Sean Moncrieff - Newstalk

Yeah just to follow-up on that point, Moncrieff has a way of speaking that I used to find a bit condescending.

I've listened more to him in the last year or so, and he seems like a lovely guy. I think you're right that he's taking the piss Uncharted.

Anyone remember his work on Don't Feed The Gondolas. Was my favourite show as a kid (very lax parenting at home). Especially the bit at the end where he'd phone organisations in America with a spoof call as a woman in Ahaskra.

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A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

Yeah just to follow-up on that point, Moncrieff has a way of speaking that I used to find a bit condescending.

I've listened more to him in the last year or so, and he seems like a lovely guy. I think you're right that he's taking the piss Uncharted.

Anyone remember his work on Don't Feed The Gondolas. Was my favourite show as a kid (very lax parenting at home). Especially the bit at the end where he'd phone organisations in America with a spoof call as a woman in Ahaskra.

I remember it well. I think Dara O Briain cut his comedic teeth there,if im right. Was on air when I was in my teens I think.

Sean had a single pigtail (rat tail ?) about a foot long dangling from the back of his ceànn.

Was ahead of its time too.
Edit: the show,not his hair :pac:

As an aside ATNM......Was that a successor to his other show, iirc called The End ?

hankless

*Ahascragh

Uncharted

Uncharted wrote: »

As an aside ATNM......Was that a successor to his other show, iirc called The End ?

I don't remember a successor to the programme, but you're right about Dara O'Briain, and Brendan O'Connor was O'Briain's opposite number on the panel.

It was basically a franchise of Never Mind The Buzzcocks

Edit: quality of the video isn't great (VHS, no doubt) but here's a bit of nostalgia

https://youtu.be/MmKnzHHer7Y

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A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

Yeah just to follow-up on that point, Moncrieff has a way of speaking that I used to find a bit condescending.

I've listened more to him in the last year or so, and he seems like a lovely guy. I think you're right that he's taking the piss Uncharted.

Anyone remember his work on Don't Feed The Gondolas. Was my favourite show as a kid (very lax parenting at home). Especially the bit at the end where he'd phone organisations in America with a spoof call as a woman in Ahaskra.

He seemed to be a lot less uptight back then.

Del.Monte

Flicked onto a cretinous quiz on Moncrieff today before the Yates show - Question.1. was Capital of Ireland; 2 was the longest river in Ireland but the final one was what sort of rock makes up Croagh Patrick - ffs!! No wonder the hapless young one was devastated to walk away with nothing. :rolleyes:

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Del.Monte wrote: »

Flicked onto a cretinous quiz on Moncrieff today before the Yates show - Question.1. was Capital of Ireland; 2 was the longest river in Ireland but the final one was what sort of rock makes up Croagh Patrick - ffs!! No wonder the hapless young one was devastated to walk away with nothing. :rolleyes:

To be fair,the 3rd question was easy too. It's was a 50/50 choice between 2 given answers.

Quartzite or granite.

Anyone who's ever even seen a photo of Croagh Patrick would identify the sharp,jagged and jutting rock edges as NOT being granite like in appearance.

Del.Monte

Uncharted wrote: »

To be fair,the 3rd question was easy too. It's was a 50/50 choice between 2 given answers.

Quartzite or granite.

Anyone who's ever even seen a photo of Croagh Patrick would identify the sharp,jagged and jutting rock edges as NOT being granite like in appearance.

Well compared to the previous questions it was very difficult and I have a passing interest in geology and hadn't a breeze.

Del.Monte

Del.Monte wrote: »

Well compared to the previous questions it was very difficult and I have a passing interest in geology and hadn't a breeze.

Same.

I'd have thought it was predominantly shale.

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A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

Same.

I'd have thought it was predominantly shale.

Exactly. You're making my point for me.


It was multiple choice. Quartzite/Granite.

Shale bears no resemblance to granite.

Very interesting discussion on Moncrieff now with Prof Séamus O'Mahony, regarding the commercialisation of healthcare

Del.Monte

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

Very interesting discussion on Moncrieff now with Prof Séamus O'Mahony, regarding the commercialisation of healthcare

A bit ironic given that Newstalk is overrun with medical slots/advertorials/sponsored Ads etc.

whisky_galore

Tbf his show is a great relief from the whingefests, misery porn and 'disease of the week' slots by Duffy and others.

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whisky_galore wrote: »

Tbf his show is a great relief from the whingefests, misery porn and 'disease of the week' slots by Duffy and others.

His show covers such a multitude of topics that it would be impossible for people not to be interested at one point or another.
Moncrieff is an excellent host, a little bit of a pontificator but his dry humour and wit make up for that imo.
Really enjoyable show. Especially Thursday's and Fridays.

Say Your Number

Haha that technical glitch just now

Dante7

There was a regular chap on the other day giving his TV reviews. He was reviewing Ricky Gervais' After Life. It was possibly the worst reviewing job I have ever heard. He started of by saying that Gervais' stand up special on Netflix was badly received and reviewed (7.9 on IMDB), and then continued on unchallenged to say that After Life (8.6 on IMDB) was some sort of last chance saloon for Gervais', and that it wasn't very good.

Practically every serious writer or commentator on the genre has said that After Life is superb.

