Dermot & Dave on Today Fm

paddylonglegs

Silly sports had me in stitches today. Chugg explaining that Chico Rodriguez was up on drugs charges. He was found with 65 kilos of calpol in his truck.

Love that slot

gimmick

Honestly, I just cannot get my head around these guys. Horrifically bad attempts at comedy with their own forced fake laughter in the back ground. Their parodies are getting ever more stupid as well.

I'd actually prefer listen to Darcy talk about running than these 2.

Flange/Flanders

Have to disagree with you on that, I think they're hilarious. Love slots like Tony's club classics, Silly sports and Say stuff. Themselves, Cooper and Off the Ball are the only shows I find myself generally not channel surfing.

flangemeistro

I actually snortelled in the car a few times last Thursday for Say stuff, can't wait for tomorrow's one and Dermot's D'Arcy is outstanding.

Synode

His Ray Darcy and Christopher Walken were hilarious

Buford T. Justice XIX

Yeah, last Thursdays Say Stuff was the best in a while.

Christopher Walken in Clondalkin was outstanding

gimmick

Nope. Ye are wrong. or are being paid to say ye like them :pac:

Synode

gimmick wrote: »

Nope. Ye are wrong. or are being paid to say ye like them :pac:

You've been complaining about them for the last year and a half. Are you forced to listen to them in work?

threein99

Love their show, regularly laugh out loud in a quiet office listening to these two on my headphones.

gimmick

Synode wrote: »

You've been complaining about them for the last year and a half. Are you forced to listen to them in work?

Today FM is the agreed upon station for the office, so just have to put up with it.

IUA14

Have to say I did not like them at all when they took over and had not listened to the slot consistently since Foley left as did not enjoy KC. I occasionally caught them when they were on 98FM and was not a fan, but they have grown on me. I would agree they can be annoying at times but they have mostly won me over.

mikeym

Dermo and Dave are going to the Euros

ButtersSuki

Buford T. Justice V wrote: »

Yeah, last Thursdays Say Stuff was the best in a while.

Christopher Walken in Clondalkin was outstanding

The Walken impression is poor IMO.

If you want a good Walken impression search for Jay Mohr's.

Jack Killian

gimmick wrote: »

Today FM is the agreed upon station for the office, so just have to put up with it.

Could be far worse; the Jeremy Kyle Niall Boylan show is on at the same time.

I'd pity you at 4pm though, when you're missing out on GO'C and enduring LD.

Synode

ButtersSuki wrote: »

The Walken impression is poor IMO.

If you want a good Walken impression search for Jay Mohr's.

You have to be saying this because you don't like the show. Because the impression is absolutely brilliant

ButtersSuki

Synode wrote: »

You have to be saying this because you don't like the show. Because the impression is absolutely brilliant

No. I'm saying it because it's not brilliant IMO. You think it's brilliant, I don't. It's not awful, but it sounds like a man doing a Christopher Walken impression, rather than it sounding like Christopher Walken.

I give you Jay Mohr:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vBir-SaU6A

Go to 1:55 for the magic. That's not even the best I've seen him do it, but what's great about that is he does an impression of someone else (Kevin Pollak from The Usual Suspects) doing the impression.


If you're not familiar with Mohr, he was in Jerry Maguire and a few other movies. His crowning glory was a show called "Action!" - truly one of the best comedies ever and way, way, way ahead of its time in terms of subject matter and on screen crudeness. It pushed more than one envelope!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0206467/

Buford T. Justice XIX

ButtersSuki wrote: »

The Walken impression is poor IMO.

If you want a good Walken impression search for Jay Mohr's.

I think it was the context of Walken living in a flat above a couple of noisemakers in Clondalkin while polishing a shotgun that made it so funny.

hufpc8w3adnk65

Every time I hear the song about Eurovision I nearly crash the van its very good

Synode

ButtersSuki wrote: »

Jay Mohr

Meh. As Buford said above, it was about the situation more than anything. But I do think it's a good impression too

ButtersSuki

Synode wrote: »

Meh. As Buford said above, it was about the situation more than anything. But I do think it's a good impression too

Meh yourself. Let's separate the impression from the material then. You can prefer the D&D material or sketches - that's totally subjective and if you prefer that's perfectly fine as its your opinion, but Mohr's impression is better.

