play, you got a reply from Fungus McNulty!

I remember thinking what a twat he was on Anything Goes with his odd shoes. I was 7.

MammaZita

ButtersSuki wrote: »

In other words, we take your complaint very seriously and will file it with all the others we've received in the waste paper basket.

Fair play for writing in, but that's a complete whitewashing of the issue(s).

Definitely a generic response which didn't even address my actual complaint. Have forwarded both to the BAI. Let's see what they say (not much I'm sure...).

ButtersSuki

MammaZita wrote: »

Definitely a generic response which didn't even address my actual complaint. Have forwarded both to the BAI. Let's see what they say (not much I'm sure...).

I went through that rigamarole a few years ago with a complaint I made. At times it felt like I was pissing against the wind…..:mad:

CountyHurler

In the course of the programme we had callers on air who argued both sides of the story with a mixture of passion and humour. As always, Joe Duffy chaired the debate in his own inimitable style.

i.e. completely subjectively...

Dan Jaman

MammaZita wrote: »

As always, Joe Duffy chaired the debate in his own inimitable style.

In other words...
I might think he's a twat, you might think he's a twat, but I can't say it, whereas you have the freedom to do so.

CountyHurler

Hey Liveliners, I was listening to Sean Rocks this evening and they were reviewing that movie that has been omnipresent on the RTE transmissions.... It's worth a listen on the podcast.. They do podcast Arena dont they?

Take out your notepad and contrast the opinions of the critics (who arent on the Mrs Brown payroll) to the opinions of Joe Duffy and Derek Mooney (who ARE on the Mrs Brown payroll).

CountyHurler

And here's the other arm of RTE, the RTE guide... And they are not in agreement with the Mooney / Duffy Mafia either...

http://www.rte.ie/ten/news/2014/0626/626664-review-mrs-browns-boys-dmovie/

The redoubtable Dublin mammy with a heart of gold and a mouth like a U-bend explodes onto the big screen and everything is cruder, ruder and even more head-shakingly unfunny. D’Movie is a daft old school caper movie but it is also a carnival of bad taste and corniness. In short, it is d’ire.

Alan Corr wrote that, and he's not known for sitting on the fence... Joe will most likely have him on tomorrow and stack up the deck against him like he usually does..

Dan Jaman

CountyHurler wrote: »

Hey Liveliners, I was listening to Sean Rocks this evening and they were reviewing that movie that has been omnipresent on the RTE transmissions.... It's worth a listen on the podcast.. They do podcast Arena dont they?

Take out your notepad and contrast the opinions of the critics (who arent on the Mrs Brown payroll) to the opinions of Joe Duffy and Derek Mooney (who ARE on the Mrs Brown payroll).

Looks like the podcasts are delayed by 24 hours.
It's fairly obvious how Joe got bought, but what's Mooney's story with this?
These things all come out in the end - as they say.

An Claidheamh

CountyHurler wrote: »

And here's the other arm of RTE, the RTE guide... And they are not in agreement with the Mooney / Duffy Mafia either...

http://www.rte.ie/ten/news/2014/0626/626664-review-mrs-browns-boys-dmovie/



Alan Corr wrote that, and he's not known for sitting on the fence... Joe will most likely have him on tomorrow and stack up the deck against him like he usually does..

To be fair I wouldn't have expected Irish critics to go with the flow of RTÉ, etc.

I remember a while back Donald Clarke did a review on Brendan O'Carroll. Don't think it was complimentary.

Actually looking forward to the reviews to be honest!

An Claidheamh

Dan Jaman wrote: »

Looks like the podcasts are delayed by 24 hours.
It's fairly obvious how Joe got bought, but what's Mooney's story with this?
These things all come out in the end - as they say.

Did ya not hear someone on here the other day?

Member of 'de Brown Club'.

CarrickMcJoe

snubbleste wrote: »

"a lady shed"

Yes, in the lady garden, where the men can put their tools.:D

ButtersSuki

CarrickMcJoe wrote: »

Yes, in the lady garden, where the men can put their tools.:D

Unlike the men's shed, the lady shed has an entrance in the front and the rear.

pc7

This was the standard copy and paste reply I received


Thank you for taking the time to contact RTÉ. We welcome all feedback as a contribution to the developing editorial process. Your comments will be included in the RTÉ Audience Log for the attention of Liveline producer and will be reviewed at RTÉ's Editorial Meetings.

Thank you again for your e-mail.

Yours Sincerely,

MammaZita

pc7 wrote: »

This was the standard copy and paste reply I received


Thank you for taking the time to contact RTÉ. We welcome all feedback as a contribution to the developing editorial process. Your comments will be included in the RTÉ Audience Log for the attention of Liveline producer and will be reviewed at RTÉ's Editorial Meetings.

Thank you again for your e-mail.

Yours Sincerely,

I decided to reply to Aonghus' generic response by asking him to actually read my email and address the points I made. I don't normally bother doing this sort of thing but Monday's show incensed me so much. I have just received the following:

"Thank you for taking the time to contact RTÉ. I have forwarded your comments to the Liveline team for their attention and response.

Kind regards,
Maria Doogan
RTÉ Public Affairs Coordinator"

ButtersSuki

MammaZita wrote: »

I decided to reply to Aonghus' generic response by asking him to actually read my email and address the points I made. I don't normally bother doing this sort of thing but Monday's show incensed me so much. I have just received the following:

"Thank you for taking the time to contact RTÉ. I have forwarded your comments to the Liveline team for their attention and response.

Kind regards,
Maria Doogan
RTÉ Public Affairs Coordinator"

Ah yeah, the bauld Maria, 99% certain she was the fobber-offer in residence on my complaint too.

Anyone hear the promo for today's show? I'm almost afraid to ask.....is it one of those Friday shows today?

pc7

Maria signed mine too!

MammaZita

ButtersSuki wrote: »

Ah yeah, the bauld Maria, 99% certain she was the fobber-offer in residence on my complaint too.

Anyone hear the promo for today's show? I'm almost afraid to ask.....is it one of those Friday shows today?

O god it probably is! June Rogers is only beaten by BOC in the battle for most vulgar unfunny Irish "comedian".

CarrickMcJoe

Joe snappy today, Turn off that radio!!

ButtersSuki

MammaZita wrote: »

O god it probably is! June Rogers is only beaten by BOC in the battle for most vulgar unfunny Irish "comedian".

I believe that's what the phrase "a race to the bottom" was coined for.

I said "bottom"

bottlebrush

The Air Line again today

CountyHurler

Two seconds in and he's already barking down the phone at someone.... Ironically, the same man who was criticising Luis Suarez' dog like characteristics only yesterday..

pc7

Please don't tell us the whole other episode

ButtersSuki

Why does Joe laugh mid-sentence for no reason?

And another fawning "wow" there from him.

signostic

her story is not a short one......................:(

ButtersSuki

I bet her husband will die before she does.