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Dante7 wrote: »

There was a regular chap on the other day giving his TV reviews. He was reviewing Ricky Gervais' After Life. It was possibly the worst reviewing job I have ever heard. He started of by saying that Gervais' stand up special on Netflix was badly received and reviewed (7.9 on IMDB), and then continued on unchallenged to say that After Life (8.6 on IMDB) was some sort of last chance saloon for Gervais', and that it wasn't very good.

Practically every serious writer or commentator on the genre has said that After Life is superb.

Sooooo...... not everyone thinks it is superb. Even the IMDB rating would indicate 1 in 5 doesn't like it.

Very hard to find a totally objective tv/film critic because so much of opinions on such media is based on a subjective opinion.

I have heard its v good though myself, must check it out on Netflix. I liked the office and Extras but never really rated his standup stuff.

Dante7

Tell me how wrote: »

Sooooo...... not everyone thinks it is superb. Even the IMDB rating would indicate 1 in 5 doesn't like it.

Very hard to find a totally objective tv/film critic because so much of opinions on such media is based on a subjective opinion.

I have heard its v good though myself, must check it out on Netflix. I liked the office and Extras but never really rated his standup stuff.

It wasn't just that the reviewer didn't particularly like the show, it was the blatant lying that went unchallenged. The reviewer said that Humanity was poorly received due to Gervais' piece on Trans, and that After Life was a last chance saloon for him. Pure and utter nonsense.

What happened was, the woke reviewer didn't like the segment in Humanity about Trans and discussed it within his echo chamber, who also didn't like it, and then carried this prejudice onto his review of After Life. He declared this prejudice as fact and not an opinion. The reality is, outside of a certain woke echo chamber, Humanity was highly regarded. And you really would have to exist inside a certain echo chamber to garnish After Life with those sort of prejudices. Even very left leaning reviewers have said that After Life is excellent.

That reviewer on Moncrief reviewed the show based on his dislike of Gervais.

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Dante7 wrote: »

It wasn't just that the reviewer didn't particularly like the show, it was the blatant lying that went unchallenged. The reviewer said that Humanity was poorly received due to Gervais' piece on Trans, and that After Life was a last chance saloon for him. Pure and utter nonsense.

What happened was, the woke reviewer didn't like the segment in Humanity about Trans and discussed it within his echo chamber, who also didn't like it, and then carried this prejudice onto his review of After Life. He declared this prejudice as fact and not an opinion. The reality is, outside of a certain woke echo chamber, Humanity was highly regarded. And you really would have to exist inside a certain echo chamber to garnish After Life with those sort of prejudices. Even very left leaning reviewers have said that After Life is excellent.

That reviewer on Moncrief reviewed the show based on his dislike of Gervais.

Your use of phrases like 'woke', echo-chamber, 'left-leaning' tells me your trying to fight a different fight than whether or not Gervais's program was well made.

I'll leave you to it.

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo

I enjoyed After Life myself, it was funny and sad but easy to watch. Not really the biggest fan of Gervais as a stand up usually just to add. Am fairly sure he sells out Madison Square Garden amongst other big venues fairly regularly so he'll be doing fine with or without this show being a 'hit'.

Hector Savage

Sean showing his anti democratic stance by having this f*cking anti democratic plank on and not asking him any tough questions.
Just licking his arse.

What a dickhead, i'd go back to Funny Friday rather then this ****e

Hector Savage

Leave voters are petty ???

Eh .. they won the f*cking referendum!!

Jesus we live in orwellian times.

kunst nugget

What's got you so het up on a Friday, pet? I'm not listening to Sean at the moment...

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Dante7 wrote: »

He started of by saying that Gervais' stand up special on Netflix was badly received and reviewed (7.9 on IMDB), and then continued on unchallenged to say that After Life (8.6 on IMDB) was some sort of last chance saloon for Gervais', and that it wasn't very good.

The Netflix special was pretty funny.

After Life is the same old themes, jokes and characters from Gervais. Nothing new at all really.

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Hector Savage wrote: »

Leave voters are petty ???

Eh .. they won the f*cking referendum!!

Jesus we live in orwellian times.

Do you need directions to liveline or are you happy out consciously and freely listening to something you know is going to piss you off?

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Hector Savage wrote: »

f*cking anti democratic plank

The man is protesting. Not sure why protesting makes him anti democratic. Is he not allowed protest?

Uncharted

I'd love to go on the beer with Tomas Clancy.
Always has a witty aside or caustic little anecdote at the ready.

I'd say he's a good craic.

Scott Tenorman

Sean was saying today that Terry Dolan, who used to explain the origin of words on the show back in the day, passed away yesterday.

Tulio, Carey & now Dolan. Very sad

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Scott Tenorman wrote: »

Sean was saying today that Terry Dolan, who used to explain the origin of words on the show back in the day, passed away yesterday.

Tulio, Carey & now Dolan. Very sad

God that does seem to be a bit eerie.

I suppose it's inevitable that people will pass away and maybe it is more noticeable that this has happened to presenters from his show because Sean generally keeps going with the same slots and people for much longer than might happen in most places.

Say Your Number

In fairness he sounded quite senior when he did that slot, he had a stroke this time 10 years ago, they effectively retired that slot straight away, always enjoyed it, the show could use a slot like it instead of that how to be an adult nonsense.