Jack Killian

ButtersSuki wrote: »

Meh yourself. Let's separate the impression from the material then. You can prefer the D&D material or sketches - that's totally subjective and if you prefer that's perfectly fine as its your opinion, but Mohr's impression is better.

Not sure how it could be if his impression is an impression of someone else doing an impression ?

Surely if the impression was that accurate then the middleman wouldn't be noticeable ?

ButtersSuki

Jack Killian wrote: »

Not sure how it could be if his impression is an impression of someone else doing an impression ?

Surely if the impression was that accurate then the middleman wouldn't be noticeable ?

Do you really need me to explain that to you? Seriously? Did you watch the clip?

He does his own "version" (let's call it that), then he does Pollak's to highlight the subtle differences in style, nuance, structure, cadence etc. Both "versions" sound like Walken, but both are different. The skill is being able to do different styles and yet keeping them undeniably sounding like Walken.

I'm actually sorry I posted now.

ButtersSuki

Buford T. Justice V wrote: »

I think it was the context of Walken living in a flat above a couple of noisemakers in Clondalkin while polishing a shotgun that made it so funny.

Then you're surely referring to the material or the sketch rather than the impression per se?

There's impressions that sound exactly or very like the person who's being imitated.

And there's impressions that take an element of that person's personality/speech/gait (an impression doesn't have to include voice - not great for radio admittedly!) etc. and that becomes the focal point of the impression through exaggerating it or highlighting it in some way.

The quality of the material or script they work with after the above usually determines how funny the final result is.

Buford T. Justice XIX

ButtersSuki wrote: »

Then you're surely referring to the material or the sketch rather than the impression per se?

There's impressions that sound exactly or very like the person who's being imitated.

And there's impressions that take an element of that person's personality/speech/gait (an impression doesn't have to include voice - not great for radio admittedly!) etc. and that becomes the focal point of the impression through exaggerating it or highlighting it in some way.

The quality of the material or script they work with after the above usually determines how funny the final result is.

Jaysus, you're overthinking the whole show.

You didn't enjoy it, fine, it's your prerogative.

Some of us did, and that's grand too.

ButtersSuki

Buford T. Justice V wrote: »

Jaysus, you're overthinking the whole show.

You didn't enjoy it, fine, it's your prerogative.

Some of us did, and that's grand too.

I totally agree that's fine if you liked it and I didn't. I believe we're each entitled to our opinions (some people apparently think Mrs. Brown's Boys is funny), but I was told:



You have to be saying this because you don't like the show. Because the impression is absolutely brilliant



I was replying to that. I don't think the impression was "brilliant". I equally don't think the sketch was brilliant, but I was told I had to be saying that because I don't like the show - really? I can't decide for myself what I like and don't like?

I threw in the Mohr video to show what I consider to be a brilliant (in fact the best) Walken impression. Then I was told it wasn't the impression per se but the sketch as it was "Walken in Clondalkin". Talk about moving the goalposts.

Chip Whitley

I love Dermot and Dave, have done since their last few years on 98... BUT I also love a good impression and Dermot is mostly poor at them. His impression material is good, the songs they write are good, his improv is excellent but the impressions themselves are lacking. Which is one of the reasons I'm sure Mario Rosenstock didn't object to them using impressions on their show as that's his schtick on Today FM.

As said above Jay Mohr and Kevin Pollak are the premier Walken impressionists along with Kevin Spacey.

colinod0806

The lads can usually do no wrong in my eyes but that song for the Euros is terrible. It sounds like something from Damo and Ivor, they're even putting on Dublin accents ffs.

Say stuff with Joe Rooney was excellent though.

Puibo

Dermot is a one trick pony. His one trick being, awful impersonations. There should only be one bad impersonator per radio station, instead today fm has 3. In no particular order

1. Dermot
2. Mario
3. Paul McClune

The sidekick Dave always feels compelled to laugh at the terrible jokes being churned out by the second from the other twit.

colinod0806

Puibo wrote: »

Dermot is a one trick pony. His one trick being, awful impersonations.

This is just wrong and most likely the opinion of someone who hasn't listened to the show much. If he was a one trick pony, which he isn't, surely his trick would be his improv.

johnire

I like them but I agree that song is dreadful. They sound like Dustin at the start and they've just tried too hard to squeeze everything into the song and it goes on and on and on.

colinod0806 wrote: »

The lads can usually do no wrong in my eyes but that song for the Euros is terrible. It sounds like something from Damo and Ivor, they're even putting on Dublin accents ffs.

Say stuff with Joe Rooney was excellent though.

hufpc8w3adnk65

Puibo wrote: »

Dermot is a one trick pony. His one trick being, awful impersonations. There should only be one bad impersonator per radio station, instead today fm has 3. In no particular order

1. Dermot
2. Mario
3. Paul McClune

The sidekick Dave always feels compelled to laugh at the terrible jokes being churned out by the second from the other twit.

Ah go away outta that!! Dermot laughs at himself doing impressions no one thinks they are perfect! Dave laughs at him (as do I) as most of the stuff is very funny! Robbie Keane in a limousine is a piss take not a replacement for ole ole,it shouldn't be taken too seriously! Even all the players laughed when they heard it! It's not like they expect a Grammy!

hufpc8w3adnk65

The song is so terrible people only have it at number 3 in the charts!! Tut tut

eiresandra

MrMac84 wrote: »

The song is so terrible people only have it at number 3 in the charts!! Tut tut

Important to note it's being sold at half the price of everything else in the chart. Nonetheless, the show's fans will obviously support it.

I think it's an awful song. The young lads on Spin did a much better job.

Jack Killian

eiresandra wrote: »

Important to note it's being sold at half the price of everything else in the chart. Nonetheless, the show's fans will obviously support it.

I think it's an awful song. The young lads on Spin did a much better job.

You'd have had to endure Spin in order to hear theirs, though! :eek:

Chip Whitley

Wouldn't like the song myself, but 'Say Stuff' had me in hysterics earlier!
A great one today so it was!

Mr.Prodston

I violently swore to myself the first time I heard the Euro song this week.....but it's grown on me to the point of where I was singing it without even realising

I'm glad though because I really do enjoy them!

ThisRegard

Dunno, I think Dermot is better than Rosenstock. I get a good laugh out of their show anyway.

Canadel

They work well together. Some of it is hit and miss but they come across as decent, genuine guys in general.

mikeym

Sounds like a Damo and Ivor song alright.

Buford T. Justice XIX

ThisRegard wrote: »

Dunno, I think Dermot is better than Rosenstock. I get a good laugh out of their show anyway.

Yeah, I was a huge fan of Mario till the last 2 years or so. I find his stuff really tired now to the point of nearly knowing what he's going to parody next.

Synode

Ha fair play to Dave, that 'SayStuffThatSuitsTheMusic' was gas

kerryked

Surprised this thread doesn't get more attention recently, love these boys at lunchtime. Been listening to Today FM at lunchtime since Ray Foley, thought KC was good but more suited to evenings.

D&D are clearly best buds and they're gas on air together, only problem for me at the start was trying to figure out who was talking!

threein99

The Diarmuid Gavin impression has me in stitches every day

Synode

I'm saving the world :pac:

yermandan

Haha yeah and the Ray D'Arcy during Say Stuff yesterday is one of the best impressions I've ever heard

Carrotcrunch

Have laughed every day this week listening to the lads. Proper belly laugh too. Easy listening.

threein99

yermandan wrote: »

Haha yeah and the Ray D'Arcy during Say Stuff yesterday is one of the best impressions I've ever heard

His Ray Darcy is brilliant. I dunno I dunno *big sigh

hufpc8w3adnk65

Synode wrote: »

I'm saving the world :pac:

"I'm saving the world HERE"



Ya the lads are class! Even all the stuff at the Euros was brilliant! They are brilliant, some of Dermots 1 liners (I know he a comedian) are brilliant and you can here the laughter in the studio n all!

kerryked

Last weeks Jingly bits was gold fell around the place laughing at "John Paul" :pac:

colinod0806

I'm not really a fan of Jingly Bits tbh. I wouldn't mind seeing it replaced with a regular Nony segment.